Linux-2.5.17

Thanks for the information.

So, I'm just getting used to the idea of using new tools to build kernels, and now I learn that 2.5 breaks an ordinary program that I use all day, every day. It just keeps getting better and better...

"David S. Miller" <[email protected]> on 05/21/2002 04:30:11 PM

To: Wayne Brown/Corporate/Altec@Altec
cc: [email protected]

Subject: Re: Linux-2.5.17

From: [email protected]
Date: Tue, 21 May 2002 13:52:08 -0500

Under 2.5.17 there is a problem with gtop 1.0.9.

The /proc/meminfo output changed, and this makes a lot of programs reading that file explode.
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The 2.<odd> series, like 2.5 is a strictly development kernel series; new features go into these all the time. You can expect it to:

1. not build.
2. crash.
3. silently eat your filesystems.
4. break userspace programs.

or any combination of the above. If you're looking for stability, stick with the 2.<even> series.

Russell King ([email protected])                The developer of ARM Linux
             http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/personal/aboutme.html

I don't recall how many time stuff that touched proc broke in the .99-1.3-2.0 era but it was a few...

the proc filesystem is not an snmp mib.

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