Re: [stable] Linux 2.6.17.5

Matthew Frost
2006-07-15T23:57:55Z

Greg KH wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 14, 2006 at 08:28:34PM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
>> On Fri, Jul 14, 2006 at 08:00:47PM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
>>> We (the -stable team) are announcing the release of the 2.6.17.5 kernel.
>> Oops, please note that we now have some reports that this patch breaks
>> some versions of HAL. So if you're relying on HAL, you might not want
>> to use this fix just yet (please evaluate the risks of doing this on
>> your own.)
>
> Hm, HAL 0.5.7 seems to work fine for me. Anyone else seeing any
> problems with this version? Older versions?
>

I'm running 0.5.7 and also see no problems.

FTR, I'm invoking

/usr/sbin/hald --daemon=yes --verbose=yes --use-syslog

and /var/log/messages looks no different than usual (last under 2.6.17.3).

> thanks,
>
> greg k-h

NP

Matt