Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 26 Nov 1998 22:54:41 -0500 (EST) | From | rdicaire@vic ... | Subject | RE: linux-kernel-digest V1 #2900 |
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>From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com> >Date: Thu, 26 Nov 1998 13:49:27 -0800 (PST) >Subject: The Basted Turkey Release (aka 2.1.130) > >Following hot on the heels of the greased weasel, the basted turkey rears >its handsome head. > >The basted turkey release fixes some problems that our dear weasel had, >namely: > - NFS reference counting was wrong. It had been wrong for a long time, > but apparently the more aggressively asynchronous code was more easily > able to show the resultant random memory corruption. That should be > gone. > - The UP flu fixed officially (this has been in most of the 2.1.129 > patches) > - kernel_thread() used to be able to cause bad things in init-routines at > bootup. Fixed. > - itimers could lead to bad things in SMP under heavy itimer load. > - various mm tweaks to make it behave better under load. Things for dirty > buffers still under consideration. > - IP masqerading check fixes. > - acenic gigabit ethernet driver > - some drunken revelers fixed some MCA issues. > - alpha PCI setup updates and video drivers > - hfs and minix filesystem fixes. > >On the whole, an excellent thing to do this evening, and goes together >remarkably well with some good red wine. Amaze your friends and relatives >by completely ignoring them, sitting in a corner with your own basted >turkey, and getting wasted on red wine. Much more fun than your average >thanksgiving dinner,
Dinner went well, unfortunately compiling and running .130 didn't. Unlike the 2.12x kernels, .130 wont even boot :( Dies at kswapd with a "can't dereference NULL pointer..." error.
gcc 2.7.2.3 libc5
Can send more info at request. Happy Thanksgiving :)
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