From: Martin Steigerwald <Martin@lichtvoll.de>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: 2.6.37-rc5: well done, thanks!
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2010 14:21:40 +0100
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Hi!

I think when I complain about kernel quality its also important to say,=20
when I perceive it got better again[1].

Well it has. I am especially fond of 2.6.37-rc5[2] cause it even got=20
noticably faster on my laptop - likely related to the tighter integration=20
of Ext4 into the block layer and the replacement of barriers by Cache/FUA=20
requests. Tab completion under I/O load has gotten noticably faster.

But more important the reported bugs I mentioned are fixed:

=2D bug 15969 by Jerome Glisse
=2D bug 15788 by Alan Stern

Alex Deucher fixed the radeon DRM/KMS freeze bug #16376 which was the tip=20
on the ice berg. I didn't even report back then cause I didn't have much=20
to report other than that it freezes randomly. I bisected it down to about=
=20
10 revisions while some other guys did it on a freedesktop bug report[3].

There are some issues here and there, I reported them. I asked what to do=20
if reports receive no reaction and started bringing up some here on the=20
kernel mailing list. I think I will ping some more specific mailing lists=20
for some of them as I tend to believe that bugzilla is a good way to track=
=20
issues, but not a good way to contact the right people about them,=20
especially as it does only accept mail addresses of bugzilla account=20
owners in the Cc field and the default assignee may not always be up to=20
date. I will to ask about and resolve this on a per bug report base.

But overall I am quite happy with the current state of affairs.

And before someone mentions it: I know its subjective perception (which is=
=20
what matters for my usage of Linux).

[1] http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/7/11/17

[2] Yes, I compile and test rc kernels now ;)

[3] https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3D28402

Thanks,
=2D-=20
Martin 'Helios' Steigerwald - http://www.Lichtvoll.de
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