Hi,

I am trying to build and boot linux-next kernel tree. 

My original kernel with Ubuntu 12.04 LTS was 3.5.0-23-generic. 

I checked out code with tag next-20141226. I generated a ".config" file with "make localmodconfig". I installed modules and kernel.

On restart PC do not boot up. 

I then checked out tag v3.16-rc3 and booted. It worked pretty good and booted properly.

I had few question from this exercise:

1) Why my PC didn't boot up with linux-next kernel?

2) Do I need to apply any specific patches to boot mainline linux-next kernel on my Ubuntu 12.04 PC?

3) How do people test mainline kernel-next? Do they apply their OS specific patch on linux-next tree or test linux-next on some specific OS?

Thanks,

Sunil.