Re: Config NO_BOOTMEM breaks my amd64 box

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Thu Apr 08 2010 - 03:27:55 EST



* Yinghai <yinghai.lu@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 04/07/2010 11:32 PM, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> >
> > * Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> * James Morris <jmorris@xxxxxxxxx> 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?

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

Thanks,

Ingo
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