Updated Fedora Core test release: Severn

[Bill Nottingham]

And now, the Fedora Project presents....

We're tired, we're droopy
    We're all a little loopy
  A Fedora Core Test Release
    Is invading your PC!

New features - interesting!
    The code could use some testing
  That's why we are requesting
    new bug reports quickly!

On our ftp site is the place where you will see
  The stuff that we've been working on since 1993!
  We're tired, we're droopy
    We're all a little loopy
  It's a Fedora Core Test Release
    Come and join the fun!

(And now our song is done.)

Yes, it's an update of SEVERN, the Fedora Core test release.

As always, test releases are not intended for use on production
environments. Use of test releases in production environments could
lead to disastrous results, such as spontaneous musical theatre
from your engineers. Be afraid.

Problems with SEVERN should be reported via bugzilla, at:

http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/

Please report bugs against 'Fedora Core', release 'test2'.

Technical note: There are some issues with the SMP kernel; on
 SMP machines after installation, you may need to boot the
 uniprocessor kernel for stability. We'll have a fixed kernel
 in the next day or three; please update as soon as one
 is available.

For more information on just what the Fedora Project and
Fedora Core is, please see:

http://fedora.redhat.com/

For discussion of SEVERN, send mail to:

[e-mail]

with

subscribe

in the subject line. You can leave the body empty. Or see:

https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list/

As always, you can get SEVERN at redhat.com, specifically:

ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/beta/severn/

Or the following mirrors:

North America:
  United States:
    - ftp://ftp.cse.buffalo.edu/pub/RedHat/redhat/linux/beta/severn/
    - http://redhat.secsup.org/beta/severn/
    - ftp://mirrors.secsup.org/pub/linux/redhat/beta/severn/
    - ftp://redhat.dulug.duke.edu/pub/redhat/linux/beta/severn/
    - ftp://ftp.linux.ncsu.edu/pub/redhat/linux/beta/severn/
    - http://www.gtlib.cc.gatech.edu/pub/redhat/linux/beta/severn/
    - ftp://ftp.gtlib.cc.gatech.edu/pub/redhat/linux/beta/severn/
    - rsync://rsync.gtlib.cc.gatech.edu/redhat/linux/beta/severn/
    - ftp://limestone.uoregon.edu/redhat/beta/severn/

Canada:
    - ftp://less.cogeco.net/pub/redhat/linux/beta/severn/
    - ftp://ftp.nrc.ca/pub/systems/linux/redhat/ftp.redhat.com/linux/beta/severn/

South America:
  Chile:
    - ftp://ftp.tecnoera.com/Linux/redhat-beta/severn/

Europe:
  Czech Republic:
    - ftp://sunsite.mff.cuni.cz/MIRRORS/ftp.redhat.com/redhat/linux/beta/severn/
    - rsync://sunsite.mff.cuni.cz/redhat/redhat/linux/beta/severn/
    - ftp://ultra.linux.cz/MIRRORS/ftp.redhat.com/redhat/linux/beta/severn/
    - ftp://ftp.linux.cz/pub/linux/redhat/linux/beta/severn/
    - ftp://ftp6.linux.cz/pub/linux/redhat/linux/beta/severn/
  Estonia
    - ftp://redhat.linux.ee/pub/redhat/linux/beta/severn/
  Germany:
    - ftp://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/redhat/linux/beta/severn/
    - ftp://ftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/redhat-ftp/redhat/linux/beta/severn/
    - http://wftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/redhat-ftp/redhat/linux/beta/severn/
    - ftp://ftp.uni-bayreuth.de/pub/redhat/linux/beta/severn/
    - ftp://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/pub/Linux/redhat/linux/beta/severn/
  Netherlands:
    - ftp://alviss.et.tudelft.nl/pub/redhat/beta/severn/
    - ftp://ftp.quicknet.nl/pub/Linux/ftp.redhat.com/beta/severn/
  United Kingdom:
    - http://zeniiia.linux.org.uk/pub/distributions/redhat/beta/severn/
    - ftp://zeniiia.linux.org.uk/pub/distributions/redhat/beta/severn/
    - rsync://zeniiia.linux.org.uk/ftp/pub/distributions/redhat/beta/severn/

Asia/Pacific:
  Australia:
    - http://planetmirror.com/pub/redhat/linux/beta/severn/
    - ftp://ftp.planetmirror.com/pub/redhat/linux/beta/severn/
    - http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/redhat/linux/severn/
    - ftp://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/redhat/linux/severn/

One additional feature provided by the Linux community is the
availability of SEVERN via BitTorrent.

http://torrent.dulug.duke.edu/severn2-binary-iso.torrent
  http://torrent.dulug.duke.edu/severn2-source-iso.torrent

RPMS for Red Hat Linux 7.3 through 9 of BitTorrent are available from:
  http://torrent.dulug.duke.edu/btrpms/

Usage is simple:
  btdownloadcurses.py --url http://URL.torrent

Allow incoming TCP 6881 - 6889 to join the torrent swarm.
  http://torrent.dulug.duke.edu/

[Jens-Ulrik Petersen]

> > > > > "BN" == Bill Nottingham  writes:

BN>  Asia/Pacific:
    BN>   Australia:

It's also available from

Japan
    - http://ftp.ne.jp/Linux/packages/RedHat/redhat/linux/beta/severn/
    - ftp://ftp.ne.jp/Linux/packages/RedHat/redhat/linux/beta/severn/
    - rsync://ftp.ne.jp/redhat/linux/beta/severn/

courtesy of KDDI Labs (both via IPv4 and IPv6).

Could we include that in future announcements too, please?

Jens

[Ingo Molnar]

On Thu, 25 Sep 2003, Bill Nottingham wrote:
> We're all a little loopy
>
> Technical note: There are some issues with the SMP kernel; on
>  SMP machines after installation, you may need to boot the
>  uniprocessor kernel for stability. We'll have a fixed kernel
>  in the next day or three; please update as soon as one
>  is available.

here's the SMP fix for the impatient - we'll be pushing out an updated
kernel build ASAP. The UP kernel is not affected.

Ingo

--- linux/kernel/sched.c.orig
+++ linux/kernel/sched.c
@@ -1641,7 +1641,7 @@ void scheduling_functions_start_here(voi
  */
 asmlinkage void schedule(void)
 {
-	int this_cpu = smp_processor_id(), retry = 0;
+	int this_cpu, retry;
    task_t *prev, *next;
    runqueue_t *rq;
    prio_array_t *array;
@@ -1660,6 +1660,8 @@ asmlinkage void schedule(void)
    }

need_resched:
+	this_cpu = smp_processor_id();
+	retry = 0;
    preempt_disable();
    prev = current;
    rq = this_rq();