linux-kernel - Re: Linux v2.6.22-rc3

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Message-ID: <20070601184605.GD16529@redhat.com>
Date:	Fri, 1 Jun 2007 14:46:05 -0400
From:	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@...ox.com>, Tejun Heo <htejun@...il.com>,
	Gregor Jasny <gjasny@...glemail.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-ide@...r.kernel.org, Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Subject: Re: Linux v2.6.22-rc3

On Fri, Jun 01, 2007 at 11:30:49AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:

 > > There are no old drivers in F7 and beyond.
 > > # CONFIG_IDE is not set
 > 
 > Ahh, that's certainly going to root out the issues. Now let's hope that 
 > people install it..

Whilst it's too early to tell yet, there are a few really nasty bugs
that made it into our final kernel (based on 2.6.21.3).
For eg, a whole class of Dell laptops won't boot unless you boot
with maxcpus=1  I root-caused this to one of tglx's patches that went
into 2.6.21.2, but it's a head-scratcher as to why it's responsible.
I'm praying that this is the worst of the 'cant install' bugs we get,
and then I can just push out a 2.6.22 some time that will magically
make all these problems go away. (Because .22 is going to be flawless right?)

 > (Fedora seems to make it hard on purpose to upgrade between major 
 > revisions, but maybe that's just me not reading the docs as usual ;)

Probably :-)   I've done two successful upgrades yesterday, one with
anaconda, and one using just rpm -U of the fedora-release rpm from F7
and then 'yum update'.  (The former did go a little smoother though tbh).

	Dave

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