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Date:	Wed, 24 Jan 2007 16:12:46 +0000 (GMT)
From:	Hugh Dickins <hugh@...itas.com>
To:	Chris Rankin <rankincj@...oo.com>
cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.18-stable release plans?

On Wed, 24 Jan 2007, Chris Rankin wrote:
> 
> I suppose what I'm *really* asking is what the basis is for assuming that this *isn't* a kernel
> bug and can therefore be safely ignored, seeing as the oops is real, the hardware is fine and the
> kernel is untainted? That seems to cover the bases from where I'm sitting.

All I'm claiming is that it's no more a reason to avoid 2.6.19*
than to avoid any other release (the kernels before 2.6.7 happened
to have no such check, but that doesn't imply they were any safer).

It may indeed be due to a kernel bug, but I can't tell you where: sorry.

Hugh
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