Re: Don't use 2.1.44
H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
Tue, 8 Jul 1997 08:41:26 -0700 (PDT)
> "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@transmeta.com> said:
> > Message from Linus (whose system is currently screwed):
>
> > WARNING: Using Linux kernel 2.1.44 can cause fatal filesystem
> > corruption!!!
>
> Don't worry, on i386 it crashes on boot ;-)
>
> > Seems like the new dcache code is, ahem, buggy...
>
> Nice to know.
>
> What about a file describing known/suspected problems with each of the
> kernels? Say comments-2.1.44:
>
> Don't use, screws up your filesystem -- Linus 970707
> Crashes on boot on i386 -- Horst von Brand 970706
> ...
>
> comments-2.1.43:
>
> Messes up ext2 filesystems when renaming a directory -- ...
>
Are you volunteering to maintain it?
-hpa