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To: Fernando Lopez-Lezcano <nando@ccrma.Stanford.EDU>
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Subject: Re: [patch] Real-Time Preemption, -RT-2.6.10-rc2-mm3-V0.7.32-15
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Fernando Lopez-Lezcano wrote:
> On Sun, 2004-12-12 at 22:47, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
>>* Fernando Lopez-Lezcano <nando@ccrma.Stanford.EDU> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Something that just happened to me: running 0.7.32-14
>>>(PREEMPT_DESKTOP) and trying to install 0.7.32-19 from a custom built
>>>rpm package completely hangs the machine (p4 laptop - I tried twice).
>>>No clues left behind. If I boot into 0.7.32-9 I can install 0.7.32-19
>>>with no problems. 
>>
>>does 0.7.32-19 work better if you reverse (patch -R) the loop.h and
>>loop.c bits (see below)?
> 
> 
> Running 0.7.32-19 (no changes) I managed to install 0.7.32-20 with no
> problems... probably a problem in -14 that was somehow fixed in later
> releases. 
> 
> -- Fernando

Possibly. I have had the occasional problem with running make install 
locking one of my systems. Rebooting and running make install again 
works fine in my case. It is by no means a regular occurrence, even 
installing 2 or 3 new kernels daily on 3 different machines.

kr