From: Matthias Urlichs <smurf@smurf.noris.de>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.16-rc1-mm5
Date: Sat, 04 Feb 2006 08:59:09 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <pan.2006.02.04.07.59.06.888460@smurf.noris.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060203000704.3964a39f.akpm@osdl.org>
Hi, Andrew Morton wrote:
> - If you hit a bug in -mm and it's not obvious which patch caused it, it
> is
> most valuable if you can perform a bisection search to identify which
> patch introduced the bug. Instructions for this process are at
>
> http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/bisecting-mm-trees.txt
You can also use the mm->git tree (at .../linux/kernel/git/smurf/
/linux-trees.git) and use "git bisect".
It'll be a bit slower, but the upside is that it's able to descend into
the git trees which Andrew has imported into mm as monolithic patches.
--
Matthias Urlichs | {M:U} IT Design @ m-u-it.de | smurf@smurf.noris.de
Disclaimer: The quote was selected randomly. Really. | http://smurf.noris.de
- -
I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them.
-- Isaac Asimov
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-02-04 7:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-02-03 8:07 2.6.16-rc1-mm5 Andrew Morton
2006-02-03 10:17 ` 2.6.16-rc1-mm5 Benoit Boissinot
2006-02-03 20:13 ` 2.6.16-rc1-mm5 Benoit Boissinot
2006-02-03 20:36 ` 2.6.16-rc1-mm5 Andrew Morton
2006-02-03 11:51 ` [-mm patch] Makefile: remove a tab from an empty line Adrian Bunk
2006-02-03 20:57 ` [-mm patch] kernel/time/timeofday.c: make struct ts_interval static Adrian Bunk
2006-02-03 21:50 ` john stultz
2006-02-03 20:59 ` [-mm patch] kernel/timer.c: make some variables static Adrian Bunk
2006-02-03 21:02 ` [-mm patch] net/ipv4/fib_rules.c: make struct fib_rules static again Adrian Bunk
2006-02-04 23:51 ` David S. Miller
2006-02-03 21:09 ` [-mm patch] make some "struct clocksource" static Adrian Bunk
2006-02-03 21:12 ` [-mm patch] arch/i386/kernel/cpu/: make tons of functions static Adrian Bunk
2006-02-03 21:25 ` 2.6.16-rc1-mm5: drivers/ieee1394/oui O=... builds broken Adrian Bunk
2006-02-04 2:43 ` Jody McIntyre
2006-02-04 9:20 ` Sam Ravnborg
2006-02-04 9:08 ` Stefan Richter
2006-02-04 9:30 ` Stefan Richter
2006-02-04 9:31 ` Johannes Berg
2006-02-04 9:58 ` Stefan Richter
2006-02-06 4:31 ` Jody McIntyre
2006-02-04 7:59 ` Matthias Urlichs [this message]
2006-02-04 9:29 ` 2.6.16-rc1-mm5 Sam Ravnborg
2006-02-04 9:36 ` 2.6.16-rc1-mm5 Andrew Morton
[not found] <20060203000704.3964a39f.akpm__33726.4416892596$1138954098$gmane$org@osdl.org>
2006-02-08 6:20 ` 2.6.16-rc1-mm5 Reuben Farrelly
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