Re: Don't use 2.1.44

Horst von Brand (vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl)
Tue, 08 Jul 1997 09:24:44 -0400

"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 -- ...

I know this is extra work for the maintainers, but there are lots of
enthusiastic testers out there that aren't reached by the lists...

Good luck!

Waiting paitently for 2.1.45,

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