Re: V2.1.42

Theodore Y. Ts'o (tytso@MIT.EDU)
Tue, 3 Jun 1997 14:17:00 -0400


Date: Tue, 3 Jun 1997 11:20:00 +0200
From: Martin Mares <mj@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz>

> Linux version V2.1.42 still has the problem with the default terminal
> termios structure getting corrupted when arch/i386/mm/init.c frees
> "unused memory". The result is that echo on primative commands like
> `cat` thinks the control key was pressed.

Does this still happen after the getties initialize the terminal?

I just looked at 2.1.41, and it doesn't appear to be putting the default
initial termio structure in the section the would be freed by init.c;
are you sure about this?

- Ted