Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 15:10:06 GMT From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/92440: Kernel fault in knote when getty opens a serial port Message-ID: <200602241510.k1OFA632003284@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR kern/92440; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Paul Marciano <pm940@yahoo.com> Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/92440: Kernel fault in knote when getty opens a serial port Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 10:08:10 -0500 On Thu, Feb 23, 2006 at 11:38:49PM -0800, Paul Marciano wrote: > > --- Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> wrote: > > > On Sat, Jan 28, 2006 at 12:30:07AM +0000, Paul > > Marciano wrote: > > > > > >Description: > > > My systems all use serial consoles. Upon logging > > > out of a shell session I observed a kernel fault. > > > This has been reported before, I believe, but I > > > couldn't find a PR. > > > > I think this was fixed in 6.0-RELEASE. Can you > > confirm? > > > > Kris > > > > Kris, > > Thanks for the info, but unfortunately I'm not in a > position to be able to check out 6.0. We're on 5.4 > and will move to 5.5 when it is released but 6.0 is > regarded as immature (I would be interested in hearing > other opinions on that point). 6.0 is a much better release than both 5.4 and (confidently predicting into the future), 5.5. Any prejudice against it just because of the ".0" is unfounded. > I have looked at the kernel sources and see that the 6.0 serial > framework has changed. Yes, and unfortunately this bug will not be fixed in the 5.x series. Kris
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