# Re: AAARGH bisection is hard (Re: \[2.6.39 regression\] X locks up hard right after logging in)

- From: Johannes Sixt \<hidden\>
- Date: 2011-05-13 18:47:40 
- List: netdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2011/05/3714951
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2011/05/3714413/t.md

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Am 13.05.2011 20:41, schrieb Linus Torvalds:
> On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 11:34 AM, Johannes Sixt [ref] 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
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