caution with latest kernel + glibc
Neal Becker
ndbecker2 at gmail.com
Sat Feb 4 22:33:51 UTC 2006
Ulrich Drepper wrote:
> Those who are running the current rawhide kernel and glibc (and
> coreutils or those trying to compile glibc for themselves) might find
> that their kernel locks up. One bug in this area (I think there is more
> than one) is fixed by the patch in
>
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=178558
>
> The 1909 kernel and later will likely have the patch. For now it might
> be best to use glibc-2.3.90-30 and nothing later or alternatively live
> with the lockups for today. The fixed kernel is hopefully in tomorrow's
> rawhide.
>
Any problem to run latest glibc with old kernel - e.g., 2.6.15-1.1863_FC5?
The last few kernels won't run on this machine. BTW, I'm running this
combination right now.
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