From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932117AbXCUDmL (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Mar 2007 23:42:11 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932286AbXCUDmL (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Mar 2007 23:42:11 -0400 Received: from cantor2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:42263 "EHLO mx2.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932117AbXCUDmJ (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Mar 2007 23:42:09 -0400 Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 20:39:38 -0700 From: Greg KH To: Gene Heskett Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Michael Krufky , stable@kernel.org, Justin Forbes , Zwane Mwaikambo , "Theodore Ts'o" , Randy Dunlap , Dave Jones , Chuck Wolber , Chris Wedgwood , Chuck Ebbert , torvalds@linux-foundation.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk Subject: Re: [patch 00/31] 2.6.20-stable review Message-ID: <20070321033938.GA4907@suse.de> References: <20070319213647.GB9261@kroah.com> <200703201559.29508.gene.heskett@gmail.com> <46004021.7040202@linuxtv.org> <200703202304.44388.gene.heskett@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200703202304.44388.gene.heskett@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Mar 20, 2007 at 11:04:43PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Tuesday 20 March 2007, Michael Krufky wrote: > >Gene Heskett wrote: > >> On Tuesday 20 March 2007, Greg KH wrote: > >>> On Tue, Mar 20, 2007 at 01:15:02AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > >>>> In any event, something tickled the monster, and its hungry. This > >>>> is a full-stop, show-stopper AFAIAC. > >>>> > >>>> I'll cut that patch-2.6.20.4-rc1 in halves, and build 2 more test > >>>> kernels tomorrow to start a bisect if no one has any better idea > >>>> before then. > >>> > >>> I'd recommend using the quilt tree of patches to do this, it will be > >>> easier than trying to split the larger patch up into pieces by hand. > >>> > >>> thanks, > >>> > >>> greg k-h > >> > >> I don't have quilt installed, and no idea how to use it if it was, > >> Greg. Even my git is now pushing a year old. > > > >Gene- > > > >quilt is a very easy tool to use... Here is a quick run-down. > > > >#1) remove the stable -rc patch from the tree > > > >#2) install quilt > > > >#3) go to your source tree, and create a directory called "patches" > > > >#4) copy all of the patches from Greg's queue into that "patches" > > directory, including the "series" file. > > > >#5) quilt push, to apply the first patch > > quilt push, to apply the second patch (you get the idea) > > quilt push -a , to apply all patches in the series > > > >#6) quilt pop, to back out the most recent patch pushed in > > quilt pop -a to back out the entire series. > > > >If a patch doesnt apply, quilt will let you know about it, and present > > you with the option to force the patch to apply. This is highly > > unlikely to occur, since Greg has already done what needs to be done to > > make these patches apply to the source. > > > >For a better explanation, see "man quilt". Using quilt, when you have a > > list of patches and a series file containing the merge order is *much* > > easier that a git bisection, and can help you to find the problem patch > > much quicker. > > > >I hope this helps... > > > It looks like, from the series files contents, that I grabbed the > wrong 'queue', its all 2.6.21 stuff. url please. The patch queue can be found at: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git All of the patches and the series file are in the review-2.6.20/ directory. thanks, greg k-h