Re: [BUG] machine check Oops on Alpha

[Bob Tracy]

On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 02:47:40PM +0100, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Apr 2016, Bob Tracy wrote:
> 
> > Build delayed slightly.  Ran into "fs/binfmt_em86.o" build failure
> > patched by Daniel Wagner back in February (incompatible-pointer-types
> > warning treated as error by compiler).  Is Daniel's patch queued for
> > incorporation into the main kernel source tree?
> 
> No idea.  I've had a peek at the patch though and it groups unrelated 
> changes together and also mixes obvious semantics fixes (missing `const' 
> qualifier) with semantic changes (`i_arg' removal) which may need further 
> consideration.  I think splitting that proposal into ~3 self-contained 
> changes may rise the likelihood of at least the critical parts being 
> accepted.

4.6.0-rc4 build complete, including suggested (by Alan Young) "Verbose
Machine Checks" option set to level 2 by default.  System rebooted, and
now we wait...  Thanks for everyone's continued patience.

--Bob