Messages in this thread | | | From | (Alan Cox) | Subject | Re: buffer cache patches - anybody willing to summarize? | Date | Mon, 4 Aug 1997 21:22:46 +0100 (BST) |
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> Linus: just fix the buffer cache problem please! This seems to be the > bug that is causing all the lock-ups and memory oops and such.
No. The fact the networking is totally shafted also causes a lot of oopses
> 1) ask the driver maintainer for the latest stable driver patch against > 2.0.31 when it is released, or...
The new tulip should be in the 2.0.31 kernel.
> 2) go purchase hardware that is known to be supported.
Not possible, the only chip that the old old driver supported is replaced now.
> 2.0 tree. Security and fatal bug fixes *only*. other than that 2.0 > supports what it supports and you should wait for 2.2/3.0 to include new > hardware support.
Both the AHA29xx and tulip are pretty fatal if you have these boards. Neither of these are "new things" they are bug fixes. Also just about everyone with a tulip is already using the new driver.
Alan
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