Re: test version of 2.1.0 available

Linus Torvalds (torvalds@cs.helsinki.fi)
Tue, 24 Sep 1996 15:16:48 +0300 (EET DST)


Could people that had problems with the first pre-patch-2.1.0 try out the
second one (called "pre-patch-2.1.0-#2", and available in the same place as
the original one)?

This one fixes a problem with the memory management setup on non-Pentium
machines that didn't have the 4MB page tables (I only tested it on a
Pentium). I think it should work correctly now.

This also fixes the vremap() call, so hopefully the BSD ncr driver works.

Oh, and in case you didn't notice before: the 2.1.x kernels will only compile
with an ELF compiler: the a.out setup is completely disabled now. So you do
have to upgrade your compiler if you haven't already.

(And people: I was _joking_ about the money. Just send me reports..)

Linus