Re: Merge Window closed, submitting patches?

> On 26 August 2018 at 15:36 John Whitmore wrote: > > > My question is about what to do during the closed window? I don't think I > should submit patches as I assume I'll create a backlog for the maintainer > who'll possibly be flooded when the window re-opens. Similarly I could create >

Re: what is the purpose of "console_silent" in printk.h?

> On 21 August 2018 at 13:41 rpj...@crashcourse.ca wrote: > > > >i note in include/linux/printk.h: > >static inline void console_silent(void) >{ > console_loglevel = CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL_SILENT; >} > > except i see no reference to "console_silent" anywhere else in the >

Re: Question about watchdog

> On 02 July 2018 at 09:29 Greg KH wrote: > > > On Mon, Jul 02, 2018 at 08:58:16AM +0100, Justin Skists wrote: > > > > > On 01 July 2018 at 13:44 bing zhu wrote: > > > > > > > > > Dear Sir/Ma'am > > > Thank you for your tim

Re: Question about watchdog

> On 01 July 2018 at 13:44 bing zhu wrote: > > > Dear Sir/Ma'am > Thank you for your time ,i'm a student new to linux kernel.at present ,i'd > like to create a kernel thread > say use kthread_create func ,my question is :how can i make this thread to > run on a cpu and never get switched or

Re: policy on externs

On Sat, Jun 02, 2018 at 07:33:46PM +0200, Greg KH wrote: > On Sat, Jun 02, 2018 at 05:23:20PM +0100, Justin Skists wrote: > > Hi, > > > > What is the kernel policy on using "extern" to share variables between > > source files in a module? > > > &

policy on externs

Hi, What is the kernel policy on using "extern" to share variables between source files in a module? I've been looking at one subsystem in staging [that shares variables quite a bit] to becoming familar with it, and seeing if I can help do some work on it in my free time. Personally I prefer to

Re: Eudyptula (Was: Kernelnewbies Digest, Vol 89, Issue 14)

> On 14 May 2018 at 08:43 Aleix Roca Nonell wrote: > > > On Wed, May 02, 2018 at 04:55:09PM +0200, Aleix Roca Nonell wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 26, 2018 at 10:01:18PM +0100, justin.ski...@juzza.co.uk wrote: > > > > > > > On 20 April 2018 at 07:28 Aleix Roca Nonell

Re: Compiler lacks asm go-to support

On Tue, May 08, 2018 at 01:11:51AM +0530, Bhanusree Pola wrote: > Hi all, > > I have cloned kernel from > git clone -b staging-testing > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/staging > while configuring the following error is shown > > arch/x86/Makefile:184: *** Compiler lacks

Eudyptula (Was: Kernelnewbies Digest, Vol 89, Issue 14)

> On 20 April 2018 at 07:28 Aleix Roca Nonell wrote: > > I just wanted to ask the same question. I'm still doing the challenge > but it has been amost two months since I sent my last solution and > there has not been any answer yet (except the usual auto-response of >

Re: Eudyptual Challenge website and email service down?

On 15 March 2018 12:26:40 GMT+00:00, Alexander Kapshuk wrote: >> Yes, the actual challenge has been put on hold and not taking in new >> participants, but they have been still responding to the current >> participants' emails. >> This looks like their server could

Re: QEMU environment setup for Linux Kernel

On Wed, Mar 07, 2018 at 11:11:25PM +0530, Pintu Kumar wrote: > So, I wanted to hear from other developer how they setup and use qemu > environment. I tend to use buildroot for my Linux hacking. (https://buildroot.org/download.html) (Or, sometimes Yocto when I'm feeling particularly brave) Then