On Mon, 4 Jul 2011 17:27:15 -0500, Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> wrote: > So it's a regression from squeeze and 100% reproducible? From the > point of view of fixing it, that's excellent news. Sorry for replying so late, but yes, I can reproduce it reliably. > Except for the list of affected versions, this looks like > [*] https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15816. If you have > time, could you do the following? > > - first, test the latest kernel from experimental No improvement with linux-image-3.0.0-rc5. > - find the first affected upstream release by running a bisection > search through packages at snapshot.debian.org The first affected version seems to be 2.6.38-1. > - try the debugging patch from Raphael Wysoki's upsteam [*] > comment #7, using instructions from here: > > http://kernel-handbook.alioth.debian.org/ch-common-tasks.html#s-common-building > > and Documentation/applying-patches.txt and let Raphael know > the result and details about your case (e.g., by commenting on the > upstream report). > > - try using "git bisect" to find out which upstream change > introduced the bug, like so: I'll do that when I get some time, which may not be for a few weeks though, since I got some exams coming up. Cheers, Daniel
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