linux-kernel - Re: Regression: starting X locks box with git master

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Message-ID: <86802c440804241352v2623222bt28129a2c501cff25@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:52:53 -0700
From:	"Yinghai Lu" <yhlu.kernel@...il.com>
To:	"James Cloos" <cloos@...loos.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Regression: starting X locks box with git master

On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 12:59 PM, James Cloos <cloos@...loos.com> wrote:
> 3dc5063786b273f1aee545844f6bd4e9651ebffe was current when I compiled.
>
>  With that kernel, my laptop locks up as soon as I startx.
>
>  The Xorg.0.log showed that the radeon driver got as far as starting
>  the i2c calls to the M7 video card.
>
>  After that the box would reply to ICMP pings and SysRq-B, but was
>  otherwise non-responsive.  Even SysRq-[KSU] seemed to do nothing.
>
>  v2.6.25 works fine.
>
>  There are 3562 commits (including merges) between those two, and
>  it takes an hour or more for each kernel compile.  Bisecting will
>  be quite painful.  And I only have the one box to work on.  But I
>  will see what I can do.
>
>  Posting before bisecting in case it helps anyone else....

Do you have CONFIG_X86_PAT in your .config?

YH
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