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Re: Please pay attention to RedHat 7.x, other stable linuxkernels (2.4)

To: Seth Mos <knuffie@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Please pay attention to RedHat 7.x, other stable linuxkernels (2.4) please ;p
From: Simon Matter <simon.matter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 12:31:23 +0100
Cc: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxx>, John Haverty <zeio@xxxxxxxxxxx>, linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx
Organization: Sauter AG, Basel
References: <BAY1-F55Gi33mEtpDNx00000d3b@hotmail.com> <4.3.2.7.2.20030218091120.04996ef0@pop.xs4all.nl>
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Seth,

Thanks for your effort building updated RedHat kernel. I found the new
ones on http://iserv.nl/files/xfs/2.4.18-24/ but coudn't find the source
RPM. Is it really exactly 1.2pre5 only with the name changed?

Simon


Seth Mos schrieb:
> 
> At 20:55 17-2-2003 -0600, Eric Sandeen wrote:
> >On Mon, 17 Feb 2003, John Haverty wrote:
> >
> >I imagine that a backport to a Red Hat 7.3 kernel would not be too bad,
> >perhaps if you or someone in the Linux community can do this, it would
> >be well received.
> 
> The kernels from my site are built under Red Hat 7.1 and also reflect the
> latest errata kernel.
> They are based on the 2.4.18-24 errata from Red Hat and also include the
> XFS 1.2pre5 patches.
> 
> Although the name still says pre5 it is ofcourse the 1.2 code.
> http://iserv.nl/files/xfs/2.4.18-24/
> 
> So if you need the Red Hat 7.x variant this would be your best bet.
> 
> I am rebuilding this kernel with the proper 1.2 name on a Red Hat 7.3 box
> at the moment. But this could take a while (half a day).
> 
> There might also be a new errata kernel coming soon which *should* fix
> numerous network problems related to gigabit ethernet. Keep in mind however
> that the last 4 errata release from Red Hat which should have fixed this
> still have not solved the problem to date.
> There was -17, -18, -19 and now -24.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> --
> Seth
> It might just be your lucky day, if you only knew.


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