"C.M. Connelly" wrote: > > "KW" == Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > KW> Thanks! That's a lot of good info. Do you reckon I'd be > KW> better off going to 2.2.17 now, or is 2.2.16 acceptable > KW> enough to keep using it? > > Alan said (in his diary, <http://www.linux.org.uk/diary/>) > > June 11th > > Built and released 2.2.17pre1, the 2.2.16 errata, Linux > 2.4.0-test1-ac14 and Linux 2.4.0-test1-ac15. Kind of a busy > day. The errata btw fix the Bugtraq lockd hang if anyone has their > lockd port publically available. The TCP bug is also worth having > the fix for. This is a 'get the errata' hint. If you have a > sparc or want 16bit character corrections then get 2.2.17pre1 > instead. > > so at the least I think you'd want to apply the errata patch and > rebuild your kernel.
<snip> > I usually back up my .config file (in /usr/src/linux) to some > meaningful name (such as /usr/src/linux-2.2.17p5-config), then > copy it back to /usr/src/linux/.config after unpatching, > repatching, and doing a `make mrproper' (which, among other > things, wipes the existing .config file). Then I do a `make > oldconfig', which uses my .config file as the base and scans > through looking for new stuff to ask me about, almost none of > which are ever things I want. Once that's done, I might do a > `make menuconfig' to make sure things look right, and then do > `make dep' and `make vmlinux' (followed by `make modules'). > > I usually have several different kernels available to boot from, > so if I have a problem, I can fall back to a known working kernel. > > I hope that we'll see some improvements in the way that the kernel > configuration process works with Eric Raymond's CML2 stuff -- > one of the easiest mistakes to make when compiling kernels for > PowerMacs, at least, is to include support for PC equivalents of > PowerMac hardware (especially serial ports, though also mice, > parallel ports, and some other stuff) that you shouldn't even be > able to see, let alone select. > > CMC > > +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ > Behind the counter a boy with a shaven head stared vacantly into space, > a dozen spikes of microsoft protruding from the socket behind his ear. > +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ > C.M. Connelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] SHC, DS > +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Thanks for the info. I went ahead and upgraded to 2.2.17; everything seems fine (except MOL goes to a black screen, but that's another topic). Thanks! -- Kent West [EMAIL PROTECTED]
