linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.21-rc1 and 2.6.21-rc2 kwin dies silently

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Date:	Fri, 30 Mar 2007 20:00:59 +0200
From:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>
To:	Sid Boyce <g3vbv@...eyonder.co.uk>
Cc:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, auxsvr@...il.com
Subject: Re: 2.6.21-rc1 and 2.6.21-rc2 kwin dies silently

On Thu, Mar 29, 2007 at 12:35:42PM +0100, Sid Boyce wrote:
>...
> 1) Ran the commands as above,cg-clone; git start; git bisect bad 
> <checksum>;git bisect good <checksum of 2.6.20-git10 > I presume.
> 2) 2.6.20-git10 is the last good kernel.
> 3) 2.6.20-git11 and later are all bad.
> 4) I do cg-clone which gives a kernel whose Makefile is 2.6.21-rc4 (or 
> whatever is current).
>...

No, that's what should be repeated:

# start round
cp /path/to/.config .
make oldconfig
make
# install kernel, check whether it's good or bad, then:
git bisect [bad|good]
# start next round

> Regards
> Sid.

cu
Adrian

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