Re: Bisects that are neither good nor bad

["Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@sisk.pl>]

On Sunday 28 May 2006 23:08, Paul Dickson wrote:
> On Sun, 28 May 2006 14:02:38 -0700, Paul Dickson wrote:
> 
> > Building and testing a good kernel takes me about 70 minutes.  If I make
> > mistakes it can easily take two times (or more!) longer.
> >
> > I'm currently tracking my work at:
> >     https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=185108
> >
> > I'm currently building my fifth bisect.

Could you please also try if the problems persist if you boot with
init=/bin/bash?

Besides, it would be helpful if you were able to get a serial console log
from the failing system.

> Is there a method of bisecting that means neither "good" nor "bad"?  I
> have run into kernel problems that are not related to the problem I'm
> attempting to track.  Some are not avoidable by changing the .config (see
> the third bisect in comments 10 and 11 in the bugzilla report).

There are lots of patches between 2.6.16-rc* and 2.6.17-rc1, most of them
having stayed in -mm for some time.  If you found the first failing -mm kernel,
it would be easier to catch the offending patch.

BTW, have you tried any kernel _after_ 2.6.17-rc1?  If not, I'd start from
these.

Greetings,
Rafael
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