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RE: LKCD for 2.3: Update

To: "Matt D. Robinson" <yakker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: LKCD for 2.3: Update
From: Brian Hall <brianwhall@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2000 15:42:05 -0600 (MDT)
Cc: lkcd@xxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0006290730300.15272-100000@mail.turbolinux.com>
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Reply-to: Brian Hall <brianwhall@xxxxxxxxxx>
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I'd love to test the Alpha version...

On 29-Jun-2000 Matt D. Robinson wrote:
> Hi, all.  I have a patch available for the 2.3 tree, although it
> needs some testing.  If people are willing to try it out, crash
> their systems, run 'lcrash', etc., with it, and let myself and
> Tom know how well it is or is not working, I can send the patch
> to people individually.
> 
> The code has changed a little; we now use kiobufs directly, and
> we don't require the raw I/O patches from SGI.  We also work on
> IDE disks, which is really nice for IA32 systems.
> 
> I'm working on the Alpha version, and trying to debug one problem
> I have currently in the code (compression turned on seems to cause
> occasional data offset problems in the dump).  But with that
> excluded, there is a patch ready for test.
> 
> Let me know what you think.
> 
> --Matt

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