Subject: 2.6.21: known regressions with patches (for -stable team)

From: Michal Piotrowski <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 02 May 2007 14:09:58 +0200

Hi all,

Here is a list of known regressions with patches available.

Feel free to add new regressions/remove fixed etc.
http://kernelnewbies.org/known_regressions

Subject    : 2.6.21: longhaul freq-scaling broken
References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/5/1/260
Submitter  : Jan Kiszka <[email-masked]>
Patch      : http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/davej/cpufreq.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=07844252ffd81ec192a62014bada1016c9703765
Status     : patch available

Subject    : Kernel hang at "kernel: switched to high resolution mode on cpu 0" when 
             either/both of CONFIG_NO_HZ, CONFIG_HIGH_RES_TIMERS is used
References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/4/30/464
Submitter  : Mark Lord <[email-masked]>
Handled-By : Daniel Walker <[email-masked]>
             Thomas Gleixner <[email-masked]>
Patch      : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/4/13/190
Status     : patch was suggested

Subject    : ACPI related kernel panic
References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/4/30/193
             http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8385
Submitter  : Sebastian Kemper <[email-masked]>
Patches    : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/attachment.cgi?id=11331&action=view
             http://bugzilla.kernel.org/attachment.cgi?id=11332&action=view
Status     : patches was suggested

Subject    : sis900 oops in 2.6.21.1 after bringing up the network
References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/4/29/138
             http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/4/29/151
Patch      : http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=dc5a144991ba803bc8afded105c9db1dea0e57ab
Submitter  : Brett Ryland <[email-masked]>
Status     : patch available

Subject    : reiserfs -- circular locking
References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/4/26/648
Submitter  : David Brownell < [email-masked] >
Handled-By : Jeff Mahoney < [email-masked] >
Patch      : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/4/27/332
Status     : patch available

Subject    : Oops when changing USB DVB-T adapter
References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/3/9/212
             http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/4/5/154
Submitter  : CIJOML <[email-masked]>
Handled-By : Markus Rechberger < [email-masked] >
Status     : patches available

Subject    : snd_intel8x0: divide error: 0000
References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/3/5/252
Submitter  : Michal Piotrowski < [email-masked] >
Handled-By : Takashi Iwai < [email-masked] >
Patch      : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/4/20/117
Status     : patch available

Subject    : qla2xxx driver no longer works
References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/4/16/49
             http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/4/20/224
Submitter  : David Miller < [email-masked] >
             Robert Peterson < [email-masked] >
Handled-By : David Miller < [email-masked] >
Patch      : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/4/16/234
Status     : patch was suggested

Regards,
Michal

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Michal K. K. Piotrowski
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