From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267880AbUJCMkO (ORCPT ); Sun, 3 Oct 2004 08:40:14 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S267882AbUJCMkO (ORCPT ); Sun, 3 Oct 2004 08:40:14 -0400 Received: from scanner1.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.1.137]:51359 "EHLO mx1.elte.hu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S267880AbUJCMkK (ORCPT ); Sun, 3 Oct 2004 08:40:10 -0400 Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2004 14:41:46 +0200 From: Ingo Molnar To: Jean Delvare Cc: Andrew Morton , Bill Davidsen , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: mmap() on cdrom files fails since 2.6.9-rc2-bk2 Message-ID: <20041003124146.GA20260@elte.hu> References: <2Jw9b-52b-13@gated-at.bofh.it> <20040929222619.5da3f207.khali@linux-fr.org> <20041001184431.4e0c6ba5.akpm@osdl.org> <20041002090125.302fff71.khali@linux-fr.org> <20041003111458.GA15390@elte.hu> <20041003141140.319039de.khali@linux-fr.org> <20041003121645.GA19580@elte.hu> <20041003143549.12c7fdcc.khali@linux-fr.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20041003143549.12c7fdcc.khali@linux-fr.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-ELTE-SpamVersion: MailScanner 4.31.6-itk1 (ELTE 1.2) SpamAssassin 2.63 ClamAV 0.73 X-ELTE-VirusStatus: clean X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=-4.9, required 5.9, autolearn=not spam, BAYES_00 -4.90 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamScore: -4 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org * Jean Delvare wrote: > OK, I understand now. Both affected systems are running Slackware 9.1, > which may be a bit old (October 2003), but 2.6-ready, so I am using > bleeding edge 2.6 kernels, with no problems (well until a few days ago > ;)) i didnt mean to imply anything negative about Slackware - it's a borderline date of release when it could have been 2.6-ready (although 2.6 was not relased yet at that date ;) but not have new gcc yet. It is a full and primary requirement of the kernel to run !pt_gnu_stack binaries too - it just wasnt that well tested for a complete distro, for the reasons i mentioned. Ingo