on 09/21/2012 06:28 PM Francois Romieu wrote the following: > Thanasis <thana...@asyr.hopto.org> : >> on 09/21/2012 02:20 AM Francois Romieu wrote the following: > [...] >>> Thanasis, can you narrow down a bit the failing revision ? >> >> Sure, let me know how to do it please. > > A rough kernel estimate had been enough. Nevermind. > > You will find a hopefully not too quick 2.6.38 backport at : > > git://violet.fr.zoreil.com/romieu/r8169 > > It does not reach the current in-kernel r8169.c state - call me lazy - but > stops somewhere between 3.2 and 3.3. While only 76 commits long, it should > be enough to spot a r8169 regression. > > Assuming you run a 2.6.38-something kernel whose build tree lays at the > usual place, the included makefile will build a out-of-kernel r8169 driver.
In order to run the following steps, should I be running (should I boot) the system with the 2.6.38-8 or the 3.5.4 kernel? What kernel source trees do I need to have under /usr/src ? Do I need to run make clean/mrproper beforehand? Does it matter which source tree the /usr/src/linux symlink points to? > > You can use it as: > > git clone git://violet.fr.zoreil.com/romieu/r8169 > cd r8169 > git rev-list --all | tac | while read c; do > git reset --hard $c > make > rmmod r8169 > sync > insmod ./r8169.ko > <insert your ip addr add ... / link up and test sequence here> > done > /tmp/lets-go-shopping.log > > ^C when things go wrong. > > You could do a git bisect but there may be several stupidly broken > commits and I have not checked that the top of the tree works. > > Of course you are suggested to check that the code won't try to abuse > your system. > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
