Re: [BUG] usb problems in .38-rc3+

[Ed Tomlinson]

On Wednesday 09 February 2011 01:17:40 Anand Gadiyar wrote:
> Ed Tomlinson wrote:
> > On Tuesday 08 February 2011 01:46:16 Gadiyar, Anand wrote:
> > > On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 7:45 AM, Ed Tomlinson <edt@xxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > I tried bisecting without much luck.  It started with about 4000
> commits to check.  It was still bad
> > > > when it reached the first 1000 commits post .37.  Then all boots
> started crashing.  I think its possible
> > > > to restrict a bisect to a directory - if so, what dir should I try?
> > > >
> > >
> > > Maybe drivers/ or drivers/usb would be enough for a first attempt?
> > > I usually start there.
> > >
> > > You could just do:
> > >
> > > git bisect start -- [path]
> > >
> > > to restrict bisection to commits that touch [path].
> >
> > This is as far as I can get:
> >
> > # bad: [100b33c8bd8a3235fd0b7948338d6cbb3db3c63d] Linux 2.6.38-rc4
> > # good: [3c0eee3fe6a3a1c745379547c7e7c904aa64f6d5] Linux 2.6.37
> > # good: [387c31c7e5c9805b0aef8833d1731a5fe7bdea14] Linux 2.6.37-rc8
> > # good: [90a8a73c06cc32b609a880d48449d7083327e11a] Linux 2.6.37-rc7
> > # good: [c8ddb2713c624f432fa5fe3c7ecffcdda46ea0d4] Linux 2.6.37-rc1
> > git bisect start 'v2.6.38-rc4' 'v2.6.37' 'v2.6.37-rc8' 'v2.6.37-rc7'
> 'v2.6.37-rc1' '--' 'drivers/usb' 'drivers/bluetooth'
> > # good: [5cdc5bd8b2b1190cb54548c03194b154b4892e2a] Merge branch
> 'musb-hw' of git://gitorious.org/usb/usb into musb
> > git bisect good 5cdc5bd8b2b1190cb54548c03194b154b4892e2a
> > # bad: [f2c565e223af39ed38be5c84b1a37b591b22db83] xHCI: replace
> dev_dbg() with xhci_dbg()
> > git bisect bad f2c565e223af39ed38be5c84b1a37b591b22db83
> > # good: [2af10844eb6ed104f9505bf3a7ba3ceb02264f31] USB: Merge 2.6.37-rc5
> into usb-next
> > git bisect good 2af10844eb6ed104f9505bf3a7ba3ceb02264f31
> > # bad: [3e5b08cbbf78bedd316904ab0cf3b27119433ee5] Merge branch
> 'usb-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/usb-2.6
> > git bisect bad 3e5b08cbbf78bedd316904ab0cf3b27119433ee5
> > # good: [1051b9f0f9eab8091fe3bf98320741adf36b4cfa] Merge branch
> 'for-rmk' of git://git.pengutronix.de/git/imx/linux-2.6 into devel-stable
> > git bisect good 1051b9f0f9eab8091fe3bf98320741adf36b4cfa
> >
> > After this the kernel does not build.
> >
> > Any clues?
> 
> Is it easier to just fix the build break locally and proceed?
> 
> I'm afraid I don't know how to skip a step during bisection.
> I try narrowing things down manually.
> 
> Given that 2.6.37 is fine, can you check if v2.6.38-rc1 works?
> If it doesn't work, then this break was caused by something that
> went in during the merge window (which I believe is most likely).
> 
> You may be able to get somewhere by using snapshots of
> linux-next as of particular days. They are available at [1]
> as a single patch against a tag from Linus' tree.
> Warning: This could be tedious, maybe not much more than a
> git-bisect. Maybe easier to try and work it out from the
> code.

one interesting point.  Its NOT 

3e5b08cbbf78bedd316904ab0cf3b27119433ee5 Merge branch 'usb-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/usb-2.6

Building a kernel with the merge preceeding this one (da40d036fd716f0efb2917076220814b1e927ae1) still has the problem.  

One other symptom I've noticed.  With .37 kde 4.5/6's bluedevil bluetooth control sees the adapter, 
with the failing post .37 kernels it does not.

Thanks,
Ed
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