2.6.17-rc1-no1 "Believe!" 

New release based on 2.6.17-rc1-mm1. 
Changes include update to plugsched 6.3.2, update to latest unstable tree, .17-rc1, and integreated the fix from -beyond-dev
for vmware.
-cheater-conrad

[CPUSCHED]
{ There are 9 available cpu schedulers you can choose from 
1) You can either select the default in kernel config (General Setup > CPU Schedulers) in menuconfig
or,
2) You can set the kernel parameter, cpusched="NAME" (replacing name with something like ingo_ll), in your grub/lilo config.

  Available options are:
  cpusched="nicksched"
  cpusched="staircase"
  cpusched="zaphod"
  cpusched="spa_no_frills"
  cpusched="spa_ws"
  cpusched="spa_svr"
  cpusched="spa_ebs"
  cpusched="ingosched"
  cpusched="ingo_ll"
}

[Nicksched]
{
Also available is the the option to change the base_timeslice variable.The recommended setting is 128 for the most interactivity.
If you set it too low some applications may fail. You can define the timeslice via kernel configuration. You can view the 
base_timeslice setting being used in /sys/cpusched/nicksched/base_timeslice.
}

{SPLASHUTILS}
{
Splashutils is broken for all 2.6.16/17 kernels, I created an overlay for no-sources/mm-sources
url:
http://no.oldos.org/files/2.6.16-rc5-no3/splashutils-overlay-for-2.6.16.tar.bz2
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Base Patches

+ 2.6.17-rc1.bz2 | Latest pre-patch to the stable linux tree

+ 2.6.17-rc1-mm1.bz2 | Andrew Morton's -mm patchset

Fixes

+ Reiser4 | Fix some bugs that may cause program lockups

Patches

+ plugsched-6.3.2-for-2.6.17-rc1-mm1 | Latest plugsched for -mm

+ HZ Default Values | Change the default HZ Value to 1000

+ IOSCHED Default Deadline | Make deadline the default iosched

+ nicksched default | Make nicksched the default cpu scheduler

+ nicksched.c timeslice edit | Change the way the base_timeslice variable is defined (so it can be changed)

+ nicksched base_timeslice kconfig option | Allow base_timeslice to be set in the kernel config

+ nicksched 128 default base_timeslice | set 128 to the default base_timeslice setting in Kconfig

+ netfilter-later7-2.1 | Support for the layer7 netfilter

+ realtime-lsm | Support for the Realtime Linux Security Module

+ fbsplash-0.9.2-r5-2.6.16 | Support for the framebuffer splash (gensplash)

+ vesafb-tng-1.0-rc1-r3-2.6.16 | Alternative for vesafb

+ usb-mouse-polling | Mouse polling hack

+ unionfs-20060322 | Support for the Unification File System (unionfs)

+ squashfs-3.0 | Support for the latest squashfs

+ ibm-fancontrol | Allows you to control fan speed on ibm thinkpad

+ daconfig | Cool script by damouse, shows name of kernel in menuconfig

+ config-nr-tty-devices | Configure the number of tty devices in the Kconfig

+ lxdialog-sane-colours | Change the colors of menuconfig

+ replace-bad-defconfigs | Replace the defconfigs in x86_64, i386, and ia64 - so they aren't so bare and don't make cfq 
the default

+ Linux PHC | Enhanced speedstep patch for underclocking/undervolting p-m cpus

+ Sanitize memsplit option | From beyond-dev-sources, put into no-sources. Fixes vmware memory problem