Re: Kernel Regression: Wallstreet (was Re: OldWorld ROM Macintoshes)

[Cedar Maxwell <cedarmaxwell@mac.com>]

On Thu, 2025-09-04 at 18:34 -0600, Stan Johnson wrote:
> Cedar,
> 
> On 9/3/25 9:03 PM, Cedar Maxwell wrote:
> > Stan:
> > 
> > How did you test out all these kernels?  I was trying to do so by
> > downloading various kernels at
> > https://snapshot.debian.org/binary/linux-image-powerpc/ and
> > installing
> > them with dpkg, but since they didn't generate config files in
> > /boot
> > I'm unable to create vmlinux or initrd.img files for BootX.
> > ...
> 
> I accessed the kernels from the mainline kernel git repository. I'm
> not 
> a git expert, so I used commands adapted from a summary provided by
> Finn 
> Thain to run git bisect. If you want, I can post the commands that I
> used.

Yes, please share the commands.

> 
> I completed the bisect for the first failure mode and sent an email
> to 
> the author of what git identified as the "first bad commit."

Could you please CC me on any future correspondence on that chain?

> 
> I'll send an updated message to this mailing list when there is a 
> resolution (or if there's no resolution).
> 
> -Stan