I have updated my article "Why We Should All Test the New Linux Kernel" that was originally posted on Advogato just before 2.4.0 was release and posted it in a new location: http://linuxquality.sunsite.dk/articles/whytestkernel/ I welcome your comments, please write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] A number of people wrote in with comments and corrections after I wrote the original article, but Advogato doesn't provide for editing an article once it's posted - one can only make replies. In this revision I could fix things throughout the text and can keep it updated as I think of ways to improve it in the future. It discusses why its important to test the kernel, where to get test kernels and how to get started with them, gives the minimum version numbers of the programs listed in Documentation/Changes from 2.4.4, with links to where to download updates, and ends with an in-depth discussion of why something like a kernel needs particularly thorough testing - the reason being that disrupting the virtual machine in a kernel has non-local effects on a system; screwing up a user-mode program will usually just mess up that one program, but screwing up a kernel can make all kinds of weird things happen. Regards, Michael D. Crawford GoingWare Inc. - Expert Software Development and Consulting http://www.goingware.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tilting at Windmills for a Better Tomorrow. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
