Anything can cause problems. And taking stuff out of context as well is
just silly. I listed the kernels to test and what each patch implies.
2.3.18ac4 has been confirmed ok by testers so far. That means its not
kupdated as it happens.
I don't believe you are infallible. I don't believe kupdated is broken. I
do believe in sensible progressive debugging. And if 2.3.18ac2 worked and
ac4 didnt then I'd assume kupdated - regardless of whether it looks right.
> If you want to reverse it on the next ac9 patch to have the proof I am
> right go ahead.
>
> Also I believe ac4 will reproduce the problem too trying harder.
I don't. All the reporters seemed to think it started during 2.3.18ac*
2.3.18ac6 adds the following stuff relevant to the VFS
o Fix filemap_nopage loops under low mem (Chuck Lever)
2.3.18ac6 adds the following stuff relevant to the VFS
o Fix filemap_nopage loops under low mem (Chuck Lever)
o Remove some more bmap cruft (Lennert Buytenhek)
o i386 tlb handling fix (Andrea Arcangeli)
o Remove some more bmap cruft (Lennert Buytenhek)
My guess is that 2.3.18ac5 will also be solid for people and 2.3.18ac6
will be the one that breaks it.
Alan
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