Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 02 Aug 2006 16:58:26 +0200 | From | Takashi Iwai <> | Subject | Re: Linux v2.6.18-rc3 |
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At Wed, 02 Aug 2006 18:35:26 GMT, Hubert Tonneau wrote: > > Takashi Iwai wrote: > > > > Do you really get Oops with 2.6.17-final, too? > > AFAIK, there was a bug in the early 2.6.17-rc regarding OSS emulation, > > but it got fixed in the later rc. > > I confirm that the only oops I got was with 2.6.17-rc1 > > > The behavior of invalid O_* flag seems incompatible with the older > > version. Although I don't think it's totally wrong behavior, surely > > better to keep the compatibility. The patch below should fix it. > > I don't care: I have changed my player. > I also tend to agree that opening /dev/dsp read write was not a good > idea, so I would not criticise the new behaviour.
Well, incompatibility is worse in most cases than rationality. Could you test the patch really fixes your case, so that I can push it to 2.6.17-stable tree?
> Each version of Linux 2.6 tend to break some softwares due to subtil > changes. What is bad is that these changes tend to be not announced, > but on the other hand the kernel mailing list is very responsive, > so all in all it might be a reasonable way to go.
It was an unintentioal change, so it's not somthing to be announced ;) It's a thing just to be fixed.
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