The only reason I distribute 2.4.18-3 modules (and not -4) is that
when I built them I found that the -3 and -4 modules were exactly the
same. So, why distribute two sets of identical modules?
Sure, the kernels are different, but the modules are 100% compatible.
-derek
Matt Cocker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi again
>
> Further to kernel modules problem
>
>
>
> Kernel panic on SMP systems with ext3 file systems is now fixed.
> Advisory: RHBA-2002:085-11
>
> Last updated on: 2002-05-09
>
> back
>
> Bug Fix Advisory Bug Fix Advisory
>
> Details:
>
> A few bugs, including one in ext3 that could cause a kernel panic
> on SMP systems, are fixed in this kernel errata.
>
> In the 2.4.18-3 kernel, a timing change exposed a previously-unseen
> race condition in ext3 which could occasionally cause the kernel
> to panic on SMP systems. The 2.4.18-4 kernel corrects this problem.
>
> In addition, under the 2.4.18-3 kernel it was not possible to build modules
> for the bigmem kernel (used for machines with memory with
> addresses higher than 4GB) due to a typo in its header file
> (__module_bigmem should have been __module__bigmem in the file
> linux-rhconfig.h). This is now fixed.
>
> Finally, bugs in the vsnprintf implementation and in the way the kernel
> reads the /proc/stat file are now fixed.
>
> > Hmm, I'm not sure what "2.4.18-3" is from. I also notice that you
> > don't have a .bm kernel. Very odd...
>
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Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
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