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Subject: Re: [stable] 2.6.23 boot failures on x86-64.
From: Martin Ebourne <martin@zepler.org>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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On Mon, 2007-10-29 at 11:37 -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> Martin - it would be great if you could try out your failing machine with 
> 2.6.24-rc1 (or a nightly snapshot or current git.. the more recent the 
> better).
> 
> But if I'm right, that commit should be reverted from 2.6.24 just because 
> it's pointless (even if the bug itself is gone). And if I'm wrong, it 
> should be reverted. So something like the appended would make sense 
> regardless.
> 
> Can I get a "tested-by"? And/or ack/nack's on my half-arsed theory above?

Current git boots ok as is.

I used the config from the fedora 2.6.23 kernel and accepted defaults
for all the new options.

Cheers,

Martin.

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