On Mon, Jan 02, 2006 at 06:07:52PM +0100, Andi Kleen wrote:
> On Monday 02 January 2006 17:46, Adrian Bunk wrote:
>
> > Subject : x86_64: PANIC: early exception
> > References : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5758
> > Status : Andi considers his patch too risky for 2.6.15,
> > workaround available, should be noted in the
> > final 2.6.15 announcement
>
> If it worked in 2.6.14 then only by extreme luck and probably
> also ran into problems later. The BIOS in this case is terminally broken.
>
> So I wouldn't consider this a real regression.
Unless I misread the Bugzilla bug, the submitter was extremely lucky
in 2.6.14 making it a regression for him.
But discussing this point won't buy us much.
Would you veto against a section "known regressions" in the final 2.6.15
announcement listing this issue with a link to the Bugzilla bug?
> -Andi
cu
Adrian
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