Re: How to propose a patch to the kernel mainline

On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 8:33 AM, Alexander Kapshuk <alexander.kaps...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 3:32 AM, Abel <akron...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi! >> >> First, I apologize as I guess this topic has been treated many times here. >> >

Re: How to propose a patch to the kernel mainline

On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 3:32 AM, Abel wrote: > Hi! > > First, I apologize as I guess this topic has been treated many times here. > > I'm already coding for a patch intended to be merged with the kernel > mainline. It adds a small new feature, so it's not a little bug fix, but

Re: Code Compilation

problem in code > compilation. > > On Sun, Feb 12, 2017 at 2:09 PM, Alexander Kapshuk > <alexander.kaps...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Sun, Feb 12, 2017 at 10:00 AM, Wasim Akram <wasim7702843...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> How to compile the code and get binary in

Re: Code Compilation

On Sun, Feb 12, 2017 at 10:00 AM, Wasim Akram wrote: > How to compile the code and get binary in bin folder , if hearder > files , library files and source file is present in include,lib,src > folders respectively ? > > -- Can you please give us more detail? What

Re: insmod error

-of-tree" one, if I do make modules and modules_install will it > go off? > > Thanks, > Madhu > > On Sat, Feb 11, 2017 at 7:27 PM, Alexander Kapshuk > <alexander.kaps...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> On Sat, Feb 11, 2017 at 3:28 PM, Madhu K <madhu.s...@gmail.com> wro

Re: insmod error

On Sat, Feb 11, 2017 at 3:28 PM, Madhu K wrote: > Hi All, > > I have built a kernel module against a 4.9.2 for arm board. while inserting > this kernel module I am getting below message which is high lighted in red > color what exactly mean loading out-of-tree module. what

Re: Append Localversion to Kernel String

On Thu, Oct 6, 2016 at 12:26 PM, Marco Gross wrote: > > Hello folks, > > > > I’m trying to automatically append version information to my kernel’s version > string. > > Therefore, I have in my .config following option: > > > > CONFIG_LOCALVERSION_AUTO=y > > > >

Re: Virtual Address Space

On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 8:06 AM, Madhu K wrote: > Hi All, > > This is to understand the Virtual address space.Basically who generates the > virtual addresses CPU or GNU compiler? > > Thanks > Madhu > > ___ > Kernelnewbies mailing

Re: insmod failing to insert a simple module

On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 3:24 PM, Madhu K wrote: > Hi, > > uname -a output : > > Linux BLR-PCUB-01141 4.5.0-rc7 #2 SMP Wed Mar 23 15:51:13 IST 2016 x86_64 > x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux > > And my modinfo of my module is : > > icense:Dual BSD/GPL > srcversion:

Re: building last kernel version

On Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 6:02 AM, Ahmed Adel wrote: > your solution is correct. Thanks you so much You're welcome. Good to hear it worked out for you. Thanks for letting us know. ___ Kernelnewbies mailing list

Re: How to build an external module in a specified directory?

On Tue, Jan 3, 2017 at 4:11 PM, Alexander Kapshuk <alexander.kaps...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Jan 3, 2017 at 9:32 AM, Shiyao Ma <i...@introo.me> wrote: >> Hi Alexander, >> >> >> Looking at that Makefile: >> >> # Use make M=dir to specify di

Re: How to build an external module in a specified directory?

On Mon, Jan 2, 2017 at 1:39 PM, Shiyao Ma wrote: > Hi, > > When building an external module, for example, given this command, > all: > $(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) M=$$PWD > > It will build the ko file in the $PWD. > > How to specify a location for the .ko files? > > > Regards. > >

Re: How to build an external module in a specified directory?

the > directory that the Makefile for the module is in. > And by default, KBUILD will build the module in KBUILD_EXTMOD. > > What I want is tell KBUILD to build the modules in a specified directory. > > > > Regards. > > > > > > On Jan 2, 2017, 20:30 +0800, Alex

Re: What's the purpose of subsys_interface in linux/device.h?

On Fri, Dec 16, 2016 at 8:57 AM, Perr Zhang <strongb...@zoho.com> wrote: > On Fri, 16 Dec 2016 00:26:24 +0800 Alexander Kapshuk > <alexander.kaps...@gmail.com> wrote > > > > Having looked at the pieces of source code below, it appears that > > sub

Re: Error while sending a mail from mutt

On Wed, Mar 29, 2017 at 10:32 PM, AYAN KUMAR HALDER wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to send a mail using mutt. I am getting the error as follows :- > > SMTP session failed: 501 5.5.4 > > I understand the error meant that a valid mail transaction protocol > was used with invalid

Re: Problem in First-Patch-Tutorial

On Sun, Mar 19, 2017 at 10:53 AM, SIMRAN SINGHAL wrote: > # modinfo iio_dummy_evgen.ko > filename: > /home/simran/git/kernels/staging/drivers/iio/dummy/iio_dummy_evgen.ko > license:GPL v2 > description:IIO dummy driver > author: Jonathan Cameron

Re: pr_debug

On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 10:31 AM, Tobin C. Harding wrote: > why does calling pr_debug() with more than one argument cause a sparse > warning? > > drivers/mmc/core/sdio_io.c:70:9: error: unknown field name in initializer > > sdio_io.c:70: > pr_debug("SDIO: Enabling device %s...\n",

Re: pr_debug

On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 12:40 PM, Tobin C. Harding <m...@tobin.cc> wrote: > On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 12:01:39PM +0200, Alexander Kapshuk wrote: >> On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 10:31 AM, Tobin C. Harding <m...@tobin.cc> wrote: >> > why does calling pr_debug() with more th

Re: pr_debug

On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 11:15 PM, Tobin C. Harding <m...@tobin.cc> wrote: > On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 12:12:48PM +0100, Bjørn Mork wrote: >> Alexander Kapshuk <alexander.kaps...@gmail.com> writes: >> >> >>> On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 10:31 AM, Tobin C. Hardin

Re: What is the fastest way to build and boot a kernel

On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 7:20 PM, Code Soldier1 wrote: > On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 1:21 AM, Sébastien Masson > wrote: >> >> On 2017-04-19 20:26, Code Soldier1 wrote: >>> >>> On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 3:32 AM, Tobin C. Harding wrote:

Re: Problem in First-Patch-Tutorial

On Sun, Mar 12, 2017 at 5:34 PM, <valdis.kletni...@vt.edu> wrote: > On Sun, 12 Mar 2017 15:49:31 +0200, Alexander Kapshuk said: > >> Are these drivers, drivers/iio/dummy/{iio_dummy_evgen,iio_dummy}.ko, >> something of your own making, as I'm not seeing them in t

Re: Problem in First-Patch-Tutorial

On Sun, Mar 12, 2017 at 12:00 PM, SIMRAN SINGHAL wrote: > Reloading Modules > > make -j2 && sudo make modules_install > sudo modprobe -r > sudo modprobe > > In Reloading Modules I tried the first command it works fine for me. > > git/kernels/staging$ ls

Re: Problem in First-Patch-Tutorial

On Sun, Mar 12, 2017 at 8:20 PM, SIMRAN SINGHAL <singhalsimr...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Mar 12, 2017 at 10:15 PM, Alexander Kapshuk > <alexander.kaps...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Sun, Mar 12, 2017 at 5:34 PM, <valdis.kletni...@vt.edu> wrote: >>> On Sun

Re: Problem in First-Patch-Tutorial

On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 6:18 AM, SIMRAN SINGHAL <singhalsimr...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 12:05 AM, Alexander Kapshuk > <alexander.kaps...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Sun, Mar 12, 2017 at 8:20 PM, SIMRAN SINGHAL >> <singhalsimr...@gmail.com> wrot

Re: Problem in First-Patch-Tutorial

On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 8:09 AM, SIMRAN SINGHAL <singhalsimr...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 10:42 AM, Alexander Kapshuk > <alexander.kaps...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 6:18 AM, SIMRAN SINGHAL >> <singhalsimr...@gmail.com> wrot

Re: Problem in First-Patch-Tutorial

On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 12:08 PM, SIMRAN SINGHAL <singhalsimr...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 1:05 PM, Greg KH <g...@kroah.com> wrote: >> On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 11:39:36AM +0530, SIMRAN SINGHAL wrote: >>> On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 10:42 AM, Alexand

Re: How do I know if my patch was accepted?

On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 5:26 PM, Prasant J wrote: > Hi, > > I was able to send a tiny coding style error correction patch to the > kernel mailing list. > > How do I find out whether my patch was accepted or not? > > How do I find out subsystem maintainers git tree for my patch

Re: Qemu+busybox for kernel development

On Wed, Jun 28, 2017 at 10:48 PM, Shahbaz khan <shazal...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Alexander, > > On Wed, Jun 28, 2017 at 1:46 PM, Alexander Kapshuk > <alexander.kaps...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I am trying to setup a build environment where I can run the kernel an

Re: Eudyptula Challenge scripts not responding?

On Thu, Jul 6, 2017 at 4:04 PM, Laurence Rochfort wrote: > Hi all, > > The Eudyptula Challenge scripts seem to not be responding these past few > days. > > if anybody here is involved behind the scenes, would you please take a look? > > Cheers, > Laurence. > >

Fwd: Importance of kobject

-- Forwarded message -- From: Alexander Kapshuk <alexander.kaps...@gmail.com> Date: Wed, May 17, 2017 at 10:20 AM Subject: Re: Importance of kobject To: Madhu K <madhu.s...@gmail.com> On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 10:08 AM, Madhu K <madhu.s...@gmail.com> wrote:

Qemu+busybox for kernel development

m. Any points or suggestions would be much appreciated. Alexander Kapshuk. ___ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org https://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies

Re: sched_child_runs_first doesn't work

If my understanding of what Linus says in the post referenced below is correct, there's never a guarantee which process would run first, parent or child. http://yarchive.net/comp/linux/child-runs-first.html vfork(), on the other hand, is said in the post to always run the child process first.

Re: Linux kernel mailing list filtering issues

On Thu, Jul 19, 2018 at 10:25 PM wrote: > > Hi all, I've been trying to post a bug report to the linux-usb mailing > list but keep getting trapped in the filters despite ensuring I'm using > plaintext. > Heres what I get in the bounce back: > > The mail system > > : host

Re: Linux kernel mailing list filtering issues

On Fri, Jul 20, 2018 at 3:43 PM wrote: > > On 2018-07-19 23:55, Alexander Kapshuk wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 19, 2018 at 10:25 PM wrote: > >> > >> Hi all, I've been trying to post a bug report to the linux-usb mailing > >> list but keep getting trapped in the

Re: Eudyptual Challenge website and email service down?

On Thu, Mar 15, 2018 at 10:41 AM, Alexander Kapshuk <alexander.kaps...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Mar 15, 2018 at 10:34 AM, Himanshu Chauhan <hs.chau...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> >> On 15-Mar-2018 1:48 PM, "Alexander Kapshuk" <alexander.kaps

Re: Eudyptual Challenge website and email service down?

On Thu, Mar 15, 2018 at 10:34 AM, Himanshu Chauhan <hs.chau...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 15-Mar-2018 1:48 PM, "Alexander Kapshuk" <alexander.kaps...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Both the Eudyptula Challenge website[1] and the email service[2] seem > to be

Eudyptual Challenge website and email service down?

Mar 2018 15:24:21 -0700 (PDT) Will-Retry-Until: Fri, 16 Mar 2018 13:18:11 -0700 (PDT) Not sure where else to lodge this report. If the people behind the challenge are subscribed to this mailing list, their response would be much appreciated. Alexander Kapshuk

Re: when to use make olddefconfig

On Sun, Apr 22, 2018 at 9:19 PM, Sumit Kumar wrote: > Hi, > > I was going through this link : > https://kernelnewbies.org/OutreachyfirstpatchSetup , and came across the > make olddefconfig cmd. The explanation on the web page is very confusing. > Can anyone please explain

Fwd: undefined reference to `ioctl_tty'

-- Forwarded message - From: Alexander Kapshuk Date: Wed, Mar 6, 2019 at 9:30 AM Subject: Re: undefined reference to `ioctl_tty' To: On Wed, Mar 6, 2019 at 9:00 AM Jeffrey Walton wrote: > > Hi Everyone, > > I'm working from http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man4/tty_

Re: Oops stack trace missing function addresses

On Fri, Oct 16, 2020 at 2:49 PM Adrian Larumbe wrote: > > > OK, I'll bite. You *are* getting the function name and offset, what > > additional > > knowledge do you get from knowing the VA? > > I was hoping to use the VA to calculate the C source line where the > fault happens, by substracting

Re: How to install kernel modules after a successful compiling

On Wed, Dec 9, 2020 at 11:31 AM FuLong Wang wrote: > > > Hello Experts, > > > I'm trying to enable some infiniband related kernel modules (ib_ipoib, > iser, isert, etc) on my RHEL 7.6 instance running on IBM linuxONE > machine. (I have found the code in the kernel source tree.) > > After

Re: How to install kernel modules after a successful compiling

On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 9:51 AM FuLong Wang wrote: > > > > When I try to install the new built kernel and modules, i found the > install script will assign the kernel version as "3.10.0". The kernel version is set via these config options via scripts/setlocalversion: CONFIG_LOCALVERSION

Re: How to install kernel modules after a successful compiling

(if set) > ./scripts/setlocalversion:res="${res}${CONFIG_LOCALVERSION}${LOCALVERSION}" > ./scripts/setlocalversion:if test "$CONFIG_LOCALVERSION_AUTO" = "y"; then > [zbrand@bz094f linux-3.10.0-957.el7.s390x]$ > > > > > -- > Regards > FuLong Wang >

Re:

On Thu, Jan 14, 2021 at 11:54 AM ‪bigbird2...@163.com‬ wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 14, 2021 at 8:01 AM Alexander Kapshuk > wrote: > > > > On Thu, Jan 14, 2021 at 8:14 AM bigbird2...@163.com > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > I've just added a

Re: How to join other mailing lists

On Thu, Jan 14, 2021 at 8:14 AM bigbird2...@163.com wrote: > > > I've just added a newbies mailing list, How to join other mailing lists, and > I'd like to see what other people are communicating with. > > ___ > Kernelnewbies mailing list >

Re: kernel build error during ubuntu linux kernel build

On Thu, Jul 1, 2021 at 4:03 AM wrote: > > > Hello Alexander Kapshuk, > > Thanks for the reply. Following your advice, I installed `sudo apt install > zfs-dkms` ( it gave me this scary-looking warning below I just installed > it, because I’ll not distribute anything) &g

Re: kernel build error during ubuntu linux kernel build

On Tue, Jun 29, 2021 at 7:07 AM wrote: > I found from https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/BuildYourOwnKernel, the > correct method to build ubuntu is (for ARCH=arm64 case) > > > >- LANG=C fakeroot debian/rules ARCH=arm64 clean >- # quicker build: >- LANG=C fakeroot debian/rules ARCH=arm64

Re: kernel compile message

On Tue, Oct 25, 2022 at 12:29 PM Anatoly Pugachev wrote: > > Hello! > > Doing kernel testing, occasionally I started to get messages: > > mator@ttip:~/linux-2.6$ make -j olddefconfig; nice make -j20 && nice > make -j20 modules > # > # configuration written to .config > # > SYNC

Re: POSIX.1b book/documentation

On Fri, Jan 20, 2023 at 9:20 AM Axel M. wrote: > > Hi all, > > I'm looking for a book that explains the content of POSIX.1 standard > (especially POSIX.1b). > Do you know anything about this ? > Thanks for the help. > > -- > Thanks, > Axel M. > > > ___

Re: BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference while copying sk_buff struct

On Tue, May 2, 2023 at 3:26 PM Abdul Matin wrote: > > Hi. > I'm writing a netfilter module where I need to copy a sk_buff in a global > variable that I use in another subsequent call. But I crashed the whole > kernel. I've tried to add a code snippet to share with you how I'm doing it. > > here

Re: BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference while copying sk_buff struct

ot allocate space for skbPrev\n"); > return -ENOMEM; > } > > On Tue, May 2, 2023 at 8:23 PM Alexander Kapshuk > wrote: >> >> On Tue, May 2, 2023 at 3:26 PM Abdul Matin >> wrote: >> > >> > Hi. >> > I'm writing a netfilter modul

Re: Earlier Linux Code...

On Fri, May 26, 2023 at 9:42 AM Deepak Goel wrote: > > > > On Fri, May 26, 2023 at 12:04 PM Prathu Baronia > wrote: >> >> On Fri, May 26, 2023 at 11:58:49AM +0530, Deepak Goel wrote: >> > Hello >> > >> > I am a newbie. >> > >> > Is it possible to find the linux code of earlier versions like >>