Re: help with git bisecting a bug 16376: random - possibly RadeonDRM KMS related - freezes

From: Paolo Ornati
Date: Wed Sep 01 2010 - 14:47:28 EST


On Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:53:43 +0200
Martin Steigerwald <Martin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 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
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