Re: Bug#605009: serious performance regression with ext4

2010-11-27 Thread Raphael Hertzog
On Sat, 27 Nov 2010, Jonathan Nieder wrote: c) extract(a.dpkg-new); extract(b.dpkg-new); extract(c.dpkg-new); fsync(a.dpkg-new); fsync(b.dpkg-new); fsync(c.dpkg-new); rename(a.dpkg-new, a); rename(b.dpkg-new, b); rename(c.dpkg-new, c); (c)

Bug#605083: linux-2.6: MacBookAir3,* support: USB fixes

2010-11-27 Thread Julien BLACHE
Package: linux-2.6 Severity: wishlist Hi, Following the previous set of patches, attached is another patch needed for proper support of the new MacBook Air machines. USB seems troublesome and doesn't work properly without this patch. Thanks, JB. -- System Information: Debian Release:

Re: Bug#605009: serious performance regression with ext4

2010-11-27 Thread Guillem Jover
Hi! On Fri, 2010-11-26 at 16:52:54 -0500, Ted Ts'o wrote: On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 03:53:27PM +0100, Raphael Hertzog wrote: Just to sum up what dpkg --unpack does in 1.15.8.6: 1/ set the package status as half-installed/reinst-required 2/ extract all the new files as *.dpkg-new 3/ for all

Bug#604457: linux-image-2.6.26-2-xen-686: Raid10 exporting LV to xen results in error can't convert block across chunks or bigger than 64k

2010-11-27 Thread Wouter D'Haeseleer
Ben, I'm running 4 days now without any disk errors anymore. As stated in my previous message this is with the RedHat patch applied. If I compair the patches I see that the patch you grabed upstream does not deal with t-limits.max_sectors Thanks for a reply Wouter -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Bug#575833: problem still exists and should be fixed for embedded systems like the ALIX

2010-11-27 Thread Marcel Langner
dmesg output [ 861.86] WARNING: at /build/buildd-linux-2.6_2.6.32-27-i386-c5N4Hf/linux-2.6-2.6.32/debian/build/source_i386_none/net/sched/sch_generic.c:261 dev_watchdog+0xdb/0x170() [ 861.000115] NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth1 (via-rhine): transmit queue 0 timed out [ 861.000129] Modules linked in:

Re: Bug#605009: serious performance regression with ext4

2010-11-27 Thread Olaf van der Spek
On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 10:52 PM, Ted Ts'o ty...@mit.edu wrote: I am guessing you are doing (a) today --- am I right?  (c) or (d) would be best. Are there any plans to provide an API for atomic (non-durable) file updates, not involving fsync? Would be simpler (for apps), faster and more general

Bug#575833: problem still exists and should be fixed for embedded systems like the ALIX

2010-11-27 Thread Timo Juhani Lindfors
Marcel Langner marcel.lang...@gmx.net writes: Bug seems to exist for a long time now. Should be fixed before Squeeze gets out officially! 1) Are the scheduling while atomic and transmit timed out different bugs? 2) Have you tried if this occurs with mainline kernel from kernel.org? I have a

Bug#575833: problem still exists and should be fixed for embedded systems like the ALIX

2010-11-27 Thread Timo Juhani Lindfors
Marcel Langner marcel.lang...@gmx.net writes: Does a report exists for this transmit timeout problem already? I don't know. I have hit the issue only twice and it is difficult to debug so I did not report it yet. No I have not. Do you think it makes sense to try it? It's a long time since I

Bug#584314: lspci

2010-11-27 Thread Andreas Berger
here is the output of lspci -vv $ lspci -vv 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03) Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 0090 Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-

Bug#575833: problem still exists and should be fixed for embedded systems like the ALIX

2010-11-27 Thread Marcel Langner
I think that is needed. If it works with mainline kernel then we can start looking for the patch that fixed it. If it doesn't work then you can report the bug upstream. I guess I will then. Thanks for sharing. Nice to know, there are others with the same rare issues. Marcel -- To

Bug#575833: problem still exists and should be fixed for embedded systems like the ALIX

2010-11-27 Thread Marcel Langner
Network just crashed again. I will compile/install the new kernel first and try copying again. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive:

Bug#604457: linux-image-2.6.26-2-xen-686: Raid10 exporting LV to xen results in error can't convert block across chunks or bigger than 64k

2010-11-27 Thread Ben Hutchings
Neil, would you mind looking at this: On Sat, 2010-11-27 at 10:49 +0100, Wouter D'Haeseleer wrote: Ben, I'm running 4 days now without any disk errors anymore. As stated in my previous message this is with the RedHat patch applied. If I compair the patches I see that the patch you grabed

Bug#605083: linux-2.6: MacBookAir3,* support: USB fixes

2010-11-27 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Sat, 2010-11-27 at 10:31 +0100, Julien BLACHE wrote: Package: linux-2.6 Severity: wishlist Hi, Following the previous set of patches, attached is another patch needed for proper support of the new MacBook Air machines. USB seems troublesome and doesn't work properly without this

Bug#604083: add support for megaraid 9240 9260 9280 8704 8708 8880 8888

2010-11-27 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Fri, 2010-11-26 at 15:38 +0100, Bjørn Mork wrote: Ivan Sergio Borgonovo i...@webthatworks.it writes: I've just tested 2.6.32-28 from latest iso and it still doesn't work. The version of this driver included in experimental is reported to work on other distribution (0.17). If you'd

Bug#604457: linux-image-2.6.26-2-xen-686: Raid10 exporting LV to xen results in error can't convert block across chunks or bigger than 64k

2010-11-27 Thread Neil Brown
On Sat, 27 Nov 2010 19:53:54 + Ben Hutchings b...@debian.org wrote: Neil, would you mind looking at this: On Sat, 2010-11-27 at 10:49 +0100, Wouter D'Haeseleer wrote: Ben, I'm running 4 days now without any disk errors anymore. As stated in my previous message this is with the

Processed: tagging 604083

2010-11-27 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org: # Automatically generated email from bts, devscripts version 2.10.35lenny7 tags 604083 + pending Bug #604083 [linux-2.6] add support for megaraid 9240 9260 9280 8704 8708 8880 Added tag(s) pending. End of message, stopping processing here.

Processed: tagging 604457

2010-11-27 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org: tags 604457 + upstream Bug #604457 [linux-2.6] linux-image-2.6.26-2-xen-686: Raid10 exporting LV to xen results in error can't convert block across chunks or bigger than 64k Bug #461644 [linux-2.6] linux-image-2.6.18-5-xen-686: Exporting an

Bug#604083: add support for megaraid 9240 9260 9280 8704 8708 8880 8888

2010-11-27 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Wed, 2010-11-24 at 19:48 +0100, Ivan Sergio Borgonovo wrote: [...] I don't know how to help further to increase the chances that squeeze will have support for these controllers. If you could point me to some instructions I could follow to give you some useful feedback I'll be happy to

Bug#605090: linux-2.6: [RFC] Add a grsec featureset to Debian kernels

2010-11-27 Thread Yves-Alexis Perez
Package: linux-2.6 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch (resending without attachments so it's not too big for the list, they can be found on the bug report, sorry for the inconvenience) Hey people, First, please excuse me, I wasn't able to attend the Paris Miniconf and thus the kernel summit, to

[PATCH] econet: Move to staging; remove from defconfig

2010-11-27 Thread Ben Hutchings
Recent review has revealed several bugs in econet and other obscure protocol implementations that can be exploited by local users for denial of service or privilege escalation. The econet protocol (PF_ECONET) is unmaintained. There appear to be no published applications for it, and it has never

Bug#604824: linux-2.6: problems with ata disk interface: temporary freezes

2010-11-27 Thread Ben Hutchings
Let me repeat: Also send the output of 'lspci -vn', and the output of 'dmesg' when the system is booted without pci=noacpi. ^^^ Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Once a job is fouled up, anything done to improve it makes it worse. signature.asc Description: This is a

Processed: tagging 604748

2010-11-27 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org: # Automatically generated email from bts, devscripts version 2.10.35lenny7 tags 604748 + pending Bug #604748 [linux-image-2.6.32-5-ixp4xx] linux-image-2.6.32-5-ixp4xx: kernel stack trace errors in pppol2tp.ko Added tag(s) pending. End of

Bug#603229: Further information

2010-11-27 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Tue, 2010-11-23 at 13:17 +0100, Frede Feuerstein wrote: Hi ! This shows something about what's going wrong. Could you please try adding 'debug' to the kernel parameters? That will show some more context for these errors. I booted 2.6.32-5 with the debug option on, and for

Bug#605090: linux-2.6: [RFC] Add a grsec featureset to Debian kernels

2010-11-27 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Sat, 2010-11-27 at 23:34 +0100, Yves-Alexis Perez wrote: [...] == Configuration The KConfig is the one I use, which is open to discussion (like everything else anyway). I've tried to be fairly secure, so some features might not work for some people. When possible, options are

Re: [PATCH] econet: Move to staging; remove from defconfig

2010-11-27 Thread Greg KH
On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 10:44:28PM +, Ben Hutchings wrote: Recent review has revealed several bugs in econet and other obscure protocol implementations that can be exploited by local users for denial of service or privilege escalation. The econet protocol (PF_ECONET) is unmaintained.

Bug#605200: linux-image-2.6.32-5-686: ipw2100 fatal interrupts using TKIP (WPA2-PSK)

2010-11-27 Thread Andrew Pimlott
Package: linux-2.6 Version: 2.6.32-27 Severity: normal I set up a new wireless router and started getting frequent network dropouts associated with the message ipw2100: Fatal interrupt. Scheduling firmware restart. I have narrowed down the problem to TKIP encryption in WPA2-PSK. If I use WEP or

Re: [PATCH] econet: Move to staging; remove from defconfig

2010-11-27 Thread David Miller
From: Greg KH gre...@suse.de Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2010 16:21:35 -0800 And I need an ack from the networking maintainer to be able to accept this also. I'm not applying this, nor do I want anyone else to. If people think this protocol is not maintained adequately right now, wait until you push it

Bug#605204: linux-image-2.6.32-5-amd64: hp dv5035nr laptop: failed suspend make X crash

2010-11-27 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Sat, 2010-11-27 at 20:23 -0500, Andres Cimmarusti wrote: Package: linux-2.6 Version: 2.6.32-27 Severity: normal I formulated a bug report (#583968) about this laptop not being able to suspend/hibernate with KMS enabled (Xpress 200m radeon chip). A fix was backported from upstream

Re: [PATCH] econet: Move to staging; remove from defconfig

2010-11-27 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Sat, 2010-11-27 at 17:26 -0800, David Miller wrote: From: Greg KH gre...@suse.de Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2010 16:21:35 -0800 And I need an ack from the networking maintainer to be able to accept this also. I'm not applying this, nor do I want anyone else to. If people think this

Re: [PATCH] econet: Move to staging; remove from defconfig

2010-11-27 Thread Greg KH
On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 05:26:44PM -0800, David Miller wrote: From: Greg KH gre...@suse.de Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2010 16:21:35 -0800 And I need an ack from the networking maintainer to be able to accept this also. I'm not applying this, nor do I want anyone else to. If people think this

Re: [PATCH] econet: Move to staging; remove from defconfig

2010-11-27 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Sat, 2010-11-27 at 17:39 -0800, Greg KH wrote: On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 05:26:44PM -0800, David Miller wrote: From: Greg KH gre...@suse.de Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2010 16:21:35 -0800 And I need an ack from the networking maintainer to be able to accept this also. I'm not applying

Bug#594561: State of the bug 594561

2010-11-27 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Wed, 2010-11-24 at 22:29 +0100, Wenceslao González-Viñas wrote: Could someone tell me what is the state of this bug? What can I do to help to fix the problem? Well, you can prompt me to look again, as you did. :-) It seems that the code I changed, which looks like it sets the valid

Bug#605210: linux-image-2.6.32-5-amd64: cdrom stops working

2010-11-27 Thread Boris Barbour
Package: linux-2.6 Version: 2.6.32-27 Severity: important If a cdrom is inserted, things work for a short while. I can for instance read one or two files on the CD. But, invariably, it stops working and a number of error messages are logged. Typical messages are: [ 329.673137] UDF-fs:

Bug#604604: qemu-kvm: vm entry failed with error 0xffffffff; kvm_run returned -22

2010-11-27 Thread Ben Hutchings
Please can you test whether this is fixed in 2.6.32-28? We backported a KVM feature (VCPU_EVENTS) which meant we needed an additional fix beyond the one which Michael Tokarev identified, and that was done in -28. Note, by the way, that an i386 version of qemu-kvm will not work with the amd64

Bug#604457: linux-image-2.6.26-2-xen-686: Raid10 exporting LV to xen results in error can't convert block across chunks or bigger than 64k

2010-11-27 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Sun, 2010-11-28 at 08:28 +1100, Neil Brown wrote: On Sat, 27 Nov 2010 19:53:54 + Ben Hutchings b...@debian.org wrote: Neil, would you mind looking at this: On Sat, 2010-11-27 at 10:49 +0100, Wouter D'Haeseleer wrote: Ben, I'm running 4 days now without any disk errors

Bug#603229: Further information

2010-11-27 Thread Frede Feuerstein
Hi ! The error message about 'domain-cpu_power' does not refer to power management, but to the scheduler's estimation of the processing power of each group of processor threads. The scheduler is trying to group the processor threads by: - NUMA node (NODE; sharing a connection to RAM) -

Re: [PATCH] econet: Move to staging; remove from defconfig

2010-11-27 Thread David Miller
From: Ben Hutchings b...@decadent.org.uk Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2010 01:53:35 + On Sat, 2010-11-27 at 17:26 -0800, David Miller wrote: From: Greg KH gre...@suse.de Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2010 16:21:35 -0800 And I need an ack from the networking maintainer to be able to accept this also. I'm