Upcoming Linux 2.6.38 kernel and XBMC
MidnightWatcher
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2011-02-22, 02:05
Looks like the upcoming 2.6.38 Linux kernel will give us some significant performance boosts, even on Atom-based nettops.

How quickly can we expect an XBMC Live release based on the new kernel? Has anyone been able to test XBMC on a pre-release 2.6.38 kernel who can comment?
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2011-02-22, 02:14
Live runs on 10.04. Ask the Ubuntu guys when the backport will be done.
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sraue
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2011-02-22, 02:34
MidnightWatcher Wrote:Looks like the upcoming 2.6.38 Linux kernel will give us some significant performance boosts, even on Atom-based nettops.

How quickly can we expect an XBMC Live release based on the new kernel? Has anyone been able to test XBMC on a pre-release 2.6.38 kernel who can comment?

This kernel patch (also known as "the 200 lines patch, that does wonder") dont helps much with XBMC, except you are doing some cpu/io intensive tasks (like compiling) together with playing video files.
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2011-02-22, 02:52
If the next XBMC version is based on Ubuntu, that kernel is already there since 2011/01/29. But, like sraue wrote, don't expect miracles using XBMC with that kernel.
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MidnightWatcher
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2011-02-22, 03:13
Seems like there will also be AMD Fusion support in this new kernel. Does that mean hardware accelerated 1080p video with the Zacate platform?
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