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From: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
Subject: Re: AAARGH bisection is hard (Re: [2.6.39 regression] X locks up
 hard right after logging in)
Date: Fri, 13 May 2011 20:47:26 +0200
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Cc: Andrew Lutomirski <luto@mit.edu>,
	Christian Couder <christian.couder@gmail.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
	git@vger.kernel.org, Shuang He <shuang.he@intel.com>
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Am 13.05.2011 20:41, schrieb Linus Torvalds:
> On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 11:34 AM, Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org> wrote:
>>   git bisect good v2.6.38
> 
> When you say that v2.6.38 is good, that means that everything that can
> be reached from 2.6.38 is good.
> 
> NOT AT ALL the same thing as "git bisect requires v2.6.38" would be.
> 
> Think about it. It's the "reachable from v2.6.38" vs "cannot reach
> v2.6.38" difference. That's a HUGE difference.

Oops, you're right, I got it upside-down.

Thanks,
-- Hannes