linux-kernel - Re: [BISECTED] bug/regression, x86-64: completely unbootable machine

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Message-ID: <CALjTZvb_nzOXd09VXJDECu4b7xuS3tduQ1SXJ0BrpCMBp4qcRQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 24 Apr 2020 18:39:25 +0100
From:   Rui Salvaterra <rsalvaterra@...il.com>
To:     Giovanni Gherdovich <ggherdovich@...e.cz>
Cc:     x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [BISECTED] bug/regression, x86-64: completely unbootable machine

Hi, again,

On Fri, 24 Apr 2020 at 09:11, Giovanni Gherdovich <ggherdovich@...e.cz> wrote:
>
> The problem you encountered is due to a bug where the code doesn't work on
> machines with less than 4 physical CPU cores.

Thinking about it more thoroughly, are you sure that's the bug I'm
hitting? I'm asking because I have an i5-6200U (Skylake, also dual
core, dual thread, like the i3-380M) laptop which runs 5.7-rc1/rc2
just fine.

Thanks,
Rui