From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754448Ab0IASrW (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Sep 2010 14:47:22 -0400 Received: from mail-wy0-f174.google.com ([74.125.82.174]:46273 "EHLO mail-wy0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753998Ab0IASrV (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Sep 2010 14:47:21 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=hknnP4iOUA+dR6+n7uzBo2graU8vlS9XqKp8glhT9X6hClVvD6yDBIYpxZxtR7/CEh zUR/ZBB+KNmBecwM4lWcMv2vHWMGxf5Znv5VNc+/ePjXGZnoPXuS6YjkvIBI4d/UmUfk Niw09o/1nNCLCtwRF37n7mkMIJ8LBvDfO4Jxs= Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 20:47:16 +0200 From: Paolo Ornati To: Martin Steigerwald Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: help with git bisecting a bug 16376: random - possibly Radeon DRM KMS related - freezes Message-ID: <20100901204716.775e9cfd@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <201008312153.45792.Martin@lichtvoll.de> References: <201008312153.45792.Martin@lichtvoll.de> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.6 (GTK+ 2.20.1; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:53:43 +0200 Martin Steigerwald wrote: > Obviously I am not interested in kernels prior 2.6.33. Should I just do a > "git bisect good" without trying the kernel or is there some other remedy? No. Git is right in asking you to test that commit: you are ignoring branches and merges. Example ======== Linus Tree Usb Tree v2.6.33-rc2 | \ | | commit A (version is v2.6.33-rc2) | | commit B ( " ) v2.6.33 | commit C ( " ) | __/ | __/ | __/ |_/ X <--- MERGE So the commit you are testing it's like "commit A": it was done before (in time) v2.6.33, on a kernel based on v2.6.33-rc2, but was merged in Linus' tree _after_ v2.3.33. So this this behaviour is normal :) -- Paolo Ornati Linux 2.6.35.4 on x86_64