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From: Rob Landley <rob@landley.net>
To: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, sparclinux@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Scsi on sparc build break in 2.6.23.
Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2007 14:09:35 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200710131409.36164.rob@landley.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20071011235659.GB3620@stusta.de>

On Thursday 11 October 2007 6:56:59 pm Adrian Bunk wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 11, 2007 at 05:37:30PM -0500, Rob Landley wrote:
> > On Thursday 11 October 2007 10:21:49 am Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > > I assume you have the full .config in your build directory, and could
> > > have taken it from there?
> >
> > Actually I don't.  (The extracted source tree is in a temporary directory
> > which the script deletes afterwards unless I tell it not to.  I just
> > followed my own instructions to create the .config and attach it, but I
> > see that James Bottomley already diagnosed it and you came up with a
> > patch.  Off to try it...)
>
> I was able to follow your instructions for generating it.
>
> But I hope you got my point that it's much easier to debug such issues
> when you generate the .config yourself and attach it when sending the
> bug report.

*shrug*  I find miniconfig much easier to read because I can see what the 50 
or so intentional options are, not just the 1000 or so background options set 
to various default values.

Rob
-- 
"One of my most productive days was throwing away 1000 lines of code."
  - Ken Thompson.

  parent reply	other threads:[~2007-10-13 19:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-10-11 10:52 Scsi on sparc build break in 2.6.23 Rob Landley
2007-10-11 11:05 ` Adrian Bunk
2007-10-11 13:17   ` Rob Landley
2007-10-11 13:30     ` James Bottomley
2007-10-11 15:35       ` [2.6 patch] esp_scsi.c: remove __dev{init,exit} Adrian Bunk
2007-10-11 22:47         ` Rob Landley
2007-10-11 21:49           ` David Miller
2007-10-18  8:18             ` Rob Landley
2007-10-11 15:21     ` Scsi on sparc build break in 2.6.23 Adrian Bunk
     [not found]       ` <200710111737.30420.rob@landley.net>
2007-10-11 23:56         ` Adrian Bunk
2007-10-12  0:10           ` Randy Dunlap
2007-10-13 19:09           ` Rob Landley [this message]
2007-10-13 19:26             ` Adrian Bunk

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