linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/6] ktest: Reboot to good kernel after every bisect run

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Message-ID: <1306163884.1465.38.camel@gandalf.stny.rr.com>
Date:	Mon, 23 May 2011 11:18:04 -0400
From:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:	John Kacur <jkacur@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/6] ktest: Reboot to good kernel after every bisect run

On Mon, 2011-05-23 at 17:04 +0200, John Kacur wrote:
> On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 3:51 PM, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org> wrote:
> > From: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@...hat.com>
> >
> > Reboot after each bisect run regardless if the bisect passed
> > or failed. The test may just be to boot the kernel and that kernel
> > may not have a way to copy the next kerne to it. Reboot to a known
> > good kernel after each bisect run.
> >
> 
> How about an option to not reboot for good kernels?

Would be trivial to add. But that would be for 2.6.41.

Thanks,

-- Steve


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