Re: [uml-devel] UML patches against vanilla 2.6.0

[Cameron Patrick <cameron@patrick.wattle.id.au>]

On Fri, Dec 26, 2003 at 07:05:48PM +0100, BlaisorBlade wrote:

| Go here:
| 
| http://web.tiscali.it/no-redirect-tiscali/blaisorblade/index.html

Which says:

	The only problematic patch is A-04-MM-compile-fix.patch, but
	maybe i386 can live even with it (I don't remember if I got a
	successful compilation with it applied). However, I think it's
	not at all safe even if it compiles. 

and in the README:
	
	but I think you'd better avoid doing this or do a complete
	backup, since you'll need it...).

Eeek!  I just upgraded my home desktop to a 2.6.0 kernel with that patch
applied (actually as part of Jeff's 2.6.0-test9 patch) and so far it
seems to be working.  Looking at the patch, it seems innocuous enough -
why should it be unsafe on an i386 kernel?

Cameron.

(Who doesn't have a complete system backup and hopes he won't regret not
making one soon...)



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