Re: innd mmap bug in 2.4.0-test12

2001-01-04 Thread Ralf Gerbig
Hi, * "Linus" == Linus Torvalds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] > Almost nothing does that. innd is (sadly) the only regular thing that uses > this, which is why it's always innd that breaks, even if everything else > works. > And even innd is often compiled to use "write()" instead of share

Re: Distro kernel patches (was Re: Linux 2.2.18pre4)

2000-09-13 Thread Ralf Gerbig
* Chip Salzenberg writes: Hi Chip, > According to Ralf Gerbig: >> but SuSe and I believe RedHat etc. etc. _do_ ship patched kernels. > You've just made L-K's understatement of the day. [...] so I rest my case vs shrink wrap. OTOH one of the first things I do after try

Re: Linux 2.2.18pre4

2000-09-12 Thread Ralf Gerbig
* Chris Wedgwood writes: [CC trimmed] Hi Cris, > Logical or otherwise, people _do_ this. I know plenty of people who > install linux or Redhat from the CD -- they never build their own > kernels, etc. It's not something they would consider; they like the > 'shrink-wrap' stuff (sans security upd