Akemi Yagi wrote: > On Tue, 13 Mar 2007 23:29:27 +0000, Karanbir Singh wrote: > > >>Akemi Yagi wrote: >> >>>After a successful installation of CentOS5 beta, I "successfully" >>>crashed the system twice already. This is caused by a known bug in the >>>cifs kernel module. The patch became available in January: >>> >>>http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/sfrench/cifs-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=8e6f195af0e1f226e9b2e0256af8df46adb9d595 >>> >>>FC5 and FC6 are running the patched kernel but, unfortunately, RHEL5 >>>will not. Steve Dickson of RedHat says: >>> >>>"I will not be able to get these in the initial RHEL5 release, since >>>that is currently lock down... very tightly... so I will try to get them >>>in early in the 5.1 pool..." >>> >>>I am wondering...if it is possible for the CentOS team to apply the >>>patch ahead of the upstream. Or I would have to wait for CentOS5.1? In >>>that case, I will need to compile the cifs module with the patched file. >>> >>> >> >>if you expect something to happen - open an issue report with max details >>at http://bugs.centos.org/ While the chances for including a patch like >>that in the distro kernel are absolutely zero, we do have some flexibility >>with the CentOSplus kernel(s). >> >>- KB > > > Thanks for the reply. Just filed a report: > There's a good chance the FC6 kernel will get you by for now. -- Cheers John -- spambait 1aaaaaaa at coco.merseine.nu Z1aaaaaaa at coco.merseine.nu Please do not reply off-list