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pac1pac1 reads the irclog.01:16
ppisatimoin06:52
tjaaltonhmm, the 3.4 kernel in quantal/precise backport doesn't have any drm modules?06:58
tjaaltonmainline build is fine, drm-next is broken as well06:59
ppisatiwow... we just had another earthquake...07:02
bryceho_O07:11
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sorenppisati: Where?07:11
smbquite a few of them lately07:12
sorensmb: Where?07:13
smbsoren, I meant over there in Italy07:13
ppisatiItaly07:13
sorenO_o07:13
smbmorning, btw07:13
tjaaltonok, so drm drivers are now in -extra..07:25
* apw yawns ...07:35
apwtjaalton, for the normal flavours (in quantal) we are experimenting with a split packge; the idea is for the regular flavours you need both, then they can be shared with -virtual07:43
apw(which only uses the first one)07:44
tjaaltonapw: yeah, only noticed it now :)07:45
tjaaltonso that was the reason why ivb was hanging, it doesn't like vesafb that much07:45
apwtjaalton, ahh ... yes we more expect people to be using the meta packages07:46
apwwhich if they are right pull in both07:46
tjaaltonright, I'm used to installing mainline kernels directly, so tried the same with the quantal one. lesson learned :)07:47
apwoh interesting, are we generating the extras from mainline, thats lucky :)07:47
tjaaltonno mainline kernels are still fine07:48
tjaaltonaka. monolithic07:48
apwhmmm that supprises me :)07:49
tjaaltonwell, drm-next wasnt' :)07:49
tjaaltonit's split the same way07:49
tjaaltonoh, quantal mainline is split07:49
apwoh yeah they have split haven't they ... i had better document that :)07:49
apwdone07:53
smbapw, I think that also causes the cloud images to fail boot on ec2 (well, not the split but the merging of virtual into generic)07:55
apwsmb, ok ... any idea why ?07:55
smbThey used to only add -virtual kernels to the pvgrub. Which now leaves them with... none07:55
apwoh that is so very ... something07:55
apwspecial07:55
smbheh, yeah, usual fallout07:56
apwsmb, is that something we manage, the -virtual adding thing07:57
smbapw, Yes, need to talk to scott or ben about it07:58
smbThere is a bug, to which I added a comment07:58
apwok cool, sounds under control08:00
smbyeah should be08:01
smbsaw that bug just yesterday but then did not look closer that to wonder why on earth they tried to boot memtest on a pv guest08:02
apwits a mystery how that could be any use at alll indeed08:10
smbapw, he cannot hear us08:11
smbla la la08:12
apwi know ... *screams*08:12
smbapw, killing pulseaudio softly...08:13
jMCgsoftly?09:38
smbJust making it into a reference to a song... normally you then have to kill it harder (pulseaudio -k, killall pulsaudio,...)09:40
jMCgPlease don't use killall, you'll shoot yourself in the foot if you ever move away from Linux ;)09:51
ppisatibrb10:07
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pgranerapw, can you look into this for me: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/100583210:15
ubot2Launchpad bug 1005832 in linux "Intel wifi frequent disconnects" [Undecided,Confirmed]10:15
apwpgraner, if we have to kill and restart wpa-supplicant to fix it i'd be suspicious of that in the first instance10:16
apwcyphermox, any insight on the above ^^ 10:17
apwpgraner, i note that they other reporter has different wifi h/w, so i guess if its kernel its generic10:18
apwpgraner, what channel are these APs on10:19
apwpgraner, and have you told your machine you are in .hk ?10:20
apwpgraner, try "iw reg set HK" .. you may have to remove your iwl driver before it will let you of course10:23
apwpgraner, added informaion to the bug10:28
pgranerapw, not seeing anything in the bug10:30
DavieyHey, do we know why kexec doesn't work on arm?10:30
ogra_Daviey, it works at times 10:35
ogra_an on some arches ... but it always broke after some rebases, version changes etc ... its not completely broken but not very reliable 10:36
apwpgraner, https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1005832/comments/310:36
ubot2Launchpad bug 1005832 in linux "Intel wifi frequent disconnects" [Undecided,Confirmed]10:36
ppisatiDaviey: it works UP, broken SMP (last time i tried)10:38
Davieyogra_: doesn't seem to work for Panda for me?10:38
ppisatiDaviey: upstream had patches for it, but they just fixed part of it10:38
ppisatiDaviey: didn't try with latest 3.4.x BTW10:38
ogra_Daviey, eah that underlines what i said :) i know it worked in one (or even more) past releases10:40
Davieyogra_ / ppisati : What can be done to make it reliable ?  (nothing at this stage, is OK :10:41
ogra_Daviey, well, someone would have to constantly test it, someone else would have to constantly fix it if its broken 10:42
ogra_read: maintenance and testing 10:42
ogra_:)10:42
ppisatiDaviey: which kernel are you testing?10:43
* ppisati -> run to the kebab...10:46
Davieyppisati: tried 3.0 (oneiric), linaro's Oneric and Precise.10:48
ogra_Daviey, how about the ubuntu precise ?11:17
ppisatiogra_: up = ok, smp = broken11:29
ppisatiogra_: they started fixing it in... 3.3? iirc11:29
ppisatiogra_: i don't know if it's sound in 3.4 either11:29
ogra_yeah11:29
ogra_well, UP is at least something :)11:29
* ppisati -> goes to recompile all kernels/flavours UP-only! :)11:30
ppisatiDaviey: do you need O for some particular reason?11:30
smbapw, Just out of curiosity, when you upgraded your router from lucid to precise, did you also have to use -d with do-release-upgrade? Oh I guess that is part of the "wait a bit until gently pushing people towards the next lts" thing...12:16
apwsmb, yeah you have to override with -d as its not 'ready' yet ... and indeed it isn't :)12:16
smbapw, Meh, those small issues with dhcp...12:17
ogra_that will only be switcvhed for the .1 release 12:17
ogra_(as with all LTS'es)12:17
apwogra_, right ... and me doing mine now early is to find the kind of dhcp issue i hit, before the masses do it 12:17
smbogra_, That kind of occurred to me the second I typed in the question... :)12:17
ogra_apw, yeah ++ for that :) 12:17
Benkinoobyhi, here is my story in short: want to turn off laptop backlight for use in bright sun; asked in ubunut, debian, xorg, gentoo, ubunut-devel and now here (in that order); tried the commands 'xset dpms ...'; read https://wiki.kubuntu.org/Kernel/Debugging/Backlight ; inspected file /proc/acpi/video/GFX0/DD04/brightness and found out that my lowest level is 20 (but i guess i want 0); read on at http://powersave.sourceforge.net/powersave/12:43
BenkinoobyDSDT.html ; link th "find a DSDT for your laptop" return 404; now asking here;12:43
Benkinoobyth -> to12:44
Benkinoobyany ideas, help or useful RTFMs?12:44
Davieyppisati: no, don't need O.. it was just referencing that i tried it on that.12:45
Benkinoobyok found "how to fix a buggy DSDT file" http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1036051 ; is it possible to just add a "0" to the supported levels?12:48
ppisatiDaviey: btw, is broken all the way up to 3.4, included12:51
Davieynice.12:51
sorenBenkinooby: Turn off backtop for use in bright sun? Seriously?12:56
sorenEr.r..12:57
soren*backlight12:57
sorenBenkinooby: In your experience, does the screen become easier to read as the brightness increases or as it decreases?12:58
Benkinoobysoren, what i want to do is to use the reflection of the sun as my "backlight"13:11
ogra_and that works for you ?13:12
apwBenkinooby, that never worked for me13:12
ogra_same here 13:12
Benkinoobyogra_, apw as i understood it some laptops actively employ that mechanism... i don't know if it will work for me, but i'd like to try13:13
apwBenkinooby, well it should work nearly as well witht eh backlight at its lowest setting13:14
ogra_yeah13:14
ogra_20 should already work then13:14
Benkinoobyogra_, hm13:14
apwBenkinooby, and i have never seen one actually made which does that, people have claimed it would be a good idea, and they would do it, but i've never seen one, else i'd own one13:14
ogra_it might work if you could split the lid in two, so that the back of the LCD gets transparent and light could actually get through13:15
Benkinoobyapw, afaik the OLPC-laptop are capable of doing that... googling for proof on that right now13:15
apwBenkinooby, i think they said they would do it for the next version, not sure if they did it in any you can get13:15
Benkinoobyhttp://laptop.org/en/laptop/hardware/specs.shtml13:16
apwBenkinooby, but even so, even if they did, i know of nothing big enough for my fingers which does it13:16
ogra_"reflective sunlight-readable monochrome mode"13:17
ogra_that means it comes with a special black/white mode for use in bright sunlight13:17
ogra_like an old calculator or LCD wrist watch13:18
ogra_i doubt there are any normal displays with such a mode on the parket 13:18
ogra_*market13:18
Benkinoobyogra_, yeah might be...13:18
Benkinoobybut i was wondering how it would work out for my display13:18
apwindeed, the co behind the olpc were going to commercialise them, i assume making large ones is too expensice13:19
Benkinoobyto turn off the backlight and see if it will be usable in sunlight13:19
ogra_it wont, but try yourself with the 20 setting 13:19
apwBenkinooby, its a differnet technology, the backlight doesn't reduce the displays abilit to use reflected light13:19
ogra_getting it to 0 will only make it worse13:19
apwindeed13:19
Benkinoobyok13:19
Benkinoobythen i'll stick with that13:19
Benkinoobybut for the record:13:19
ogra_(or get an OLPC) ;)13:20
Benkinoobydo you know if i could disassmebly the DSDT, add "0" to the suported levels and then use the modified one? 13:20
Benkinoobyor hast there to be done further work?13:21
Benkinoobyor maybe for getting it to a lower brightness like 1013:21
Benkinooby(don't worry i'll stick with the 20 as lowest level - i'm just nosey13:22
Benkinoobyapw13:25
BenkinoobyBenkinooby> do you know if i could disassmebly the DSDT, add "0" to the suported levels and then use the modified one? 13:26
Benkinooby<Benkinooby> or hast there to be done further work?13:26
Benkinooby<Benkinooby> or maybe for getting it to a lower brightness like 1013:26
Benkinooby<Benkinooby> (don't worry i'll stick with the 20 as lowest level - i'm just nosey13:26
Benkinoobyafter you left13:26
apwno changing the DSDT is such a high risk strategy that we do not enable any support for that13:26
apwyou can fry your machine fiddling with it13:26
Benkinoobyouh... i don't want taht13:28
Benkinooby*that13:28
ogra_apw, tsk, you take all the excitement out of computing !13:31
Benkinoobyogra_, i'm also for excitement in computing... but not on my only productive system :D13:31
ogra_pffft, no risk, no fun 13:32
BenkinoobyWARNING: This might mess up your operating system. Even if you have zero errors after fixing the DSDT, it may still cause you to not be able to boot your OS. It will not harm your PC or hardware.13:37
Benkinoobysays http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=103605113:37
Benkinoobyit's from 2009 though...13:37
Benkinoobyanyway13:37
Benkinoobythank you all for your input13:37
Benkinoobyappreciate that13:37
Benkinoobyand say you saved me some "excitement"13:37
apwheh yeah13:37
Benkinoobyso thanks for that too :D13:37
ogra_yeah, that warning apparently didnt help so it was disabled in the code 13:37
Benkinoobywhat code?13:38
ogra_whatever was used in the past to upgrade the DSDT13:38
ogra_iirc there was some code in the initrd13:38
apwyep, but its been gone since i think before dapper13:38
BenkinoobyUPDATE: The kernel dev's will no longer use the patch to enable custom DSDT files for Karmic 9.10 and beyond. Jaunty 9.04 is the last version this will work on. You are urged to file a bug report for DSDT errors.13:39
Benkinoobyjust saw that now13:39
ckingBenkinooby, if you really want to do it (and take the risk if it goes wrong), consult Documentation/acpi/dsdt-override.txt and also http://www.lesswatts.org/projects/acpi/overridingDSDT.php13:48
ckingbut we don't support this ;-)13:49
Benkinoobycking, thank you but i don't think i'll take the risk...13:49
Benkinoobycking, but sending me these links is like giving a lolly-pop to a child telling it not to eat it XD - maybe i'll find myself an old laptop for toying around with that... so that i can proudly say "i managed to turn off the backlight!"13:51
Benkinoobycking, thanks for the links :)13:51
* cking still wonders why turning *off* the backlight to work in the sunshine is going to help...13:52
ogra_cking, wrong assumptions 13:53
Benkinoobycking, i was already told that it is not of much use ('cept for power save)13:53
ogra_the referred LCD has an actual monochrome LCD mode that seems to get activated 13:53
Benkinoobyah, there we go :D13:53
ckingogra_, first rule of anything with computers is "assume nothing" ;-)13:53
ogra_indeed :) 13:54
Benkinoobyogra_, defender of the backlight, destroyer of all excitement13:54
Benkinoobyhehe13:54
ogra_heh13:54
Benkinoobyogra_, did you actually do it?13:55
ogra_did what ?13:55
Benkinoobyturn off the backlight13:55
mjg59What hardware is this?13:55
ogra_mjg59, OLPC13:56
Benkinoobymjg59, http://laptop.org/en/laptop/hardware/specs.shtml13:56
ogra_http://laptop.org/en/laptop/hardware/specs.shtml talks about "reflective sunlight-readable monochrome mode"13:56
mjg59The OLPC backlight interface already lets you turn off the screen, doesn't it?13:56
ogra_so it switches modes to old style backlight-less LCD it seems13:56
Benkinoobyprobably13:57
mjg59Sigh now you've made me actually plug mine in13:57
ogra_heh13:57
Benkinoobybut i guess in the OLPC case they use that stuff merely for powersave than working in sunlight (although that)13:57
* apw hands mjg59 a pencil sharpener for his fingers13:57
Benkinooby* that's a nnice sideffect13:57
mjg59Benkinooby: Both13:57
mjg59Benkinooby: So you're saying that you have an OLPC that won't let you turn off the backlight?13:58
ogra_no13:58
ogra_he has a laptop where he wanted the LCD monochrome mode by setting backlight to 013:58
ogra_as i said above, assumptions :) 13:58
mjg59Oh, I see13:59
Benkinoobymjg59, just wanted to see the effect... thought it might be something cool (and not dangerous) to do13:59
mjg59Yeah unless it actually has transflective support, that's not going to work13:59
mjg59Front lighting will give you nothing on a display that's only designed to be backlit13:59
ogra_its surely not dangerous to set your backlight to 0 13:59
ogra_having to hack your DSDT to get from 20 to 0 is dangerous though :) 14:00
ckingwell, it's a do-able experiment14:00
Benkinoobycking, on a non-productive system - which i don't have for now14:01
Benkinoobyalso at the moment i lack the sunshine :(14:01
ogra_why waste time on experiments where you know the outcome in advance ?14:01
ckingogra_, because you learn 5 other things en-route to discovering it was pointless in the first place14:01
ogra_heh14:01
Benkinoobyfirst thing would be possible: listen to those folks on irc14:02
Benkinooby:P14:02
Benkinoobysecond: dammm... my backup is older than 2 months?14:02
Benkinoobyanyway, i'd say case closed14:03
Benkinoobythank you all (for the third time or so :P )14:03
noOtherOneHello, I'm trying to build a 3.4 kernel from vanilla sources (downloaded on kernel.org) and I'm searching for the patches that are applied on the sources for the official Ubuntu kernel (quantal). I searched in the git, but couldn't find any debian/patches directory or something like that. I guess there must be some patches involved, but where can I find them ? thanks in advance for any help !14:27
bjfnoOtherOne: if you just clone our Quantal tree you would get the upstream 3.4 kernel with our patches and our debian directory14:30
cyphermoxapw: pgraner: I'd love to see wpasupplicant debug logs... with what I see in the logs right now, the microcode error and all, I'd be tempted to say it's indeed something with the driver, but the fact that there are many high-signal APs around to roam through probably doesn't help14:31
apwcyphermox, yeah we always have trouble in these environements14:31
apws/these/such14:31
* cyphermox still looking at the syslog14:33
noOtherOnethanks bjf. I did clone the quantal tree and the debian and debian.master directory are there, but no patches subdirectory. Sorry if I'm stupid here, but does this mean the patches already are applied ?14:33
bjfnoOtherOne: yes the patches are already applied14:33
cyphermoxI should check all the disconnect reason codes there, maybe there's something, but the timeouts sending auth and associating are unusual and not really NM or wpasupplicant so much, I think14:34
noOtherOneokay, sorry to have bother you with such a silly question ;o) I'm kindy new to this. I guess I'll play with some diff to checkout what has been changed. Thanks again !14:35
cyphermoxapw: I wonder if there aren't too few APs for the number of people, and if this is really showing up a lot more in say, plenaries :)14:36
apwcyphermox, dunno hard to be sure, i am worried as they are in HK which has differnet and more channels than they can normally use those US peeps14:41
cyphermoxapw: I don't think so, and anyway you won't have much control over it, since this is iwlwifi14:41
cyphermoxthe channels used are listed in the bug too14:41
cyphermoxhmm. looks like I'll need to look things up in the standard again :P14:42
* ogasawara back in 2014:43
apwcyphermox, the channels allowed are listed yes, they are in world domain arn't they?  and i'd expect more channels to be avilable over there14:44
cyphermoxerr, I haven't checked if the channels matched the world domain, but I expect they do14:44
sforsheeapw, according to crda the range for HK is slightly broader than that for US14:44
sforsheebut iwlwifi uses it's own internal world domain that seems to cover everything in the HK domain, for 2GHz at least14:44
cyphermoxbut if more channels are available, if they're not used it doesn't affect this particular issue14:45
apwsforshee, right ... thats my worry.  i have the smae problem with one of my laptops which thinks its a US model even though it isn't and we have more channels than the US in the UK14:45
apwcyphermox, yeah and thats the bit i wasn't sure of, what channels are they using for their APs14:45
sforsheeyeah but that was brcmsmac which has a totally flubbed up regulatory implementation14:45
sforsheeapw, ^14:45
apwsforshee, yeah there is that, but hey ... who is to say these all have not similar issues14:46
sforsheeif there are APs on frequencies not used by the driver though then the machine just won't see them anyway14:46
sforsheeso the only issue might be overcrowding on those on the other frequencies14:46
sforsheeapw, brcmsmac is special in this regard14:47
apw"special" :)14:47
sforsheeI'm working on fixing it, so I'm intimately familiar with the details14:47
apwyeah14:47
sforsheeapw, in dmesg there are "world regulatory domain updated" messages and what follows is a dump of the rules actually being used14:48
sforsheewhat I see overlaps nicely with what crda defines for HK14:48
cyphermoxapw: sforshee: I updated pgraner's but with my observations14:50
cyphermoxand if we want even more debug output, maybe NM's wifi debug info could help too; it would say when it's trying to roam and "why"14:51
sforsheecyphermox, what I've been wondering about is why preauth isn't happening/working14:51
cyphermoxsforshee: re: disconnect reason 2? :)14:52
sforsheecyphermox, yep. I wonder why that's happening14:52
cyphermoxI wonder if it's not just how WPA works -- you pass it a preshared key, but in reality there has to be some kind of handshaking being done to decide what the real key would be, and changing it every once in a while14:53
cyphermoxif in roaming wpasupplicant tries to pass this key again (since it's the same ESSID), then that will explode.14:53
sforsheeI was thinking though that a STA could remain associated with one AP but go off-channel and get authorized with a different one before disconnecting14:54
cyphermoxmaybe it's not wpasupplicant but NM, but AFAIK all NM does is write a config for wpasupplicant with the preshared key14:54
cyphermoxsforshee: I guess it could, but it's not being done?14:54
cyphermoxI'm not familiar enough with the wpasupplicant code to be able to say whether that's implemented without looking14:55
sforsheecyphermox, me neither. I need to make sure my understanding of preauth is correct, then look at the code to see what it does14:55
cyphermoxsforshee: maybe try with just wpasupplicant to see how well that works14:56
cyphermox(obviously, that will require moving around more)14:56
sforsheecyphermox, I don't have an ESS set up in my house though. I may try to reconfigure my equipment later to set one up14:57
cyphermoxah, I thought you were at linaroconnect14:57
sforsheebut I may not see the same problem since I don't have hundreds of people trying to use my wireless :)14:57
sforsheecyphermox, nope14:57
apwtgardner, after a bunch of poking at the pciids it turns out that actually after an upstream merge we will be in sync with debian and the latest ids15:04
tgardnerapw, you're talking about pci-utils ?15:05
apwpciutils yes15:05
tgardnerok15:05
tgardnerapw, I usually update it periodically throughout the dev cycle 'cause we stop syncing with upstream15:06
tgardnerabout once a month15:06
apwtgardner, yeah and we'll gain a delta again as soon as we do15:06
tgardnerapw, which is no big deal15:07
apwindeed15:07
* cking wades through a pile of powertop C++15:20
apwtgardner, well that was great experience, an hour doing a merge which proved i should do a syncpackage, at least I know how now15:23
tgardnerapw, more lore for the kdev wiki ?15:24
apwits all so unstructured right now, i am slightly unsure whnat to call it15:24
tgardnerapw, +1 maintenance notes ?15:25
apwtgardner, hmmm perhaps15:25
ckingpacking futzing15:25
ckingoops. packaging15:25
vanhoofbjf: apw: couple weeks back you mentioned having a smaller team being used for hwe kernels, armadaxp, highbank, at present15:31
vanhoofbjf: apw: working through a few things release process wise (a checklist15:31
vanhoofwould you prefer a trimmed down team with ike and others who are dealing w/ maintenance on our end?15:31
apwvanhoof, i don't think we care who is on it, we just want a team as that team will get tasks assigned to them15:32
apwbjf, ^^15:32
bjfvanhoof: what apw said15:33
vanhoofbjf: apw: what team do you guys use now15:33
bjfvanhoof: looking15:33
vanhoofi'll make one and keep it tied to the same naming convention (if there is one)15:33
bjfvanhoof: looks like "ubuntu-armel-kernel" team15:34
bjfhttps://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-armel-kernel15:34
vanhoofbjf: how about ~hwe-arm-kernel15:34
bjfvanhoof: don't really care15:35
vanhoofsuppose I could use ~canonical-hwe-arm-kernel to keep it tied to our usual names15:35
vanhoofbjf: ok ~assign-all-work-to-bjf15:35
* vanhoof makes team15:36
vanhoofbjf: apw: done https://launchpad.net/~canonical-hwe-arm-kernel15:38
bjfvanhoof, bug 100455615:50
ubot2Launchpad bug 1004556 in linux-armadaxp "linux-armadaxp: <version to be filled> -proposed tracker" [Medium,In progress] https://launchpad.net/bugs/100455615:50
* cking grabs some food16:11
vanhoofbjf: kick ass, thanks!16:27
smbogasawara, tgardner Do you remember whether we announced the going away of -virtual as a kernel binary package somewhere else than the blueprint/spec or maybe our mailing list?16:37
tgardnersmb, are we pissing off the server dudes ?16:38
smbtgardner, just mildly :)16:38
ogasawarasmb: there were discussions on the kt-ml but no official announcement, no16:38
smbok, I guess then I write up something to spread a bit more16:38
ogasawarasmb: however, assuming they were properly using the meta packages, they shouldn't have noticed16:39
apwsmb, and clearly they would send someone to the kernel sessiosn cause they care ... right?16:39
smbogasawara, They noticed because preparing the cloud-images involves creating a pvgrub config16:39
smbapw, Actually I believe I told them, but you know the thing about the two weeks boundary... ;)16:40
smbogasawara, and for the pvgrub config only -virtual kernels in /boot were used16:41
ogasawarasmb: I can write up something more official if it'll help and spam it to ubuntu-devel16:46
ogasawarasmb: I'll need to write up a blurb anyways for the Alpha-1 tech overview anyways16:46
smbogasawara, Ah, well that works for me too. I was about to write it and send it to you and tgardner for fixing my incoherent thoughts anyway16:47
ogasawarasmb: any other lists you want me to CC?16:48
smbogasawara, ubuntu-devel and ubuntu-server probably16:48
ogasawarasmb: ack16:48
* apw moves to his laptop17:12
* henrix will be back in ~30mins17:12
brycehtgardner, ogasawara, apw X lts+ pkgs are up17:38
tgardnerbryceh, yep, saw that. ned to do some testing I guess.17:38
apwbryceh, expect screaming shortly then :)17:38
ogasawarabryceh: yep, saw it.  am planning to test here shortly.17:38
tgardnerI've got a fungible laptop17:39
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* herton -> errand, back in 1h-2h17:51
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* tgardner -> EOD20:11
keesokay, how do I do a git bisect and retain a portion of the tree (like debian or debian.master)?20:16
sforsheekees, the only thing I see that *might* help is --no-checkout, then I assume you could manually checkout everything else at each step20:21
sforsheecumbersome, but it might work20:21
keessforshee: yeah, hm. I think I might just manually blow away and restore what I need.20:22
sforsheethat's another option :)20:22
keesthe "git bisect run" docs seem to think that's not a totally crazy way to do it20:22
keesI was wondering if there was a general "pin" mechanism in git, but I can't find it.20:22
sforsheeI'm not aware of anything20:22
ogasawarakees: maybe git reset <sha1> -- <path> ?20:23
keesogasawara: hrm, yeah, I'll try that.20:36
ogasawarakees: I don't think it'll work, or rather needs some additional options maybe.  I just tried it here and it didn't do what I expected.20:37
keesogasawara: okay, noted.20:39
keesI think I'm going to try to try some kind of hybrid bisect20:39
keesor just do it by hand. do de do20:40
ogasawarakees:  what are you bisecting, the mainline kernel but want the debian bits?20:40
keesogasawara: I'm bisecting a chromeos kernel, which is almost identical to the ubuntu build system.20:41
keesthe chromeos kernel guys are being slow to respond to my questions. ;)20:41
ogasawaraah20:42
keesworst-case, I think I need to identify where the split of mainline happened, keep that series and incrementally apply it to a mainline bisection. trouble is... it'll be like porting the patch sets 50 times. wheee20:43

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