devfs 199.17 not in 2.4 (was Re:2.4.22 devfs/zlib outstanding updates ...)

devfs 199.17 not in 2.4 (was Re:2.4.22 devfs/zlib outstanding updates ...)

[Frédéric L. W. Meunier]

Herbert Pötzl wrote on Sat, 12 Jul 2003 00:22:07 +0200

> just wanted to remind/state that the final? v199.17 devfs
> patch and the 1.1.4 zlib update are not in 2.4.22-pre5.

About the devfs patch.

Yes, I already reported it a long time ago -
http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0306.2/1655.html
and have no idea why it hasn't been merged in 2.4, after all
it's supposed to fix some things and there have been no changes
since then in the kernel.

http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103474534430016&w=2

Can someone clarify this ? I've been applying this patch since
its release and it didn't broke anything.

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Re: devfs 199.17 not in 2.4 (was Re:2.4.22 devfs/zlib outstanding updates ...)

[Frédéric L. W. Meunier]

On Wed, 28 Jan 2004, Frédéric L. W. Meunier wrote:

> Herbert Pötzl wrote on Sat, 12 Jul 2003 00:22:07 +0200
>
> > just wanted to remind/state that the final? v199.17 devfs
> > patch and the 1.1.4 zlib update are not in 2.4.22-pre5.
>
> About the devfs patch.
>
> Yes, I already reported it a long time ago -
> http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0306.2/1655.html
> and have no idea why it hasn't been merged in 2.4, after all
> it's supposed to fix some things and there have been no changes
> since then in the kernel.
>
> http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103474534430016&w=2
>
> Can someone clarify this ? I've been applying this patch since
> its release and it didn't broke anything.

And you can find a patch from Andrey Borzenkov at
http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/linux/linux-kernel/2003-18/1161.html
http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/linux/linux-kernel/2003-25/0100.html

Nobody bothered to review and submit it ?

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Re: devfs 199.17 not in 2.4 (was Re:2.4.22 devfs/zlib outstanding updates ...)

[Marcelo Tosatti]

On Wed, 28 Jan 2004, Frédéric L. W. Meunier wrote:

> Herbert Pötzl wrote on Sat, 12 Jul 2003 00:22:07 +0200
>
> > just wanted to remind/state that the final? v199.17 devfs
> > patch and the 1.1.4 zlib update are not in 2.4.22-pre5.
>
> About the devfs patch.
>
> Yes, I already reported it a long time ago -
> http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0306.2/1655.html
> and have no idea why it hasn't been merged in 2.4, after all
> it's supposed to fix some things and there have been no changes
> since then in the kernel.
>
> http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103474534430016&w=2
>
> Can someone clarify this ? I've been applying this patch since
> its release and it didn't broke anything.

Oi Frederic,

Richard Gooch used to send me updates a long time ago.

What are the bugs this new releases are fixing?

Re: devfs 199.17 not in 2.4 (was Re:2.4.22 devfs/zlib outstanding updates ...)

[Frédéric L. W. Meunier]

On Sat, 7 Feb 2004, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:

> On Wed, 28 Jan 2004, Frédéric L. W. Meunier wrote:
>
> > Herbert Pötzl wrote on Sat, 12 Jul 2003 00:22:07 +0200
> >
> > > just wanted to remind/state that the final? v199.17 devfs
> > > patch and the 1.1.4 zlib update are not in 2.4.22-pre5.
> >
> > About the devfs patch.
> >
> > Yes, I already reported it a long time ago -
> > http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0306.2/1655.html
> > and have no idea why it hasn't been merged in 2.4, after all
> > it's supposed to fix some things and there have been no changes
> > since then in the kernel.
> >
> > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103474534430016&w=2
> >
> > Can someone clarify this ? I've been applying this patch since
> > its release and it didn't broke anything.
>
> Oi Frederic,
>
> Richard Gooch used to send me updates a long time ago.
>
> What are the bugs this new releases are fixing?

E aí Marcelo.

It isn't a new release, really. It's his last patch, released
16 October 2002. All earlier were merged.

I don't know what it fixes besides what's listed at
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103474534430016&w=2
. Probably that's all.

He's the expert, but I recall he told me there were important
fixes, and I've been using it since then without any noticeable
problems on all later 2.4 kernels. It only changes code in
fs/devfs/base.c and include/linux/devfs_fs_kernel.h.

I'm just surprised it never made into. Maybe Al Viro or Andrey
Borzenkov will want to review it :-)

And Andrey (he's cleaning up devfs in 2.6) may be able to tell
you if
http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/linux/linux-kernel/2003-25/0100.html
is still needed.

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