Re: [uml-devel] Re: UML fills /tmp irreversibly (2.6.9-bb4 on SuSE 9.2)

[Gerd Knorr <kraxel@bytesex.org>]

> The kernel/exit.c of SuSE 2.6.8-24.10 corresponds to bitkeeper rev 
> 1.155, and the above "bogus ECHILD return" fix is in bk rev 1.170 of 
> kernel/exit.c, thus there are at least 15 additional fixes to be 
> considered for backporting from 2.6.10 to SuSE's 2.6.8-24.10.

Hmm, well, it's only 5 patches which actually touch that area, but
partly they are big and complex :-/

Sneaking in a small obviouslycorrect[tm] fix isn't a big issue, but
thats a bit too much.

> This is to much for me, as I am no kernel hacker. If no one picks up 
> that job, then my only hope is that SuSE will finally move its SuSE 
> 9.2 forward to 2.6.10.

The releases usually never ever get a new kernel version, so a 2.6.10
update for 9.2 isn't going to happen.  We are already working on the
kernel for the next release though, you can fetch experimental rpms
from http://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/kernel/kotd/i386/HEAD/ and give
them a try.  They are 2.6.10 based.

  Gerd

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