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Stable kernel update 2.6.29.2
The 2.6.29.2 stable kernel update is out; it contains about 100 patches.
"There are a lot of fixes in this release touching all over the tree.
At least a few have possible security impact (e.g. af_rose, agp, capability
fs_mask, splice/ocfs2). As usual, you're encouraged to upgrade."
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Stable kernel update 2.6.29.2 Posted Apr 27, 2009 19:59 UTC (Mon) by BrucePerens (subscriber, #2510) [Link] AF_ROSE as in ax.25? Maybe it's time to retire that.
It's high time to retire A LOT of stuff... Posted Apr 28, 2009 1:47 UTC (Tue) by pr1268 (subscriber, #24648) [Link] There's all kinds of stuff in the Linux kernel whose time is ripe for retirement. But, if I understand your recommendation correctly, it's the combination of old, crufty code plus the possible security vulnerabilities lurking in that code which merit retirement from Linux.
It's high time to retire A LOT of stuff... Posted Apr 28, 2009 1:59 UTC (Tue) by BrucePerens (subscriber, #2510) [Link] This is part of the ax.25 ham radio protocol from the '80s, which still has one main use - telling HF stations who everybody else is hearing - but I'm not sure that the ROSE static routing protocol is a part of it any longer.
It's high time to retire A LOT of stuff... Posted Apr 28, 2009 6:14 UTC (Tue) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link]
Yes. Merely being old and crufty isn't good enough: someone may still be
using it. (Hell, last week there was an argument over keeping the Voyager code in the kernel, despite a total running-systems count of I think four, including one that wouldn't boot and one in davem(?)'s garage...)
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