2.4.3 : Are all 2.4.2-acXX patches included?

2.4.3 : Are all 2.4.2-acXX patches included?

[Thomas Foerster]

Hi folks,

i wonder if every ac-XX patch from the 2.4.2 Kernel is included in the new
2.4.3 kernel so that every bug in 2.4.2 has been fixed in 2.4.3 ?

Thanx a lot,
  Thomas

Re: 2.4.3 : Are all 2.4.2-acXX patches included?

[Steffen Moser]

Hello Thomas,

Thomas Foerster wrote:

> i wonder if every ac-XX patch from the 2.4.2 Kernel is included in the new
> 2.4.3 kernel so that every bug in 2.4.2 has been fixed in 2.4.3 ?

No, I don't think so - they are different trees. 

If you want Alan's latest patches against "2.4.3", you can download:

 
ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/alan/2.4/patch-2.4.3-ac2.bz2

There was also a discussion about this topic some weeks ago - have a
look at:

  http://boudicca.tux.org/hypermail/linux-kernel/2001week08/0717.html

> Thanx a lot,
>   Thomas

HTH!

Best regards,
Steffen

Re: 2.4.3 : Are all 2.4.2-acXX patches included?

[Alan Cox]

> i wonder if every ac-XX patch from the 2.4.2 Kernel is included in the new
> 2.4.3 kernel so that every bug in 2.4.2 has been fixed in 2.4.3 ?

about 30% by volume of 2.4.2ac is in 2.4.3. 2.4.3ac1 will give you the
2.4.2ac tree versus 2.4.3 and its about an 8Mb diff. That represents a mix
of stuff Linus apparently didnt want yet (eg the fixes for file size limits)
stuff I don't think is ready and stuff that I didnt send because Linus said
2.4.3pre was already 'too big'

Alan