Looks like the 2.4.24-pre kernels have been removed and a new 2.4.24 kernel has been released, with a *very* short Changelog compared to 2.4.23. Possibly a reaction to the latest kernel security vuln
Yep, Marcello said that all changes that are present in the 2.4.24-pre kernels are postponed due to the recent security issues and will re-appear in the 2.4.25-pre patches. I do appreaciate this step
Author: Robert Brockway <robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2004 11:42:53 -0500 (EST)
This was discussed on some other lists. It looks like Marcelo keeps a seperate tree with just critial updates in order to be able to push out a new kernel quickly in an emergency. I think this is an
Thus wrote Robert Brockway: Especially that it is doubtful that the 2.4.25 is delayed more than 2.4.24 would be. Best regards, -- Karol 'sziwan' Kozimor sziwan@xxxxxxxxxxx
The available split patches for 2.4.23 (2003-12-01 00:33 UTC) apply fairly cleanly to the pristine 2.4.24. The only reject is the Makefile EXTRAVERSION change, which is trivial to repair by hand. I h
and only if you apply -misc, which is not even required. ive read the entire diff of 2.4.23 -> 2.4.24, see for yourself, its VERY trivial stuff, XFS requires no changes. summary: * one line memset()
Looks like the 2.4.24-pre kernels have been removed and a new 2.4.24 kernel has been released, with a *very* short Changelog compared to 2.4.23. Possibly a reaction to the latest kernel security vuln
Yep, Marcello said that all changes that are present in the 2.4.24-pre kernels are postponed due to the recent security issues and will re-appear in the 2.4.25-pre patches. I do appreaciate this step
Author: Robert Brockway <robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2004 11:42:53 -0500 (EST)
This was discussed on some other lists. It looks like Marcelo keeps a seperate tree with just critial updates in order to be able to push out a new kernel quickly in an emergency. I think this is an
Thus wrote Robert Brockway: Especially that it is doubtful that the 2.4.25 is delayed more than 2.4.24 would be. Best regards, -- Karol 'sziwan' Kozimor sziwan@xxxxxxxxxxx
The available split patches for 2.4.23 (2003-12-01 00:33 UTC) apply fairly cleanly to the pristine 2.4.24. The only reject is the Makefile EXTRAVERSION change, which is trivial to repair by hand. I h
and only if you apply -misc, which is not even required. ive read the entire diff of 2.4.23 -> 2.4.24, see for yourself, its VERY trivial stuff, XFS requires no changes. summary: * one line memset()