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Date:	Sun, 14 Dec 2008 16:00:11 -0800
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Holger Hoffstätte <holger@...ards.de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...nel.org
Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.27.9

On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 09:28:38PM +0100, Holger Hoffstätte wrote:
> Greg KH wrote:
> > On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 09:06:53AM +0100, Holger Hoffstaette wrote:
> >> On Sat, 13 Dec 2008 16:10:29 -0800, Greg KH wrote:
> >>
> >>> We (the -stable team) are announcing the release of the 2.6.27.9 kernel.
> >> This is still missing the fix for the regression from .7 to .8 that I
> >> reported here:
> >> http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0812.1/00006.html
> >>
> >> The fix is here:
> >> http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0812.1/00998.html
> >>
> >> Been running that on top of -stable and it does fix the problem. It also
> >> seems to work for other people. Is there some particular reason why this
> >> was not included? I tested and cc'ed stable@ for a reason. :(
> > 
> > The patch is not in Linus's tree yet, right?  That is a requirement to
> > go into the -stable releases.
> 
> It is: http://tinyurl.com/5gpqkj

Ah, missed that, I'll queue it up for the next stable release later this
week.

thanks,

greg k-h
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