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Re: [Announce] kdb v1.5-beta2 is available

To: Tigran Aivazian <tigran@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Announce] kdb v1.5-beta2 is available
From: Keith Owens <kaos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 00:25:28 +1100
Cc: kdb@xxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 28 Sep 2000 13:09:55 BST." <Pine.LNX.4.21.0009281305360.1051-100000@saturn.homenet>
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On Thu, 28 Sep 2000 13:09:55 +0100 (BST), 
Tigran Aivazian <tigran@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>On Thu, 28 Sep 2000, Keith Owens wrote:
>
>> http://oss.sgi.com/projects/kdb/download/ix86/ contains a patch for kdb
>> v1.5-beta2 against 2.4.0-test9-pre7.
>
>Just 5 minutes ago I made a patch for you against beta1 :(

The joys of life on the bleeding edge :)

>Maybe it still applies to beta2, otherwise I can redo it on beta2.
>Basically, I suggest to move kdb_vmlist_check() out of vmalloc.c because
>it makes kdb patch less intrusive into non-kdb-specific code.

I have to agree with Scott on this one.  A kdb hook for a particular
area needs to be in the source where all the other work for that area
is done.  It picks up unexpected kernel changes much faster and tells
people who are integrating multiple patches that there might be
conflicts in that area.


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