From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S269602AbTGOTrS (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Jul 2003 15:47:18 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S269616AbTGOTrS (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Jul 2003 15:47:18 -0400 Received: from [213.39.233.138] ([213.39.233.138]:40917 "EHLO wohnheim.fh-wedel.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S269602AbTGOTrR (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Jul 2003 15:47:17 -0400 Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2003 22:00:48 +0200 From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?J=F6rn?= Engel To: Dave Jones , James Simmons , Alan Cox , dank@reflexsecurity.com, Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: 2.6.0-test1-ac1 Matrox Compile Error Message-ID: <20030715200048.GF8240@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de> References: <1058290204.3857.51.camel@dhcp22.swansea.linux.org.uk> <20030715175758.GC15505@suse.de> <20030715184909.GD8240@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de> <20030715191328.GB20424@suse.de> <20030715192853.GE8240@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de> <20030715193224.GE20424@suse.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20030715193224.GE20424@suse.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 15 July 2003 20:32:24 +0100, Dave Jones wrote: > On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 09:28:53PM +0200, J?rn Engel wrote: > > > So what is lunatic about doing the same with 2.6test? > > Simple, there are known problems in 2.6.0test. > At the time of embedded folks using 2.4.5, there were no known problems. The VM was enough of a problem for one flamewar or another. There is even a faint memory of major construction work around 2.4.10. You may be right for an x86 design that work out of the box, but I got used to extensive adjustments and just as extensive test afterwards. If those test are successful, the kernel is stable by definition, whatever the known problems may be. Jörn -- Eighty percent of success is showing up. -- Woody Allen