From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Larry Finger Subject: Re: Problem with bisect Date: Sun, 05 Aug 2007 14:24:06 -0500 Message-ID: <46B623D6.7070809@lwfinger.net> References: <46B5F48D.7020907@lwfinger.net> <20070805145234.554bf671.seanlkml@sympatico.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: Sean X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Sun Aug 05 21:24:14 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IHli1-0001Lb-UA for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Sun, 05 Aug 2007 21:24:14 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756098AbXHETYK (ORCPT ); Sun, 5 Aug 2007 15:24:10 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754827AbXHETYJ (ORCPT ); Sun, 5 Aug 2007 15:24:09 -0400 Received: from mtiwmhc13.worldnet.att.net ([204.127.131.117]:60468 "EHLO mtiwmhc13.worldnet.att.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750858AbXHETYI (ORCPT ); Sun, 5 Aug 2007 15:24:08 -0400 Received: from [192.168.1.104] (cpe-72-129-173-253.kc.res.rr.com[72.129.173.253]) by worldnet.att.net (mtiwmhc13) with ESMTP id <20070805192407113008vaoje>; Sun, 5 Aug 2007 19:24:07 +0000 User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.12 (X11/20070509) In-Reply-To: <20070805145234.554bf671.seanlkml@sympatico.ca> Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Sean wrote: > On Sun, 05 Aug 2007 11:02:21 -0500 > Larry Finger wrote: > >> I'm helping someone find what looks like a regression in bcm43xx-mac80211 between v2.6.22 and >> v2.6.23-rc1. This driver is not in the mainstream kernel, but is found in John Linville's >> wireless-dev git tree. When we do the first bisection between the current state and v2.6.22, we >> obtain a kernel whose Makefile says it is v2.6.22; however, it's code is based on a state before >> bcm43xx-mac80211 was introduced into this tree. My memory isn't what it used to be, but I think this >> code was put into this tree during 2.6.19 or .20. When I used visualize to see the tree, the bottom >> is all the way to v2.6.16, which I think is the origin of the git process. >> >> Is this a git bug, or is it some flaw in this particular tree? We have worked around the problem by >> arbitrarily calling each bisection that does not have the bcm43xx-mac80211 code as "good". It has >> been a source of confusion for the guy I'm helping as it is his first bisection. Unfortunately, the >> bug doesn't show on my machine. >> The git repo is git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-dev.git. The commands were: git bisect start git bisect bad git bisect good v2.6.22 I'm using git version 1.4.4.2.g04509 Larry