From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752320AbZKRHt2 (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:49:28 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751768AbZKRHt2 (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:49:28 -0500 Received: from terminus.zytor.com ([198.137.202.10]:38421 "EHLO terminus.zytor.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751661AbZKRHt1 (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:49:27 -0500 Message-ID: <4B03A706.6040400@zytor.com> Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:49:26 -0800 From: "H. Peter Anvin" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.1.4pre) Gecko/20091014 Fedora/3.0-2.8.b4.fc11 Thunderbird/3.0b4 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: indexer CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Regression in efi.c 2.6.32-rc7 References: <4B02B654.9080304@internode.on.net> In-Reply-To: <4B02B654.9080304@internode.on.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 11/17/2009 06:42 AM, indexer wrote: > I would like to report a possible regression in efi.c with kernels > 2.6.31 , 2.6.32-rc5 and 2.6.32.rc7. > > Attempting to boot x86_64 with elilo succeeds using 2.6.30 . Using the > same config cannot boot with any of the 3 afore mentioned kernels. Elilo > freezes at bootloader as system attempts to initiate. Cannot attach a > serial console for debug, and no errors appear on screen. No version of > refit, elilo, efi firmware changes, only the kernel in question. This > results in an unbootable system using efi. > > I have already followed the patch described here, > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14466 , it does not change > the situation on 2.6.31 or 2.6.32-rc5, and no need to patch 2.6.32-rc7 > as it was merged already. > > The below diff shows the differences in efi.c between 2.6.30 and > 2.6.32-rc7. Please also find attached my .config for 2.6.32.rc7 > Can you do a git bisect between 2.6.30 and 2.6.31? -hpa -- H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf.