netdev - Re: AAARGH bisection is hard (Re: [2.6.39 regression] X locks up hard right after logging in)

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Date:	Fri, 13 May 2011 20:47:26 +0200
From:	Johannes Sixt <j6t@...g.org>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	Andrew Lutomirski <luto@....edu>,
	Christian Couder <christian.couder@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	git@...r.kernel.org, Shuang He <shuang.he@...el.com>
Subject: Re: AAARGH bisection is hard (Re: [2.6.39 regression] X locks up
 hard right after logging in)

Am 13.05.2011 20:41, schrieb Linus Torvalds:
> On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 11:34 AM, Johannes Sixt <j6t@...g.org> wrote:
>>   git bisect good v2.6.38
> 
> When you say that v2.6.38 is good, that means that everything that can
> be reached from 2.6.38 is good.
> 
> NOT AT ALL the same thing as "git bisect requires v2.6.38" would be.
> 
> Think about it. It's the "reachable from v2.6.38" vs "cannot reach
> v2.6.38" difference. That's a HUGE difference.

Oops, you're right, I got it upside-down.

Thanks,
-- Hannes
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