User:Ignatenkobrain/Kernel/Bisection

Prepare

Installing git:

# yum install git -y

Usage

Get the git sources

$ cd ~
$ git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
$ cd linux

This creates the folder /usr/src/linux-stable

Start bisect

$ git bisect start
$ git bisect bad v3.11-rc1
$ git bisect good v3.9

Build the kernel

$ export MAKEOPTS="`rpm --eval %{?_smp_mflags}`"
$ curl http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/kernel.git/plain/config-generic > .config
$ curl http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/kernel.git/plain/config-`arch`-generic >> .config
$ make oldconfig
$ make bzImage && make modules 
# make modules_install && make install

• BIOS:

# grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg

• UEFI:

# grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/efi/EFI/fedora/grub.cfg

Reboot:

# systemctl reboot

Testing problem..

Bad bisect

$ cd ~/linux
$ git bisect bad

Goto #Build the kernel

Good bisect

$ cd ~/linux
$ git bisect good

Goto #Build the kernel

Unknown bisect

$ cd ~/linux
$ git bisect skip

Goto #Build the kernel