Re: Drop support for x86-32

2012-08-25 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
cs drivers. Then help them and send patches. Trolling does not help Bernd -- Bernd Petrovitsch Email : be...@petrovitsch.priv.at LUGA : http://www.luga.at -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the

Re: Drop support for x86-32

2012-08-25 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
. Trolling does not help Bernd -- Bernd Petrovitsch Email : be...@petrovitsch.priv.at LUGA : http://www.luga.at -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo

Re: Drop support for x86-32

2012-08-24 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
On Fre, 2012-08-24 at 14:59 +0200, wbrana wrote: > On 8/24/12, Bernd Petrovitsch wrote: [...] > > And you obviously never thought about embedded devices. > > Servers, laptops, notebooks and desktop computers are not the whole > > computing world - and from the pure numbers

Re: Drop support for x86-32

2012-08-24 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
l be developed "faster" (whatever that means to you)? *If* you really miss something in some other parts (compilers, virtualization, ...) or they developing to slow *for you*, help them and send patches there but do not try to lure others into fighting your cause. Sorry to all o

Re: Drop support for x86-32

2012-08-24 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
other parts (compilers, virtualization, ...) or they developing to slow *for you*, help them and send patches there but do not try to lure others into fighting your cause. Sorry to all others for feeding the troll, Bernd -- Bernd Petrovitsch Email : be...@petrovitsch.priv.at

Re: Drop support for x86-32

2012-08-24 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
On Fre, 2012-08-24 at 14:59 +0200, wbrana wrote: On 8/24/12, Bernd Petrovitsch be...@petrovitsch.priv.at wrote: [...] And you obviously never thought about embedded devices. Servers, laptops, notebooks and desktop computers are not the whole computing world - and from the pure numbers

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2012-08-10 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
t = tegra_pinctrl_dt_subnode_to_map(pctldev->dev, np, map, > _maps, > num_maps); > if (ret < 0) { Kinf regards, Bernd -- Bernd Petrovitsch Email : be...@petrovitsch.priv.at LUGA : http://www.lug

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2012-08-10 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
, reserved_maps, num_maps); if (ret 0) { Kinf regards, Bernd -- Bernd Petrovitsch Email : be...@petrovitsch.priv.at LUGA : http://www.luga.at -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body

RE: [linux-pm] [PATCH] ACPI: replace strlen("string") with sizeof("string") -1

2012-08-07 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
t know the difference between a pointer and an array (and these are vastly different), go learn something new about C. Bernd -- Bernd Petrovitsch Email : be...@petrovitsch.priv.at LUGA : http://www.luga.at -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the l

RE: [linux-pm] [PATCH] ACPI: replace strlen(string) with sizeof(string) -1

2012-08-07 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
and an array (and these are vastly different), go learn something new about C. Bernd -- Bernd Petrovitsch Email : be...@petrovitsch.priv.at LUGA : http://www.luga.at -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body

Re: [LINUX-KERNEL] C++ in linux kernel

2008-02-11 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
On Mon, 2008-02-11 at 17:07 +0530, rohit h wrote: > On Feb 8, 2008 9:24 PM, Jan Engelhardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > > Compiling the kernel module with g++ is not a simple work, you may > > need big patch for kernel itself. > > I don't want to compile entire kernel. > I only want to

Re: [LINUX-KERNEL] C++ in linux kernel

2008-02-11 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
On Mon, 2008-02-11 at 17:07 +0530, rohit h wrote: On Feb 8, 2008 9:24 PM, Jan Engelhardt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] Compiling the kernel module with g++ is not a simple work, you may need big patch for kernel itself. I don't want to compile entire kernel. I only want to compile my

Re: [LINUX-KERNEL] C++ in linux kernel

2008-02-08 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
On Fre, 2008-02-08 at 10:51 +0530, rohit h wrote: > Hi, > I am a kernel newbie. > I tried to insmod a C++ module containing classes, inheritance. > I am getting 'unresolved symbol' error when I use the 'new' keyword. > What could the problem be? That you used C++ is the problem. Use plain C

Re: [LINUX-KERNEL] C++ in linux kernel

2008-02-08 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
On Fre, 2008-02-08 at 10:51 +0530, rohit h wrote: Hi, I am a kernel newbie. I tried to insmod a C++ module containing classes, inheritance. I am getting 'unresolved symbol' error when I use the 'new' keyword. What could the problem be? That you used C++ is the problem. Use plain C and

Re: [PATCH] USB: mark USB drivers as being GPL only

2008-02-05 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
On Die, 2008-02-05 at 21:48 +1030, David Newall wrote: > Bernd Petrovitsch writes: > > On Mon, 2008-02-04 at 01:37 +1030, David Newall wrote: > > [...] > >> disadvantage Linux with respect to many classes of devices, for example > >> GSM transceivers when used i

Re: [PATCH] USB: mark USB drivers as being GPL only

2008-02-05 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
On Mon, 2008-02-04 at 01:37 +1030, David Newall wrote: [...] > disadvantage Linux with respect to many classes of devices, for example > GSM transceivers when used in those parts of the world^ where regulatory > requirements prohibit modification of power or frequency settings, which > effectively

Re: [PATCH] USB: mark USB drivers as being GPL only

2008-02-05 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
On Mon, 2008-02-04 at 01:37 +1030, David Newall wrote: [...] disadvantage Linux with respect to many classes of devices, for example GSM transceivers when used in those parts of the world^ where regulatory requirements prohibit modification of power or frequency settings, which effectively

Re: [PATCH] USB: mark USB drivers as being GPL only

2008-02-05 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
On Die, 2008-02-05 at 21:48 +1030, David Newall wrote: Bernd Petrovitsch writes: On Mon, 2008-02-04 at 01:37 +1030, David Newall wrote: [...] disadvantage Linux with respect to many classes of devices, for example GSM transceivers when used in those parts of the world^ where regulatory

Re: Why is the kfree() argument const?

2008-01-16 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
On Mit, 2008-01-16 at 08:48 -0800, Christoph Lameter wrote: > On Wed, 16 Jan 2008, Johannes Weiner wrote: > > > is there any reason why kfree() takes a const pointer just to degrade it > > with the call to slab_free()/__cache_free() again? The promise that the > > pointee is not modified is just

Re: Why is the kfree() argument const?

2008-01-16 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
On Mit, 2008-01-16 at 08:48 -0800, Christoph Lameter wrote: On Wed, 16 Jan 2008, Johannes Weiner wrote: is there any reason why kfree() takes a const pointer just to degrade it with the call to slab_free()/__cache_free() again? The promise that the pointee is not modified is just bogus

Re: The ext3 way of journalling

2008-01-14 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
On Mon, 2008-01-14 at 13:11 +0200, Tuomo Valkonen wrote: > On 2008-01-14 10:57 +0100, Bernd Petrovitsch wrote: > > That leads to the question why the clock starts to run like crazy at > > some time so that `ntpd` can't cope with it. > > I do wonder whether the PSU could've

Re: The ext3 way of journalling

2008-01-14 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
On Mon, 2008-01-14 at 09:48 +, Tuomo Valkonen wrote: > On 2008-01-14, Bernd Petrovitsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yes, that is a usual bug/problem in common distributions[0] as there is > > no real guarantee that your clock is not far off. > > It isn't,

Re: The ext3 way of journalling

2008-01-14 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
On Mon, 2008-01-14 at 09:15 +0200, Tuomo Valkonen wrote: [...] > ntpdate isn't run by any of the init scripts. ntpd is, but like I Yes, that is a usual bug/problem in common distributions[0] as there is no real guarantee that your clock is not far off. Add your timeservers in

Re: The ext3 way of journalling

2008-01-14 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
On Mon, 2008-01-14 at 09:15 +0200, Tuomo Valkonen wrote: [...] ntpdate isn't run by any of the init scripts. ntpd is, but like I Yes, that is a usual bug/problem in common distributions[0] as there is no real guarantee that your clock is not far off. Add your timeservers in

Re: The ext3 way of journalling

2008-01-14 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
On Mon, 2008-01-14 at 09:48 +, Tuomo Valkonen wrote: On 2008-01-14, Bernd Petrovitsch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, that is a usual bug/problem in common distributions[0] as there is no real guarantee that your clock is not far off. It isn't, right after boot. But while the system

Re: The ext3 way of journalling

2008-01-14 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
On Mon, 2008-01-14 at 13:11 +0200, Tuomo Valkonen wrote: On 2008-01-14 10:57 +0100, Bernd Petrovitsch wrote: That leads to the question why the clock starts to run like crazy at some time so that `ntpd` can't cope with it. I do wonder whether the PSU could've been causing it. Now

Re: [PATCH] checkpatch.pl: allow piping

2008-01-11 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
On Fre, 2008-01-11 at 01:47 -0800, Daniel Walker wrote: > On Fri, 2008-01-11 at 10:41 +0100, Jiri Slaby wrote: > > On 01/11/2008 10:36 AM, Daniel Walker wrote: > > > On Fri, 2008-01-11 at 10:34 +0100, Jiri Slaby wrote: > > >> If somebody is hacking kernel, I think he should know the - trick used

Re: [PATCH] checkpatch.pl: allow piping

2008-01-11 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
On Fre, 2008-01-11 at 01:30 -0800, Daniel Walker wrote: > On Fri, 2008-01-11 at 10:23 +0100, Bernd Petrovitsch wrote: > > On Fre, 2008-01-11 at 10:21 +0100, Jiri Slaby wrote: > > > On 01/11/2008 10:17 AM, Daniel Walker wrote: > > > > On Fri, 2008-01-11 at

Re: [PATCH] checkpatch.pl: allow piping

2008-01-11 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
On Fre, 2008-01-11 at 10:21 +0100, Jiri Slaby wrote: > On 01/11/2008 10:17 AM, Daniel Walker wrote: > > On Fri, 2008-01-11 at 09:52 +0100, Jiri Slaby wrote: > >> On 01/11/2008 05:10 AM, Daniel Walker wrote: > >>> A little feature addition to allow checkpatch.pl to check patches piped > >>> into

Re: [PATCH] checkpatch.pl: allow piping

2008-01-11 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
On Fre, 2008-01-11 at 10:21 +0100, Jiri Slaby wrote: On 01/11/2008 10:17 AM, Daniel Walker wrote: On Fri, 2008-01-11 at 09:52 +0100, Jiri Slaby wrote: On 01/11/2008 05:10 AM, Daniel Walker wrote: A little feature addition to allow checkpatch.pl to check patches piped into it, in addition

Re: [PATCH] checkpatch.pl: allow piping

2008-01-11 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
On Fre, 2008-01-11 at 01:47 -0800, Daniel Walker wrote: On Fri, 2008-01-11 at 10:41 +0100, Jiri Slaby wrote: On 01/11/2008 10:36 AM, Daniel Walker wrote: On Fri, 2008-01-11 at 10:34 +0100, Jiri Slaby wrote: If somebody is hacking kernel, I think he should know the - trick used in many

Re: [PATCH] checkpatch.pl: allow piping

2008-01-11 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
On Fre, 2008-01-11 at 01:30 -0800, Daniel Walker wrote: On Fri, 2008-01-11 at 10:23 +0100, Bernd Petrovitsch wrote: On Fre, 2008-01-11 at 10:21 +0100, Jiri Slaby wrote: On 01/11/2008 10:17 AM, Daniel Walker wrote: On Fri, 2008-01-11 at 09:52 +0100, Jiri Slaby wrote: On 01/11/2008 05

Re: The ext3 way of journalling

2008-01-08 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
Sorry for feeding the troll: On Die, 2008-01-08 at 17:52 +, Tuomo Valkonen wrote: > On 2008-01-08, Andre Noll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Use tune2fs to deactivate checking. > > So, a workaround is the answer to a clear bug. Typical FOSS. At least you get a simple solution for your

Re: The ext3 way of journalling

2008-01-08 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
Sorry for feeding the troll: On Die, 2008-01-08 at 17:52 +, Tuomo Valkonen wrote: On 2008-01-08, Andre Noll [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Use tune2fs to deactivate checking. So, a workaround is the answer to a clear bug. Typical FOSS. At least you get a simple solution for your problem:

Re: Get physical MAC address

2008-01-02 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
On Die, 2008-01-01 at 22:58 -0600, Matt Domsch wrote: > On Mon, Dec 31, 2007 at 12:39:11PM +0700, Theewara Vorakosit wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I get MAC address from ioctl. However, ifconfig can change this MAC > > address. Can I get a real physical MAC address of the NIC? > > yes. It's

Re: Get physical MAC address

2008-01-02 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
On Die, 2008-01-01 at 22:58 -0600, Matt Domsch wrote: On Mon, Dec 31, 2007 at 12:39:11PM +0700, Theewara Vorakosit wrote: Hello, I get MAC address from ioctl. However, ifconfig can change this MAC address. Can I get a real physical MAC address of the NIC? yes. It's

Re: Get physical MAC address

2008-01-01 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
On Mon, 2007-12-31 at 12:39 +0700, Theewara Vorakosit wrote: [...] > I get MAC address from ioctl. However, ifconfig can change this MAC > address. Can I get a real physical MAC address of the NIC? - You can get the initial MAC address right after bootup before anyone changes it. - Some (if

Re: Get physical MAC address

2008-01-01 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
On Mon, 2007-12-31 at 12:39 +0700, Theewara Vorakosit wrote: [...] I get MAC address from ioctl. However, ifconfig can change this MAC address. Can I get a real physical MAC address of the NIC? - You can get the initial MAC address right after bootup before anyone changes it. - Some (if not

Re: A peek at the future of storage

2007-12-12 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
On Mit, 2007-12-12 at 10:02 -0800, Daniel Phillips wrote: > On Wednesday 12 December 2007 09:46, J. Bruce Fields wrote: [...] > > People have proposed writing a daemon that just reads > > /proc/net/rpc/nfsd periodically and uses that to adjust the number of > > threads from userspace, probably

Re: A peek at the future of storage

2007-12-12 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
On Mit, 2007-12-12 at 10:02 -0800, Daniel Phillips wrote: On Wednesday 12 December 2007 09:46, J. Bruce Fields wrote: [...] People have proposed writing a daemon that just reads /proc/net/rpc/nfsd periodically and uses that to adjust the number of threads from userspace, probably subject to

Re: kernel source code repository?

2007-12-06 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
On Don, 2007-12-06 at 21:46 +0530, Amogh Hushdar wrote: [...] > none of this is available, at least a tarball that I can download > using my browser? Look at http://www.kernel.org/ Bernd -- Firmix Software GmbH http://www.firmix.at/ mobil: +43 664 4416156

Re: kernel source code repository?

2007-12-06 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
On Don, 2007-12-06 at 21:46 +0530, Amogh Hushdar wrote: [...] none of this is available, at least a tarball that I can download using my browser? Look at http://www.kernel.org/ Bernd -- Firmix Software GmbH http://www.firmix.at/ mobil: +43 664 4416156

Re: duplicated include files

2007-11-04 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
On Sun, 2007-11-04 at 14:49 -0500, Robert P. J. Day wrote: [...] > actually, one wonders if there's any value in keeping any references > to other version control systems such as subversion, SCCS, CVS, > mercurial, etc. Lots of people have their working trees in CVS, Subversion, So it

Re: duplicated include files

2007-11-04 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
On Sun, 2007-11-04 at 14:49 -0500, Robert P. J. Day wrote: [...] actually, one wonders if there's any value in keeping any references to other version control systems such as subversion, SCCS, CVS, mercurial, etc. Lots of people have their working trees in CVS, Subversion, So it probably

Re: Linux Security *Module* Framework (Was: LSM conversion to static interface)

2007-10-30 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
On Thu, 2007-10-25 at 09:04 -0700, Ray Lee wrote: > On 10/25/07, Bernd Petrovitsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mit, 2007-10-24 at 17:35 -0700, Ray Lee wrote: > > [] > > > Key-based masterlocks are easily broken with freon, and their combo > > > loc

Re: Linux Security *Module* Framework (Was: LSM conversion to static interface)

2007-10-30 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
On Thu, 2007-10-25 at 09:04 -0700, Ray Lee wrote: On 10/25/07, Bernd Petrovitsch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mit, 2007-10-24 at 17:35 -0700, Ray Lee wrote: [] Key-based masterlocks are easily broken with freon, and their combo locks are easily brute-forced in about ten minutes. Yet

Re: Linux Security *Module* Framework (Was: LSM conversion to static interface)

2007-10-25 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
On Mit, 2007-10-24 at 17:35 -0700, Ray Lee wrote: [] > Key-based masterlocks are easily broken with freon, and their combo > locks are easily brute-forced in about ten minutes. Yet, I'll still > use them to lock up my bike and garage. The question is what the security threat is and the value

Re: Linux Security *Module* Framework (Was: LSM conversion to static interface)

2007-10-25 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
On Mit, 2007-10-24 at 17:35 -0700, Ray Lee wrote: [] Key-based masterlocks are easily broken with freon, and their combo locks are easily brute-forced in about ten minutes. Yet, I'll still use them to lock up my bike and garage. The question is what the security threat is and the value of

Re: [PATCH] Intel Manageability Engine Interface driver

2007-10-24 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
On Die, 2007-10-23 at 15:35 -0400, Lennart Sorensen wrote: > On Tue, Oct 23, 2007 at 11:22:50AM -0700, Roland Dreier wrote: > > It's not a hard experiment to do. > > > > The answer is: > > > > warning: suggest parentheses around assignment used as truth value > > A warning is not an error.

Re: [PATCH] Intel Manageability Engine Interface driver

2007-10-24 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
On Die, 2007-10-23 at 15:35 -0400, Lennart Sorensen wrote: On Tue, Oct 23, 2007 at 11:22:50AM -0700, Roland Dreier wrote: It's not a hard experiment to do. The answer is: warning: suggest parentheses around assignment used as truth value A warning is not an error. It won't

Re: Patch for WindowsMobile5 on Linux Kernel

2007-10-09 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
On Die, 2007-10-09 at 12:20 +0300, Grosjo.net - jom wrote: [...] > Would it be possible to include the patches (available on www.synce.org) > for WindowsMobile5, as most mobile phones are under Window$, and it is > very convenient to connect it to the laptop under Linux do { Test them

Re: Patch for WindowsMobile5 on Linux Kernel

2007-10-09 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
On Die, 2007-10-09 at 12:20 +0300, Grosjo.net - jom wrote: [...] Would it be possible to include the patches (available on www.synce.org) for WindowsMobile5, as most mobile phones are under Window$, and it is very convenient to connect it to the laptop under Linux do { Test them review

Re: [Announce] Linux-tiny project revival

2007-09-28 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
On Fre, 2007-09-28 at 00:21 +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > On Thursday 27 September 2007, you wrote: > > > Then you don't have to change every single printk in the kernel, but > > > only those that don't currently come with a log level. More importantly, > > > you can do the conversion without a

Re: Floating Point Issue

2007-09-28 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
On Don, 2007-09-27 at 12:41 +0100, mahamuni ashish wrote: > I have small code And the relevance to the Linux kernel as such is? [] Add "-Wall -Wextra" and fix all errors and warnings. > Expected output is No. Bernd -- Firmix Software GmbH

Re: [Announce] Linux-tiny project revival

2007-09-28 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
On Fre, 2007-09-28 at 00:21 +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote: On Thursday 27 September 2007, you wrote: Then you don't have to change every single printk in the kernel, but only those that don't currently come with a log level. More importantly, you can do the conversion without a flag day, by

Re: Floating Point Issue

2007-09-28 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
On Don, 2007-09-27 at 12:41 +0100, mahamuni ashish wrote: I have small code And the relevance to the Linux kernel as such is? [] Add -Wall -Wextra and fix all errors and warnings. Expected output is No. Bernd -- Firmix Software GmbH http://www.firmix.at/

Re: [PATCH] 9p: rename uid and gid parameters

2007-09-13 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
On Thu, 2007-09-13 at 08:51 -0600, Latchesar Ionkov wrote: > Zero was the value that was used before, even though it wasn't defined > explicitly. I just defined a macro so we can see and eventually change > it to something better. I don't know if there is a good default value. > Is nfsnobody the

Re: [PATCH] 9p: rename uid and gid parameters

2007-09-13 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
On Thu, 2007-09-13 at 08:51 -0600, Latchesar Ionkov wrote: Zero was the value that was used before, even though it wasn't defined explicitly. I just defined a macro so we can see and eventually change it to something better. I don't know if there is a good default value. Is nfsnobody the same

Re: Building a kernel-source RPM (not a kernel RPM)?

2007-09-12 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
On Wed, 2007-09-12 at 20:16 +0200, Sam Ravnborg wrote: > > > > But we are talking[0] about a kernel-source-$VERSION.$ARCH.rpm's which > > contain > > the kernel sources (read: lots of .c and .h files, etc.) - including a > > matching > > .config and after `make oldconfig` - so that one can build

Re: Building a kernel-source RPM (not a kernel RPM)?

2007-09-12 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
On Wed, 2007-09-12 at 19:51 +0200, Sam Ravnborg wrote: > On Wed, Sep 12, 2007 at 07:11:21PM +0200, Bernd Petrovitsch wrote: > > On Wed, 2007-09-12 at 19:05 +0200, Sam Ravnborg wrote: > > [] > > > Being rpm ignorant I do not know what the expected content of a

Re: Building a kernel-source RPM (not a kernel RPM)?

2007-09-12 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
On Wed, 2007-09-12 at 10:31 -0700, Dan Stromberg wrote: > On Wed, 12 Sep 2007 19:09:26 +0200, Bernd Petrovitsch wrote: [...] > >> I'm on a SuSE system. > >> > >> I'm working on automating the install of said system, but it needs a > >> Linus kernel - 2.6

Re: Building a kernel-source RPM (not a kernel RPM)?

2007-09-12 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
On Wed, 2007-09-12 at 09:13 -0700, Dan Stromberg wrote: > I sent this to kernel newbies first, and while I got one response there, > it answered a different question than the one I was asking... Are you sure? > I'm on a SuSE system. > > I'm working on automating the install of said system, but

Re: Building a kernel-source RPM (not a kernel RPM)?

2007-09-12 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
On Wed, 2007-09-12 at 19:05 +0200, Sam Ravnborg wrote: [] > Being rpm ignorant I do not know what the expected content of a kernel-source > RPM > are but this is the available targets for kernel packaging (from make help): The kernel-source including all patches and configured as usually to

Re: Building a kernel-source RPM (not a kernel RPM)?

2007-09-12 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
On Wed, 2007-09-12 at 09:13 -0700, Dan Stromberg wrote: I sent this to kernel newbies first, and while I got one response there, it answered a different question than the one I was asking... Are you sure? I'm on a SuSE system. I'm working on automating the install of said system, but it

Re: Building a kernel-source RPM (not a kernel RPM)?

2007-09-12 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
On Wed, 2007-09-12 at 19:05 +0200, Sam Ravnborg wrote: [] Being rpm ignorant I do not know what the expected content of a kernel-source RPM are but this is the available targets for kernel packaging (from make help): The kernel-source including all patches and configured as usually to be

Re: Building a kernel-source RPM (not a kernel RPM)?

2007-09-12 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
On Wed, 2007-09-12 at 10:31 -0700, Dan Stromberg wrote: On Wed, 12 Sep 2007 19:09:26 +0200, Bernd Petrovitsch wrote: [...] I'm on a SuSE system. I'm working on automating the install of said system, but it needs a Linus kernel - 2.6.21.7 specifically, and it needs kernel source too so

Re: Building a kernel-source RPM (not a kernel RPM)?

2007-09-12 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
On Wed, 2007-09-12 at 19:51 +0200, Sam Ravnborg wrote: On Wed, Sep 12, 2007 at 07:11:21PM +0200, Bernd Petrovitsch wrote: On Wed, 2007-09-12 at 19:05 +0200, Sam Ravnborg wrote: [] Being rpm ignorant I do not know what the expected content of a kernel-source RPM

Re: Building a kernel-source RPM (not a kernel RPM)?

2007-09-12 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
On Wed, 2007-09-12 at 20:16 +0200, Sam Ravnborg wrote: But we are talking[0] about a kernel-source-$VERSION.$ARCH.rpm's which contain the kernel sources (read: lots of .c and .h files, etc.) - including a matching .config and after `make oldconfig` - so that one can build out-of-tree

Re: GPL weasels and the atheros stink

2007-09-02 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
On Sun, 2007-09-02 at 16:03 +0200, Marc Espie wrote: [...] > So, now, it's down to dirty fighting. Absorbing and `relicensing' and > evolving code. Have you all been bitten my RMS paranoia (that leads to > this `interesting GPLv3) ? Do you intend to keep grabbing BSD code and > putting it

Re: GPL weasels and the atheros stink

2007-09-02 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
On Sun, 2007-09-02 at 16:03 +0200, Marc Espie wrote: [...] So, now, it's down to dirty fighting. Absorbing and `relicensing' and evolving code. Have you all been bitten my RMS paranoia (that leads to this `interesting GPLv3) ? Do you intend to keep grabbing BSD code and putting it

Re: How to learn Linux Kernel Programming

2007-08-22 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
On Wed, 2007-08-22 at 06:47 +, Noud Aldenhoven wrote: > Thank you for your information and help, > > I think it's a lot more clear for me now. > I've seen the ldd3 some time ago, but someone told me that book was > out-of-date. Guess he was wrong. Would it also be use full to use some > kind

Re: How to learn Linux Kernel Programming

2007-08-22 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
On Wed, 2007-08-22 at 06:47 +, Noud Aldenhoven wrote: Thank you for your information and help, I think it's a lot more clear for me now. I've seen the ldd3 some time ago, but someone told me that book was out-of-date. Guess he was wrong. Would it also be use full to use some kind of

Re: gcc fixed size char array initialization bug - known?

2007-08-03 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
On Fri, 2007-08-03 at 11:40 +0800, WANG Cong wrote: > On Fri, Aug 03, 2007 at 08:47:56AM +0530, Satyam Sharma wrote: [] > >While we're talking of null-termination of strings, then I bet you > >generally want to be using strlcpy(), really. Often strncpy() isn't > >what you want. Of course, if

Re: gcc fixed size char array initialization bug - known?

2007-08-03 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
On Fri, 2007-08-03 at 11:40 +0800, WANG Cong wrote: On Fri, Aug 03, 2007 at 08:47:56AM +0530, Satyam Sharma wrote: [] While we're talking of null-termination of strings, then I bet you generally want to be using strlcpy(), really. Often strncpy() isn't what you want. Of course, if that

Re: [PATCH] type safe allocator

2007-08-02 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
On Thu, 2007-08-02 at 15:47 +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote: > On Thu, 2007-08-02 at 16:04 +0400, Alexey Dobriyan wrote: > > On 8/2/07, Miklos Szeredi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The linux kernel doesn't have a type safe object allocator a-la new() > > > in C++ or g_new() in glib. > > > > > >

Re: [PATCH] type safe allocator

2007-08-02 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
On Thu, 2007-08-02 at 15:47 +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote: On Thu, 2007-08-02 at 16:04 +0400, Alexey Dobriyan wrote: On 8/2/07, Miklos Szeredi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The linux kernel doesn't have a type safe object allocator a-la new() in C++ or g_new() in glib. Introduce two

Re: How to register block device as read-only

2007-07-28 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
On Fri, 2007-07-27 at 13:07 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello, > > In a block device driver, how do you tell the kernel that your block device > is read-only? Is it in the registration of the gendisk, or is there an > ioctl I should be catching to inform the kernel (and user) that this

Re: How to register block device as read-only

2007-07-28 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
On Fri, 2007-07-27 at 13:07 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, In a block device driver, how do you tell the kernel that your block device is read-only? Is it in the registration of the gendisk, or is there an ioctl I should be catching to inform the kernel (and user) that this disk

Re: Fwd: NPTL

2007-07-12 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
On Thu, 2007-07-12 at 15:58 +0300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] > >>No, a process also contains an address space. > Of course .. I ment they are _almoust_ similar. Not really. A process has one or more threads, (virtual) memory, open file descriptors, a uid, a gid and several other resources.

Re: Fwd: NPTL

2007-07-12 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
On Thu, 2007-07-12 at 15:58 +0300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] No, a process also contains an address space. Of course .. I ment they are _almoust_ similar. Not really. A process has one or more threads, (virtual) memory, open file descriptors, a uid, a gid and several other resources.

Re: How innovative is Linux?

2007-06-23 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
On Sat, 2007-06-23 at 14:17 +0200, Grozdan Nikolov wrote: [...] > Please CC me as I'm not subscribe to this mailing list, Perhaps you should change that and find most answers for yourself. > Thanks! Thanks! Bernd -- Firmix Software GmbH http://www.firmix.at/ mobil:

Re: How innovative is Linux?

2007-06-23 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
On Sat, 2007-06-23 at 14:17 +0200, Grozdan Nikolov wrote: [...] Please CC me as I'm not subscribe to this mailing list, Perhaps you should change that and find most answers for yourself. Thanks! Thanks! Bernd -- Firmix Software GmbH http://www.firmix.at/ mobil: +43

Re: Please release a stable kernel Linux 3.0

2007-06-22 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
On Fri, 2007-06-22 at 11:19 +0200, Xavier Bestel wrote: > On Thu, 2007-06-21 at 23:49 +0200, Zoltán HUBERT wrote: > > While some of you dislike > > closed source drivers, the choices "we users" face are: > > - closed source drivers with closed source OS > > - closed source drivers with open

Re: Please release a stable kernel Linux 3.0

2007-06-22 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
On Fri, 2007-06-22 at 00:57 +0200, Zoltán HUBERT wrote: [...] > Well, I'm using SuSE Pro 9.3 (excellent choice by the way), Perhaps in April 2005. And if I read http://www.pro-linux.de/security/7043 correctly it is unsupported anyways (sorry, I can't find a date on that page). ATM there are

Re: Please release a stable kernel Linux 3.0

2007-06-22 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
On Fri, 2007-06-22 at 00:57 +0200, Zoltán HUBERT wrote: [...] Well, I'm using SuSE Pro 9.3 (excellent choice by the way), Perhaps in April 2005. And if I read http://www.pro-linux.de/security/7043 correctly it is unsupported anyways (sorry, I can't find a date on that page). ATM there are

Re: Please release a stable kernel Linux 3.0

2007-06-22 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
On Fri, 2007-06-22 at 11:19 +0200, Xavier Bestel wrote: On Thu, 2007-06-21 at 23:49 +0200, Zoltán HUBERT wrote: While some of you dislike closed source drivers, the choices we users face are: - closed source drivers with closed source OS - closed source drivers with open source OS You

Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3

2007-06-21 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
On Wed, 2007-06-20 at 18:14 -0300, Tomas Neme wrote: [] > Why, if you let user-compiled kernels to run in a TiVo, it might be > modified so the TiVo can be used to pirate-copy protected content, Or it might be modified to fix a bug - either a technical one or a legal one as described below.

Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3

2007-06-21 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
On Wed, 2007-06-20 at 18:14 -0300, Tomas Neme wrote: [] Why, if you let user-compiled kernels to run in a TiVo, it might be modified so the TiVo can be used to pirate-copy protected content, Or it might be modified to fix a bug - either a technical one or a legal one as described below.

Re: Versioning file system

2007-06-20 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
On Tue, 2007-06-19 at 20:12 +0100, Jack Stone wrote: > H. Peter Anvin wrote: > > Chris Snook wrote: > >> I pointed out NetApp's .snapshot directories because that's a method > >> that uses legal path character, but doesn't break anything. With this > >> method, userspace tools will have to be

Re: Versioning file system

2007-06-20 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
On Tue, 2007-06-19 at 20:12 +0100, Jack Stone wrote: H. Peter Anvin wrote: Chris Snook wrote: I pointed out NetApp's .snapshot directories because that's a method that uses legal path character, but doesn't break anything. With this method, userspace tools will have to be taught that :

Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3

2007-06-17 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
On Sun, 2007-06-17 at 18:07 -0300, Alexandre Oliva wrote: [...] > However, as Ingo argued, not being able to patch holes, fix bugs and > add new features is a very bad idea. He was talking about the > software, but this is as true when it comes to the license. Yes, but the license of the license

Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3

2007-06-17 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
On Sun, 2007-06-17 at 15:55 -0300, Alexandre Oliva wrote: > On Jun 17, 2007, "Gabor Czigola" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I wonder why the linux kernel development community couldn't propose > > an own GPL draft (say v2.2) that is "as free as v2" and that includes > > some ideas (from v3)

Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3

2007-06-17 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
On Sun, 2007-06-17 at 15:55 -0300, Alexandre Oliva wrote: On Jun 17, 2007, Gabor Czigola [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I wonder why the linux kernel development community couldn't propose an own GPL draft (say v2.2) that is as free as v2 and that includes some ideas (from v3) that are

Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3

2007-06-17 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
On Sun, 2007-06-17 at 18:07 -0300, Alexandre Oliva wrote: [...] However, as Ingo argued, not being able to patch holes, fix bugs and add new features is a very bad idea. He was talking about the software, but this is as true when it comes to the license. Yes, but the license of the license of

Mailing style (was Re: coding style)

2007-06-15 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
On Fri, 2007-06-15 at 12:17 +0530, debian developer wrote: [...] > And *Please* do not top-post! Says the one without real name who is full quoting including even the mailing list footers. SCNR, Bernd -- Firmix Software GmbH http://www.firmix.at/ mobil: +43 664 4416156

Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3

2007-06-15 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
On Thu, 2007-06-14 at 19:37 -0300, Alexandre Oliva wrote: > On Jun 14, 2007, Alan Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > > For many juridisctions loading from disk into memory is copying and in > > some from memory to CPU cache a second copy. This is one reason as I > > understand it GPLv3 talks

Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3

2007-06-15 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
On Thu, 2007-06-14 at 19:37 -0300, Alexandre Oliva wrote: On Jun 14, 2007, Alan Cox [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] For many juridisctions loading from disk into memory is copying and in some from memory to CPU cache a second copy. This is one reason as I understand it GPLv3 talks about

Mailing style (was Re: coding style)

2007-06-15 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
On Fri, 2007-06-15 at 12:17 +0530, debian developer wrote: [...] And *Please* do not top-post! Says the one without real name who is full quoting including even the mailing list footers. SCNR, Bernd -- Firmix Software GmbH http://www.firmix.at/ mobil: +43 664 4416156

Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3

2007-06-14 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
On Thu, 2007-06-14 at 05:05 -0400, Daniel Hazelton wrote: > On Thursday 14 June 2007 04:37:55 Bernd Petrovitsch wrote: [...] > > > > covered by the GPL. > > > > > > Indeed, TiVO has this legal right. But then they must not use > > > > Do they? At least

Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3

2007-06-14 Thread Bernd Petrovitsch
On Wed, 2007-06-13 at 23:38 -0300, Alexandre Oliva wrote: > On Jun 13, 2007, Daniel Hazelton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wednesday 13 June 2007 19:49:23 Alexandre Oliva wrote: > > > Exactly. They don't. What TiVO prevents is using that modified version on > > their hardware. And they have

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