linux-kernel - Re: RFC: starting a kernel-testers group for newbies

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0805011538350.12785@gandalf.stny.rr.com>
Date:	Thu, 1 May 2008 15:39:28 -0400 (EDT)
From:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
cc:	Theodore Tso <tytso@....EDU>, bunk@...nel.org, arjan@...radead.org,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, rjw@...k.pl, davem@...emloft.net,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, jirislaby@...il.com
Subject: Re: RFC: starting a kernel-testers group for newbies


On Thu, 1 May 2008, Andrew Morton wrote:

> On Thu, 1 May 2008 13:24:34 -0400
> Theodore Tso <tytso@....EDU> wrote:
>
> > ... and maybe we can't solve hardware bugs.
>
> Many, many of these are regressions.  If old-linux works on that
> hardware then new-linux can too.
>
> (still wants to know what we did 2-3 years ago which caused thousands of
> people to have to resort to using noapic and other apic-related boot option
> workarounds)

Perhaps 2-3 years ago more people started using more hardware that
implements APIC. ;-)

-- Steve

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