> On 2012.07.17 16:26 -0700 Jonathan Nieder wrote: > >Please test the attached patch against a 3.2.y kernel, for example following >the instructions below: > > 0. prerequisites: > > apt-get install git build-essential > > 1. get the kernel history, if you don't already have it: > > git clone \ > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git > > 2. fetch point releases: > > cd linux > git remote add stable \ > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git > git fetch stable > > 3. configure, build, test: > > git checkout stable/linux-3.2.y > cp /boot/config-$(uname -r) .config; # current configuration > scripts/config --disable DEBUG_INFO > make localmodconfig; # optional: minimize configuration > make deb-pkg; # optionally with -j<num> for parallel build > dpkg -i ../<name of package>; # as root > reboot > ... test test test ... > > Hopefully that will reproduce the bug. So > > 4. try the patch: > > cd linux > git am -3sc /path/to/the/patch > dpkg -i ../<name of package>; # as root > reboot > ... test test test ... > > Hope that helps, > Jonathan
Hi Jonathan, Thanks for your instructions. I tried them, because I have never successfully got and compiled the kernel via GIT before. Your instructions worked fine. With only a superficial few hours on each kernel, I verified The problem with kernel 3.2.23 and no problem with kernel 3.2.23 + patch. Note: the majority of my testing (one or two hundred hours) were Done with Ubuntu server edition 12.04, Kernel 3.2.0-24-generic #39, and all three of: 556061b00c9f2fd6a5524b6bde823ef12f299ecf 5aaa0b7a2ed5b12692c9ffb5222182bd558d3146 5167e8d5417bf5c322a703d2927daec727ea40dd manually backedited. By the way this non-distro 3.2.23 kernel seems to run a lot faster than the Ubuntu distro 3.2.0-24 kernel. ... Doug Smythies -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/000f01cd68eb$c446a5e0$4cd3f1a0$@net