Re: Linux has a broken shutdown syscall!

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Tue, 28 Apr 1998 22:11:24 +0100 (BST)

> Do the 'uname' system call and look at the version number at runtime. Have 2
> configuration variables which contain the shutdown states. If you detect
> strncmp(utsname.release,"2.0",3)==0 then set it up for the munge, else
> make it right. This can all just be an #ifdef to please the clean code guys.

2.0.34pre12 will fix this (it does already but Im still hacking on the two
remaining bugs to very long life high stability kernels . It (and pre11b)
also contain a lot of security fixes. So once 2.0.34 is out

a) The bug is fixed
b) Very few people should be running <2.0.34 once the first brave folk
prove its a solid as we believe it will be

Alan

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