diff --git a/en-US/kernel/troubleshooting.adoc b/en-US/kernel/troubleshooting.adoc index 3b2fb83..5980a58 100644 --- a/en-US/kernel/troubleshooting.adoc +++ b/en-US/kernel/troubleshooting.adoc @@ -78,7 +78,13 @@ between major versions (e.g. `v4.16` and `v4.15`) new configuration options will be added and removed as you bisect. It's _usually_ safe to select the default.] -. Start a new `git-bisect` with `git bisect start `. +. Start a new `git-bisect` with `git bisect start`. + +. Mark the newest version that works as "good" with `git bisect good `. +For example: `git bisect good v4.16.8`. + +. Mark the first version that does not work as "bad" with `git bisect bad +`. For example: `git bisect bad v4.17`. . <>. Sometimes commits cannot be built. If this happens, skip the commit with `git bisect @@ -91,7 +97,5 @@ skip`. . If the new kernel works, mark it as good with `git bisect good`. Otherwise, mark it as bad with `git bisect bad`. -. Check out the next commit to test by running `git bisect next`. - . Repeat the previous five steps until you've found the commit that introduced the problem.