From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752056AbYIBMIg (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Sep 2008 08:08:36 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751295AbYIBMI3 (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Sep 2008 08:08:29 -0400 Received: from yx-out-2324.google.com ([74.125.44.29]:14019 "EHLO yx-out-2324.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751248AbYIBMI2 (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Sep 2008 08:08:28 -0400 From: David Sanders Reply-To: linux@sandersweb.net To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [BUG] x86 kenel won't boot under Virtual PC Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2008 08:08:22 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.5 Cc: Linus Torvalds , Jan Beulich , Ingo Molnar , Thomas Gleixner , Andi Kleen References: <200808311422.12525.linux@sandersweb.net> <200809011623.12518.linux@sandersweb.net> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200809020808.23131.linux@sandersweb.net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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