Subject: Re: 2.6.29-rc2-git1: Reported regressions 2.6.27 -> 2.6.28

From: Rolf Eike Beer <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 14:25:53 +0100

Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> This message contains a list of some regressions introduced between 2.6.27
> and 2.6.28, for which there are no fixes in the mainline I know of.  If any
> of them have been fixed already, please let me know.
>
> If you know of any other unresolved regressions introduced between 2.6.27
> and 2.6.28, please let me know either and I'll add them to the list.
> Also, please let me know if any of the entries below are invalid.
>
> Each entry from the list will be sent additionally in an automatic reply to
> this message with CCs to the people involved in reporting and handling the
> issue.
>
>
> Listed regressions statistics:
>
>   Date          Total  Pending  Unresolved
>   ----------------------------------------
>   2009-01-20      144       30          27
>   2009-01-11      139       33          30
>   2008-12-21      120       19          17
>   2008-12-13      111       14          13
>   2008-12-07      106       20          17
>   2008-12-04      106       29          21
>   2008-11-22       93       25          15
>   2008-11-16       89       32          18
>   2008-11-09       73       40          27
>   2008-11-02       55       41          29
>   2008-10-25       26       25          20
>
>
> Unresolved regressions
> ----------------------
>
> Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12500
> Subject		: r8169: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0 (r8169): transmit timed out
> Submitter	: Justin Piszcz <[email-masked]>
> Date		: 2009-01-13 21:19 (7 days old)
> References	: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123188160811322&w=4
> Handled-By	: Francois Romieu <[email-masked]>

This one, as well as 12411, is likely just a dupe of 10109. r8169 has this 
problem for more than a year.

Greetings,

Eike