Re: Linux 2.6.35.2

[Bjarke Istrup Pedersen]

2010/8/14 Arthur Titeica <arthur@xxxxxx>:
> On Sat, 14 Aug 2010 06:39:42 -0700, Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 02:21:31PM +0300, Pekka Enberg wrote:
>>> On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 1:35 PM, Arthur Titeica <arthur@xxxxxx> wrote:
>>> > On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 14:23:13 -0700, Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> >> I'm announcing the release of the 2.6.35.2 kernel.
>>> >>
>>> >> All users of the 2.6.35 kernel series must upgrade.
>>> >>
>>> >
>>> > I'm not sure this is the right mailing list but this is the first
>>> > kernel that fails to boot for me (since 2.6.33.x).
>>> >
>>> > The laptop just restarts right after "Freeing unused kernel memory:
>>> > 628k freed"
>>> >
>>> > 2.6.35.1 is fine with the same .config.
>>> >
>>> > Anyone willing to help me to debug?
>>>
>>> You could try 'git bisect' between v2.6.35.1 and v2.6.35.2 to narrow
>>> the problem down to a specific commit.
>>
>> Yes, if you could please do that, it would be most appreciated.
>>
> I'm trying but I'm not even close to a dev and anything beyond 'git
> pull' looks tricky.
>
> I've gotten so far:
>
> $ git bisect start
> $ git bisect bad
> $ git bisect good v2.6.35.1
> fatal: Needed a single revision
> Bad rev input: v2.6.35.1
> $ git bisect good v2.6.35
> Bisecting: 3941 revisions left to test after this (roughly 12 steps)
> [2192482ee5ce5d5d4a6cec0c351b2d3a744606eb] Merge branch 'for-rmk' of
> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kgene/linux-samsung into
> devel-stable
>
> What next? ;)
>

Build your kernel, and see if it boots.
If it boots, run: git bisect good
If it doesn't boot, run: git bisect bad

Repeat the process until it is done (should be close to 12 times).
When it is done, it will tell you which commit is the one that breaks booting.

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