From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265084AbTLCQy4 (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Dec 2003 11:54:56 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265089AbTLCQyz (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Dec 2003 11:54:55 -0500 Received: from email-out2.iomega.com ([147.178.1.83]:64977 "EHLO email.iomega.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265084AbTLCQyr (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Dec 2003 11:54:47 -0500 Subject: bootable lk 2.5 defconfig which From: Pat LaVarre To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Message-Id: <1070470431.2347.0.camel@patibmrh9> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.2 (1.2.2-5) Date: 03 Dec 2003 09:53:52 -0700 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 03 Dec 2003 16:54:46.0733 (UTC) FILETIME=[284967D0:01C3B9BE] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Anybody have a list of which lk 2.5 defconfig commonly do boot? Or indeed the subset of that list that support loop.ko? And X-Windows? So far here I have only found that 2.5.56 boots clean. 2.5.26 gives me results without gui. 2.5.47 does not loop. 2.5.37 2.5.41 2.5.51 do not boot. 2.5.1 and 2.5.15 have no defconfig. Seemingly irrelevant Google searches include: http://groups.google.com/groups?q=2.5+bootable+BUG-HUNTING http://groups.google.com/groups?q=2.5+BUG-HUNTING http://groups.google.com/groups?q=2.5+"BUG-HUNTING" Pat LaVarre P.S. I ask because of: > From: http://lxr.linux.no/source/Documentation/BUG-HUNTING > ... > My apologies to Linus and the other kernel hackers > for describing this brute force approach, it's > hardly what a kernel hacker would do. However, it > does work and it lets non-hackers help fix bugs. which I reach by way of: > From: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=107032382400001 > Subject: Re: diff "lk 2.4 udf.ko" "lk 2.6 udf.ko" > ... > 2.4.23 ok > 2.5.1 no defconfig > 2.5.15 no defconfig > 2.5.26 no gui > 2.5.37 does not boot > [2.5.41 does not boot (init kill)] > 2.5.47 does not loop and complains much of hdc > 2.5.51 does not boot > 2.5.56 fails > 2.6.0-test11 fails