linux-kernel - Re: http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/26483/ broke my system boot

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Date:	Wed, 3 Jun 2009 21:45:26 +0200
From:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
To:	Balbir Singh <balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	Robert Berger <robert.berger@...iableembeddedsystems.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/26483/ broke my system boot

On Wed, Jun 03, 2009 at 10:39:44PM +0800, Balbir Singh wrote:
> After spending some time figuring out why my system failed to reboot,
> checking config options, kernel version, modules installed. I figured
> out that the patch in http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/26483/ broke
> the system boot on the latest mmotm. Reverting it helped my system
> call depmod and hence boot.
> 
> The patch is really unhelpful, since the changelog is completely
> empty. Sigh!

Yeah, sorry for not nak'ing it earlier. Has been busy.
Andrew removed it from -mm and I notified the author about the
problems with the patch (in private mail it seems - I just replied to what I had).

	Sam
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