Subject : 2.6.24-rc3 can't see sd partitions on Alpha Submitter : Bob Tracy <rct@gherkin.frus.com> References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/11/18/3 Handled-By : Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Ingo suggested posting the current partial "git bisect log" output. It's short, so I'll post it in-line. Eleven revisions left to test at this time. System is currently running on the kernel corresponding to the last item in the log. git-bisect start # good: [9aae299f7fd1888ea3a195cfe0edef17bb647415] Linux 2.6.24-rc2 git-bisect good 9aae299f7fd1888ea3a195cfe0edef17bb647415 # bad: [f05092637dc0d9a3f2249c9b283b973e6e96b7d2] Linux 2.6.24-rc3 git-bisect bad f05092637dc0d9a3f2249c9b283b973e6e96b7d2 # good: [e6a5c27f3b0fef72e528fc35e343af4b2db790ff] Merge branch 'for-linus' of g it://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/avi/kvm git-bisect good e6a5c27f3b0fef72e528fc35e343af4b2db790ff # good: [42614fcde7bfdcbe43a7b17035c167dfebc354dd] vmstat: fix section mismatch warning git-bisect good 42614fcde7bfdcbe43a7b17035c167dfebc354dd # bad: [a052f4473603765eb6b4c19754689977601dc1d1] Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub /scm/linux/kernel/git/sam/x86 git-bisect bad a052f4473603765eb6b4c19754689977601dc1d1 # good: [d8e5219f9f5ca7518eb820db9f3d287a1d46fcf5] CRISv10 improve and bugfix fa sttimer git-bisect good d8e5219f9f5ca7518eb820db9f3d287a1d46fcf5 # good: [d90bf5a976793edfa88d3bb2393f0231eb8ce1e5] [NET]: rt_check_expire() can take a long time, add a cond_resched() git-bisect good d90bf5a976793edfa88d3bb2393f0231eb8ce1e5
Resolved, I hope. Patch available at http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/12/11/141
Fixed by: commit fe4304baf26e9580ada52e4579b1b7273434d8dd Author: Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@jurassic.park.msu.ru> Date: Mon Dec 17 16:19:48 2007 -0800 alpha: strncpy/strncat fixes http://git.kernel.org/gitweb.cgi?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=fe4304baf26e9580ada52e4579b1b7273434d8dd