Re: Steam is broken on new kernels

[Pierre-Loup A. Griffais]

On 6/21/19 2:41 PM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 21, 2019 at 02:27:41PM -0700, Pierre-Loup A. Griffais wrote:
> > This seems to have broken us:
> >
> > https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.1.11
> >
> > Here's some affected users:
> >
> > https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/6326
> >
> > https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/c37lmh/psa_steam_does_not_connect_on_kernels_newer_than/
> >
> > https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Steam-Networking-Kernel-Woes
> >
> > I don't really understand that distributions that claim to be desktop
> > products would have fast-tracked a server-oriented fix to all their users
> > without testing one of the primary desktop usecases, but that's another
> > thing to figure out later.
>
> What specific commit caused the breakage?

Unclear as of yet, we're starting that process on our end just now. Not 
sure if a user has already performed a bisect and shared his findings in 
one of the links below, but we'll be scouring these and doing our own 
testing as next steps.

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