Re: [uml-user] Cannot find a stable version

[richard -r. w. <ric...@gm...>]

On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 1:14 AM, Gordon Russell <drg...@gm...> wrote:
> I have never tried a bisect, but the online guides seem clear enough,
> except they seem to require a starting point which is a good kernel
> version. Which version has Commit 482db6? The changelogs have commits
> which have numbers much much longer than the commit id you gave (e.g
> 32 character hex numbers). And I dont see a kernel changelog which
> talks about CONFIG_NO_HZ. I assume it is after 3.6.35.4, but which
> one? I am more of an svn user.

Then it's time to learn git. :-)

You can find the commit here.
http://git.kernel.org/linus/482db6

It's in mainline since 2.6.37.
"git tag --contains 482db6" would show you that.

> The fedora image was built by me using the fedora 15 dvd and
> specifying "web server" install on a 32 bit computer. I then
> immediately took a copy of the disk. No other changes were made, so
> nothing that anyone else shouldnt have...
>
> defconfig does not have selinux or initramfs or ext4. It also has
> modules which would be painful... But defaultconfig with a few tweaks
> is certainly possible. I see 2.6.31.2 just appeared so I will give it
> a whirl.

You meant 2.6.39.2?
Please find out which config option makes problems then I can have a look...
You can also post your config which produces the crash...

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Thanks,
//richard