Linux-Hams archive - February 1999: Re: kernel 2.2.0 -> 2.2.1

Re: kernel 2.2.0 -> 2.2.1

Hamish Moffatt (cys.geok@bbdo.ru)
Sat, 6 Feb 1999 19:24:46 +1100

On Fri, Feb 05, 1999 at 09:19:26PM -0700, Karl F. Larsen wrote:
> Well interesting. Kernel 2.2.0 was put up Jan 26, 1999 and the
> patch for kernel 2.2.1 was put up Jan 29, 1999. Does this indicate that
> perhaps there *MIGHT* have been a tiny problem with 2.2.0?

There are no AX25 changes in 2.2.1, I have fixed.

> I want all of you who assailed my comments about the kernel that
> only one person indicated that 2.2.0 worked good, with just a FEW changes.
> I don't belive this. I think he had 2.2.1 but was not aware of it. All you
> others were already using 2.2.1...:-)

Not so.

> Tomorrow I will compile a new kernel and will see how it works.
> But I stand by what I have said. My X windows will not come up and
> ax25-utils will not work period with kernel 2.2.0 and that is accurate
> information.

In your configuration only -- X and ax25 work ok here.

> that tiny patch-2.2.1 and apply that first...like I will do in 10 minutes.

It will not help. The changes are in documentation, the /proc file
system, the kernel-mode NFS server, and some DEC Alpha stuff only.
I do not think I will bother to upgrade my system here.

Hamish

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