Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: 2.6.9-rc2-mm2 [u] | From | "Martin Schlemmer [c]" <> | Date | Fri, 24 Sep 2004 02:53:58 +0200 |
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On Wed, 2004-09-22 at 13:12 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.9-rc2/2.6.9-rc2-mm2/ > > - Added Bart's bk-ide-dev tree to the -mm external tree lineup. > > - Added Peter Williams' Single Priority Array (SPA) O(1) CPU Scheduler, aka > the "zaphod" cpu scheduler. > > It has a number of tunables and lots of documentation - see the changelog > entry in zaphod-scheduler.patch for details. > > - This kernel doesn't work on ia64 (instant reboot). But neither does > 2.6.9-rc2, nor current Linus -bk. Is it just me? > > - Added the kexec-based crashdump code. This is the code which uses kexec > to jump into a new mini-kernel when the main kernel crashes. Userspace code > in that mini-kernel then dumps the main kernel's memory to disk. These new > patches provide the bits and pieces which the mini-kernel needs to be able > to get at the main kernel's memory. > > There seem to be no hints as to how to get all this working - that will > come. > > - Found (and fixed) the bug which was causing those > ext3-goes-readonly-under-load problems. It was in the new wait/wakeup code. >
I have a p4 ht box at home (smp kernel with smt enabled), and with this I seem to get zombie processes (nautilus a few times now).
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