Re: Plain 2.4.5 VM... (and 2.4.5-ac3)

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Wed, 30 May 2001 21:11:20 +0100 (BST)


> There was a new 8139too driver added to the the 2.4.5 (I think) kernel
> which Alan Cox took back out and reverted to the old one in his
> 2.4.5-ac? versions because it is apparently causing lockups.
> Shouldn't this new driver have been released in a 2.5.x development
> kernel and proven there before replacing the one in the production
> kernel? I haven't even seen a 2.5.x kernel released yet.

Nope. The 2.4.3 one is buggy too - but differently (and it turns out a
little less) buggy. Welcome to software.

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