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SubjectRe: Config NO_BOOTMEM breaks my amd64 box
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On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 5:27 PM, Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> wrote:
>
> * Yinghai <yinghai.lu@oracle.com> wrote:
>
>> On 04/07/2010 11:32 PM, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>> >
>> > * Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> wrote:
>> >
>> >> * James Morris <jmorris@namei.org> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> On Wed, 31 Mar 2010, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>> On 03/31/2010 04:43 PM, James Morris wrote:
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> Upgraded how?  The problem no longer happens?
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Upgraded to the latest rawhide userland -- I have not since tested with
>> >>>>> bootmem off.  I'll try and do so again when I get a chance.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> That would be great.  The sooner the better, obviously.
>> >>>
>> >>> I'm not seeing any problems now, with current Linus and rawhide.  I'll leave
>> >>> bootmem off and see if anything comes up again.
>> >>
>> >> (a current bootlog would still be nice)
>> >>
>> >> Dave, can you reproduce any of these problems with Linus's latest?
>> >
>> > ping? Can you or Dave reproduce the bug with -rc3 or later kernels? (If not
>> > then it probably means that the bug you triggered was already fixed at the
>> > time you reported it, as hpa suspected.)
>>
>> James already reported -rc3 fix the problem for him.
>>
>> Dave implied -rc3 fixed problem for him
>
> Hm, i'm confused, does this mean that it was all fixed upstream already when
> Dave and James sent their complaints?

When I reported it, it was only at rc2 stage so not fixed upstream at all.

>
> Would be nice to have a confirmation from Dave for that (beyond 'implying'
> it), to not keep this thread open-ended.

Okay I built a linus head and it booted on the previously broken machine.
with CONFIG_NO_BOOTMEM=y

Dave.
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