Re: [PROPOSAL] 2.4.27 as default 2.4 kernel for sarge

[Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr>]

On Fri, Aug 27, 2004 at 12:45:45AM +0900, Kenshi Muto wrote:
> > >   Based on discussions on the debian-kernel list[1], I'd like to propose
> > > that we use 2.4.27 as the 2.4 kernel for all architectures with 2.4 kernels
> > > in sarge.  The strongest arguments for 2.4.27, as opposed to 2.4.26 were noted
> > > by tbm [3].
> > 
> > On a similar note, it has been known for almost a month now that the 2.6.8
> > kernel packages will be the default 2.6 kernel for sarge, and it seems to
> > solve at least one d-i related bug (don't remember the bug number too).
> > Powerpc 2.6.8 kernel .udebs are already uploaded, altough the favorable NEW
> > processing that .udebs are under don't seem to have extended to those
> > packages yet.
> 
> Well, I hope this is only my environment side problem, but I met a
> serious problem with both 2.4.27 and 2.6.8 for i386 architecture.
> 
> 2.4.27 won't load specific ide driver for support DMA transfer, and
> 2.6.8 dumps oops and crashes immediately around ACPI. (they are
> already reported to BTS)

I don't know for 2.4.[67], but it is definitive that we are going with 2.6.8,
so the ACPI mess will have to be sorted out before we release.

> 2.4.26 and 2.6.7 work...

For you maybe, but 2.6.7 hangs while hotplug is loading usb devices for me,
works fine in 2.6.8.

Friendly,

Sven Luther