On Saturday, November 16, 2013 12:00:50 AM Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > On Friday, November 15, 2013 11:55:10 PM Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > > On Friday, November 15, 2013 12:44:11 PM Joseph Salisbury wrote: > > > Hi Rafael, > > > > > > A kernel bug affecting several users was opened against Ubuntu[0]. > > > After a bisect, it was found the following commit introduced the > > > regression: > > > > > > commit ac212b6980d8d5eda705864fc5a8ecddc6d6eacc > > > Author: Rafael J. Wysocki <[email protected]> > > > Date: Fri May 3 00:26:22 2013 +0200 > > > > > > ACPI / processor: Use common hotplug infrastructure > > > > > > The regression was introduced as of v3.11-rc1. > > > > > > This commit doesn't revert cleanly in 3.12, and requires the revert of > > > other commits as well. I wanted to get your feedback since you are the > > > author. > > > > Well, that commit has nothing to do with PCMCIA, so I'm not sure how the > > breakage is related to it. > > > > Moreover, comment #8 reports 3.11.0-11.17 as working and the change you're > > asking about should be in that kernel as well. > > Ah, so that was bogus. > > Well, I'm still not sure how the commit in question may affect PCMCIA. I have > a test machine with PCMCIA and it boots correctly with 3.11+.
The bisect could just trip over a different bug in that commit that was fixed later. Moreover, comment #70 indicates that 3.11.0-11-generic works correctly for someone. I'm also unsure what comment #43 means. And I wonder if the reported who "bisected" this can boot without PCMCIA? Rafael -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
