Here are the notes I used for the talk on Saturday.  It includes a few
URLs that are helpful.  Most of the talk came from the post Halloween
document by Dave Jones.  


Introductions

The deal with kernel versions
  - x.y.z
    - stable kernels have even y
    - development kernels have odd y
  - extra version options
    - ac Alan Cox
    - mm Andrew Morton
    - aa Andrea Arcangeli
    - pre/rc/test

Documentation to read
  - Documentation/Changes
  - Wonderful World of 2.6
    http://kniggit.net/wwol26.html
  - post Halloween document
    http://www.codemonkey.org.uk/post-halloween-2.5.txt
  - REPORTING-BUGS
  - lkml FAQ
    http://www.lkml.org/faq/

What are some new things with 2.6?
  - New build system, not kbuild 2.5
    - make dep is no longer needed
    - other new/helpful targets
  - New config system, not cml2
    - config files are spread around the tree
    - default xconfig requires qt
    - might want to start with defconfig
  - sysfs and extended hotplug support
    - eventually taking over devfs
    - based on a system model
    - userspace implmentation of dynamic /dev
  - block I/O layer
  - device mapper replaces LVM in kernel
  - XFS in the kernel :)
  - lots of work on VM, scheduler, and interactivity
  - Large Block Device support
    - Greater than 2TB support
  - initramfs replaces initrd
  - klibc

Stuff to watch out for when trying 2.6.0-test[123]
  - CONFIG_INPUT
  - reorganized config menus
  - new module-init-tools
    - doesn't seem to provide recursive lookup yet

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