Re: Linux 2.6.28-rc7

[Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>]

On Tue, 2 Dec 2008, Alejandro Riveira Fernández wrote:
> 
>  Well i already sent the result of the revert on another mail;
> it did not help :(

Ahh. Oh, well.

>  I tried again with what i thought was my "good" commit and the
> bug is there too :/
> 
>  could it be that something changed in userspace[1] between the
> day i installed the 2.6.28-rc6-00007-ged31348 and today that
> make this bug trigger?

Sure, that's possible. It happens occasionally with updated user-land 
binaries, especially system-related ones (eg something like X or SElinux 
or whatever).

Or perhaps a configuration change meant that if you recompiled the "good" 
kernel, you now recompiled a different config? Or did you re-use the exact 
same kernel image you had originally?

>  Next step is try to find an "actually good" kernel and bisect
> again sigh... 2.6.27.6 seems to work ok

Ok, that's a much bigger bisection thing, but again, even just narrowing 
it down a bit will help. But check the configuration too before you start.

			Linus