linux-kernel - Re: Linux 2.6.21

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Date:	Thu, 26 Apr 2007 20:45:16 +0200
From:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>
To:	Krzysztof Halasa <khc@...waw.pl>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.21

On Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 08:37:14PM +0200, Krzysztof Halasa wrote:
>...
> With KNOWN_PROBLEMS information, sysadmins can decide if they can
> safely upgrade to .0 or if they have to wait for .123.
>...

Listing regressions like the following will most likely be zero help for 
them when deciding whether to upgrade now or later (and BTW, the latter 
might imply running a kernel with known security issues):

Subject    : acpi_pm clocksource loses time on x86-64
References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/4/17/143
Submitter  : Mikael Pettersson <mikpe@...uu.se>
Handled-By : John Stultz <johnstul@...ibm.com>
             Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>
Status     : problem is being debugged

> Krzysztof Halasa

cu
Adrian

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