Linux 4.11 kernel delivered without a hitch
Linus Torvalds has released the Linux kernel version 4.11. Last week, due to some NMVe glitches and bugs the release was postponed and Torvalds urged for more testing before releasing the kernel. Now the final 4.11 rc8 is released without any glitches.
“ So after that extra week with an rc8, things were pretty calm,” Torvalds posted to the Linux Kernel Mailing List, adding “ I' m much happier releasing a final 4.11 now.
Some of the hot features in this kernel is the swapping of solid state disks and supports journaling on RAID 4/5/6 volumes. And also supports the OPAL self-encrypting disk drive standard.
The kernel has also gained support for the Shared Memory Communications over RDMA (SMC-R) (SMC-R) specification, which allows the virtual machines to share the memory and also speeds up the communication between the machines and also load balancing.
The Enterprise users and gamers will be ecstatic that the kernel has added improved support for Intel’ s Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0 which lets a CPU figure out which core is the fastest and increases it clock speed to meet the critical workload’ s needs.
This release means that the window is open for the next version of Linux kernel and the developers have little than a week to offer their codes to Linus Torvalds before he sets the assembly line on the next version.
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