Hi! I've done some hard work, even if i think there's somthing strange.. that simple pointer initialization shouldn't do all this. But i shouldn't have make mistakes. Hope this helps.
At least, i hope the attempt will be appreciated. Best regards, CataEnry ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ca3e91cb0cd53da70621f85d24a080b23751a013 is first bad commit diff-tree ca3e91cb0cd53da70621f85d24a080b23751a013 (from 6df10a82f8de89c66eb91c371d62d76e87b2cbba) Author: Dirk Herrendoerfer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu Mar 23 00:00:13 2006 +0100 [PATCH] spufs: initialize context correctly the mfc member of a new context was not initialized to zero, which potentially leads to wild memory accesses. Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> :040000 040000 87e49c6eaba0a8bb67cd2cc64354a8b3a467ef30 bd932eedf9c2476b4f18091508f2ee03a09efec3 M arch ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This is the log... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ git-bisect start # bad: [6246b6128bbe34d0752f119cf7c5111c85fe481d] Linux v2.6.17-rc1 git-bisect bad 6246b6128bbe34d0752f119cf7c5111c85fe481d # good: [414ad0ded83f088608f7c0e774df8cccbba4e229] Linux 2.6.16 git-bisect good 414ad0ded83f088608f7c0e774df8cccbba4e229 # good: [a3ea9b584ed2acdeae817f0dc91a5880e0828a05] Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/pci-2.6git-bisect good a3ea9b584ed2acdeae817f0dc91a5880e0828a05 # bad: [f4d1749e9570d3984800c371c6e06eb35b9718b1] powerpc: add hvc backend for rtas git-bisect bad f4d1749e9570d3984800c371c6e06eb35b9718b1 # good: [7d14f145f839b5d0d221ea209b4998f93267e2ec] Merge branch 'release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/aegl/linux-2.6 git-bisect good 7d14f145f839b5d0d221ea209b4998f93267e2ec # good: [a41622eaa97e40c811fb7756f403c0d4caa65654] Merge master.kernel.org:/home/rmk/linux-2.6-arm git-bisect good a41622eaa97e40c811fb7756f403c0d4caa65654 # good: [9110540f7f2bbcc3577d2580a696fbb7af68c892] EDAC: use EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL git-bisect good 9110540f7f2bbcc3577d2580a696fbb7af68c892 # good: [f9b4192923fa6e38331e88214b1fe5fc21583fcc] bitops: hweight() speedup git-bisect good f9b4192923fa6e38331e88214b1fe5fc21583fcc # bad: [ca3e91cb0cd53da70621f85d24a080b23751a013] spufs: initialize context correctly git-bisect bad ca3e91cb0cd53da70621f85d24a080b23751a013 # good: [8917f6f70b01ac6e4d534f8a387900caec11bf54] Kconfig help: MTD_JEDECPROBE already supports Intel git-bisect good 8917f6f70b01ac6e4d534f8a387900caec11bf54 # good: [dd4d7bfad635dddc56b74dab1894ef01c8c836e1] powerpc: Change firmware_has_feature() to a macro git-bisect good dd4d7bfad635dddc56b74dab1894ef01c8c836e1 # good: [a7f31841a40776605c834053ad1eb82d539bd79f] powerpc: declare arch syscalls in <asm/syscalls.h> git-bisect good a7f31841a40776605c834053ad1eb82d539bd79f # good: [a33a7d7309d79656bc19a0e96fc4547a1633283e] spufs: implement mfc access for PPE-side DMA git-bisect good a33a7d7309d79656bc19a0e96fc4547a1633283e # good: [6df10a82f8de89c66eb91c371d62d76e87b2cbba] spufs: enable SPE problem state MMIO access. git-bisect good 6df10a82f8de89c66eb91c371d62d76e87b2cbba # good: [6df10a82f8de89c66eb91c371d62d76e87b2cbba] spufs: enable SPE problem state MMIO access. git-bisect good 6df10a82f8de89c66eb91c371d62d76e87b2cbba ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Enrico Cataldi - Undergraduate student @ Computer Science mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Hamradio: IW6DMM home: http://ecataldi.web.cs.unibo.it