Re: Filesystem corruptions etc. - Which is the last safe kernel?

From: Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Date: Sun Dec 02 2001 - 11:19:59 EST

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> Now the question is, is any of the 2.4.x kernels safe to use?
> And why is it that supposedly released and stable kernels can have such
> serious issues?

Because you misunderstand the release process. Extensive QA is what the
vendors are doing on top of releases. 2.4.16 seems fine if you want ext3.

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