Re: Linux 2.6.27.27

From: Greg KH
Date: Mon Jul 20 2009 - 11:23:08 EST


On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 01:51:33PM +0200, Krzysztof Oledzki wrote:
> On 2009-07-20 06:06, Greg KH wrote:
> >I'm announcing the release of the 2.6.27.26 kernel. All users of the
> >2.6.27 kernel series are very strongly encouraged to upgrade.
> >
> >I'll also be replying to this message with a copy of the patch between
> >2.6.27.26 and 2.6.27.27
> >
> >The updated 2.6.27.y git tree can be found at:
> > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.27.y.git
> >and can be browsed at the normal kernel.org git web browser:
> > http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.27.y.git;a=summary
> >
> >thanks,
>
> <CUT>
> >Linus Torvalds (1):
> > Don't use '-fwrapv' compiler option: it's buggy in gcc-4.1.x
>
> I'm very sorry to say that but 2.6.27.27 compiled with gcc-4.2.4
> hangs during boot and it is caused by this fix.
>
> I extended http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13012 with
> additional info & .config.

Wierd. Linus, any thoughts? Do we need to check the version of the
compiler that we are using before turning that option off?

thanks,

greg k-h
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