From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Adrian Bunk Subject: Re: 2.6.20-rc5: known regressions with patches Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2007 17:21:08 +0100 Message-ID: <20070113162108.GQ7469@stusta.de> References: <20070113071412.GH7469@stusta.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Andrew Morton , Russell King , Miles Lane , kvm-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org, greg-U8xfFu+wG4EAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org, Linux Kernel Mailing List , Linus Torvalds , vojtech-AlSwsSmVLrQ@public.gmane.org, linux-usb-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Return-path: To: Roland Dreier Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: kvm-devel-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Errors-To: kvm-devel-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: kvm.vger.kernel.org On Sat, Jan 13, 2007 at 07:32:46AM -0800, Roland Dreier wrote: > > This email lists some known regressions in 2.6.20-rc5 compared to 2.6.19 > > with patches available. > > > Subject : KVM: guest crash > > References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/1/8/163 > > Submitter : Roland Dreier > > Handled-By : Avi Kivity > > Patch : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/1/9/280 > > Status : patch available > > This is not a regression from 2.6.19, since kvm did not exist in > 2.6.19. In any case akpm has the patch and plans to merge it for > 2.6.20 so I don't think anyone has to worry about this one. I know, but a bug that is not present in 2.6.19 is a regression. ;-) More seriously, I know it's a bit borderline to talk about a regression, but I think listing things like crashes or compile errors in new functionality makes sense - especially in such cases where it's about tracking that a patch doesn't miss 2.6.20. > - R. cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV