Kernel News and Articles
Controlled Delay Management
A new aggregate queue length algorithm for network bottlenecks.
31.05.2012
The persistent and growing problem of bufferbloat is getting serious relief thanks to a new active queue management tool known as a Controlled Delay – a tool that, thanks to heroic efforts, is now ready for Linux.
KVM API Revamp; Load Balancing Improvements; Scheduler Testability
COMMUNITY NOTEBOOK: Zack’s Kernel News
Disposition of Binary-Only Modules; Seeking kernel.org Features; Remounting Oddities; PohmelFS Rewritten from Scratch; Device Isolation Groups
COMMUNITY NOTEBOOK: Zack’s Kernel News
Hand-Picking PIDS; Massive Boot-Time Speedup; and Columns, Shmollums – the 80 characters per line dilemma.
COMMUNITY NOTEBOOK: Zack’s Kernel News
Qemu and the Kernel
Debugger
23.02.2012
Debugging the kernel of a running operating system has always been tricky, but now the Qemu emulator supports cross-platform kernel and module debugging at the programming language level.