Rob Kampen wrote: > Olaf Mueller wrote: >> Olaf Mueller wrote: >>> Olaf Mueller wrote: >> I think this is a testing kernel for RHEL 5.5 (not 5.4!), but it >> seems to me the best choice as a kernel under CentOS 5.3 at the >> moment if you are running an nfs server. And only the nfs server >> needs this kernel to work, the clients can stay with the current >> kernel 2.6.18-164.el5. > Am I missing something here? > We use and love CentOS for its stability and the fact(?) that the > upstream provider does extensive QA(?) > Now we have a major regression in the 5.4 kernel and the proposal in > the bug fix is wait until 5.5 for the patch? > or do it yourself - something I do not look forward to doing. > Is someone dropping the ball or am I over-reacting? This is a very unlucky situation, yes. But in my opinion, it is not a CentOS problem. We are only suffering under the missing of a nfs working kernel from RedHat. CentOS is based on RHEL that itself has no better kernel at the moment. But I must confess that I am astounded about this all. regards Olaf