On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 11:25:51PM +0000, Tony Houghton wrote: > On Tue, 22 Feb 2011 15:50:25 -0600 > Jonathan Nieder <[email protected]> wrote: > > > What is very helpful if you have time is > > > > 1) describe the symptoms on the linux-wireless mailing list > > 2) grab the kernel source: > > > > git clone > > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git > > > > 3) bisect: > > > > git bisect start > > git bisect good v2.6.32 > > git bisect bad v2.6.35 > > make localmodconfig > > make deb-pkg > > ... install the resulting .deb, reboot, try it, and then ... > > git bisect good; # if it works > > git bisect bad; # if it doesn't work > > > > 4) let the linux-wireless people know which turned out to be the > > "first bad commit". > > That sounds like a good idea. Is there an easy way to cross-compile for > 686 on an x86_64 system eg by adding a variable to the make deb-pkg > line? It will save loads of time if I can do it on my quad core desktop > PC instead of my netbook's weedy Atom.
only with newer 2.6.38-rc4 : make ARCH=i386 deb-pkg so currently only helps for linux-next or newer. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
