Re: Linux-2.5.17

[Joel Jaeggli]

On Tue, 21 May 2002 [e-mail] wrote:

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> Thanks for the information.
> 
> So, I'm just getting used to the idea of using new tools to build kernels, and
> now I learn that 2.5 breaks an ordinary program that I use all day, every day.
> It just keeps getting better and better...
> 

I don't recall how many time stuff that touched proc broke in the 
.99-1.3-2.0 era but it was a few...

the proc filesystem is not an snmp mib.
 
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> "David S. Miller" <[e-mail]> on 05/21/2002 04:30:11 PM
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> To:   Wayne Brown/Corporate/Altec@Altec
> cc:   [e-mail]
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> Subject:  Re: Linux-2.5.17
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>    From: [e-mail]
>    Date: Tue, 21 May 2002 13:52:08 -0500
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>    Under 2.5.17 there is a problem with gtop 1.0.9.
> 
> The /proc/meminfo output changed, and this makes a lot of programs
> reading that file explode.
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