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To: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>
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Subject: Re: Distributions vs kernel development
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From: Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de>
Date: Fri, 07 May 2004 20:42:10 +0200
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Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org> writes:

> After having being burned twice: first by Mandrake and supermount, and second
> by SuSe and reiserfs attributes; are any of the distributions committed to
> making sure that their distribution will run the standard kernel? (ie. 2.6.X from
> kernel.org). When running a non-vendor kernel, I need to reasonably expect that the system
> will boot and all the filesystems and standard devices are available.  I don't
> expect every startup script to run clean, or every device that has a driver
> only in the vendor kernel to work. 

The reiserfs attribute patch has been submitted many times,
but rejected for totally bogus reasons. You know who to complain to.

-Andi