linux 4.17.7 not suitable for i386
FYI, the latest stable Linux release (4.17.7) is not suitable for i386 (i686-linux) systems. Quoting Greg Kroah-Hartman: "NOTE, this kernel release is broken for i386 systems. If you are running such a machine, do NOT update to this release, you will not be able to boot properly. I did this release anyway with this known problem as there is a fix in here for x86-64 systems that was nasty to track down and was affecting people. Given that the huge majority of systems are NOT i386, I felt this was a safe release to do at this point in time." https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/7/17/434 So, we should take care to preserve the linux-libre 4.17.6 package definition for i686-linux, or skip this release. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: linux 4.17.7 not suitable for i386
Leo Famulari writes: > FYI, the latest stable Linux release (4.17.7) is not suitable for i386 > (i686-linux) systems. Quoting Greg Kroah-Hartman: > > "NOTE, this kernel release is broken for i386 systems. If you are > running such a machine, do NOT update to this release, you will not be > able to boot properly. > > I did this release anyway with this known problem as there is a fix in > here for x86-64 systems that was nasty to track down and was affecting > people. Given that the huge majority of systems are NOT i386, I felt > this was a safe release to do at this point in time." > > https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/7/17/434 > > So, we should take care to preserve the linux-libre 4.17.6 package > definition for i686-linux, or skip this release. Thanks, Leo. I guess I'll skip the 4.17.6 update for now, but I'm open to other suggestions. Hopefully upstream will resolve this issue soon. Mark
Re: linux 4.17.7 not suitable for i386
On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 11:36:08AM -0400, Leo Famulari wrote: > Quoting Greg Kroah-Hartman: > > "I did this release anyway with this known problem as there is a fix in > here for x86-64 systems that was nasty to track down and was affecting > people. Given that the huge majority of systems are NOT i386, I felt > this was a safe release to do at this point in time." Apparently the missing patch is referred to here: https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/7/17/443 https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/7/17/505 signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: linux 4.17.7 not suitable for i386
Leo Famulari writes: FYI, the latest stable Linux release (4.17.7) is not suitable for i386 (i686-linux) systems. Quoting Greg Kroah-Hartman: "NOTE, this kernel release is broken for i386 systems. If you are running such a machine, do NOT update to this release, you will not be able to boot properly. I did this release anyway with this known problem as there is a fix in here for x86-64 systems that was nasty to track down and was affecting people. Given that the huge majority of systems are NOT i386, I felt this was a safe release to do at this point in time." https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/7/17/434 So, we should take care to preserve the linux-libre 4.17.6 package definition for i686-linux, or skip this release. Thank you for the heads up on this. I am going to forward this to the Parabola GNU/Linux-Libre list.
Re: linux 4.17.7 not suitable for i386
Leo Famulari writes: > On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 11:36:08AM -0400, Leo Famulari wrote: >> Quoting Greg Kroah-Hartman: >> >> "I did this release anyway with this known problem as there is a fix in >> here for x86-64 systems that was nasty to track down and was affecting >> people. Given that the huge majority of systems are NOT i386, I felt >> this was a safe release to do at this point in time." > > Apparently the missing patch is referred to here: > > https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/7/17/443 > https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/7/17/505 I just pushed the 4.17.7 update with the cherry-picked fix for i686. Thanks, Mark