From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753316AbYLVGci (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Dec 2008 01:32:38 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751788AbYLVGca (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Dec 2008 01:32:30 -0500 Received: from terminus.zytor.com ([198.137.202.10]:43429 "EHLO terminus.zytor.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751752AbYLVGc3 (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Dec 2008 01:32:29 -0500 Message-ID: <494F343C.1030602@zytor.com> Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2008 22:31:24 -0800 From: "H. Peter Anvin" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080501) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ingo Molnar CC: "Rafael J. Wysocki" , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Kernel Testers List , Vegard Nossum , the arch/x86 maintainers Subject: Re: [Bug #12156] v2.6.28-rc2: x86_32 relocation regression? References: <20081221081406.GB4773@elte.hu> In-Reply-To: <20081221081406.GB4773@elte.hu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Ingo Molnar wrote: > > not really a regression but a long-standing inconvenience/bug of the debug > symbols of relocatable kernels. (ever since relocatable kernels were added > in '06 or so.) Nevertheless we queued up a revert of the defconfig change > for .29, to not expose it in the defconfig: > > f269b07: x86: revert CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=y defconfig change > > so i think it can be taken off the regressions list. > It's a bug, yes, not a regression. It should be fixed if possible, but it's not a regression nor a hideously critical issue. -hpa -- H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf.