linux-kernel - Re: Did kernel 3.11 never work?

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Date:   Fri, 23 Mar 2018 15:54:28 +0100
From:   Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>
To:     Maurice R Volaski <maurice.volaski@...stein.yu.edu>
Cc:     "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Did kernel 3.11 never work?

On Fri, Mar 23, 2018 at 02:37:17PM +0000, Maurice R Volaski wrote:
> I am trying to use kernel 3.11 on VirtualBox or VMWare, but it hangs at boot
> right after the message "Booting the kernel". Under VMWare, VMWare gives a
> message that it received an instruction to halt the CPU.
> 
> I have tried different editions of 3.11 and they all are affected the same
> way. Does anyone know why this and a way to fix it?

Not that many memories about this one, but why would anyone try to
figure what was wrong on a kernel that's been dead for 4 years now
and after which thousands of bugs have been fixed, possibly the one
that affects you ?

Willy