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On Tue, 2009-10-20 at 12:23 +0200, letstry wrote:
[...]
> If the only difference in de kernel sources would be processor
> extensions, why did it crash on two different processors (dual Pentium
> 333 and dual Xeon Prestonia 2.2) and on two different SCSI controllers?
> Strange.
I'm not saying that the crash would be due directly to use of processor
extensions. That is one of the main differences between the -486 and
-686 kernel packages.
> As I think of it, might it be related to SCSI firmware/code being
> downloaded in the SCSI controller while booting? Both disks have a SCA
> to Wide SCSI adaptor, so I could use them on a normal SCSI controller.
> Worked well for years (on Debian 4,Ubuntu 6,7 and 8), could that be it?
> Was the firmware changed in Debian 5, could that cause the errors?
It seems unlikely.
> And just being curious about the list: why tag the bug reports with
> critical etc. then?
[...]
You misunderstood the definition of 'critical'. The definition says
'breaks the whole system' but that means *every* system or most systems
where the package is installed. Since most users do not have this
problem with Debian's Linux packages, it is not actually critical but
'important'. We have over 100 of those open at the moment.
Ben.
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Ben Hutchings
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.
- Albert Einstein
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