netdev - Re: 2.6.29-rc6: Reported regressions from 2.6.28

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Date:	Tue, 24 Feb 2009 08:15:50 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	"Adam J. Richter" <adam@...drasil.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Cc:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Natalie Protasevich <protasnb@...il.com>,
	Kernel Testers List <kernel-testers@...r.kernel.org>,
	Network Development <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux ACPI <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux PM List <linux-pm@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
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Subject: Re: 2.6.29-rc6: Reported regressions from 2.6.28


(note, the standalone mail of this bug entry did not make it out 
for some reason.)

* Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@...k.pl> wrote:

> Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12760
> Subject		: 2.6.29-rc5 hanging at boot when CONFIG_LOCK_STAT=y
> Submitter	: Adam J. Richter <adam@...drasil.com>
> Date		: 2009-02-16 6:50 (8 days old)
> References	: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123476768023893&w=4
> Handled-By	: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>

Here we came to the conclusion that this is some LILO bug with a 
too large BSS section - that's one thing that CONFIG_LOCK_STAT 
causes. Under Grub the same kernel image boots fine. So unless 
Adam has new data that contradicts this i think we can close 
this bug.

	Ingo
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