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Date:	Sat, 30 Apr 2011 11:44:11 -0700
From:	"Justin P. Mattock" <justinmattock@...il.com>
To:	werner <w.landgraf@...ru>
CC:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, jaxboe@...ionio.com, tj@...nel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.39-rc5-git2 boot crashs

On 04/30/2011 11:31 AM, werner wrote:
> Since years it's all the time that I compile the kernel with everything
> enabled, because these kernel builds are for a distro, and should work
> on any computer. Normally, things going stable at -rc3 or -rc4 , often
> already at -rc2.
>
> Beside of with my computer, essentially the same problems also happens
> with a laptop of a friend.
>
> Also, a big problem are the (after-boot-) crashs if zipping / unzipping
> big files. Packages I can build only with 2.6.38.4, not with 2.6.39-rcX
>
> Below is the diff between the config of 2.6.38.4 and 2.6 39-rc5-git3 .
> You could inspect them what potentially could explain the reported
> problems. But I think at least the problems which happens on my
> computer, and on that of the friend, are regressions, because none of
> the new staging drivers we use.
>
> wl
>

make localmodconfig for a small .config and also use some kind of early 
debugger(under kernel hacking) to grab the crash info so linus can see 
the problem.

Justin P. Mattock


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