Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 15 Feb 2000 00:01:20 +0000 (GMT) | From | Riley Williams <> | Subject | Re: Does anybody try to compile the 2.3 kernels at all ? :(( |
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Hi Arjan.
>>> As I do recall, someone here did say that he does compile all >>> 2.2.xx kernels with all imaginable config combination with 100% >>> success rate...
>> Not that I've seen. Someone stated that he compiles the kernels >> with all options that are supposed to work set to "Y", and >> somebody else stated that they do the equivalent modular >> compile, but I've seen nobody state that they try all possible >> combinations for every kernel.
> I did compile a LOT (over 2000) of more or less random > configurations for the 2.2.14 kernel. I also fixed all but 3 > problems.
It also wasn't you I referred to in the above comment, nor was it Alan Cox. I saw both those comments in posts from people I didn't recognise, and you know I've been on this list long enough to recognise all of the regulars...
> Sergey Kubushin is just trying to be an ass because he quotes me > wrongly.
Perhaps. He's certainly wrong in what he claims.
> I wrote on l-k that all _BUT THREE_ configurations were supposed > to work. I even named all three of the problem cases.
I have to admit that I hadn't even seen the post you refer to when I wrote the reply quoted.
> Now, in the same thread, he puts the words in my mouth as if I > said that 100% would compile, and gives one of the exceptions I > gave him as proof that I am a liar.
> That doesn't mean I like the hfmodem-bug (or the other two > bugs), it just means that the right fix just isn't found yet.
All too true.
> Before I take Sergey serious again, I expect him to send Alan a > decent fix for the hfmodem problem....
Before *I* take him seriously again, I expect him to have posted fixes for ALL THREE of those bugs, and not only to Alan but to this list as well.
Best wishes from Riley.
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