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

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Date:   Fri, 23 Mar 2018 14:58:46 +0000
From:   Maurice R Volaski <maurice.volaski@...stein.yu.edu>
To:     Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>
CC:     "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Did kernel 3.11 never work?

I'm trying to build a computer with network diagnostic tool, https://software.internet2.edu/ndt/ and it requires patches to the kernel, https://www.web10g.org/. The latest kernel for which there are patches, 3.17, doesn't compile with the patches, so I had to progressively retrogress until I can found one that did.

-----Original Message-----
From: Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>
Date: Friday, March 23, 2018 at 10:54
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