Re: [BUG] x86 kenel won't boot under Virtual PC

From: David Sanders
Date: Tue Sep 02 2008 - 08:08:37 EST


On Monday 01 September 2008 18:22, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Mon, 1 Sep 2008, David Sanders wrote:
> > OK, below is my patch. The problem is I just built with it and the boot
> > problem still exists. Either the patch is flawed or git-bisect gave me
> > the wrong commit. Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Try just reverting the commit that you bisected to, and double-check. If
> your bisect was flawed, there's no point even staring at the nop code ;)
>
> Linus

Thanks Linus.
I reverted the commit and the problem persits, so nops are definitely not the
problem. I started an new bisection but am now in a state that won't compile
due to errors. What do I do in that case?
David
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