Re: Future of 2.0.36

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Tue, 27 Oct 1998 21:34:40 +0000 (GMT)

> > with the stability of 2.0.36pre15, we'd very much appreciated if you
> > can give us some assurance that 2.0.36 _will_ be an official release
> > in the near future.

I would hope so 8)

> > We also like to know if there are any known spectacular (and/or
> > elusive) 2.0.36 showstopper issue(s) still being left unresolved?

There are currently 3 maybe 4 in pre15, one is fixed, one I will work on
tomorrow, one (actually set) Stephen Tweedie is working on and a mysterious
oracle one we will probably have to shrug and ignore since we don't have any
replication of it with source (ie debuggable) code.

> uni-processor 2.0.35 kernel updated with Donald's 1.04 driver for the
> SMC Etherpower II.
>
> shop a machine being production level implies SMP. Getting a stable
> SMP configuration in 2.0.x is still somewhat dependent on environment
> and configuration, especially with respect to drivers.

Definitely.

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