From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262813AbVGOAAV (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Jul 2005 20:00:21 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262998AbVGNX65 (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Jul 2005 19:58:57 -0400 Received: from smtp.osdl.org ([65.172.181.4]:51913 "EHLO smtp.osdl.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262813AbVGNX4p (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Jul 2005 19:56:45 -0400 Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 16:55:51 -0700 From: Andrew Morton To: Mark Gross Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Why is 2.6.12.2 less stable on my laptop than 2.6.10? Message-Id: <20050714165551.1ff54dd3.akpm@osdl.org> In-Reply-To: <200507140912.22532.mgross@linux.intel.com> References: <200507140912.22532.mgross@linux.intel.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 1.0.4 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-redhat-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Mark Gross wrote: > > I know this is a broken record, but the development process within the LKML > isn't resulting in more stable and better code. Some process change could be > a good thing. We rely upon people (such as mgross@linux.intel.com!) to send bug reports. > Why does my alps mouse pad have to stop working every time I test a new > "STABLE" kernel? The alps driver is always broken. Seems to be a feature. Please test 2.6.13-rc3 and if it also fails send a comprehensive bug report to Dmitry Torokhov and Vojtech Pavlik > Why does swsup have to start hanging on shut and startup down randomly? swsusp also is a problematic feature. You appear to have chosen two of the very most problematic parts of the kernel (you missed ACPI) and then generalised them to the whole. That isn't valid. Please test 2.6.13-rc3 and if it also fails send a comprehensive bug report to Pavel Machek