From: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@sisk.pl>
To: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Subject: Re: [Bug #11907] NVRAM being corrupted on ppc64 preventing boot
Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2008 23:10:08 +0100
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On Sunday, 2 of November 2008, Paul Mackerras wrote:
> Rafael J. Wysocki writes:
> 
> > This message has been generated automatically as a part of a report
> > of regressions introduced between 2.6.26 and 2.6.27.
> > 
> > The following bug entry is on the current list of known regressions
> > introduced between 2.6.26 and 2.6.27.  Please verify if it still should
> > be listed and let me know (either way).
> 
> The commit that introduced the problem went into Linus' tree after
> 2.6.27, so it's not a regression from 2.6.26.  In other words, 2.6.27
> doesn't have the problem.  It's a firmware bug in some old firmware
> versions that got triggered by the kernel change, not a kernel bug per
> se.
> 
> The commit has been reverted in Linus' tree now, so there isn't a
> regression from 2.6.27 any more.

Thanks, updated and closed.

Rafael
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