From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261976AbVHCCNI (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Aug 2005 22:13:08 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261978AbVHCCNI (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Aug 2005 22:13:08 -0400 Received: from xenotime.net ([66.160.160.81]:59534 "HELO xenotime.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S261976AbVHCCNH (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Aug 2005 22:13:07 -0400 Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2005 19:13:03 -0700 From: "Randy.Dunlap" To: Gene Heskett Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Testing RC kernels [KORG] Message-Id: <20050802191303.09e635c3.rdunlap@xenotime.net> In-Reply-To: <200508022204.16204.gene.heskett@verizon.net> References: <1123007589.24010.41.camel@jy.metro1.com> <1123008881.12562.16.camel@mindpipe> <1123010465.1590.34.camel@localhost.localdomain> <200508022204.16204.gene.heskett@verizon.net> Organization: YPO4 X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 1.0.5 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i686-pc-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 On Tue, 02 Aug 2005 22:04:16 -0400 Gene Heskett wrote: > On Tuesday 02 August 2005 15:21, Steven Rostedt wrote: > >On Tue, 2005-08-02 at 14:54 -0400, Lee Revell wrote: > >> On Tue, 2005-08-02 at 11:36 -0700, Sean Bruno wrote: > >> > On Tue, 2005-08-02 at 14:36 -0400, Lee Revell wrote: > >> > > On Tue, 2005-08-02 at 11:33 -0700, Sean Bruno wrote: > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > I have been trying to test the 2.6.13 and can't quite get > >> > > > the patches applied cleanly. > >> > > > > >> > > > What kernel version (full kernel source tar ball) should I > >> > > > be using to apply the patches(rc5) with? Is it 2.6.12.3? > >> > > > >> > > No, 2.6.12. > >> > > > >> > > Lee > >> > > >> > Ah! Thanks. > >> > >> Thanks for testing the RCs, we need more users to do that. > >> > >> If any of your hardware stops working, make sure to report it, > >> don't assume that it will fix itself! Assume you're the first to > >> notice the bug. > > > >I've been complaining about this for some time. Kernel.org really > > needs to show more information about the rc kernels and how to > > create them. We want more testers, but I wonder how many people go > > through the above steps and just give up when things don't work. > > Luckly Sean was nice enough to email the LKML and ask. > > > >My main gripe is that there's no link to 2.6.12 which is what most > > of the other patches go against. > > Can someone with access to the html for kernel.org please fix that? > We've had several messages now complaining about this. Was the request cc-ed to webmaster@kernel.org (along with the [KORG] in the subject line)? I can't tell from the email archives. > FWIW, gftp users CAN find it, its sitting right in > the /pub/linux/kernel/2.6 directory in plain sight. Sure, anyone can find it if they search enough subdirectories and know what they are looking for. --- ~Randy