Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1762255AbWLKUVx (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Dec 2006 15:21:53 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1762990AbWLKUVw (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Dec 2006 15:21:52 -0500 Received: from ns.suse.de ([195.135.220.2]:50069 "EHLO mx1.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1762255AbWLKUVw (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Dec 2006 15:21:52 -0500 Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 12:21:32 -0800 From: Greg KH To: Linus Torvalds Cc: Olaf Hering , Andy Whitcroft , Herbert Poetzl , Andi Kleen , Andrew Morton , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Steve Fox Subject: Re: 2.6.19-git13: uts banner changes break SLES9 (at least) Message-ID: <20061211202131.GA9868@kroah.com> References: <20061211180414.GA18833@aepfle.de> <20061211181813.GB18963@aepfle.de> <20061211182908.GC7256@MAIL.13thfloor.at> <457DAF99.4050106@shadowen.org> <20061211195628.GA19889@aepfle.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 941 Lines: 30 On Mon, Dec 11, 2006 at 12:05:36PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > > On Mon, 11 Dec 2006, Olaf Hering wrote: > > > > Quick, compile tested, patch below. > > No. We don't do this. We don't add TOTAL CRAP to the kernel just because > somebody is being an idiot in user space. > > This is definitely a user space bug. It was a serious bug before, it just > wasn't obvious. > > The thing is, if anybody runs SLES, they expect support. That's what the > "E" in "Enterprise" means. > > So I would suggest SLES now show that support by fixing THEIR BUG. I agree, it's SuSE's bug, not the kernel's issue. I'll take this off-list with the SuSE developers to get this fixed. thanks, greg k-h - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/