Re: Linux 2.6.34-rc4

[Harald Arnesen]

Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Wed, 14 Apr 2010, Tobias wrote:

>> -rc4 does not boot on my MacBook v2.1. Unfortunately, I can not add much info
>> on what happens since it's all happening really fast. Last thing I can really
>> see is that KMS takes over (?), outputs a few lines which look ok, last line
>> being something about ata. Here the boot stops.
>
> The absolutely most helpful thing you could do (and it really isn't that 
> complex, just somewhat time-consuming) is to do a "git bisect" to figure 
> out exactly where it started.

As a non-kernel-hacker, I agree fully. "git bisect" is the best
error diagnosing tool ever invented.

I have on two occations bisected kernel problems with the help of the
kernel community, and I have really been impressed by the help I have
got.
-- 
Hilsen Harald.
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