Re: Linux 2.6.27.9

Greg KH
2008-12-14T19:09:52Z

On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 09:06:53AM +0100, Holger Hoffstaette wrote:
> On Sat, 13 Dec 2008 16:10:29 -0800, Greg KH wrote:
>
> > We (the -stable team) are announcing the release of the 2.6.27.9 kernel.
>
> This is still missing the fix for the regression from .7 to .8 that I
> reported here:
> http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0812.1/00006.html
>
> The fix is here:
> http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0812.1/00998.html
>
> Been running that on top of -stable and it does fix the problem. It also
> seems to work for other people. Is there some particular reason why this
> was not included? I tested and cc'ed stable@ for a reason. :(

The patch is not in Linus's tree yet, right? That is a requirement to
go into the -stable releases.

Also, it is not exactly obvious why a change for idr is needed. The
"new" drm code in Fedora releases is understandable, but that is not
code that is in the main 2.6.27-stable tree, right?

Also, please cc: the stable developers if you want them to pay attention
to messages like this.

thanks,

greg k-h