objtool segfault in 5.10 kernels with binutils-2.36.1

2021-02-11 Thread Ken Moffat
Hi, in 5.10 kernels up to and including 5.10.15 when trying to build the kernel for an x86_64 skylake using binutils-2.36.1, gcc-10.2 and glibic-2.33 I get a segfault in objtool if the orc unwinder is enabled. This has already been fixed in 5.11 by ''objtool: Fix seg fault with Clang non-section

Re: Recommended driver for current AMD processors

2018-12-07 Thread Ken Moffat
Hi Paul, On Fri, 7 Dec 2018 at 15:32, Paul Menzel wrote: > > Dear Linux folks, > > > What driver is recommended for current AMD Ryzen based processors > like *AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 Quad-Core Processor* or *AMD EPYC 7601 > 32-Core Processor*? > > Only from the acpi-cpufreq Kconfig description, I

Re: Recommended driver for current AMD processors

2018-12-07 Thread Ken Moffat
Hi Paul, On Fri, 7 Dec 2018 at 15:32, Paul Menzel wrote: > > Dear Linux folks, > > > What driver is recommended for current AMD Ryzen based processors > like *AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 Quad-Core Processor* or *AMD EPYC 7601 > 32-Core Processor*? > > Only from the acpi-cpufreq Kconfig description, I

Re: [Ksummit-discuss] bug-introducing patches

2018-05-08 Thread Ken Moffat
On 8 May 2018 at 21:29, Sasha Levin wrote: > > This is interesting. We have a group of power users who are testing out > -rc releases, who are usually happy to test out a fast moving target and > provide helpful reports back. We also have a group who run a -stable

Re: [Ksummit-discuss] bug-introducing patches

2018-05-08 Thread Ken Moffat
On 8 May 2018 at 21:29, Sasha Levin wrote: > > This is interesting. We have a group of power users who are testing out > -rc releases, who are usually happy to test out a fast moving target and > provide helpful reports back. We also have a group who run a -stable > kernel (-stable

Makefile race in 4.9-rc3 (generated/autoksyms.h: No such file or directory)

2016-10-31 Thread Ken Moffat
I just tried to build 4.9 (rc3) for the first time (x86_64, i7 haswell) After making my choices in make oldconfig, make -j8 failed in less than 2 sec. CC scripts/mod/empty.o HOSTCC scripts/mod/mk_elfconfig HOSTCC scripts/sortextable CC scripts/mod/devicetable-offsets.s In

Makefile race in 4.9-rc3 (generated/autoksyms.h: No such file or directory)

2016-10-31 Thread Ken Moffat
I just tried to build 4.9 (rc3) for the first time (x86_64, i7 haswell) After making my choices in make oldconfig, make -j8 failed in less than 2 sec. CC scripts/mod/empty.o HOSTCC scripts/mod/mk_elfconfig HOSTCC scripts/sortextable CC scripts/mod/devicetable-offsets.s In

Re: [PATCH] documentation: ntb.txt correct grammar "however"

2016-06-04 Thread Ken Moffat
On Sat, Jun 04, 2016 at 03:34:01PM -0400, Justin Keller wrote: > Correct the grammar around the word however. > > Signed-off-by: Justin Keller > > --- > > index 1d9bbab..5d43510 100644 > --- a/Documentation/ntb.txt > +++ b/Documentation/ntb.txt > @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@

Re: [PATCH] documentation: ntb.txt correct grammar "however"

2016-06-04 Thread Ken Moffat
On Sat, Jun 04, 2016 at 03:34:01PM -0400, Justin Keller wrote: > Correct the grammar around the word however. > > Signed-off-by: Justin Keller > > --- > > index 1d9bbab..5d43510 100644 > --- a/Documentation/ntb.txt > +++ b/Documentation/ntb.txt > @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ establishes a logical link

Re: script relative shebang

2016-06-01 Thread Ken Moffat
On Thu, Jun 02, 2016 at 01:04:46AM +0100, Boris Rybalkin wrote: > Sorry for insisting, but I would like to explore potential solutions > for fixing the root problem (missing relative shebang), > I know there are ways to workaround that, but I would like to make > sure the proper fix is not

Re: script relative shebang

2016-06-01 Thread Ken Moffat
On Thu, Jun 02, 2016 at 01:04:46AM +0100, Boris Rybalkin wrote: > Sorry for insisting, but I would like to explore potential solutions > for fixing the root problem (missing relative shebang), > I know there are ways to workaround that, but I would like to make > sure the proper fix is not

Re: [drm:radeon_dp_link_train] *ERROR* clock recovery failed -bisected

2016-03-03 Thread Ken Moffat
t uses a DP to VGA bridge chip. > > Alex > Thanks, I was not expecting such a quick response. The radeon patch does fix it. If you wish, you can add Tested-by: Ken Moffat <zarniwh...@ntlworld.com> ĸen -- This email was written using 100% recycled letters.

Re: [drm:radeon_dp_link_train] *ERROR* clock recovery failed -bisected

2016-03-03 Thread Ken Moffat
t uses a DP to VGA bridge chip. > > Alex > Thanks, I was not expecting such a quick response. The radeon patch does fix it. If you wish, you can add Tested-by: Ken Moffat ĸen -- This email was written using 100% recycled letters.

[drm:radeon_dp_link_train] *ERROR* clock recovery failed -bisected

2016-03-03 Thread Ken Moffat
On Thu, Mar 03, 2016 at 02:38:11AM +, Ken Moffat wrote: > One of my machines is an A10 Kaveri desktop, with a good old VGA > connection to the monitor. I've only just started trying to boot > any 4.5 kernel on it, but with 4.5.0-rc6 and now linus's tree from a > few hours ago (4.5

[drm:radeon_dp_link_train] *ERROR* clock recovery failed -bisected

2016-03-03 Thread Ken Moffat
On Thu, Mar 03, 2016 at 02:38:11AM +, Ken Moffat wrote: > One of my machines is an A10 Kaveri desktop, with a good old VGA > connection to the monitor. I've only just started trying to boot > any 4.5 kernel on it, but with 4.5.0-rc6 and now linus's tree from a > few hours ago (4.5

[drm:radeon_dp_link_train] *ERROR* clock recovery failed

2016-03-02 Thread Ken Moffat
One of my machines is an A10 Kaveri desktop, with a good old VGA connection to the monitor. I've only just started trying to boot any 4.5 kernel on it, but with 4.5.0-rc6 and now linus's tree from a few hours ago (4.5.0-rc6-00018-gf983cd3) I get a blank screen, with no video signal, as soon as it

[drm:radeon_dp_link_train] *ERROR* clock recovery failed

2016-03-02 Thread Ken Moffat
One of my machines is an A10 Kaveri desktop, with a good old VGA connection to the monitor. I've only just started trying to boot any 4.5 kernel on it, but with 4.5.0-rc6 and now linus's tree from a few hours ago (4.5.0-rc6-00018-gf983cd3) I get a blank screen, with no video signal, as soon as it

Re: fs/udf and udftools

2016-02-10 Thread Ken Moffat
On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 05:56:16PM -0800, Randy Dunlap wrote: > [add Jan Kara] > > On 02/10/16 13:29, Steve Kenton wrote: > > Is anyone maintaining these or am I about to volunteer for another job? > > CUrrent MAINTAINERS file says: > > UDF FILESYSTEM > M:Jan Kara > S:Maintained > F:

Re: fs/udf and udftools

2016-02-10 Thread Ken Moffat
On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 05:56:16PM -0800, Randy Dunlap wrote: > [add Jan Kara] > > On 02/10/16 13:29, Steve Kenton wrote: > > Is anyone maintaining these or am I about to volunteer for another job? > > CUrrent MAINTAINERS file says: > > UDF FILESYSTEM > M:Jan Kara > S:

Re: Freezing system after kernel 3.2

2016-02-08 Thread Ken Moffat
On Mon, Feb 08, 2016 at 07:08:09PM +0100, Karsten Malcher wrote: > Hello, > > i am sorry, but is it possible that a kernel bug for a special chipset is > alive since kernel 3.2? > On uncommon hardware, anything is possible. I don't actually know if that hardware is "uncommon", only that I do

Re: Freezing system after kernel 3.2

2016-02-08 Thread Ken Moffat
On Mon, Feb 08, 2016 at 07:08:09PM +0100, Karsten Malcher wrote: > Hello, > > i am sorry, but is it possible that a kernel bug for a special chipset is > alive since kernel 3.2? > On uncommon hardware, anything is possible. I don't actually know if that hardware is "uncommon", only that I do

Re: [PATCH 0/9] Fix checkpatch errors

2015-12-13 Thread Ken Moffat
On Sun, Dec 13, 2015 at 07:26:04PM +0100, Frederik wrote: > On Sun, 13. Dec 19:15, Nicolai Stange wrote: > > Frederik writes: > > > > W/o your series applied (so line numbering might be slightly > > different), checkpatch.pl says: > > > > ERROR: trailing whitespace > > #270: FILE: -:270: >

Re: [PATCH 0/9] Fix checkpatch errors

2015-12-13 Thread Ken Moffat
On Sun, Dec 13, 2015 at 07:26:04PM +0100, Frederik wrote: > On Sun, 13. Dec 19:15, Nicolai Stange wrote: > > Frederik writes: > > > > W/o your series applied (so line numbering might be slightly > > different), checkpatch.pl says: > > > > ERROR: trailing whitespace >

Re: Linux 4.4-rc1

2015-11-15 Thread Ken Moffat
On Sun, Nov 15, 2015 at 05:24:37PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote: > So it's Sunday, two weeks has passed, and so 4.4-rc1 is out there and > the merge window is closed. > [...] > > Go out and test. > > Linus > After what I picked up during the 4.3 cycle, I tried using 'xzcat |

Re: Linux 4.4-rc1

2015-11-15 Thread Ken Moffat
On Sun, Nov 15, 2015 at 05:24:37PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote: > So it's Sunday, two weeks has passed, and so 4.4-rc1 is out there and > the merge window is closed. > [...] > > Go out and test. > > Linus > After what I picked up during the 4.3 cycle, I tried using 'xzcat |

Re: Please remove commit 6609b638353c99c5736e05abd17197f1cb776e0e as it makes me feel miserable

2015-09-13 Thread Ken Moffat
On Sun, Sep 13, 2015 at 08:06:02PM -0300, Diego Viola wrote: > Hello, > > Can someone please remove this commit from the repo: > > https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/README?id=6609b638353c99c5736e05abd17197f1cb776e0e > > I made a huge grammar mistake in my

Re: Please remove commit 6609b638353c99c5736e05abd17197f1cb776e0e as it makes me feel miserable

2015-09-13 Thread Ken Moffat
On Sun, Sep 13, 2015 at 08:06:02PM -0300, Diego Viola wrote: > Hello, > > Can someone please remove this commit from the repo: > > https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/README?id=6609b638353c99c5736e05abd17197f1cb776e0e > > I made a huge grammar mistake in my

Re: Lockups with 4.2-rc kernels and qemu

2015-08-27 Thread Ken Moffat
On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 05:52:58PM +0100, Ken Moffat wrote: > On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 12:59:14PM +0100, Ken Moffat wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 12:40:15AM +0100, Ken Moffat wrote: > > > (Cc'ing qemu-devel, please keep me in the Cc). > > > > > > TL;DR -

Re: Lockups with 4.2-rc kernels and qemu

2015-08-27 Thread Ken Moffat
On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 12:59:14PM +0100, Ken Moffat wrote: > On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 12:40:15AM +0100, Ken Moffat wrote: > > (Cc'ing qemu-devel, please keep me in the Cc). > > > > TL;DR - qemu locks up my machine when I use 4.2-rc kernels. > > > Previous mail

Re: Lockups with 4.2-rc kernels and qemu

2015-08-27 Thread Ken Moffat
On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 12:40:15AM +0100, Ken Moffat wrote: > (Cc'ing qemu-devel, please keep me in the Cc). > > TL;DR - qemu locks up my machine when I use 4.2-rc kernels. > Previous mail, or at least the copy to qemu, archived at https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015

Re: Lockups with 4.2-rc kernels and qemu

2015-08-27 Thread Ken Moffat
On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 12:59:14PM +0100, Ken Moffat wrote: On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 12:40:15AM +0100, Ken Moffat wrote: (Cc'ing qemu-devel, please keep me in the Cc). TL;DR - qemu locks up my machine when I use 4.2-rc kernels. Previous mail, or at least the copy to qemu, archived

Re: Lockups with 4.2-rc kernels and qemu

2015-08-27 Thread Ken Moffat
On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 05:52:58PM +0100, Ken Moffat wrote: On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 12:59:14PM +0100, Ken Moffat wrote: On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 12:40:15AM +0100, Ken Moffat wrote: (Cc'ing qemu-devel, please keep me in the Cc). TL;DR - qemu locks up my machine when I use 4.2-rc kernels

Re: Lockups with 4.2-rc kernels and qemu

2015-08-27 Thread Ken Moffat
On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 12:40:15AM +0100, Ken Moffat wrote: (Cc'ing qemu-devel, please keep me in the Cc). TL;DR - qemu locks up my machine when I use 4.2-rc kernels. Previous mail, or at least the copy to qemu, archived at https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-08/msg02784.html

Lockups with 4.2-rc kernels and qemu

2015-08-24 Thread Ken Moffat
(Cc'ing qemu-devel, please keep me in the Cc). TL;DR - qemu locks up my machine when I use 4.2-rc kernels. I only use qemu from time to time, mostly to test changes to my own scripts, or new package versions, in beyond.linuxfromscratch.org. A few days ago I came back to that, building an LFS

Lockups with 4.2-rc kernels and qemu

2015-08-24 Thread Ken Moffat
(Cc'ing qemu-devel, please keep me in the Cc). TL;DR - qemu locks up my machine when I use 4.2-rc kernels. I only use qemu from time to time, mostly to test changes to my own scripts, or new package versions, in beyond.linuxfromscratch.org. A few days ago I came back to that, building an LFS

Re: [PATCH] scripts: Extract kernel headers for out of tree modules build

2015-08-19 Thread Ken Moffat
On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 09:50:36AM +0300, Daniel Baluta wrote: > scripts/package/builddeb already creates a linux-keader .deb > package, but we need this feature also for non-Debian distros > (e.g. Android or LFS). > > Signed-off-by: Daniel Baluta In general, LFS does not need this - but

Re: [PATCH] scripts: Extract kernel headers for out of tree modules build

2015-08-19 Thread Ken Moffat
On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 09:50:36AM +0300, Daniel Baluta wrote: scripts/package/builddeb already creates a linux-keader .deb package, but we need this feature also for non-Debian distros (e.g. Android or LFS). Signed-off-by: Daniel Baluta daniel.bal...@intel.com In general, LFS does not need

Re: CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL restricts cpu usage to the equivalent of one in 4.2

2015-07-15 Thread Ken Moffat
On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 12:05:05PM -0700, Andy Lutomirski wrote: > > Before going nuts bisecting, it could be worth running perf record -a -g -e > cycles (or perhaps -e task-clock instead of -e cycles). It could also be > worth manually sampling /proc/PID/stack a few times for a process that

Re: CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL restricts cpu usage to the equivalent of one in 4.2

2015-07-15 Thread Ken Moffat
On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 09:11:46PM +0200, Frederic Weisbecker wrote: > 2015-07-15 18:27 GMT+02:00 Ken Moffat : > > > > The config differences follow. Perhaps it is actually one of the > > subsequent choices that is the problem. And I guess it could still &

CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL restricts cpu usage to the equivalent of one in 4.2

2015-07-15 Thread Ken Moffat
New title, I originally posted this last night but I've now made a little progress in identifying what changed. Previous thread was labelled for AMD Phenom, but it is more general. CC'ing Jeff because he replied to the original, I guess he probably won't be interested after this. Yesterday was

Re: make -jN (n>1) ineffective in 4.2.0-rc on AMD Phenom

2015-07-15 Thread Ken Moffat
On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 09:23:31PM -0500, Jeff Epler wrote: > GNU Make 4.1 has a problem that causes it to be unable to use the > desired level of parallelism. Two people have reported that reverting a > commit which changes from fork to vfork "fixes" it. (i'm one of them, > unfortunately posting

Re: CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL restricts cpu usage to the equivalent of one in 4.2

2015-07-15 Thread Ken Moffat
On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 09:11:46PM +0200, Frederic Weisbecker wrote: 2015-07-15 18:27 GMT+02:00 Ken Moffat zarniwh...@ntlworld.com: The config differences follow. Perhaps it is actually one of the subsequent choices that is the problem. And I guess it could still be a gcc-5.1 issue

Re: CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL restricts cpu usage to the equivalent of one in 4.2

2015-07-15 Thread Ken Moffat
On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 12:05:05PM -0700, Andy Lutomirski wrote: Before going nuts bisecting, it could be worth running perf record -a -g -e cycles (or perhaps -e task-clock instead of -e cycles). It could also be worth manually sampling /proc/PID/stack a few times for a process that isn't

Re: make -jN (n1) ineffective in 4.2.0-rc on AMD Phenom

2015-07-15 Thread Ken Moffat
On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 09:23:31PM -0500, Jeff Epler wrote: GNU Make 4.1 has a problem that causes it to be unable to use the desired level of parallelism. Two people have reported that reverting a commit which changes from fork to vfork fixes it. (i'm one of them, unfortunately posting as

CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL restricts cpu usage to the equivalent of one in 4.2

2015-07-15 Thread Ken Moffat
New title, I originally posted this last night but I've now made a little progress in identifying what changed. Previous thread was labelled for AMD Phenom, but it is more general. CC'ing Jeff because he replied to the original, I guess he probably won't be interested after this. Yesterday was

Re: make -jN (n>1) ineffective in 4.2.0-rc on AMD Phenom

2015-07-14 Thread Ken Moffat
On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 12:39:20AM +0100, Ken Moffat wrote: > > At that stage I assumed I must have somehow buggered up the 4.2 > config - if everybody was hitting this sort of slowdown, somebody > would surely have noticed. So, I downloaded 4.2.0-rc2 and built > that from 4.1

make -jN (n>1) ineffective in 4.2.0-rc on AMD Phenom

2015-07-14 Thread Ken Moffat
One of my machines is an AMD Phenom. I wanted to explore building some new (to me) userspace, and this machine had a system which was both recent enough (last month's LFS/BLFS) and with enough space to make it seem like a good place to do it. I finally got round to trying to build qt-5 (5.5.0),

Re: make -jN (n1) ineffective in 4.2.0-rc on AMD Phenom

2015-07-14 Thread Ken Moffat
On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 12:39:20AM +0100, Ken Moffat wrote: At that stage I assumed I must have somehow buggered up the 4.2 config - if everybody was hitting this sort of slowdown, somebody would surely have noticed. So, I downloaded 4.2.0-rc2 and built that from 4.1.1, taking care to think

make -jN (n1) ineffective in 4.2.0-rc on AMD Phenom

2015-07-14 Thread Ken Moffat
One of my machines is an AMD Phenom. I wanted to explore building some new (to me) userspace, and this machine had a system which was both recent enough (last month's LFS/BLFS) and with enough space to make it seem like a good place to do it. I finally got round to trying to build qt-5 (5.5.0),

Re: Lost network connectivity in 4.0.x

2015-05-28 Thread Ken Moffat
On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 03:41:49PM +0100, Ken Moffat wrote: > On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 10:53:00PM -0700, Cong Wang wrote: > > (Please always Cc netdev for networking bugs.) > > Sorry, didn't spot that. But anyway > > > For example: > > > > 1) What is your

Re: Lost network connectivity in 4.0.x

2015-05-28 Thread Ken Moffat
On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 10:53:00PM -0700, Cong Wang wrote: > (Please always Cc netdev for networking bugs.) > > On Sat, May 23, 2015 at 8:29 PM, Ken Moffat wrote: > > On Sun, May 24, 2015 at 03:43:52AM +0100, Ken Moffat wrote: > >> Anybody else suffering frm lost netwo

Re: Lost network connectivity in 4.0.x

2015-05-28 Thread Ken Moffat
On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 10:53:00PM -0700, Cong Wang wrote: (Please always Cc netdev for networking bugs.) On Sat, May 23, 2015 at 8:29 PM, Ken Moffat zarniwh...@ntlworld.com wrote: On Sun, May 24, 2015 at 03:43:52AM +0100, Ken Moffat wrote: Anybody else suffering frm lost network

Re: Lost network connectivity in 4.0.x

2015-05-28 Thread Ken Moffat
On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 03:41:49PM +0100, Ken Moffat wrote: On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 10:53:00PM -0700, Cong Wang wrote: (Please always Cc netdev for networking bugs.) Sorry, didn't spot that. But anyway For example: 1) What is your network setup? iptables? routes? etc. I'm using

Re: Lost network connectivity in 4.0.x

2015-05-23 Thread Ken Moffat
On Sun, May 24, 2015 at 03:43:52AM +0100, Ken Moffat wrote: > Anybody else suffering frm lost network connectivity in 4.0.x > kernels ? A couple of times this week, vim on an nfs-3 mount hung > and I had to reboot. Both of those occasions were on an AMD desktop > with the r8169 dri

Lost network connectivity in 4.0.x

2015-05-23 Thread Ken Moffat
Anybody else suffering frm lost network connectivity in 4.0.x kernels ? A couple of times this week, vim on an nfs-3 mount hung and I had to reboot. Both of those occasions were on an AMD desktop with the r8169 driver, running 4.0.3. I thought it might be specific to that machine. For the last

Lost network connectivity in 4.0.x

2015-05-23 Thread Ken Moffat
Anybody else suffering frm lost network connectivity in 4.0.x kernels ? A couple of times this week, vim on an nfs-3 mount hung and I had to reboot. Both of those occasions were on an AMD desktop with the r8169 driver, running 4.0.3. I thought it might be specific to that machine. For the last

Re: Lost network connectivity in 4.0.x

2015-05-23 Thread Ken Moffat
On Sun, May 24, 2015 at 03:43:52AM +0100, Ken Moffat wrote: Anybody else suffering frm lost network connectivity in 4.0.x kernels ? A couple of times this week, vim on an nfs-3 mount hung and I had to reboot. Both of those occasions were on an AMD desktop with the r8169 driver, running 4.0.3

Re: how to have the kernel do udev's job and autoload the right modules ?

2015-05-06 Thread Ken Moffat
On Wed, May 06, 2015 at 06:09:39PM +0100, linuxcbon linuxcbon wrote: > On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 5:55 PM, Ken Moffat wrote: > > I suggest that you take the time to look at eudev and mdev, and > > think about how you can use the facilities they offer. > I was wishing the kerne

Re: how to have the kernel do udev's job and autoload the right modules ?

2015-05-06 Thread Ken Moffat
On Wed, May 06, 2015 at 01:54:27AM +0100, linuxcbon linuxcbon wrote: > On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 11:26 PM, Ken Moffat wrote: > > I don't think you have ever given any context about what you are > > trying to do. It looks to me as if there are two alternatives: > (...) >

Re: how to have the kernel do udev's job and autoload the right modules ?

2015-05-06 Thread Ken Moffat
On Wed, May 06, 2015 at 06:09:39PM +0100, linuxcbon linuxcbon wrote: On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 5:55 PM, Ken Moffat zarniwh...@ntlworld.com wrote: I suggest that you take the time to look at eudev and mdev, and think about how you can use the facilities they offer. I was wishing the kernel would

Re: how to have the kernel do udev's job and autoload the right modules ?

2015-05-06 Thread Ken Moffat
On Wed, May 06, 2015 at 01:54:27AM +0100, linuxcbon linuxcbon wrote: On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 11:26 PM, Ken Moffat zarniwh...@ntlworld.com wrote: I don't think you have ever given any context about what you are trying to do. It looks to me as if there are two alternatives: (...) I am trying

Re: how to have the kernel do udev's job and autoload the right modules ?

2015-05-05 Thread Ken Moffat
On Tue, May 05, 2015 at 06:08:01PM +, linux cbon wrote: > On Mon, May 4, 2015 at 11:24 PM, Richard Weinberger wrote: > > You can build in the needed modules or just use udev... > > Sorry , but I don't want a monolithic or a huge kernel with many modules > inside. > I want a minimal and

Re: how to have the kernel do udev's job and autoload the right modules ?

2015-05-05 Thread Ken Moffat
On Tue, May 05, 2015 at 06:08:01PM +, linux cbon wrote: On Mon, May 4, 2015 at 11:24 PM, Richard Weinberger rich...@nod.at wrote: You can build in the needed modules or just use udev... Sorry , but I don't want a monolithic or a huge kernel with many modules inside. I want a minimal

Re: boot loader

2015-04-28 Thread Ken Moffat
On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 08:44:34PM -0300, Thiago Farina wrote: > On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 6:49 PM, Richard Weinberger > wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 5:12 PM, Thiago Farina wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> Does the kernel include a simple boot loader like FreeBSD does? > > > > Why don't you figure

Re: boot loader

2015-04-28 Thread Ken Moffat
On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 08:44:34PM -0300, Thiago Farina wrote: On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 6:49 PM, Richard Weinberger richard.weinber...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 5:12 PM, Thiago Farina tfrans...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Does the kernel include a simple boot loader like FreeBSD

Re: Qemu e1000 broken in -rc1 and -rc2 : bisected

2015-03-09 Thread Ken Moffat
On Mon, Mar 09, 2015 at 11:14:20AM +0800, Chen, Tiejun wrote: > On 2015/3/7 3:27, Ken Moffat wrote: > >On Fri, Mar 06, 2015 at 12:02:40AM +0000, Ken Moffat wrote: > >> I have a very recent qemu i686 image, using a 3.19.0 kernel and > >>dhclient, which works fine if t

Re: Qemu e1000 broken in -rc1 and -rc2 : bisected

2015-03-09 Thread Ken Moffat
On Mon, Mar 09, 2015 at 11:14:20AM +0800, Chen, Tiejun wrote: On 2015/3/7 3:27, Ken Moffat wrote: On Fri, Mar 06, 2015 at 12:02:40AM +, Ken Moffat wrote: I have a very recent qemu i686 image, using a 3.19.0 kernel and dhclient, which works fine if the host is running a 3.19.0 kernel

Re: Qemu e1000 broken in -rc1 and -rc2 : bisected

2015-03-06 Thread Ken Moffat
On Fri, Mar 06, 2015 at 12:02:40AM +, Ken Moffat wrote: > I have a very recent qemu i686 image, using a 3.19.0 kernel and > dhclient, which works fine if the host is running a 3.19.0 kernel, > but breaks when the host runs 4.0.0-rc1 or -rc2. > > On those, dhclient does not

Re: Qemu e1000 broken in -rc1 and -rc2 : bisected

2015-03-06 Thread Ken Moffat
On Fri, Mar 06, 2015 at 12:02:40AM +, Ken Moffat wrote: I have a very recent qemu i686 image, using a 3.19.0 kernel and dhclient, which works fine if the host is running a 3.19.0 kernel, but breaks when the host runs 4.0.0-rc1 or -rc2. On those, dhclient does not get an address, so I

Qemu e1000 broken in -rc1 and -rc2

2015-03-05 Thread Ken Moffat
I have a very recent qemu i686 image, using a 3.19.0 kernel and dhclient, which works fine if the host is running a 3.19.0 kernel, but breaks when the host runs 4.0.0-rc1 or -rc2. On those, dhclient does not get an address, so I have no network. There is a message e1000 :00:03.0 eth0: Reset

Qemu e1000 broken in -rc1 and -rc2

2015-03-05 Thread Ken Moffat
I have a very recent qemu i686 image, using a 3.19.0 kernel and dhclient, which works fine if the host is running a 3.19.0 kernel, but breaks when the host runs 4.0.0-rc1 or -rc2. On those, dhclient does not get an address, so I have no network. There is a message e1000 :00:03.0 eth0: Reset

Re: [PATCH] Update version number references in README

2015-03-01 Thread Ken Moffat
On Sun, Mar 01, 2015 at 10:01:16PM +0800, Yaowei Bai wrote: > As we have moved to 4.x, it should be reflected in README. > Not something I can affect, but just a couple of comments on what looks like a useful, but unadventurous, change : 1. Firing patches at the list, without copying them to a

Re: [PATCH] Update version number references in README

2015-03-01 Thread Ken Moffat
On Sun, Mar 01, 2015 at 10:01:16PM +0800, Yaowei Bai wrote: As we have moved to 4.x, it should be reflected in README. Not something I can affect, but just a couple of comments on what looks like a useful, but unadventurous, change : 1. Firing patches at the list, without copying them to a

Re: sock puppets (Re: (Song) ** SystemD)

2014-10-05 Thread Ken Moffat
On Sun, Oct 05, 2014 at 09:15:11PM +, Gregory Smith wrote: > Just because you disagree with something does not make it a troll. > Just because someone continued to post to a mailing list which he > was unrightly banned from (because systemd negativity is a no-no > for some), does not mean the

Re: sock puppets (Re: (Song) ** SystemD)

2014-10-05 Thread Ken Moffat
On Sun, Oct 05, 2014 at 09:15:11PM +, Gregory Smith wrote: Just because you disagree with something does not make it a troll. Just because someone continued to post to a mailing list which he was unrightly banned from (because systemd negativity is a no-no for some), does not mean the

Re: CONFIG_UEVENT_HELPER default

2014-07-03 Thread Ken Moffat
On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 11:35:09PM +0100, Ken Moffat wrote: > On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 12:55:26PM -0700, Andy Lutomirski wrote: > > On 06/24/2014 11:33 AM, Greg KH wrote: > > > On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 11:30:05AM -0700, Michael Marineau wrote: > > >> On Jun 24, 2014

Re: rtl_nic firmware error in 3.16

2014-07-03 Thread Ken Moffat
On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 03:17:23AM +0100, Ken Moffat wrote: > Hi, > > I'm getting 15 lines of the following in -rc2 > > /bin/sh: firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168e-3.fw.gen.S: No such file or directory > > followed by > firmware/Makefile:185: recipe for target > 'firmware/

Re: rtl_nic firmware error in 3.16

2014-07-03 Thread Ken Moffat
On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 03:17:23AM +0100, Ken Moffat wrote: Hi, I'm getting 15 lines of the following in -rc2 /bin/sh: firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168e-3.fw.gen.S: No such file or directory followed by firmware/Makefile:185: recipe for target 'firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168e-3.fw.gen.S' failed

Re: CONFIG_UEVENT_HELPER default

2014-07-03 Thread Ken Moffat
On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 11:35:09PM +0100, Ken Moffat wrote: On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 12:55:26PM -0700, Andy Lutomirski wrote: On 06/24/2014 11:33 AM, Greg KH wrote: On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 11:30:05AM -0700, Michael Marineau wrote: On Jun 24, 2014 11:23 AM, Alan Stern st

rtl_nic firmware error in 3.16

2014-06-25 Thread Ken Moffat
Hi, I'm getting 15 lines of the following in -rc2 /bin/sh: firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168e-3.fw.gen.S: No such file or directory followed by firmware/Makefile:185: recipe for target 'firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168e-3.fw.gen.S' failed make[1]: *** [firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168e-3.fw.gen.S] Error 1 I've now

rtl_nic firmware error in 3.16

2014-06-25 Thread Ken Moffat
Hi, I'm getting 15 lines of the following in -rc2 /bin/sh: firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168e-3.fw.gen.S: No such file or directory followed by firmware/Makefile:185: recipe for target 'firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168e-3.fw.gen.S' failed make[1]: *** [firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168e-3.fw.gen.S] Error 1 I've now

Re: CONFIG_UEVENT_HELPER default

2014-06-24 Thread Ken Moffat
On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 12:55:26PM -0700, Andy Lutomirski wrote: > On 06/24/2014 11:33 AM, Greg KH wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 11:30:05AM -0700, Michael Marineau wrote: > >> On Jun 24, 2014 11:23 AM, "Alan Stern" wrote: > >>> > >>> Michael and Greg: > >>> > >>> The help text for

Re: CONFIG_UEVENT_HELPER default

2014-06-24 Thread Ken Moffat
On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 12:55:26PM -0700, Andy Lutomirski wrote: On 06/24/2014 11:33 AM, Greg KH wrote: On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 11:30:05AM -0700, Michael Marineau wrote: On Jun 24, 2014 11:23 AM, Alan Stern st...@rowland.harvard.edu wrote: Michael and Greg: The help text for

Re: relative objtree change broke tar builds?

2014-06-18 Thread Ken Moffat
On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 09:47:28PM +0200, Michal Marek wrote: > > The idea is that one should be able to compare as much as possible > between the build of /usr/src/linux- built in > /usr/src/linux-/build and /usr/src/linux- built in > /usr/src/linux-/build. Michal, Now that you have sent a

Re: relative objtree change broke tar builds?

2014-06-18 Thread Ken Moffat
On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 09:47:28PM +0200, Michal Marek wrote: The idea is that one should be able to compare as much as possible between the build of /usr/src/linux-version_a built in /usr/src/linux-version_a/build and /usr/src/linux-version_b built in /usr/src/linux-version_b/build.

Re: [PATCH RFC 1/2] MAINTAINERS: Add "R:" designated-reviewers tag

2014-06-03 Thread Ken Moffat
On Mon, Jun 02, 2014 at 05:12:05PM -0700, Joe Perches wrote: > > "Tested-by:" tags would be more helpful if the test > cases that were used were somehow sent along with the > signature. > To me, that seems either a perverse, or else a bureaucratic, interpretation of what should go where.

Re: [PATCH RFC 1/2] MAINTAINERS: Add R: designated-reviewers tag

2014-06-03 Thread Ken Moffat
On Mon, Jun 02, 2014 at 05:12:05PM -0700, Joe Perches wrote: Tested-by: tags would be more helpful if the test cases that were used were somehow sent along with the signature. To me, that seems either a perverse, or else a bureaucratic, interpretation of what should go where. Tested-by

Re: Licensing & copyright of kernel .config files (defconfig, *config)

2014-06-01 Thread Ken Moffat
On Sun, Jun 01, 2014 at 01:43:01AM +, Robin H. Johnson wrote: > (Please CC me on replies, not subscribed to LKML) > > Hi, > > Somewhat of an odd question, but none of the files in question seem to > have a copyright header on them... > > For a kernel .config file, either from one of the

Re: Licensing copyright of kernel .config files (defconfig, *config)

2014-06-01 Thread Ken Moffat
On Sun, Jun 01, 2014 at 01:43:01AM +, Robin H. Johnson wrote: (Please CC me on replies, not subscribed to LKML) Hi, Somewhat of an odd question, but none of the files in question seem to have a copyright header on them... For a kernel .config file, either from one of the defconfig

Re: Resume from suspend broken in 3.15. (bisected)

2014-05-29 Thread Ken Moffat
On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 7:49 PM, Ken Moffat > >>> wrote: > >>> > On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 06:25:21PM +0100, Ken Moffat wrote: > >>> >> Hi Daniel, > >>> >> > >>> > > >>> > [ correcting details, confirming that

Re: Resume from suspend broken in 3.15. (bisected)

2014-05-29 Thread Ken Moffat
, May 28, 2014 at 7:49 PM, Ken Moffat zarniwh...@ntlworld.com wrote: On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 06:25:21PM +0100, Ken Moffat wrote: Hi Daniel, [ correcting details, confirming that reverting this does fix the problem, adding Cc:s ] I've only started full testing of 3.15

Re: Resume from suspend broken in 3.15. (bisected)

2014-05-28 Thread Ken Moffat
On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 06:25:21PM +0100, Ken Moffat wrote: > Hi Daniel, > [ correcting details, confirming that reverting this does fix the problem, adding Cc:s ] > I've only started full testing of 3.15 on one of my machines now > that -rc7 has been released (this one ha

Resume from suspend broken in 3.15. (bisected)

2014-05-28 Thread Ken Moffat
Hi Daniel, I've only started full testing of 3.15 on one of my machines now that -rc7 has been released (this one had two issues in the radeon code, second was fixed in rc7). Unfortunately, suspend to RAM (pm-suspend), or rather the wake-up, is broken on this box [ my other two boxes are fine

Re: Resume from suspend broken in 3.15. (bisected)

2014-05-28 Thread Ken Moffat
On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 06:25:21PM +0100, Ken Moffat wrote: Hi Daniel, [ correcting details, confirming that reverting this does fix the problem, adding Cc:s ] I've only started full testing of 3.15 on one of my machines now that -rc7 has been released (this one had two issues

Resume from suspend broken in 3.15. (bisected)

2014-05-28 Thread Ken Moffat
Hi Daniel, I've only started full testing of 3.15 on one of my machines now that -rc7 has been released (this one had two issues in the radeon code, second was fixed in rc7). Unfortunately, suspend to RAM (pm-suspend), or rather the wake-up, is broken on this box [ my other two boxes are fine

Re: Bug? Older 32 bit program (CivCTP) no longer works under 64 bit kernel

2014-05-15 Thread Ken Moffat
On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 08:24:05PM -0500, David Hagood wrote: > I have an old native Linux 32 bit copy of Civilization: Call to Power. It > used to work under a 64 bit environment back in the 3.0.x days. However, > under recent versions (>3.5) it no longer runs - it complains that it cannot > find

Re: Bug? Older 32 bit program (CivCTP) no longer works under 64 bit kernel

2014-05-15 Thread Ken Moffat
On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 08:24:05PM -0500, David Hagood wrote: I have an old native Linux 32 bit copy of Civilization: Call to Power. It used to work under a 64 bit environment back in the 3.0.x days. However, under recent versions (3.5) it no longer runs - it complains that it cannot find

Re: More breakage on HD7480D [ Aruba ]

2014-05-13 Thread Ken Moffat
t; > Christian. > Thanks, works like a charm. If it adds any utility, feel free to add Tested-by: Ken Moffat ĸen > Am 12.05.2014 18:32, schrieb Ken Moffat: > >On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 09:32:54AM +0200, Christian König wrote: > >>Hi Ken, > >> > >>*sigh* did

Re: More breakage on HD7480D [ Aruba ]

2014-05-13 Thread Ken Moffat
, works like a charm. If it adds any utility, feel free to add Tested-by: Ken Moffat zarniwh...@ntlworld.com ĸen Am 12.05.2014 18:32, schrieb Ken Moffat: On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 09:32:54AM +0200, Christian König wrote: Hi Ken, *sigh* did I already mentioned that I hate PLLs? As soon as you fix

Re: More breakage on HD7480D [ Aruba ]

2014-05-11 Thread Ken Moffat
On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 01:34:06AM +0100, Ken Moffat wrote: /me swears at myself for failing to copy to lkml. > Hi Christian, Alex - > > my A4 Trinity (Radeon HD7480D) was working fine by -rc3. But now > that I've tested it in -rc5 it is again broken (the screen goes > blank

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