F8 blocker bug status report - testers needed!

[Michal Jaegermann]

On Wed, Oct 24, 2007 at 04:57:29PM -0600, Michal Jaegermann wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 24, 2007 at 05:44:17PM -0400, Will Woods wrote:
> > 
> > * Bug 338551: NEW - davej at redhat.com
> > - kernel 2.6.23.1-23.fc8 does not boot anymore on SK8V
> > 
> > Again, this is a bug with specific hardware -
> 
> This is x86_64 specific, and it does not happen on
> every board, but it is not that specific like the subject
> suggests.

It looks like that Martin Ebourne identified a kernel patch
which is causing the breakage.  See
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=249174#c56 and
follow-ups.  It seems that this is a small miracle that
there exist some workarounds which make possible to boot
on many x86_64 machines at all.

It appears that this bug is no longer listed among blockers.
Quite likely that was too hasty.

   Michal