From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andrew Morton Subject: Re: linux-next Regression: Unable to locate IOAPIC Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 22:47:53 -0700 Message-ID: <20080610224753.10ab33c5.akpm@linux-foundation.org> References: <200806051100.12885.dex@dragonslave.de> <200806061930.29046.dex@dragonslave.de> <20080606115024.387b5f80.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <200806102229.10512.dex@dragonslave.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <200806102229.10512.dex@dragonslave.de> Sender: linux-next-owner@vger.kernel.org To: webmaster@dragonslave.de Cc: Daniel Exner , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-next@vger.kernel.org, linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 10 Jun 2008 22:29:10 +0200 Daniel Exner wrote: > > Andrew Morton wrote: > > On Fri, 6 Jun 2008 19:30:28 +0200 Daniel Exner wrote: > > > Andrew Morton wrote: > > > > (cc linux-acpi) > > > > > > > > On Thu, 5 Jun 2008 11:00:12 +0200 Daniel Exner > wrote: > > > > > Hi! > > > > > > > > > > (Added myself to CC, because I'm not subscribed) > > > > > > > > > > with linux-next snapshot 20080604 my Laptop morphes into sitting duck > > > > > and I think this is due to this: > > > > > > > > I assume 2.6.26-rc5 is OK? > > > > > > Indeed.. just tried it with (nearly) the same config: no unable to locate > > > IOAPIC > > > > > > Will try todays next snapshot above -rc5 now. > > > > OK, thanks. > > > > It would be great if you could test 2.6.26-rc5 plus > > http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/git-acpi.patch. That'll allow us to > > confirm that the regression is due to changes in the acpi tree. > Sorry for the delay.. real-life you know ;) > > I guess you'd expect me to confirm the behavior on rc5 with this patch aplied, > but .. well this Kernel works! > > So I think the regression is NOT in the acpi tree. Perhaps pci subsystem? There is behind-the-scenes finger-pointing going on ;) I don't think we know what caused this regression, sorry. > If I find time I'll try bisecting it.. That would be fantastic, thanks. Please don't let us merge this regression into 2.6.27. We have a few weeks.