From: Johannes Sixt Date: Fri, 13 May 2011 18:47:26 GMT Subject: Re: AAARGH bisection is hard (Re: [2.6.39 regression] X locks up hard right after logging in) Message-ID: <4DCD7CBE.9010409@kdbg.org> In-Reply-To: Am 13.05.2011 20:41, schrieb Linus Torvalds: > On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 11:34 AM, Johannes Sixt wrote: >> git bisect good v2.6.38 > > When you say that v2.6.38 is good, that means that everything that can > be reached from 2.6.38 is good. > > NOT AT ALL the same thing as "git bisect requires v2.6.38" would be. > > Think about it. It's the "reachable from v2.6.38" vs "cannot reach > v2.6.38" difference. That's a HUGE difference. Oops, you're right, I got it upside-down. Thanks, -- Hannes