[alsa-devel] REGRESSION: Webcam mic for 145f:015b not longer working with 1.0.24 and above (OK with 1.0.23)

[Kostas]

On 29/08/2012 03:12 μμ, Daniel Mack wrote:
> On 29.08.2012 14:04, Kostas wrote:
>> On 29/08/2012 09:23 πμ, Daniel Mack wrote:
>>> On 29.08.2012 02:13, Kostas wrote:
> [...]
>
>>>> Command git bisect good 1.0.23 gives me the output
>>>> fatal: Needed a single revision
>>>> Bad rev input: 1.0.23
>>>>
>>>> How can i figure out the revision number?
>>>>
>>> When working with the kernel git, you have to take the kernel version
>>> numbers.
>>>
>> Sorry i really can't understand what to do.
>> The steps i did were
>> git clone git://git.alsa-project.org/alsa-kernel.git alsa-kernel
>> git bisect start alsa-kernel/
>> git bisect bad
>> git bisect good (Here i don't know what number to give)
>>
>> I will keep reading because the whole thing is interesting to me...but
>> for now i can't understand anything.
> No problem. According to your dmesg logs, kernel 2.6.38 was working for
> you, and 3.2.0 isn't.
>
> First, clone the mainline Linux git:
>
>    git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux
>    cd linux
>
> Test again that 2.6.38 is working:
>
>    git checkout v2.6.38
>    compile + test
>
> test again that 3.2.0 is not working:
>
>    git checkout v3.2
>    compile and test
>
> Then do the bisect:
>
>    git bisect start
>    git bisect good v2.6.38
>    git bisect bad v3.2
>
> Compile and test each step the bisect drops you to, and then call either
> "git bisect good" or "git bisect bad". If a step cannot be compiled or
> tested, call "git bisect skip".
>
> If all goes well, you will be told which commit is the first one that
> does not work anymore.
>
>
> Daniel
>
>
>
>
I can't compile the kernel from git source.
After i enter the command|CONCURRENCY_LEVEL=`getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN` 
fakeroot make-kpkg --initrd --append-to-version=-custom kernel_image 
kernel_headers
|i get after a while this error

/tmp/ccCeI2GY.s: Assembler messages:
/tmp/ccCeI2GY.s: Error: .size expression for do_hypervisor_callback does 
not evaluate to a constant
make[3]: *** [arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** [arch/x86/kernel] Error 2
make[1]: *** [arch/x86] Error 2
make[1]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
   LD      init/mounts.o
   LD      init/built-in.o
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/kostas/linux'
make: *** [debian/stamp/build/kernel] Error 2