Re: [Libreboot] X60 freezes with kernel > 4.0.7

[Francis Rowe]

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On 13/08/15 23:27, Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli wrote:
> Background info on my X60: I've some heat issues: After
> disassembling and reassembling it a lot, it got less efficient in
> heat-cooling. So I'll try to fix it by putting back some thermal
> paste, as soon as possible.

I can wholeheartedly recommend Arctic MX-4. I use to have AS5, but
MX-4 is better (I also replaced all mention of AS5 with MX-4 in the
libreboot documentation).

> That said, I can reproduce the freeze when making cpu-intensive
> work. I use parabola with linux-libre (I don't remember the exact
> version), and I didn't try linux-libre-lts recently.
> 
>> - What can I do to report this properly?
> You probably  want to identify which commit broke it, you'll need
> to either test fast, or test few revisions.
> 
> Test fast: try to find how to reproduce the problem faster, then
> you can bisect with git-bisect.
> 
> Test fewer revisions: try to narrow it down more using older
> parabola linux-libre kernels.
> 
> An automated way to do that could be done thanks to the
> watchdog(s).
> 
> Denis.
> 

Denis' suggestion to bisect is also what I recommended to you earlier
on, to identify which commit (in linux) caused the regression.

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