2006-08-02 15:59:25

by Dominik Karall

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Subject: Re: 2.6.18-rc1-mm2 and 2.6.18-rc3 (bttv: NULL pointer derefernce)

hi!

I'm not sure if anybody is working on this bug (see below), but as it
happens with 2.6.18-rc3 too, I think it's important to inform you to
avoid that this bug hits the final release.

thx,
dominik

On Friday, 14. July 2006 18:30, Dominik Karall wrote:
> On Friday, 14. July 2006 07:48, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6
> >.1 8-rc1/2.6.18-rc1-mm2/
>
> Hi,
> just want to inform you that the bug is present in 2.6.18-rc1-mm2
> too. But I took a better screenshot which should be readable:
> http://stud4.tuwien.ac.at/~e0227135/kernel/IMG_5614.JPG
>
> I hope it's useful for you, please let me know if I should test any
> patches!
>
> cheers,
> dominik


2006-08-02 16:49:26

by Andrew Morton

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Subject: Re: 2.6.18-rc1-mm2 and 2.6.18-rc3 (bttv: NULL pointer derefernce)

On Wed, 2 Aug 2006 18:00:23 +0200
Dominik Karall <[email protected]> wrote:

> I'm not sure if anybody is working on this bug (see below), but as it
> happens with 2.6.18-rc3 too, I think it's important to inform you to
> avoid that this bug hits the final release.
>
> thx,
> dominik
>
> On Friday, 14. July 2006 18:30, Dominik Karall wrote:
> > On Friday, 14. July 2006 07:48, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > > ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6
> > >.1 8-rc1/2.6.18-rc1-mm2/
> >
> > Hi,
> > just want to inform you that the bug is present in 2.6.18-rc1-mm2
> > too. But I took a better screenshot which should be readable:
> > http://stud4.tuwien.ac.at/~e0227135/kernel/IMG_5614.JPG

I believe this is fixed in Mauro's not-yet-pulled DVB tree?

2006-08-02 16:58:07

by Linus Torvalds

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Subject: Re: 2.6.18-rc1-mm2 and 2.6.18-rc3 (bttv: NULL pointer derefernce)



On Wed, 2 Aug 2006, Andrew Morton wrote:
>
> I believe this is fixed in Mauro's not-yet-pulled DVB tree?

Well, the DVB tree isn't _getting_ pulled, since it exploded in size after
-rc1, and as such is not pullable any more.

Linus

2006-08-02 17:08:16

by Bret Towe

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Subject: Re: 2.6.18-rc1-mm2 and 2.6.18-rc3 (bttv: NULL pointer derefernce)

On 8/2/06, Dominik Karall <[email protected]> wrote:
> hi!
>
> I'm not sure if anybody is working on this bug (see below), but as it
> happens with 2.6.18-rc3 too, I think it's important to inform you to
> avoid that this bug hits the final release.
>
> thx,
> dominik

work around at least is to enable
Enable Video For Linux API 1 (DEPRECATED)
Enable Video For Linux API 1 compatible Layer
worked for me on -rc3

>
> On Friday, 14. July 2006 18:30, Dominik Karall wrote:
> > On Friday, 14. July 2006 07:48, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > > ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6
> > >.1 8-rc1/2.6.18-rc1-mm2/
> >
> > Hi,
> > just want to inform you that the bug is present in 2.6.18-rc1-mm2
> > too. But I took a better screenshot which should be readable:
> > http://stud4.tuwien.ac.at/~e0227135/kernel/IMG_5614.JPG
> >
> > I hope it's useful for you, please let me know if I should test any
> > patches!
> >
> > cheers,
> > dominik
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2006-08-02 18:02:28

by Mauro Carvalho Chehab

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Subject: Re: 2.6.18-rc1-mm2 and 2.6.18-rc3 (bttv: NULL pointer derefernce)

Linus,

Em Qua, 2006-08-02 ?s 09:57 -0700, Linus Torvalds escreveu:
>
> On Wed, 2 Aug 2006, Andrew Morton wrote:
> >
> > I believe this is fixed in Mauro's not-yet-pulled DVB tree?
>
> Well, the DVB tree isn't _getting_ pulled, since it exploded in size after
> -rc1, and as such is not pullable any more.

As I said on my previous email, "master" branch have just a few small
fixing patches (26 patches, changing 39 files). We have several
improvements to 2.6.19 on "devel" branch. I suspect you've pulled the
wrong branch. At the time you tried to pull, "devel" were marked as the
current branch. Please re-check.

$ git checkout -f master
$ git diff origin |diffstat | grep changed

39 files changed, 354 insertions(+), 143 deletions(-)

>
> Linus
Cheers,
Mauro.