Re: [BUG] New Kernel Bugs

Russell King
2007-11-13T18:17:13Z

On Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 05:07:21PM +0100, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> On Tue, 13 Nov 2007, Mark Lord wrote:
>
> > Andrew Morton wrote:
> > > On Mon, 12 Nov 2007 22:42:32 -0800 "Natalie Protasevich"
> > > <protasnb@gmail.com> wrote:
> > ..
> > > > with CONFIG_NO_HZ and/or CONFIG_HPET_TIMER set kernel 2.6.23 doesn't
> > > > boot (ARM, Timer)
> > > > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9229
> > > > Kernel: 2.6.23
> > >
> > > No response from developers
> > ..
>
> The bug report is bogus. ARM has no CONFIG_HPET_TIMER.

Plus we've just merged a fix for NO_HZ on PXA platforms due to an utterly
broken one-shot implementation. So chances are this problem is now fixed.

However, I object strongly to Andrew's responses to these bugs. He's
completely out of line.

Given the wide range of ARM platforms today, it is utterly idiotic to
expect a single person to be able to provide responses for all ARM bugs.
I for one wish I'd never *VOLUNTEERED* to be a part of the kernel
bugzilla, and really *WISH* I could pull out of that function.

--
Russell King
Linux kernel 2.6 ARM Linux - http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/