From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753918AbXC1EOK (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Mar 2007 00:14:10 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753923AbXC1EOK (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Mar 2007 00:14:10 -0400 Received: from emailhub.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:36584 "EHLO mailhub.stusta.mhn.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753918AbXC1EOJ (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Mar 2007 00:14:09 -0400 Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 06:14:07 +0200 From: Adrian Bunk To: Sid Boyce Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" , Randy Dunlap , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, auxsvr@gmail.com Subject: Re: 2.6.21-rc1 and 2.6.21-rc2 kwin dies silently Message-ID: <20070328041407.GM16477@stusta.de> References: <45EFBC73.2030005@blueyonder.co.uk> <46016EAF.6010801@blueyonder.co.uk> <20070321193420.GP752@stusta.de> <4601DCB4.4060804@blueyonder.co.uk> <20070321184258.758a5a29.randy.dunlap@oracle.com> <20070322105908.GS752@stusta.de> <4608919C.4050007@blueyonder.co.uk> <4609E04D.408@blueyonder.co.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4609E04D.408@blueyonder.co.uk> 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 Wed, Mar 28, 2007 at 04:26:05AM +0100, Sid Boyce wrote: > Eric W. Biederman wrote: > >Sid Boyce writes: > > > > > >>This is what I've got so far on the first boot, I shall have to check the > >>manpage for git-bisect again to see if there is anything else to be added, > >>nothing enlightening seen so far - further reboots to be done. > >> > > > >I'm a little confused at what I am seeing below. > >Normally what happens is that after a kernel compile and test. You call > >"git-bisect bad" or "git-bisect good" and then git-bisect picks the next > >kernel to test. Then you compile and test that one. It looks like > >you called git-bisect bad several times in a row without testing.... > > > > > >Eric > > > > > This is the procedure I followed. > <-- snip --> > > # install git and cogito on your computer > > # clone Linus' tree: > cg-clone > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git > > # start bisecting: > cd linux-2.6 > git bisect start > git bisect bad 86a71dbd3e81e8870d0f0e56b87875f57e58222b > git bisect good ac98695d6c1508b724f246f38ce57fb4e3cec356 > > # start round > cp /path/to/.config . > make oldconfig > make > # install kernel, check whether it's good or bad, then: > git bisect [bad|good] > ======================================================== > I built and installed the kernel downloaded using "cg-clone", booted it > up and ran "git bisect bad". I'm also somewhat confused as the first > failing kernel is 2.6.20-git11, the Makefile says the kernel got with > cg-clone is actually 2.6.21-rc4 and it built as 2.6.20-g208367ee. > Regards > Sid. > > >>barrabas:/usr/src/GIT/linux-2.6 # git bisect bad > >>Bisecting: 22 revisions left to test after this > >>[3fc605a2aa38899c12180ca311f1eeb61a6d867e] knfsd: allow the server to > >>provide a > >>gid list when using AUTH_UNIX authentication > >>rrabas:/usr/src/GIT/linux-2.6 # git bisect bad >... I think I got your problem: After rebooting, you do "git bisect [bad|good]" *once*. Then recompile the kernel from the current tree, reboot, and again *once* "git bisect [bad|good]". etc. cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed