Re: linux 4.17.7 not suitable for i386
Leo Famulari writes: > On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 11:36:08AM -0400, Leo Famulari wrote: >> Quoting Greg Kroah-Hartman: >> >> "I did this release anyway with this known problem as there is a fix in >> here for x86-64 systems that was nasty to track down and was affecting >> people. Given that the huge majority of systems are NOT i386, I felt >> this was a safe release to do at this point in time." > > Apparently the missing patch is referred to here: > > https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/7/17/443 > https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/7/17/505 I just pushed the 4.17.7 update with the cherry-picked fix for i686. Thanks, Mark
Re: linux 4.17.7 not suitable for i386
Leo Famulari writes: FYI, the latest stable Linux release (4.17.7) is not suitable for i386 (i686-linux) systems. Quoting Greg Kroah-Hartman: "NOTE, this kernel release is broken for i386 systems. If you are running such a machine, do NOT update to this release, you will not be able to boot properly. I did this release anyway with this known problem as there is a fix in here for x86-64 systems that was nasty to track down and was affecting people. Given that the huge majority of systems are NOT i386, I felt this was a safe release to do at this point in time." https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/7/17/434 So, we should take care to preserve the linux-libre 4.17.6 package definition for i686-linux, or skip this release. Thank you for the heads up on this. I am going to forward this to the Parabola GNU/Linux-Libre list.
Re: linux 4.17.7 not suitable for i386
On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 11:36:08AM -0400, Leo Famulari wrote: > Quoting Greg Kroah-Hartman: > > "I did this release anyway with this known problem as there is a fix in > here for x86-64 systems that was nasty to track down and was affecting > people. Given that the huge majority of systems are NOT i386, I felt > this was a safe release to do at this point in time." Apparently the missing patch is referred to here: https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/7/17/443 https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/7/17/505 signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: linux 4.17.7 not suitable for i386
Leo Famulari writes: > FYI, the latest stable Linux release (4.17.7) is not suitable for i386 > (i686-linux) systems. Quoting Greg Kroah-Hartman: > > "NOTE, this kernel release is broken for i386 systems. If you are > running such a machine, do NOT update to this release, you will not be > able to boot properly. > > I did this release anyway with this known problem as there is a fix in > here for x86-64 systems that was nasty to track down and was affecting > people. Given that the huge majority of systems are NOT i386, I felt > this was a safe release to do at this point in time." > > https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/7/17/434 > > So, we should take care to preserve the linux-libre 4.17.6 package > definition for i686-linux, or skip this release. Thanks, Leo. I guess I'll skip the 4.17.6 update for now, but I'm open to other suggestions. Hopefully upstream will resolve this issue soon. Mark
linux 4.17.7 not suitable for i386
FYI, the latest stable Linux release (4.17.7) is not suitable for i386 (i686-linux) systems. Quoting Greg Kroah-Hartman: "NOTE, this kernel release is broken for i386 systems. If you are running such a machine, do NOT update to this release, you will not be able to boot properly. I did this release anyway with this known problem as there is a fix in here for x86-64 systems that was nasty to track down and was affecting people. Given that the huge majority of systems are NOT i386, I felt this was a safe release to do at this point in time." https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/7/17/434 So, we should take care to preserve the linux-libre 4.17.6 package definition for i686-linux, or skip this release. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
