Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 21 Nov 2001 02:09:48 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 21 Nov 2001 02:09:28 -0500 Received: from pizda.ninka.net ([216.101.162.242]:17296 "EHLO pizda.ninka.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 21 Nov 2001 02:09:16 -0500 Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 23:09:14 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <20011120.230914.00464304.davem@redhat.com> To: jmerkey@timpanogas.org Cc: jmerkey@vger.timpanogas.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [VM/MEMORY-SICKNESS] 2.4.15-pre7 kmem_cache_create invalid opcode From: "David S. Miller" In-Reply-To: <003401c1725a$975ad4e0$f5976dcf@nwfs> In-Reply-To: <000601c17259$59316630$f5976dcf@nwfs> <20011120.225655.85404918.davem@redhat.com> <003401c1725a$975ad4e0$f5976dcf@nwfs> X-Mailer: Mew version 2.0 on Emacs 21.0 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) 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 From: "Jeff Merkey" Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 00:03:15 -0700 OK. Cool. Now we are making progress. I think this is a nasty problem. There are numerous RPMs that will build against the kernel tree and be busted. If you patch sources files of the main kernel, you have to rebuild the dependencies. Why does this seem illogical to you? - 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/