linux-kernel - Re: [Bug #11907] NVRAM being corrupted on ppc64 preventing boot

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Date:	Mon, 3 Nov 2008 08:58:09 +1100
From:	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
Cc:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Kernel Testers List <kernel-testers@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Mel Gorman" <mel@....ul.ie>
Subject: Re: [Bug #11907] NVRAM being corrupted on ppc64 preventing boot

Rafael J. Wysocki writes:

> This message has been generated automatically as a part of a report
> of regressions introduced between 2.6.26 and 2.6.27.
> 
> The following bug entry is on the current list of known regressions
> introduced between 2.6.26 and 2.6.27.  Please verify if it still should
> be listed and let me know (either way).

The commit that introduced the problem went into Linus' tree after
2.6.27, so it's not a regression from 2.6.26.  In other words, 2.6.27
doesn't have the problem.  It's a firmware bug in some old firmware
versions that got triggered by the kernel change, not a kernel bug per
se.

The commit has been reverted in Linus' tree now, so there isn't a
regression from 2.6.27 any more.

Paul.
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