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On 19/08/15 17:43, Robert Alessi wrote: > On Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 01:58:13PM +0100, The Gluglug wrote: >> For the git repository, this would probably require manually >> maintaining the scripts for each run in the bisect. >> >> For testing purposes, it doesn't matter since those blobs won't >> be loaded on your system (unless you have the Intel wifi or >> something, or some device you inserted that might use them). Just >> make sure to switch back to linux-libre afterwards. > > Thank you for pointing me in the right direction. > > I just cloned the sources from > https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git > > Then I started bisecting, but the bad news is that the versioning > system is designed in such a way that one can only bisect between > major revisions: so I could not mark "v4.0.7" as 'good'. > > So I marked v4.0 as 'good' and v4.1 as 'bad'. This way, I have > 6282 revisions left to test, which can take roughly 13 steps. To > each of these steps, I have to add the compilation time (over an > hour I think), and the time needed to make the laptop freeze. > > Am I right here? Is there is a better way to proceed? > Releases are probably tagged. Find which commits are for each tag, then bisect between those if you know it's a particular revision that broke. Then you can find which commit leading up to that revision caused the regression. - -- Minifree Ltd, trading as Ministry of Freedom | Registered in England, No. 9361826 | VAT No. GB202190462 Registered Office: 19 Hilton Road, Canvey Island, Essex SS8 9QA, UK | Tel: +44 (0) 1268 857 837 | Web: http://minifree.org/ Use free software. Use GNU/Linux. https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJV1M65AAoJEP9Ft0z50c+U1a4IAKSg8lUqAVo2zW9SnIgvEqJH b2hewbarGfV3oLxxE/K6HVIpC+HXuppi831keZkZjhAqHo/U4v9vrIZw2nDE+DPC S0iYWWFwZhw78bq0NKK4v8ajW00T/VEAg6iR8w90ABj5SfnoBb0/WeCNmT+RfZIf MTdXcXIea9v288xrgSudDu8CltMWDibLcoN0mxex/CPKIhBlUhkixMlJr5HjMmJ0 xZQdYynbf1vsWuZ8rPmR7JNEdE0Bkrpp/vCCbGexnglgtwDDLgbzdaUZpp3UJhau ycm+O5XjMxl2szsHGNfzG0Mc3q8h22vFKil4PJjyib/sZyOcir00kWa4PKQyAXM= =9RiT -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
