linux-kernel - Re: Fail to early boot with v2.6.27-rc2 to at least v2.6.29-rc2 due to dc1e35c

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Message-ID: <4974DD86.2090300@zytor.com>
Date:	Mon, 19 Jan 2009 12:07:34 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Avuton Olrich <avuton@...il.com>
CC:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@...el.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Subject: Re: Fail to early boot with v2.6.27-rc2 to at least v2.6.29-rc2 due
 	to dc1e35c

Avuton Olrich wrote:
> 2009/1/19 H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com>:
>>> bisected to:
>>> commit dc1e35c6e95e8923cf1d3510438b63c600fee1e2
>>> Author: Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@...el.com>
>>> Date:   Tue Jul 29 10:29:19 2008 -0700
>>>
>> Avuton, could you please compile the attached program and send us the
>> output?
> 
> Sure whichever flavor you prefer:
> http://avuton.googlepages.com/cpuid-out (3M)
> http://avuton.googlepages.com/cpuid-out.bz2 (40K)

OK, that's an XSAVE-capable CPU, and yet the XSAVE code causes a crash. 
  Not good...

	-hpa
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