Bug#611946: Freezes apparently caused by ath9k
On Tue, 22 Feb 2011 15:50:25 -0600
Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> wrote:
> What is very helpful if you have time is
>
> 1) describe the symptoms on the linux-wireless mailing list
> 2) grab the kernel source:
>
> git clone
> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git
>
> 3) bisect:
>
> git bisect start
> git bisect good v2.6.32
> git bisect bad v2.6.35
> make localmodconfig
> make deb-pkg
> ... install the resulting .deb, reboot, try it, and then ...
> git bisect good; # if it works
> git bisect bad; # if it doesn't work
>
> 4) let the linux-wireless people know which turned out to be the
> "first bad commit".
That sounds like a good idea. Is there an easy way to cross-compile for
686 on an x86_64 system eg by adding a variable to the make deb-pkg
line? It will save loads of time if I can do it on my quad core desktop
PC instead of my netbook's weedy Atom.
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