From: Matthew Wilcox <willy@debian.org>
To: Carlos O'Donell <carlos@baldric.uwo.ca>,
debian-hppa@lists.debian.org,
parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org,
debian-glibc@lists.debian.org,
John David Anglin <dave@hiauly1.hia.nrc.ca>,
Randolph Chung <tausq@debian.org>
Subject: [parisc-linux] Re: GNU/Libc 2.3.1 on HP-PARISC requires >= 2.4.19 kernel.
Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2002 13:31:39 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20021205133139.C5327@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20021205010845.GU16331@systemhalted>; from carlos@baldric.uwo.ca on Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 08:08:45PM -0500
On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 08:08:45PM -0500, Carlos O'Donell wrote:
> What?
> =====
> During the changeover from GNU/Libc 2.2.x to 2.3.x HPPA has changed
> it's minimum GNU/Libc kernel version to 2.4.19.
I feel this was a mistake.
> Why?
> ====
> - More testing.
> - Bugs fixed in unaligned handlers.
> - Trap handler fixes.
> - More things than you can shake a stick at, and all thanks to the
> wonderful kernel hacking team that parisc-linux has.
That's great, but there are still problems with 2.4.19 and 2.4.20. I think
you're doing our users a disservice by requiring them to upgrade to 2.4.19.
Why not relax the minimum version requirement down to 2.4.17?
--
"It's not Hollywood. War is real, war is primarily not about defeat or
victory, it is about death. I've seen thousands and thousands of dead bodies.
Do you think I want to have an academic debate on this subject?" -- Robert Fisk
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-12-05 13:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-12-05 1:08 [parisc-linux] GNU/Libc 2.3.1 on HP-PARISC requires >= 2.4.19 kernel Carlos O'Donell
2002-12-05 13:31 ` [parisc-linux] " Matthew Wilcox
2002-12-05 13:31 ` Matthew Wilcox [this message]
2002-12-05 15:39 ` Carlos O'Donell
2002-12-05 15:39 ` Carlos O'Donell
2002-12-05 16:50 ` John David Anglin
2002-12-05 16:50 ` John David Anglin
2002-12-05 18:10 ` b.gunreben
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