Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 2 Jan 2006 18:23:40 +0100 | From | Adrian Bunk <> | Subject | Re: 2.6.15-rc7: known regressions |
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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
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