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 jan.kiszka@web.de Patch : http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/davej/cpufreq.git;a=commitdiff_pla... 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 lkml@rtr.ca Handled-By : Daniel Walker dwalker@mvista.com Thomas Gleixner tglx@linutronix.de 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 sebastian_ml@gmx.net 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=commitdif... Submitter : Brett Ryland nappers@gmail.com Status : patch available
Subject : reiserfs -- circular locking References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/4/26/648 Submitter : David Brownell < david-b@pacbell.net > Handled-By : Jeff Mahoney < jeffm@suse.com > 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 cijoml@volny.cz Handled-By : Markus Rechberger < markus.rechberger@amd.com > Status : patches available
Subject : snd_intel8x0: divide error: 0000 References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/3/5/252 Submitter : Michal Piotrowski < michal.k.k.piotrowski@gmail.com > Handled-By : Takashi Iwai < tiwai@suse.de > 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 < davem@davemloft.net > Robert Peterson < rpeterso@redhat.com > Handled-By : David Miller < davem@davemloft.net > Patch : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/4/16/234 Status : patch was suggested
Regards, Michal