Bug#490156: linux-image-2.6.24-1-686: SMP (2*hyperthreading xeon) machine wedged in loop saying 'BUG: soft lockup - CPU#N stuck for 11s'
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On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 11:58:41PM +0100, Simon A. Boggis wrote:
>maximilian attems wrote:
>> On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 11:57:36AM +0100, Simon A. Boggis wrote:
>>> Package: linux-image-2.6.24-1-686
>>> Version: 2.6.24-7
>>> Severity: critical
>>> Justification: breaks the whole system
>>
>> overflated severity, learn to set them.
>> one or two broken boxes doesn't mean the kernel is unusable on the
>> whole. but everybody like to play selfish oh my bug is that important.
>
>Whoa, steady, there's really no need for that! Isn't it evident that I
>took a great deal of care in compiling and submitting my report?
I understand your reaction, Simon. Imagine that Maximilian is dealing
with hundreds (if not thousands by now) bugreports against the kernels.
This should not hurt you, of course, but it did.
The thing with the severities is that they relate to Debian as a
distribution, not each single instance of the system.
the Debian kernel team (which max is a member of, I am just a bystander)
has judged that even if a kernel "breaks the whole system" of _yours_
that does not make it critical to _Debian_ as a whole.
Confusing, yes.
- Jonas
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