From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Simon Horman Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2014 00:27:03 +0000 Subject: Re: stable boot: 93 boots: 92 pass, 1 fail (v3.17.6) Message-Id: <20141209002703.GC8897@verge.net.au> List-Id: References: <2553650.3KSUKtTdo3@wuerfel> In-Reply-To: <2553650.3KSUKtTdo3@wuerfel> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-sh@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Dec 08, 2014 at 09:35:49AM -0800, Kevin Hilman wrote: > On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 9:17 AM, Kevin Hilman wrote: > > Geert Uytterhoeven writes: > > > >> Hi Kevin, > >> > >> On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 5:45 PM, Kevin Hilman wrote: > >>> Arnd Bergmann writes: > >>>> On Monday 08 December 2014 14:48:20 Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > >>>>> On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 12:35 PM, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > >>>>> > On Sunday 07 December 2014 21:49:05 Kevin's boot bot wrote: > >>>>> >> Full Build report: http://status.armcloud.us/build/stable/kernel/v3.17.6/ > >>>>> >> Full Boot report: http://status.armcloud.us/boot/all/job/stable/kernel/v3.17.6/ > >>>>> >> > >>>>> >> Tree/Branch: stable > >>>>> >> Git describe: v3.17.6 > >>>>> >> > >>>>> >> Failed boot tests > >>>>> >> ========> >>>>> >> emev2-kzm9d: FAIL: arm-shmobile_defconfig > >>>>> >> http://storage.armcloud.us/kernel-ci/stable/v3.17.6/arm-shmobile_defconfig/boot-emev2-kzm9d.html > >> > >>> I figured it out. > >>> > >>> The problem is that my DHCP is no longer giving out a default root-path, > >>> and I neglected to update the commandline for this board. I'd forgotten > >>> that the shmobile_defconfig doesn't have initrd support in v3.17, so it > >>> can't boot from a ramdisk like all my other boards. > >> > >> Good to hear that! > >> > >>> Geert, Simon, any objections to enabling initrd support in v3.17 stable? > >>> Probably just asking Greg to cherry-pick mainline commit which does > >>> this[1] should suffice. > >> > >> Personally, I have no objections. > >> It's just stretching stable-kernel-rules a little bit ;-) > > > > Yeah, but since it's just defconfig, and very platform specific, I think > > Greg would accept it if it's coming from the platform maintainer. So > > I guess it's up to Simon to decide. > > FWIW, Just to be sure, I double-checked and verified that > cherry-picking that shmobile_defconfig patch from mainline gets > ramdisk booting working again on v3.17.y stable. Personally I am not entirely convinced that the change really is stable material. However, if you feel strongly about it I would be happy for you to submit it to stable: I'll Ack it if you do so.