sysvinit maintainers: any objection to uploading this to p-u for etchnhalf? I can do the upload if you like (SRM permitting).
On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 05:25:39PM -0600, dann frazier wrote: > On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 04:51:08PM -0600, dann frazier wrote: > > On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 08:06:54PM +0200, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > > > [Luk Claes] > > > > Any progress on this? > > > > > > I'm not aware on anyone working on it. I am busy elsewhere, and do > > > not expect to be able to look at this for at least a month. :( > > > > > > I suspect the sysvinit maintainer team need fresh blood to be able to > > > push down the amount of bugs, and to work on updates in Etch. The > > > current members seem to be sury elsewhere, and at least I can only > > > look at sysvinit in bursts. :) > > > > I have access to quite a bit of hardware, do you have a suggested set > > of tests we can use for validation? > > I did some tests on a couple laptops here running fresh etch installs, > one that uses ahci/libata under both kernels, the other not. I can dig > up others configs if desired. > > Test Machine #1: hp nc2400 > -------------------------- > Controller: > 00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE > Controller (rev 01) > > I notice no behavior change with any combination of 2.6.24/2.6.18 and > the patched/unpatched shutdown. Both output: > > Will now halt. > Shutdown: hda > System halted. > > Test Machine #2: hp nc6320 > -------------------------- > Controller: > 00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) > Serial ATA Storage Controller AHCI (rev 01) > > There is no obvious change between the two shutdown commands on 2.6.18: > > Will now halt. > Synchronizing SCSI cache from disk sda: > System halted. > > 2.6.24 shows the well known warning w/ the unpatched shutdown: > > Will now halt. > sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Synchronizing SCSI cache > sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Stopping disk > ata1.00: DISK MIGHT NOT BE SPUN DOWN PROPERLY. UPDATE SHUTDOWN UTILITY > ata1.0.0: For more info, visit http://linux-ata.org/shutdown.html > System halted. > > 2.6.24 w/ a patched shutdown does not: > > Will now halt. > sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Synchronizing SCSI cache > sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Stopping disk > System halted. > > Not important, but for completion: > * In all cases, 2.6.18 also outputed a "psmouse.c: bad data from KBC - > timeout" message just before "System halted.". > * 2.6.18 on the nc6320 printed some usb hub status errors after > "System halted." in both cases. > > Conclusion > ---------- > There doesn't appear to be any regressions here for 2.6.18 users, and > it does successfully get rid of the warning message for 2.6.24 users. > This doesn't of course prove that the shutdown is occuring as > expected, but it is a good sign. (I'm unsure how to *prove* that the > disks are getting properly spundown - my ears aren't sensitive to > detect a difference.) > -- dann frazier -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
