Re: Linux 2.6.37-rc7

[Jesse Barnes]

On Wed, 22 Dec 2010 20:18:55 +0200
"Ahmed S. Darwish" <darwish.07@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> On Tue, 21 Dec 2010 23:30:30 +0000, Jochen Voss wrote:
> > On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 11:52:17AM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > > I'm still nervous about some of the regression reports for intel
> > > graphics, so please keep testing and reporting. This is the last -rc
> > > before xmas (or whatever your holiday may be), so now you all have a
> > > few free days when you have nothing better to do than test out an -rc
> > > release, right?
> >
> > For reference, the regression I reported yesterday
> > (message id "20101220140615.GA3035@automatix",
> > http://www.spinics.net/lists/kernel/msg1126718.html
> > on the web) is still present: -rc7 only shows a blank
> > screen on my system, -rc7 with 541cc966 reverted works
> > without problems.
> >
> 
> I can confirm the regression: a completely-blank screen right after the
> grub prompt.
> 
> Printing kernel output using early_printk() all along ('earlyprintk=
> serial,keep') shows that the rest of the kernel internally goes on with
> its booting process as usual.
> 
> Reverting the mentioned 541cc966 commit solves the problem; the bug is
> reproducible in both qemu and real hardware.

That one has since been reverted; I think Dave has it queued up for
Linus now actually.

-- 
Jesse Barnes, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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