Re: 2.6.14-rc5 uploaded to experimental available at http://people.debian.org/~luther/2.6.14-rc5

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

On Tue, Oct 25, 2005 at 04:45:37PM +0200, Bin Zhang wrote:
> On 10/25/05, Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I just uploaded 2.6.14-rc5 packages to experimental, which are a test run
> > before 2.6.14 gets released and the corresponding packages go to unstable.
> > Since they are NEW i have made them available under :
> >
> >   http://people.debian.org/~luther/2.6.14-rc5
> >
> > And apt-gettable at :
> >
> >   deb http://http://people.debian.org/~luther/2.6.14-rc5/ ./
> >   deb-src http://http://people.debian.org/~luther/2.6.14-rc5/ ./
> >
> > Those are only powerpc packages now, but i send this mail in hopes that :
> >
> >   1) powerpc users use them and test them out, with either yaird or
> >   initramfs-tools (but beware #335264 which will be fixed in -9).
> >
> >   2) other kernel porters use the above source packages to prepare binary
> >   uploads to experimental as the autobuild network may (or not) be flakey.
> >
> > Well, obviously those are for etch/sid, not yet running onsarge, but i will
> > provide powerpc backports once 2.6.14 is there.
> >
> > Enjoy and provide feedback in case of error or success :)
> >
> I am running the kernel I built from the source package. No problem.
> Just a question : is the option "CONFIG_PREEMPT_VOLUNTARY=y" useful ?

PREEMPT is still evil and thus disabled, no idea, read the comments (or the
code :)

Friendly,

Sven Luther