linux-kernel - Re: Linux 2.6.34-rc4

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Message-ID: <874ojd3elk.fsf@basilikum.skogtun.org>
Date:	Wed, 14 Apr 2010 23:32:07 +0200
From:	Harald Arnesen <harald@...gtun.org>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Tobias <mailing54@...k.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.34-rc4

Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> writes:

> On Wed, 14 Apr 2010, Tobias wrote:

>> -rc4 does not boot on my MacBook v2.1. Unfortunately, I can not add much info
>> on what happens since it's all happening really fast. Last thing I can really
>> see is that KMS takes over (?), outputs a few lines which look ok, last line
>> being something about ata. Here the boot stops.
>
> The absolutely most helpful thing you could do (and it really isn't that 
> complex, just somewhat time-consuming) is to do a "git bisect" to figure 
> out exactly where it started.

As a non-kernel-hacker, I agree fully. "git bisect" is the best
error diagnosing tool ever invented.

I have on two occations bisected kernel problems with the help of the
kernel community, and I have really been impressed by the help I have
got.
-- 
Hilsen Harald.
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