linux-kernel - Re: 3.15 Regression Due to goldfish bus Commit

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Date:	Sun, 14 Sep 2014 14:57:37 -0700
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	Mark S <mstanovich15@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Octavian Purdila <octavian.purdila@...el.com>,
	Jun Tian <jun.j.tian@...el.com>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: 3.15 Regression Due to goldfish bus Commit

On Sun, Sep 14, 2014 at 05:38:55PM -0400, Mark S wrote:
> Commit c1bc97f8f498a2bfab63ceef761fb0e88ef7c065 causes a gateway x86 laptop,
> booting from a usb device, to hang before the kernel completes booting. The
> offending commit was found using git bisect. Reverting the commit fixes the
> problem on 3.16.2.
> 
> The error resulting in the hang may not be a concern since the goldfish option
> is not needed and should probably not be selected. I'm mentioning this problem
> just in case it is unexpected behavior and it is worth fixing. Maybe the
> goldfish option should not be selectable for a similar configuration as mine?

There should be some other type of run-time option to not have this code
run if it is found to not be running on the goldfish virtual machine.

Anyone know how to do that?

thanks,

greg k-h
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