> 2.2-pre kernels, 2.2.0-pre9 (final) as of this writing. All eyes are
> looking
> towards next Monday (1/25/99) when the Big Day is expected to finally

Not by the performance of pre9 here 8(

> did in Linux 2.0 with issues such as the global spinlock removed. Up to
> 16
> processors are supported (the same as with 2.0) but the performance

64

> As for 'desktop' machines, Linux 2.2 has been ported to Motorola's m68k
> and
> PPC processors and now can be expected to run on many of these
> platforms,
> including the Macintosh. (with varying degrees of hardware support, of
> course.)  Linux is also moving to processors, such as ARM that are
> increasingly popular for embedded systems.

ARM

> 2.2 release. Several prominent developers, including Alan Cox, have
> looked
> at USB support and it is likely that there will be some support before
> we
> get too far into Linux 2.2.x. (Alternatively, USB support could be

[Im just fiddling with bug fixes and USB speakers right now - Inaky is
 the USB guru]
> provided
> through an external source in the same way that PCMCIA support is now.)

Inaky's USB will I imagine drop into 2.2.x where x is as yet unknown.

> Floppies are working as well as ever. There are new developments in

I wish 8( - gotta chase down the virtual DMA problems 8)

> On the protocol front, a lot has happened that I simply don't understand
> completely. The next generation Internet protocol, IPv6, has made an
> appearance. SPX, a compliment to IPX is new, as well. DDP, the protocol
> of
> choice for AppleTalk networking has also been improved. And, just as you

Actually the protocol of choice for appletalk networking is IP 8) DDP is
the top layer of old style appletalk

> translating filenames into Linux's native system. (Currently, the only
> filesystems that use these UNICODE codepages include Microsoft's VFAT
> and
> Microsoft's Joilet ISO 9660 (CD-ROM filesystem) extension.)

You miss the point here.

Linux file systems are UTF8 encoded as is the console (UTF8 is an encoding
of unicode). The tables are for UTF8<->Microsoft translation


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