Re: Linux 2.4.8-ac12

Matthias Andree
2001-08-27T07:38:11Z

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"?