From: wa1ter@myrealbox.com Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2005 17:40:06 GMT Subject: Re: Real-life kernel debugging scenario Message-ID: In-Reply-To: On Mon, 7 Nov 2005, Linus Torvalds wrote: [...] > The way to use "git bisect" couldn't be easier. I see that Junio just added your entire response to Documentation/howto/ isolate-bugs-with-bisect.txt where even I could manage to find it :o) > Also, figure out the most recent known-good commit (usually the _previous_ > kernel you ran: and if you've only done a single "pull" in between, it > will be ORIG_HEAD). The built-in variable ORIG_HEAD isn't explained anywhere AFAICT, or at least it wasn't until today. Are there other such magic variables which might be useful for us to know about?