From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tejun Heo Subject: Re: loosing IPMI-card by loading netconsole Date: Sat, 15 May 2010 00:24:07 +0200 Message-ID: <4BEDCD87.4090602@kernel.org> References: <20100514134544.GA26674@gretchen.aei.mpg.de> <4BED79EB.1000204@kernel.org> <1273858653.15067.1335.camel@calx> <4BEDCA89.7000707@kernel.org> <1273875413.15067.1348.camel@calx> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "Ronciak, John" , Henning Fehrmann , "Kirsher, Jeffrey T" , "Brandeburg, Jesse" , "Allan, Bruce W" , "Waskiewicz Jr, Peter P" , "netdev@vger.kernel.org" , Carsten Aulbert To: Matt Mackall Return-path: Received: from hera.kernel.org ([140.211.167.34]:39213 "EHLO hera.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752531Ab0ENWYQ (ORCPT ); Fri, 14 May 2010 18:24:16 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1273875413.15067.1348.camel@calx> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hello, On 05/15/2010 12:16 AM, Matt Mackall wrote: >> Yeap, sure, it would be effective but I kind of want to leave >> bisection as the last resort. Bisection is a somewhat painful process >> especially when the machine isn't right next to you and someone who >> has overall knowledge can often identify the problem much easier with >> appropriate debugging info. > > Well nothing jumps to mind in the netpoll/netconsole code and I haven't > heard any similar reports. My guess is it's something obscure, so I > think the sooner you start bisecting... Even one or two tests will get > us a lot closer to figuring out what changed in the last 1.5 years. I see. I was hoping it would ring a bell to someone. We'll probably try to provide the info Jesse asked and if that doesn't lead anywhere start bisecting. Thank you. -- tejun