Re: [gentoo-dev] Bootable RC6 Preview?

[Taras <taras.glek@home.com>]

On 16 Aug 2001 12:32:30 -0400, Jerry A! wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 16, 2001 at 09:56:50AM -0600, Daniel Robbins wrote:
> : On Wed, Aug 15, 2001 at 11:38:44PM -0400, Jerry A! wrote:
> :
> : > Looking over the kernel changelogs, it appears that 2.4.8 and on solve
> : > these known issues (at least there were patches applied, and no new
> : > patches to fix the previous patches).
> : >
> : > So, what's the default kernel for rc6?  Please tell me it's at least
> : > 2.4.8.  Also, can anyone roll a bootable image of the current rc6?  I'd
> : > like to bootstrap and install from this version rather than risk any
> : > goofy fs and chipset issues.
> : >
> : > I wouldn't be so pushy, except I've got a buncha things I'd like to
> : > test, verify and commit.
> :
> : Well, I created a chrootable rc6 build image for the system team, and the rest
> : is up to you guys.  Right now, Pete and Chad are working on whipping the rest
> : of sys-* into shape.  Chad is handling sys-libs/pam and I'm guessing that
> : alkaline is going to start by ripping out multilog and replacing it with a
> : non-DJB product.  Currently, we are using kernel 2.4.6 and the most recent
> : ebuild we have is the 2.4.7-vanilla kernel.  I was planning to upgrade to the
> : most recent kernel a bit later on once our sys image is finished.
> 
> Okay, I'll see what I can do.  As far as the multilog stuff goes, are we
> still looking at using syslog-ng?  If so, it should be a simple matter
> of yanking Debian's syslog.conf, dropping it into /etc and creating the
> appropriate /var/log entries.
> 
> Alkaline, can you shed any light on this?
> 
> 
> : Note: cvs.gentoo.org has a VIA KT133 (686b) chipset and doesn't have any
> : ReiserFS corruption problems.  So does my development box.  cvs.gentoo.org
> : is using kernel 2.4.4-ac9 and my dev box is using 2.4.6 currently.  You may
> : try turning off DMA to see if that helps.
> 
> These are two unrelated issues.  I was having ReiserFS corruption issues
> with 2.4.4-ac9.  Looking through the kernel archives there do seem to
> still be known issues with ReiserFS and IDE drives up to 2.4.5.
> 
> However, there are certain VIA mobos that get broken in 2.4.5-2.4.7.
> It's not until 2.4.8 (actually, I believe that there is a certain -ac
> rev of 2.4.7 that also supplies the VIA fixes).  My machine, before it
> bit it wouldn't even boot 2.4.5-2.4.7.
Actually recently I went to the reiserfs homepage and they had patches
for 2.4.7 which fixed a few longstanding bugs.

> 
> Ugh...
> 
>         --Jerry
> 
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