From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264428AbTLBWfK (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Dec 2003 17:35:10 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264429AbTLBWfK (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Dec 2003 17:35:10 -0500 Received: from parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk ([195.92.249.252]:45479 "EHLO www.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264428AbTLBWfG (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Dec 2003 17:35:06 -0500 Message-ID: <3FCD1388.2020907@pobox.com> Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2003 17:34:48 -0500 From: Jeff Garzik User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030703 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: bill davidsen CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: libata in 2.4.24? References: <3FCB4506.8080305@wanadoo.es> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org bill davidsen wrote: > Unless a miracle occurs it will take as long for 2.6 to be really stable > and fully functional as it did for 2.[024]. When it goes out in distros > and gets abused by users for a while the sharp corners will be broken off. I think that's a bit of an extremist view. The 2.6 rpms Arjan has posted have gotten good use, and most people seem to think 2.6.0-test is a _lot_ more stable than 2.4.0 was at release time. It's certainly true that a raft of currently-unknown bugs will show up when distros start shipping 2.6-based distros (I think the first was Mandrake, as an experimental extra, soon be followed by Fedora?). Such bugs always appear. I venture to say, for the vast majority of hardware, including my 28MB K6-2 laptop and my P133 firewall, 2.6 works just as well as 2.4 does currently. Jeff