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Message-ID: <20081214190829.GA31396@kroah.com> Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2008 11:08:29 -0800 From: Greg KH <greg@...ah.com> To: Holger Hoffstaette <holger@...ards.de> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.27.9 On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 09:06:53AM +0100, Holger Hoffstaette wrote: > On Sat, 13 Dec 2008 16:10:29 -0800, Greg KH wrote: > > > We (the -stable team) are announcing the release of the 2.6.27.9 kernel. > > This is still missing the fix for the regression from .7 to .8 that I > reported here: > http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0812.1/00006.html > > The fix is here: > http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0812.1/00998.html > > Been running that on top of -stable and it does fix the problem. It also > seems to work for other people. Is there some particular reason why this > was not included? I tested and cc'ed stable@ for a reason. :( The patch is not in Linus's tree yet, right? That is a requirement to go into the -stable releases. Also, it is not exactly obvious why a change for idr is needed. The "new" drm code in Fedora releases is understandable, but that is not code that is in the main 2.6.27-stable tree, right? Also, please cc: the stable developers if you want them to pay attention to messages like this. thanks, greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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