Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750889AbWABRXk (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Jan 2006 12:23:40 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750913AbWABRXk (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Jan 2006 12:23:40 -0500 Received: from emailhub.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:58119 "HELO mailout.stusta.mhn.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1750881AbWABRXk (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Jan 2006 12:23:40 -0500 Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2006 18:23:40 +0100 From: Adrian Bunk To: Andi Kleen Cc: Linus Torvalds , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: 2.6.15-rc7: known regressions Message-ID: <20060102172340.GI17398@stusta.de> References: <20060102164636.GH17398@stusta.de> <200601021807.52533.ak@suse.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200601021807.52533.ak@suse.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1403 Lines: 39 On Mon, Jan 02, 2006 at 06:07:52PM +0100, Andi Kleen wrote: > On Monday 02 January 2006 17:46, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > > Subject : x86_64: PANIC: early exception > > References : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5758 > > Status : Andi considers his patch too risky for 2.6.15, > > workaround available, should be noted in the > > final 2.6.15 announcement > > If it worked in 2.6.14 then only by extreme luck and probably > also ran into problems later. The BIOS in this case is terminally broken. > > So I wouldn't consider this a real regression. Unless I misread the Bugzilla bug, the submitter was extremely lucky in 2.6.14 making it a regression for him. But discussing this point won't buy us much. Would you veto against a section "known regressions" in the final 2.6.15 announcement listing this issue with a link to the Bugzilla bug? > -Andi cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/