Re: Linux 5.3-rc8

From: Matthew Garrett
Date: Mon Sep 16 2019 - 19:15:55 EST


On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 04:13:36AM +0500, Alexander E. Patrakov wrote:
> 17.09.2019 04:11, Matthew Garrett ÐÐÑÐÑ:
> > In one case we have "Systems don't boot, but you can downgrade your
> > kernel"
>
> You can't. There are way too many dedicated server providers where there is
> no IPMI or any equivalent, and the only help that the staff can do is to
> reinstall, wiping your data.

In which case you're presumably running a distro kernel that's had a
decent amount of testing before you upgrade to it?

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