Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 10 May 2006 09:31:23 +0200 (MEST) | From | Jan Engelhardt <> | Subject | Re: Stability of 2.6.17-rc3? |
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> Was hoping 2.6.17 would be out within one week, doesn't look like it > is going to happen. > My thesis defense is coming up, need to merge my patches against some kernel > (requiring 2.6.16.1 looks weird). > Surprisingly I'm in the same position ^_^ Basing my patches on 2.6.16 makes a lot of changes produce compiler warnings again (e.g. due to changed prototypes in ipt_* matches and targets).
> On a machine that 2.6.16.1 runs bug-free, is it sane to assume > 2.6.17-rc3 will as well? > If it fails outright, I can revert, but if it is unstable I'm going to > have some problems. > (You would be surprised how long it took me to discover a mistake that > sys_rename(on any filesystem) -> deadlock with my custom patch).
If it is a kernel problem, report it. If it is a problem of your patch, well, I suppose you need to fix it then. :/
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