Experimental 2.6.18rc FC5 kernels.

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Mon, 18 Sep 2006, Dave Jones wrote:

> To get some extra testing for the upcoming 2.6.18 release,
> I've made some kernels based on 2.6.18rc7git2
> You can find them at http://people.redhat.com/davej/kernels/Fedora/FC5/
>
> Please file bugs in bugzilla against FC5, even though these
> kernels are somewhat similar to whats in rawhide right now.
>
> Known 'problems':
>
> - For the time being, there aren't any Xen kernels, this will
>   be fixed up when time comes for a real update.
> - They currently have a bunch of extra debugging options turned
>   on so may 'feel' a little slower than the current FC5 kernels.
>   This too, will be fixed.
> - They'll output a lot more text to the console during boot
>   than FC5. Like rawhide, the 'quiet' option has been disabled
>   in order to ease debugging. (It's a lot easier to ask someone
>   what the last thing on the screen is than to walk people through
>   removing the quiet option a hundred times)
>
> These caveats aside, it seems to have survived my tests for the last
> day, so it's time for some wider testing.

i've been running the latest "git pull" 2.6 kernels on my FC5 system
for a few weeks now, seems to be working fine.  well, OK, except for
that "intel_rng" warning at boot time, but i'm too lazy at the moment
to do anything about that.

rday