Re: 2.6.9-rc2-mm2 [u]

[Martin Schlemmer [c]]

On Wed, 2004-09-22 at 13:12 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.9-rc2/2.6.9-rc2-mm2/
> 
> - Added Bart's bk-ide-dev tree to the -mm external tree lineup.
> 
> - Added Peter Williams' Single Priority Array (SPA) O(1) CPU Scheduler, aka
>   the "zaphod" cpu scheduler.
> 
>   It has a number of tunables and lots of documentation - see the changelog
>   entry in zaphod-scheduler.patch for details.
> 
> - This kernel doesn't work on ia64 (instant reboot).  But neither does
>   2.6.9-rc2, nor current Linus -bk.  Is it just me?
> 
> - Added the kexec-based crashdump code.  This is the code which uses kexec
>   to jump into a new mini-kernel when the main kernel crashes.  Userspace code
>   in that mini-kernel then dumps the main kernel's memory to disk.  These new
>   patches provide the bits and pieces which the mini-kernel needs to be able
>   to get at the main kernel's memory.
> 
>   There seem to be no hints as to how to get all this working - that will
>   come.
> 
> - Found (and fixed) the bug which was causing those
>   ext3-goes-readonly-under-load problems.  It was in the new wait/wakeup code.
> 

I have a p4 ht box at home (smp kernel with smt enabled), and with this
I seem to get zombie processes (nautilus a few times now).

-- 
Martin Schlemmer

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