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SubjectRe: [Bug #11237] corrupt PMD after resume

* Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl> wrote:

> This message has been generated automatically as a part of a report of
> recent regressions.
>
> The following bug entry is on the current list of known regressions
> from 2.6.26. Please verify if it still should be listed and let me
> know (either way).
>
>
> Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11237
> Subject : corrupt PMD after resume
> Submitter : Alan Jenkins <alan-jenkins@tuffmail.co.uk>
> Date : 2008-08-02 9:51 (57 days old)
> References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=121767073424952&w=4
> Handled-By : Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com>
> Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org>
> Patch : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122001615314700&w=2

actually, it's now believed that this is a BIOS problem that affects all
Linux versions. The aspect of v2.6.27 is that it happens to put kernel
pagetables into the area that gets corrupted by the BIOS - and users
notice that.

i.e. it's not a regression - unless i'm missing something.

Ingo


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