linux-kernel - Re: How many people are using 2.6.16?

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Message-ID: <20070130235215.GN3754@stusta.de>
Date:	Wed, 31 Jan 2007 00:52:15 +0100
From:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>
To:	Mike Houston <mikeserv@...s.com>
Cc:	Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@...hat.com>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: How many people are using 2.6.16?

On Mon, Jan 29, 2007 at 04:04:48PM -0500, Mike Houston wrote:
> On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 15:30:00 -0500
> Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@...hat.com> wrote:
> 
> > Is there any way to estimate the size of the user base for 2.6.16?
> > 
> > e.g. how many downloads does it get?
> 
> I've often wondered that myself, as I'm concerned for it to continue
> to be maintained. I'm very appreciative of what Adrian is doing with
> it. (Thanks!)
> 
> I've been using Adrian's 2.6.16 kernel releases on two internet
> servers that I look after remotely. One of them is RHEL 4 the other
> is Fedora Core 2 (Ensim Webppliance). I'm especially wary of breaking
> RHEL 4, and the 2.6.16.xx kernels work perfectly except for the
> hald not starting (but that doesn't matter on that server).
>...

I haven't heard of this before, and in a quick test hald from
HAL 0.5.8.1 starts fine here.

Are there any error messages?

> Mike Houston

cu
Adrian

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