Re: 2.6.10-rc2-mm1

[William Lee Irwin III]

William Lee Irwin III <wli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> sparc64 broke between 2.6.9 and 2.6.10-rc1. Are there any split-up
>> diffs of what went on between 2.6.9 and 2.6.10-rc1?

On Thu, Nov 18, 2004 at 02:31:23AM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> That'll be hard to do, because 2.6.9->2.6.10-rc1 was one of those brief
> periods of frenetic patchbombing.
> You could try 2.6.9-rc4-mm1 and if the bug is there, try 2.6.9-rc4-mm1's
> linus.patch and if the bug is not there, iterate though 2.6.9-rc4-mm1's
> patches.
> If the bug isn't in 2.6.9-rc4-mm1 I guess you're down to a binary search
> with `bk clone'.  It might be a bit easier with bkcvs actually.

I got it narrowed down to the exact patch and bad interaction, then
davem spotted the right thing to do instantly, so this one's closed.


-- wli
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