Re: 2.0.34pre6

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Sun, 5 Apr 1998 01:27:56 +0100 (BST)


> What about Doug's aic7xxx patches? Last I heard 2.0.x aic7xxx driver was
> "unfit for news server load". Not that I've had any troubles with it
> recently mind you. Or are there "political" problems with aic7xxx-5.0.x in
> the mainstream kernel?

This has two patches Doug sent me that fix problems. There are no
'political' problems on versions. Doug makes the final decision on what
goes in not me.

> PS. Did anyone investiagte Andreas' claim that a "pte_free_kernel()" call
> introduced in 2.0.33 to combat a perceived leak, in fact corrupts memory?

Its waiting an answer from an mm guru and if so will get fixed.

Alan

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