From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 27 Aug 2001 03:38:11 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 27 Aug 2001 03:38:01 -0400 Received: from krusty.E-Technik.Uni-Dortmund.DE ([129.217.163.1]:45582 "HELO krusty.e-technik.uni-dortmund.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Mon, 27 Aug 2001 03:37:41 -0400 Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 09:35:29 +0200 From: Matthias Andree To: Alan Cox , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Linux 2.4.8-ac12 Message-ID: <20010827093529.A31359@emma1.> Mail-Followup-To: Alan Cox , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20010826171335.A9362@lightning.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20010826171335.A9362@lightning.swansea.linux.org.uk>; from laughing@shared-source.org on Sun, Aug 26, 2001 at 05:13:35PM +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, 26 Aug 2001, Alan Cox wrote: > > > ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/alan/linux-2.4/ > > Intermediate diffs are available from > http://www.bzimage.org > > 2.4.8-ac12 > o Merge the majority of 2.4.9 except > - min/max mess > - fat/isofs changes > - drm changes (some collisions with other > fixes) > - vm/buffer handling changes > - emu10k1 > - vfs directory type changes > - nfs/nfsd/sunrpc > I'm trying to make sure I can keep this testable > as 2.4.9 vanilla isnt being stable on my test sets > This is basically a merge of all the "boring" bits. 2.4.9 is somewhat stable for me, here's where it bit me: - init occasionally hangs on boot - bridge (with netfilter patches from bridge.sf.net) kills NFS (I have been told bridge and fragmented traffic don't go together well and I'd have to change rsize/wsize to prevent fragmentation) Is 2.4.8-ac12 "testable" or rather "stable"?