Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1422694AbWLPWb0 (ORCPT ); Sat, 16 Dec 2006 17:31:26 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1422695AbWLPWb0 (ORCPT ); Sat, 16 Dec 2006 17:31:26 -0500 Received: from srv5.dvmed.net ([207.36.208.214]:36655 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1422694AbWLPWbZ (ORCPT ); Sat, 16 Dec 2006 17:31:25 -0500 Message-ID: <458473B0.3020102@garzik.org> Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2006 17:31:12 -0500 From: Jeff Garzik User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.8 (X11/20061107) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Alistair John Strachan CC: Linus Torvalds , Jens Axboe , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.20-rc1 References: <200612150141.09020.s0348365@sms.ed.ac.uk> <200612162228.06913.s0348365@sms.ed.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <200612162228.06913.s0348365@sms.ed.ac.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -4.3 (----) X-Spam-Report: SpamAssassin version 3.1.7 on srv5.dvmed.net summary: Content analysis details: (-4.3 points, 5.0 required) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 896 Lines: 23 Alistair John Strachan wrote: > It could simply be that bisect isn't working here because it's actually broken > by two separate patches. Out of bad luck, I've ended up singling out the one > that already has a "fix", and the "real bug" hasn't been found. > > I guess I should repeat the bisection, and when the bio-fix isn't applied, > manually apply it? Is there some magical Git way to do this? > > Here's the bisection log, for what it's worth; This may be totally subjective on my part, but if I get stuck (and I have the patience) I sometimes like to look at the log and try to pick arbitrary 'good' points, to stir the pot a bit. Jeff - 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/