Re: 2.6.20-rc6 ramdisk problem

[Thomas Gleixner]

On Wed, 2007-01-31 at 18:14 -0600, Robert Hancock wrote:
> > So either #1 or #2 should have failed in the first place. Failing in #3
> > is definitely a BUG in #1 or #2.
> > 
> > How does your advise help to fix that BUG ? Ignoring it by using
> > something else ?
> 
> Yes, there is likely a bug here of some sort. However, that doesn't 
> change the fact that ramdisks are sub-optimal for most uses.

You still did not answer my question: 
How does this deep insight help us to track down that BUG ?

Michal is actively testing the kernel and provides extremly useful
information about problems. He pointed out a bug and we want to fix it.
Adding special instructions, which are appropriate for a LUG
mailinglist, does us not get any further.

	tglx


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