https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28402
--- Comment #10 from Da Fox da_fox@mad.scientist.com 2010-08-15 14:21:55 PDT --- I tried with kernel 2.6.35.2 over the weekend, and this issue is still present.
However there is a slight urge to get this fixed, because the rest of the system will start to depend on more recent kernels in a while. For example the newer udev-151 warns that:
---8<--------- ERROR: setup CONFIG_IDE: should not be set. But it is.
WARN: setup Please check to make sure these options are set correctly. Failure to do so may cause unexpected problems. --->8---------
This is due to the fact that I am using the old (and pretty soon deprecated) ATA drivers in the kernel, and not the newer (and nowadays stable) libata drivers. So if I want to use the newer udev I would prefer to be able to do so on a newer kernel, given that the libata drivers are still relatively new.
This is of course but one example, but there can be a variety of reasons which necessitate a kernel upgrade. Another good example would be the inter-dependencies of Xorg, video drivers and the kernel.
So please: Devs: take a look at the commits I pointed out in the initial description, and answer my question from comment #6. Aidan: upload your kernel logs, I think you should have collected enough data by now.