linux-kernel - Re: Config NO_BOOTMEM breaks my amd64 box

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Message-ID: <20100408063236.GA23489@elte.hu>
Date:	Thu, 8 Apr 2010 08:32:36 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
Cc:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, airlied@...ux.ie,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
Subject: Re: Config NO_BOOTMEM breaks my amd64 box


* Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu> wrote:

> * James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org> wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, 31 Mar 2010, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> > 
> > > On 03/31/2010 04:43 PM, James Morris wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >> Upgraded how?  The problem no longer happens?
> > > > 
> > > > Upgraded to the latest rawhide userland -- I have not since tested with 
> > > > bootmem off.  I'll try and do so again when I get a chance.
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > That would be great.  The sooner the better, obviously.
> > 
> > I'm not seeing any problems now, with current Linus and rawhide.  I'll leave 
> > bootmem off and see if anything comes up again.
> 
> (a current bootlog would still be nice)
> 
> Dave, can you reproduce any of these problems with Linus's latest?

ping? Can you or Dave reproduce the bug with -rc3 or later kernels? (If not 
then it probably means that the bug you triggered was already fixed at the 
time you reported it, as hpa suspected.)

Thanks,

	Ingo
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