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Subject: Re: What patches I need for s stable 2.5.x
From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: Brad Chapman <jabiru_croc@yahoo.com>
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On Thu, 2002-08-08 at 22:02, Brad Chapman wrote:
> Everyone,
> 
>       I have been following some of the threads on linux-kernel and have read
> about the IDE problems. I know about Jens' 2.4.x IDE foreport, and I was 
> wondering: what other patches should I apply, besides the 2.4.x IDE foreport,
> to ensure a stable 2.5.x kernel?

The IDE stuff might get you a usable 2.5, even then the error handling
is not correct in all cases so treat it with care. On my test boxes the
foreport didnt hang the machine the way 2.5.* did so its an improvement.
You might just want to follow the 2.5.*-dj tree though

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