linux-kernel - Re: x86: Regression in 3.6.4, bisected to "Exclude E820

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Date:	Mon, 29 Oct 2012 09:59:46 -0700
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	Alexander Holler <holler@...oftware.de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jacob Shin <jacob.shin@....com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: x86: Regression in 3.6.4, bisected to "Exclude E820_RESERVED
 regions..."

On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 02:19:32PM +0100, Alexander Holler wrote:
> Am 29.10.2012 11:22, schrieb Alexander Holler:
> >Hello,
> >
> >I've just bisected a problem with 3.6.4.
> >
> >I had to revert commit 54ce8ce298f382a06186cb4672ad6aa090b050b6
> >(1bbbbe779aabe1f0768c2bf8f8c0a5583679b54a in mainline), otherwise my box
> >didn't boot.
> >
> >I can't provide any output, because I don't see if that commit is
> >applied. ;)
> 
> That sentence missed an 'any'. But I've now attached a serial, here is
> the output:

Thanks for this, it should be fixed in the next 3.6.y release, we needed
to add two more commits from upstream:
	844ab6f993b1d32eb40512503d35ff6ad0c57030
	f82f64dd9f485e13f29f369772d4a0e868e5633a
If you apply those two, and it doesn't solve the problem for you, please
let us know.

thanks,

greg k-h
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