rawhide report: 20051216 changes

[Tom London]

On 12/16/05, Rodd Clarkson <rodd at clarkson.id.au> wrote:
>
> > kernel-2.6.14-1.1767_FC5
> > ------------------------
> > * Thu Dec 15 2005 Dave Jones <davej at redhat.com>
> > - 2.6.15-rc5-git5
> >
> > * Wed Dec 14 2005 Dave Jones <davej at redhat.com>
> > - 2.6.15-rc5-git4
> > - Try 'optimise for size' again.
> > - Silence noisy CD drives that spew msgs when probed whilst empty.
> >
> > * Tue Dec 13 2005 Dave Jones <davej at redhat.com>
> > - 2.6.15-rc5-git3
> > - Use MMIO instead of PIO for 8139too
>
> FC5 seems keen to get me to run the smp kernel (I'm on a uniprocessor
> machine without hyperthreading).  I've noticed with this update (since
> the smp kernel runs - the one that came with the original install
> didn't) that the smp kernel seems to be noticeably slower than the
> non-smp kernel.
>
>
> > selinux-policy-2.1.6-4
> > ----------------------
> > * Wed Dec 14 2005 Dan Walsh <dwalsh at redhat.com> 2.1.5-4
> > - Fixes to allow automount to use portmap
> > - Fixes to start kernel in s0-s15:c0.c255
>
> I'm not getting any of the kernels installed to boot without adding a
> selinux=0 to the boot process.  I don't think this is kernel related,
> but something to do with selinux.  The kernels get to the point where X
> starts and the cursor appears and then nothing else happens.  Dropping
> to the vt (CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE) shows the hardware initialized, and then
> no further progress.
>
There is a problem with today's selinux-policy.

Revert to the prior one.  Believe it will be fixed in tomorrow's rawhide.

>
> Rodd
>
> --
> "It's a fine line between denial and faith.
>  It's much better on my side"
>

tom
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Tom London