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From: Joachim Blaabjerg <styx@×××××.org>
To: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] New 2.4.18_pre3 (2.4.18_pre3+mjc+XFS) kernel and Athlon bug workaround
Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2002 08:08:34
Message-Id: 20020119150952.709f2737.styx@SuxOS.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] New 2.4.18_pre3 (2.4.18_pre3+mjc+XFS) kernel and Athlon bug workaround by Daniel Robbins
1 On 18 Jan 2002 21:26:15 -0700
2 Daniel Robbins <drobbins@g.o> wrote:
3
4 > Hi All,
5 >
6 > If you have an Athlon system, be sure this email in its entirety. A
7 > potential CPU bug fix workaround is covered at the bottom.
8 >
9 > I've spent the last few days working on a new kernel for Gentoo Linux.
10 > This kernel is *excellent* (it's basically the -mjc kernel plus XFS) and
11 > contains tons of security-related enhancements, including:
12 <snip>
13
14 Nice patch :)
15
16 There are some redundant files, though:
17
18 root:/usr/src/linux# find . -name \*\~
19 ./fs/intermezzo/vfs.c~
20 ./fs/buffer.c~
21 ./fs/dquot.c~
22 ./fs/inode.c~
23 ./fs/namei.c~
24 ./init/main.c~
25 ./kernel/ksyms.c~
26 ./mm/filemap.c~
27 ./mm/page_alloc.c~
28 ./mm/slab.c~
29 ./mm/vmalloc.c~
30 ./mm/vmscan.c~
31 ./include/linux/fs.h~
32 ./include/linux/mm.h~
33 ./include/linux/pagemap.h~
34 ./include/linux/slab.h~
35 ./include/linux/sysctl.h~
36 ./drivers/block/ll_rw_blk.c~
37 ./drivers/char/serial.c~
38 ./arch/i386/kernel/entry.S~
39 ./arch/i386/kernel/irq.c~
40 ./arch/i386/kernel/process.c~
41 ./arch/i386/kernel/traps.c~
42 ./arch/i386/Makefile~
43 ./arch/i386/config.in~
44 ./arch/i386/defconfig~
45 ./arch/i386/vmlinux.lds~
46 ./arch/ppc/configs/common_defconfig~
47 ./arch/ppc/configs/gemini_defconfig~
48 ./arch/ppc/configs/ibmchrp_defconfig~
49 ./arch/ppc/configs/power3_defconfig~
50 ./arch/ppc/defconfig~
51 ./arch/m68k/vmlinux-sun3.lds~
52 ./arch/m68k/vmlinux.lds~
53 ./arch/arm/vmlinux-armo.lds.in~
54 ./arch/arm/vmlinux-armv.lds.in~
55 ./arch/s390/defconfig~
56 ./arch/s390x/defconfig~
57 ./Documentation/Configure.help~
58 ./MAINTAINERS~
59 ./Makefile~
60 root:/usr/src/linux# grep \~\ linux linux-gentoo-2.4.18-pre3.patch
61 diff -urN linux-orig/Documentation/Configure.help~
62 linux/Documentation/Configure.help~ diff -urN linux-orig/MAINTAINERS~
63 linux/MAINTAINERS~ diff -urN linux-orig/Makefile~ linux/Makefile~
64 diff -urN linux-orig/arch/arm/vmlinux-armo.lds.in~
65 linux/arch/arm/vmlinux-armo.lds.in~ diff -urN
66 linux-orig/arch/arm/vmlinux-armv.lds.in~ linux/arch/arm/vmlinux-armv.lds.in~
67 diff -urN linux-orig/arch/i386/Makefile~ linux/arch/i386/Makefile~ diff -urN
68 linux-orig/arch/i386/config.in~ linux/arch/i386/config.in~ diff -urN
69 linux-orig/arch/i386/defconfig~ linux/arch/i386/defconfig~ diff -urN
70 linux-orig/arch/i386/kernel/entry.S~ linux/arch/i386/kernel/entry.S~ diff -urN
71 linux-orig/arch/i386/kernel/irq.c~ linux/arch/i386/kernel/irq.c~ diff -urN
72 linux-orig/arch/i386/kernel/process.c~ linux/arch/i386/kernel/process.c~ diff
73 -urN linux-orig/arch/i386/kernel/traps.c~ linux/arch/i386/kernel/traps.c~ diff
74 -urN linux-orig/arch/i386/vmlinux.lds~ linux/arch/i386/vmlinux.lds~ diff -urN
75 linux-orig/arch/m68k/vmlinux-sun3.lds~ linux/arch/m68k/vmlinux-sun3.lds~ diff
76 -urN linux-orig/arch/m68k/vmlinux.lds~ linux/arch/m68k/vmlinux.lds~ diff -urN
77 linux-orig/arch/ppc/configs/common_defconfig~
78 linux/arch/ppc/configs/common_defconfig~[...]
79
80 Regards :)
81
82 --
83 Joachim Blaabjerg
84 styx@×××××.org
85 www.SuxOS.org

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