Re: [gentoo-dev] Linux 2.6.21 plans

2007-05-09 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 08 May 2007 16:43:13 -0700, Daniel Ostrow wrote: > Mine is an x86_64 system...it also only seems to affect early adopters > of VMWare Workstation 6, which hasn't been released yet no less > considered *stable*. Once I tried WS6, the same fault showed up after going back to 5.5. However, t

Re: [gentoo-dev] Linux 2.6.21 plans

2007-05-08 Thread Florian D.
Daniel Ostrow wrote: > Mine is an x86_64 system...it also only seems to affect early adopters > of VMWare Workstation 6, which hasn't been released yet no less > considered *stable*. > > --Dan ok, then it only affects *some* amd64 users, but app-emulation/vmware-workstation-5.5.3.34685 seems to

Re: [gentoo-dev] Linux 2.6.21 plans

2007-05-08 Thread Daniel Ostrow
On Wed, 2007-05-09 at 00:36 +0100, Mike Auty wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hiya, > Reading over the discussion on lkml, it appears that it only affects > x86_64 systems... > Mike 5:) Mine is an x86_64 system...it also only seems to affect early adopters

Re: [gentoo-dev] Linux 2.6.21 plans

2007-05-08 Thread Mike Auty
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hiya, Reading over the discussion on lkml, it appears that it only affects x86_64 systems... Mike 5:) -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGQQlpu7rWomwgFXoRAhzPAJ94Dcg/S0a6dtHodXRyPRgRT4CS0gCdHSW2 ksz

Re: [gentoo-dev] Linux 2.6.21 plans

2007-05-08 Thread Daniel Ostrow
On Wed, 2007-05-09 at 01:11 +0200, Florian D. wrote: > Daniel Drake wrote: > > Hi, > > > > 2.6.21 was released today. Testing muchly appreciated as usual -- please > > file bugs and clearly mark them as 2.6.21 regressions if that is the case. > > > > hello, > 2.6.21 will break the current *stabl

Re: [gentoo-dev] Linux 2.6.21 plans

2007-05-08 Thread Florian D.
Daniel Drake wrote: > Hi, > > 2.6.21 was released today. Testing muchly appreciated as usual -- please > file bugs and clearly mark them as 2.6.21 regressions if that is the case. > hello, 2.6.21 will break the current *stable* VMware worstation. VMware 6 will work again. please see the followi

Re: [gentoo-dev] Linux 2.6.21 plans

2007-04-27 Thread Alec Warner
Petteri Räty wrote: > Daniel Drake kirjoitti: >> Petteri Räty wrote: >>> Why would the kernel have to go stable before the usual month dictated >>> by policy? Yes there are usually security bugs but you did not mention >>> that as a reason in your post. >> At last check this was a recommendation, n

Re: [gentoo-dev] Linux 2.6.21 plans

2007-04-27 Thread Petteri Räty
Daniel Drake kirjoitti: > Petteri Räty wrote: >> Why would the kernel have to go stable before the usual month dictated >> by policy? Yes there are usually security bugs but you did not mention >> that as a reason in your post. > > At last check this was a recommendation, not a policy, plus nobody

Re: [gentoo-dev] Linux 2.6.21 plans

2007-04-27 Thread Daniel Drake
Petteri Räty wrote: Why would the kernel have to go stable before the usual month dictated by policy? Yes there are usually security bugs but you did not mention that as a reason in your post. At last check this was a recommendation, not a policy, plus nobody objected timeframe-wise before.

Re: [gentoo-dev] Linux 2.6.21 plans

2007-04-27 Thread Petteri Räty
Daniel Drake kirjoitti: > > This means that we may be pushing for 2.6.21 stable on x86 and amd64 on > May 17th. If important issues come up (which they may well do), this > will obviously be delayed, but do keep this date in mind. > Why would the kernel have to go stable before the usual month di