Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 9 Jul 2010 10:49:53 -0700 | From | Jesse Barnes <> | Subject | Re: Yet another 2.6.35 regression (AGP)? |
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On Fri, 9 Jul 2010 12:27:43 -0400 Woody Suwalski <terraluna977@gmail.com> wrote:
> Jesse Barnes wrote: > > On Fri, 9 Jul 2010 10:21:56 -0400 > > Woody Suwalski<terraluna977@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > >> I have found one system, where 2.6.35 does not work (as tested with rc3 > >> and rc4) > >> That Intel system has no problems in 2.6.33.x nor 2.6.34.0. > >> > >> The problem seems to be in AGP - I can boot if I specify "agp=off" - but > >> of course only in text mode... > >> There seems to be a hard lock-up, so the only way to show the crash is > >> by picture 8-) > >> > >> Since I do not build kernel on that machine, I did not do any bisect > >> tests, however if someone is interested in digging deeper, I can try... > >> Preferably a patch to try out ;-) > >> > >> This bug seems to be different then > >> https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16179 > >> > >> Should it be blamed on BIOS (the conflict indicated just before the crash)? > >> > > Well even if the BIOS is doing something bad, if we handled it in > > earlier kernels we should handle it today. So this sounds like a > > regression. > > > > A bisect should help if it was working before, can you do that? > > > > > OK, I have never really done the brute-force bissecting, but there is > always first time... > Will try to do it over the weekend...
Great, thanks.
> Unless U will be visiting Ottawa and want to do it yourself ;-)
Nope, no immediate plans. :)
-- Jesse Barnes, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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