Messages in this thread | | | From | (David Hinds) | Subject | Re: 2.1.22 name space analysis | Date | 28 Jan 1997 17:32:18 GMT |
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Keith Owens (kaos@ocs.com.au) wrote: : On Mon, 27 Jan 1997 13:13:48 -0500, : "Theodore Y. Ts'o" <tytso@MIT.EDU> wrote: : >Grumble.... *when* will where be a stable kernel/modutils combination : >that doesn't require 200+ kilbytes to the kernel before you have : >something which might (or might not) work? I understand that things : >might be unstable for a little while during the 2.1 development series, : >but if things remain too broken for too long, developers won't be able : >to work against the latest versions, either. This is Bad (tm).
: Perhaps it's time for a bug fix freeze. Get the existing code to : compile clean and run, together with clean modutils and pcmcia before : rewriting more sections of the kernel.
Agreed. I won't move to the latest 2.1.X kernels until module support works, period. As in, no extra patches, and a stable set of module tools. I'm totally dependent on having working modules.
-- Dave Hinds dhinds@hyper.stanford.edu
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