Subject: Re: Linux-2.4.0-test10 To: torvalds@transmeta.com (Linus Torvalds) Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 20:55:13 +0000 (GMT) From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> > Ok, test10-final is out there now. This has no _known_ bugs that I > consider show-stoppers, for what it's worth. The fact power management even handling is completely broken and crashes on unfortunately timed module unloads doesnt count ? More importantly has the bug when you can use the proc/self/mem trick with read to crash machines as any user via svgalib stuff been fixed ? Questions: Has the O_SYNC stuff been fixed so that more than ext2 honours this flag ? What about the fact anyone can crash a box using ioctls on net devices and waiting for an unload - was this fixed ? Less Critical: Does autofs4 work yet Why haven't you merged irda changes people have been sending for months which mean irda in 2.4test doesnt work ? Making ramfs work seems to not be merged Ok so Im always on the more conservative side but the large collection of 'fixe exists isnt merged' and those 4 or 5 other issues to me count as at the very least alarm bells. But I have to admit it seems close to 2.4.0. Its stayed up a lot better than I expected under load once I fixed the scsi one Alan - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/