[64studio-devel] [Fwd: Re: 2.6.19-rc6-rt0, -rt YUM repository]

[Free Ekanayaka]

Hi Lee,

|--==> Lee Revell writes:

  LR> On Fri, 2006-11-17 at 22:58 +0000, Daniel James wrote:
  >>Hi Lee,
  >>
  >>> Fix will also be in 2.6.19-rc*-rt3, but it might be easier for the user
  >>> to try the small patch below.
  >>
  >>Thanks! Free was planning to build a new kernel package, so I guess we 
  >>should go for rt3 now.
  >>
  >>I know it's hard to guess, but would you say the stable release of 
  >>2.6.19 is likely to be soon? Otherwise we might use 2.6.17 in our 1.0 
  >>release; it works well for most people.

  LR> Well, this patch will only help with CONFIG_HIGH_RES_TIMERS=y, which I
  LR> strongly advise you not to enable in your kernel ;-)

clear enough, so there's not much point in try to build another 2.6.18
with the patch..

  LR> Also I notice your kernel configs have CONFIG_PREEMPT_TRACE set.  You
  LR> probably want to disable that.

oh thanks, for the hint, I'll do that.

  LR> There are 5 or 6 regressions that the kernel guys need to fix before
  LR> 2.6.19.  I think it should be released soon, but if 2.6.17 is working
  LR> for most of your users, I'd consider releasing that.  I doubt 2.6.19-rt
  LR> will be immediately stable enough for your 1.0 release anyway.

  LR> What's your target release date?

Well, I think that this kernel issue is the basically the only pending
one,  so as  soon as  we fix  it  we  could release.   If  there is no
particular reason for having   version  2.6.18 or 2.6.19, I'd   really
consider the possibility of releasing with  2.6.17 and keep on working
in the background on testing 2.6.19, when it's ready we can provide an
upgrade path.

Ciao,

Free