Kernel 2.4.19 + preempt + lock break

[Federico Voges]

On Dom 01 Sep 2002 19:07, Jerry McBride wrote:
> On Sun, 01 Sep 2002 18:48:15 -0300 Federico Voges
>
> <fvoges at intrasoft.com.ar> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm trying to patch kernel 2.4.19 with lock-break-rml-2.4.18-1.patch
> > (after applying the preempt patch) but I get two failed chunks (in
> > fs/buffer.c).
> >
> > One of the chunks appears to be already in the 2.4.19 code. Regarding
> > the second, it appears that the code has changed too much.
>
> Supposedly the 2.4.19 was going to be a short lived release with 2.4.20
> popping out of no where... so the correct
> preempt and lockbreak were never developed for 2.4.19. I've stayed with
> 2.4.18 with the mentioned patches.
>
> We're gonna'  have to wait for 2.4.20 to appear.

Hmmm, I'll have to wait then.....

BTW, any other patch worth of trying?? This is a workstation, so I don't need 
the latest iptables or anything like that.


Federico Voges
Socio Gerente
Intrasoft

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