[PATCH] drivers/clk/sunxi/clk-sunxi.c: small improvement of code

2013-05-17 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Hello Emilio, please apply the following patch: "cpu_data" is defined in a header files of architectures. In some architecture, the #define cpu_data is not a "macro-function", so the compiler will substitute the identifier with probably something wrong. --- a/drivers/clk/sunxi/clk-sunxi.c +++

[PATCH] drivers/clk/sunxi/clk-sunxi.c: small improvement of code

2013-05-17 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Hello Emilio, please apply the following patch: cpu_data is defined in a header files of architectures. In some architecture, the #define cpu_data is not a macro-function, so the compiler will substitute the identifier with probably something wrong. --- a/drivers/clk/sunxi/clk-sunxi.c +++

kernel bug at drivers/ide/ide-cd.c:1726 on lastest git

2008-01-31 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
I've a kernel bug since few days, but I've not yet had time to bisect. The output is in: http://cateee.net/kernel/dsc00169.jpg ciao cate -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at

kernel bug at drivers/ide/ide-cd.c:1726 on lastest git

2008-01-31 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
I've a kernel bug since few days, but I've not yet had time to bisect. The output is in: http://cateee.net/kernel/dsc00169.jpg ciao cate -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at

Re: Why is the kfree() argument const?

2008-01-18 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
And to demostrate that Linus is not the only person with this view, I copy some paragraphs from C99 rationale (you can find standard, rationale and other documents in http://clc-wiki.net/wiki/C_standardisation:ISO ) Page 75 of C99 rationale: Type qualifiers were introduced in part to provide

Re: Why is the kfree() argument const?

2008-01-18 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
And to demostrate that Linus is not the only person with this view, I copy some paragraphs from C99 rationale (you can find standard, rationale and other documents in http://clc-wiki.net/wiki/C_standardisation:ISO ) Page 75 of C99 rationale: Type qualifiers were introduced in part to provide

Re: Why is the kfree() argument const?

2008-01-17 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Linus Torvalds wrote: > > On Thu, 17 Jan 2008, David Schwartz wrote: >>> "const" has nothing to do with "logical state". It has one meaning, and >>> one meaning only: the compiler should complain if that particular type is >>> used to do a write access. >> Right, exactly. > > So why do you

Re: Why is the kfree() argument const?

2008-01-17 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Linus Torvalds wrote: On Thu, 17 Jan 2008, David Schwartz wrote: const has nothing to do with logical state. It has one meaning, and one meaning only: the compiler should complain if that particular type is used to do a write access. Right, exactly. So why do you complain? kfree()

Re: proc/bus.usb regression in : [NETNS]: Fix /proc/net breakage

2007-12-06 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Andrew Morton wrote: > On Thu, 06 Dec 2007 09:21:53 +0100 Giacomo Catenazzi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> Andrew Morton wrote: >>> On Mon, 3 Dec 2007 19:00:25 GMT Linux Kernel Mailing List >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Gitweb: >&

proc/bus.usb regression in : [NETNS]: Fix /proc/net breakage

2007-12-06 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Andrew Morton wrote: > On Mon, 3 Dec 2007 19:00:25 GMT Linux Kernel Mailing List > wrote: > >> Gitweb: >> http://git.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=2b1e300a9dfc3196ccddf6f1d74b91b7af55e416 >> Commit: 2b1e300a9dfc3196ccddf6f1d74b91b7af55e416 >>

proc/bus.usb regression in : [NETNS]: Fix /proc/net breakage

2007-12-06 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Andrew Morton wrote: On Mon, 3 Dec 2007 19:00:25 GMT Linux Kernel Mailing List linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org wrote: Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=2b1e300a9dfc3196ccddf6f1d74b91b7af55e416 Commit:

Re: proc/bus.usb regression in : [NETNS]: Fix /proc/net breakage

2007-12-06 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Andrew Morton wrote: On Thu, 06 Dec 2007 09:21:53 +0100 Giacomo Catenazzi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Andrew Morton wrote: On Mon, 3 Dec 2007 19:00:25 GMT Linux Kernel Mailing List linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org wrote: Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds

Re: 2.6.24-rc1-82798a1 compile failure (x86_64)

2007-11-04 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Adrian Bunk wrote: On Sun, Nov 04, 2007 at 05:19:45PM +0100, Giacomo Catenazzi wrote: Adrian Bunk wrote: On Sun, Nov 04, 2007 at 02:31:33AM -0800, David Miller wrote: From: Ingo Molnar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2007 11:04:29 +0100 * Adrian Bunk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wr

Re: 2.6.24-rc1-82798a1 compile failure (x86_64)

2007-11-04 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Adrian Bunk wrote: On Sun, Nov 04, 2007 at 02:31:33AM -0800, David Miller wrote: From: Ingo Molnar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2007 11:04:29 +0100 * Adrian Bunk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I also have CFLAGS set on some computers in my environments since for packages using GNU

Re: 2.6.24-rc1-82798a1 compile failure (x86_64)

2007-11-04 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Adrian Bunk wrote: On Sun, Nov 04, 2007 at 02:31:33AM -0800, David Miller wrote: From: Ingo Molnar [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2007 11:04:29 +0100 * Adrian Bunk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I also have CFLAGS set on some computers in my environments since for packages using GNU autoconf

Re: 2.6.24-rc1-82798a1 compile failure (x86_64)

2007-11-04 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Adrian Bunk wrote: On Sun, Nov 04, 2007 at 05:19:45PM +0100, Giacomo Catenazzi wrote: Adrian Bunk wrote: On Sun, Nov 04, 2007 at 02:31:33AM -0800, David Miller wrote: From: Ingo Molnar [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2007 11:04:29 +0100 * Adrian Bunk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I also have

Re: WANTED: kernel projects for CS students

2007-11-02 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Rik van Riel wrote: > On Tue, 16 Oct 2007 22:09:04 +0200 (CEST) > Jan Engelhardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Oct 16 2007 13:06, Mark Gross wrote: >>> base function: >>> Starting from a stock distro (FC, Ubuntu, OpenSuSE...) and put down a >>> kernel.org tree and automatically create a .config

Re: WANTED: kernel projects for CS students

2007-11-02 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Rik van Riel wrote: On Tue, 16 Oct 2007 22:09:04 +0200 (CEST) Jan Engelhardt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Oct 16 2007 13:06, Mark Gross wrote: base function: Starting from a stock distro (FC, Ubuntu, OpenSuSE...) and put down a kernel.org tree and automatically create a .config with all the

Re: last git: BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 92184900

2007-10-29 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Andrew Morton wrote: > On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 21:04:20 +0200 Giacomo Catenazzi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> Oct 23 20:20:05 catee kernel: BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at >> virtual address 92184900 > > Is this still happening in the latest Li

Re: last git: BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 92184900

2007-10-29 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Andrew Morton wrote: On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 21:04:20 +0200 Giacomo Catenazzi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oct 23 20:20:05 catee kernel: BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 92184900 Is this still happening in the latest Linus tree? If so, please send some more oops

kernel drivers database (hardware, config, file) and "autoconfiguration"

2007-10-28 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Hello, I've build a python script (consisting on short 4 modules) to build a hardware database fomr kernel sources, with includes: type of hardware, hardware information, kernel CONFIG and the kernel file where such hardware was described. Actually I can detect nearly 6000 probes (and easily

kernel drivers database (hardware, config, file) and autoconfiguration

2007-10-28 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Hello, I've build a python script (consisting on short 4 modules) to build a hardware database fomr kernel sources, with includes: type of hardware, hardware information, kernel CONFIG and the kernel file where such hardware was described. Actually I can detect nearly 6000 probes (and easily

Re: Is gcc thread-unsafe?

2007-10-26 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Linus Torvalds wrote: > The gcc lists seem to often get to the point where people quote the > standard, and that's that. In that environment, the paper standard (that > hass *nothing* to do with reality) trumps any other argument. "What we do > is _allowed_ by the standard" seems to be a good

Re: Is gcc thread-unsafe?

2007-10-26 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Linus Torvalds wrote: The gcc lists seem to often get to the point where people quote the standard, and that's that. In that environment, the paper standard (that hass *nothing* to do with reality) trumps any other argument. What we do is _allowed_ by the standard seems to be a good

Re: Linux v2.6.24-rc1

2007-10-24 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
On 2.6.24-rc1-gc9927c2b BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 3d15b925 In last git, I see the following BUGs in various programs. It seems reproducible, but sometime I've hard lookup on poweroff. ciao cate vivi: open called (minor=0) vivi: close called

Re: Linux v2.6.24-rc1

2007-10-24 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
On 2.6.24-rc1-gc9927c2b BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 3d15b925 In last git, I see the following BUGs in various programs. It seems reproducible, but sometime I've hard lookup on poweroff. ciao cate vivi: open called (minor=0) vivi: close called

Re: LSM conversion to static interface

2007-10-22 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Thomas Fricaccia wrote: > Some well-respected contributors have taken exception my amplification > of Crispin Cowan's point about the patch that closes LSM. > > Crispin Cowan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> * It prevents enterprise users, and in fact anyone who isn't >> comfortable

Re: LSM conversion to static interface

2007-10-22 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Jan Engelhardt wrote: > I do have a pseudo LSM called "multiadm" at > http://freshmeat.net/p/multiadm/ , quoting: > Policy is dead simple since it is based on UIDs. The UID ranges can be > set on module load time or during runtime (sysfs params). This LSM is > basically grants extra rights

Re: LSM conversion to static interface

2007-10-22 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Jan Engelhardt wrote: I do have a pseudo LSM called multiadm at http://freshmeat.net/p/multiadm/ , quoting: Policy is dead simple since it is based on UIDs. The UID ranges can be set on module load time or during runtime (sysfs params). This LSM is basically grants extra rights unlike

Re: LSM conversion to static interface

2007-10-22 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Thomas Fricaccia wrote: Some well-respected contributors have taken exception my amplification of Crispin Cowan's point about the patch that closes LSM. Crispin Cowan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: * It prevents enterprise users, and in fact anyone who isn't comfortable compiling their

Re: WANTED: kernel projects for CS students

2007-10-15 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Sam Ravnborg wrote: > On Mon, Oct 15, 2007 at 10:04:11AM -0700, Mark Gross wrote: >> On Sun, Oct 14, 2007 at 07:01:28PM -0400, Rik van Riel wrote: >>> The kernel newbies community often gets inquiries from CS students who >>> need a project for their studies and would like to do something with >>>

Re: WANTED: kernel projects for CS students

2007-10-15 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Sam Ravnborg wrote: On Mon, Oct 15, 2007 at 10:04:11AM -0700, Mark Gross wrote: On Sun, Oct 14, 2007 at 07:01:28PM -0400, Rik van Riel wrote: The kernel newbies community often gets inquiries from CS students who need a project for their studies and would like to do something with the Linux

Re: 2.6.23.git build error

2007-10-12 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Mike Galbraith wrote: > On Fri, 2007-10-12 at 23:31 +0200, Sam Ravnborg wrote: >> On Fri, Oct 12, 2007 at 06:48:58AM +0200, Mike Galbraith wrote: >>> Greetings, >>> >>> Freshly pulled 2.6.23.git failed to build: >>> >>> make[1]: *** No rule to make target `arch/x86/kernel/asm-offsets.c', needed

Re: 2.6.23.git build error

2007-10-12 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Mike Galbraith wrote: On Fri, 2007-10-12 at 23:31 +0200, Sam Ravnborg wrote: On Fri, Oct 12, 2007 at 06:48:58AM +0200, Mike Galbraith wrote: Greetings, Freshly pulled 2.6.23.git failed to build: make[1]: *** No rule to make target `arch/x86/kernel/asm-offsets.c', needed by

Re: [RFC/RFT] kbuild: save ARCH & CROSS_COMPILE

2007-10-08 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Adrian Bunk wrote: > > BTW: I'm currently trying without success to understand why the > drivers/infiniband/{hw/amso1100,ulp/srp}/Kbuild files are not > named "Makefile". or the inverse ;-) Why all Makefiles (but the top level one ) are not named Kbuild, considering that they are not

Re: [RFC/RFT] kbuild: save ARCH CROSS_COMPILE

2007-10-08 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Adrian Bunk wrote: BTW: I'm currently trying without success to understand why the drivers/infiniband/{hw/amso1100,ulp/srp}/Kbuild files are not named Makefile. or the inverse ;-) Why all Makefiles (but the top level one ) are not named Kbuild, considering that they are not valid

Re: regression: disk error loop (panic?) ide_do_rw_disk-bad:

2007-07-19 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
gaged! The last git tree give me no errors. patch in Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tested-By: Giacomo Catenazzi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ciao cate - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Re: regression: disk error loop (panic?) ide_do_rw_disk-bad:

2007-07-19 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
, buffer , data , len 36 Jul 19 08:22:23 catee kernel: cdb: 12 00 00 00 24 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Jul 19 08:22:27 catee kernel: ttyS1: LSR safety check engaged! The last git tree give me no errors. patch in Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tested-By: Giacomo Catenazzi

Re: regression: disk error loop (panic?) ide_do_rw_disk-bad:

2007-07-18 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Linus Torvalds wrote: > > On Tue, 17 Jul 2007, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: >> ide-disk driver and type 2 (REQ_TYPE_BLOCK_PC) requests don't mix well >> >> Probably some dumb application is sending packet commands without >> checking the device type... > > Ok, we should definitely try to

Re: regression: disk error loop (panic?) ide_do_rw_disk-bad:

2007-07-18 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Linus Torvalds wrote: On Tue, 17 Jul 2007, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: ide-disk driver and type 2 (REQ_TYPE_BLOCK_PC) requests don't mix well Probably some dumb application is sending packet commands without checking the device type... Ok, we should definitely try to just translate

regression: disk error loop (panic?) ide_do_rw_disk-bad:

2007-07-17 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Hello, last git changes to git give me the following error (repead very quickly): sector 14657019, nr/cmr 0/0 bio f7b59280, biotail f7b59280, buffer 000, date 000, len 36 ide_do_rw_disk-bad command: dev hda: type 2, flags 104c8 [note: manually copied] I tried bisect: [EMAIL

regression: disk error loop (panic?) ide_do_rw_disk-bad:

2007-07-17 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Hello, last git changes to git give me the following error (repead very quickly): sector 14657019, nr/cmr 0/0 bio f7b59280, biotail f7b59280, buffer 000, date 000, len 36 ide_do_rw_disk-bad command: dev hda: type 2, flags 104c8 [note: manually copied] I tried bisect: [EMAIL

Re: Requirement of make oldconfig [was: Re: [kbuild-devel] Re: CML2 1.3.1, aka ...]

2001-05-02 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
"Eric S. Raymond" wrote: > > Giacomo A. Catenazzi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > My proposal is instaed of complain about configuration violatation, > > you just wrote the possible correct configuration and prompt user to > > select the correct configuration. > > In the case you cite, e.g. oldconfig

Re: Requirement of make oldconfig [was: Re: [kbuild-devel] Re: CML2 1.3.1, aka ...]

2001-05-02 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Eric S. Raymond wrote: Giacomo A. Catenazzi [EMAIL PROTECTED]: My proposal is instaed of complain about configuration violatation, you just wrote the possible correct configuration and prompt user to select the correct configuration. In the case you cite, e.g. oldconfig shoud prompt:

Re: [kbuild-devel] Request for comment -- a better attribution system

2001-04-24 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Alan Cox wrote: > > > Well, would it be possible to create some module under LGPL, and then > > have included it into the kernel? Maybe it needs to maintain the LGPL > > version out of the kernel, and transform a copy to the GPL before > > submitting? > > There is kernel code under a whole

Re: [kbuild-devel] Request for comment -- a better attribution system

2001-04-24 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Alan Cox wrote: Well, would it be possible to create some module under LGPL, and then have included it into the kernel? Maybe it needs to maintain the LGPL version out of the kernel, and transform a copy to the GPL before submitting? There is kernel code under a whole variety of

/proc/pci is still obsolete in 2.2.x

2001-04-18 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Hello. After an user of us (debian) complained about the "xxx uses obsolete /proc/pci interface", I noticed that in 2.2.19, drivers/pci/oldproc.c, line 1042 kernel still writes: > printk(KERN_INFO "%s uses obsolete /proc/pci interface\n", Now 2.3/2.4 this interface is still available and no

/proc/pci is still obsolete in 2.2.x

2001-04-18 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Hello. After an user of us (debian) complained about the "xxx uses obsolete /proc/pci interface", I noticed that in 2.2.19, drivers/pci/oldproc.c, line 1042 kernel still writes: printk(KERN_INFO "%s uses obsolete /proc/pci interface\n", Now 2.3/2.4 this interface is still available and no

Re: CML2 1.0.0 release announcement

2001-04-12 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
"Albert D. Cahalan" wrote: > > > * All three interfaces do progressive disclosure -- the user only sees > > questions he/she needs to answer (no more hundreds of greyed-out menu > > entries for irrelevant drivers!). > > Well, that sucks. The greyed-out menu entries were the only good >

Re: CML2 1.0.0 release announcement

2001-04-12 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
"Albert D. Cahalan" wrote: * All three interfaces do progressive disclosure -- the user only sees questions he/she needs to answer (no more hundreds of greyed-out menu entries for irrelevant drivers!). Well, that sucks. The greyed-out menu entries were the only good thing about

Re: Arch specific/multiple Configure.help files?

2001-04-06 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Andrzej Krzysztofowicz wrote: > > "Giacomo Catenazzi wrote:" > > Johan Adolfsson wrote: > > > > > > Having the help close to the config sounds like a good idea > > > from a maintenance point of view. > > > > But in 2.5.x the

Re: Arch specific/multiple Configure.help files? [PATCH included]

2001-04-06 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Johan Adolfsson wrote: > > > This change is too big for 2.4 kernel. > > It doesnt look that big to mee, so here it is for everyones consideration > (the mailprogram probably screws up tabs etc. but you get the idea, > I apologise if posting patches like this is the wrong way) > > The normal

Re: Arch specific/multiple Configure.help files?

2001-04-06 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Johan Adolfsson wrote: > > > - IIRC there is only few ARCH specific configuration, thus we > > don't > > reduce the size of che Configure.help > > Note that the arch/config.in have to much configuration item > > (but they repeat in (nearly) all arch/config.in files, thus > > you > >

Re: Arch specific/multiple Configure.help files?

2001-04-06 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > This was already discussed on kbuild list. > > It is better to have only 1 Configure.help. This help > > translation of the file and help busy developers. > > They should not rewrite texts in every Configure.help. > > I can't see that 1 file makes it easier. > The

Re: Arch specific/multiple Configure.help files?

2001-04-06 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I went ahead and implemented the change last night anyway and I > will submit the patches and see if it will be accepted or not. > The idea is that it first check in arch/$ARCH/Configure.help > and if the file or the help is not found there, > check

Re: Arch specific/multiple Configure.help files?

2001-04-06 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I went ahead and implemented the change last night anyway and I will submit the patches and see if it will be accepted or not. The idea is that it first check in arch/$ARCH/Configure.help and if the file or the help is not found there, check

Re: Arch specific/multiple Configure.help files?

2001-04-06 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This was already discussed on kbuild list. It is better to have only 1 Configure.help. This help translation of the file and help busy developers. They should not rewrite texts in every Configure.help. I can't see that 1 file makes it easier. The same help

Re: Arch specific/multiple Configure.help files?

2001-04-06 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Johan Adolfsson wrote: - IIRC there is only few ARCH specific configuration, thus we don't reduce the size of che Configure.help Note that the arch/config.in have to much configuration item (but they repeat in (nearly) all arch/config.in files, thus you should count only

Re: Arch specific/multiple Configure.help files? [PATCH included]

2001-04-06 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Johan Adolfsson wrote: This change is too big for 2.4 kernel. It doesnt look that big to mee, so here it is for everyones consideration (the mailprogram probably screws up tabs etc. but you get the idea, I apologise if posting patches like this is the wrong way) The normal

Re: Arch specific/multiple Configure.help files?

2001-04-06 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Andrzej Krzysztofowicz wrote: "Giacomo Catenazzi wrote:" Johan Adolfsson wrote: Having the help close to the config sounds like a good idea from a maintenance point of view. But in 2.5.x the config.in are centralized, thus also Configure.help sould be c

Re: Plans for 2.5

2001-03-29 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
"Hen, Shmulik" wrote: > > Just some general questions: > > 1) Is there anywhere a list that describes what is intended to be in 2.5.x ? General/Big changes are discussed in: http://lwn.net/2001/0329/a/kernel-summit-agenda.php3 > 2) Are there any early releases of 2.5.x ? > 3) Are the things

Re: Plans for 2.5

2001-03-29 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
"Hen, Shmulik" wrote: Just some general questions: 1) Is there anywhere a list that describes what is intended to be in 2.5.x ? General/Big changes are discussed in: http://lwn.net/2001/0329/a/kernel-summit-agenda.php3 2) Are there any early releases of 2.5.x ? 3) Are the things for

Re: URGENT : System hands on "Freeing unused kernel memory: "

2001-03-27 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Studierende der Universitaet des Saarlandes wrote: > > I have 2 ideas: > * glibc corrupted > * did you downgrade the cpu? These happen frequently to me (when compiling and installing a new glibc) But in this case you would have other messages (IIRC something like respawn too fast). Thus the

Re: URGENT : System hands on Freeing unused kernel memory:

2001-03-27 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Studierende der Universitaet des Saarlandes wrote: I have 2 ideas: * glibc corrupted * did you downgrade the cpu? These happen frequently to me (when compiling and installing a new glibc) But in this case you would have other messages (IIRC something like respawn too fast). Thus the problem

2.4.2 OOPS on parport loading [pci_register_driver] // parport slow

2001-02-22 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Hello! I was writing a bug report (parport slow, resources problems?), when I tried something strange and OOPS. The original report is included in the last part of this email. After writing the report, I disabled parport resources in BIOS and I maked: cate3:~# modprobe parport_pc Unable to

2.4.2 OOPS on parport loading [pci_register_driver] // parport slow

2001-02-22 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Hello! I was writing a bug report (parport slow, resources problems?), when I tried something strange and OOPS. The original report is included in the last part of this email. After writing the report, I disabled parport resources in BIOS and I maked: cate3:~# modprobe parport_pc Unable to

[ANNONCE] Kernel Autoconfiguration utility v.0.9.1.2

2001-02-15 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Hello! I just release a new verion of kernel autoconfig. The kernel autoconfiguration utility will help user to detect and configure the kernel. The detection is soft, thus no hangs! It is still in test phase, thus now it prints only the proposed configuration. To change real configurations,

[ANNONCE] Kernel Autoconfiguration utility v.0.9.1.2

2001-02-15 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Hello! I just release a new verion of kernel autoconfig. The kernel autoconfiguration utility will help user to detect and configure the kernel. The detection is soft, thus no hangs! It is still in test phase, thus now it prints only the proposed configuration. To change real configurations,

Re: Problems in 2.4 kernel

2001-01-17 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Sanjeev Wrote: > I am not able to mount my floppy drive. When I try to mount it gives me the > following error > 'mount: /dev/fd0 has wrong major or minor number' did you update the modutils? giacomo - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line

Re: Problems in 2.4 kernel

2001-01-17 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sanjeev Wrote: I am not able to mount my floppy drive. When I try to mount it gives me the following error 'mount: /dev/fd0 has wrong major or minor number' did you update the modutils? giacomo - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe

Compile error: DRM without AGP in 2.4.0

2001-01-11 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Here a valid configuration (no AGP, but all DRM set) compiling [2.4.0]: r128_cce.c: In function `r128_cce_init_ring_buffer': r128_cce.c:339: structure has no member named `agp' r128_cce.c:333: warning: `ring_start' might be used uninitialized in this function r128_cce.c: In function

Compile error: DRM without AGP in 2.4.0

2001-01-11 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Here a valid configuration (no AGP, but all DRM set) compiling [2.4.0]: r128_cce.c: In function `r128_cce_init_ring_buffer': r128_cce.c:339: structure has no member named `agp' r128_cce.c:333: warning: `ring_start' might be used uninitialized in this function r128_cce.c: In function

Re: Coppermine is a PIII or a Celeron?

2001-01-08 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
"J . A . Magallon" wrote: > > On 2001.01.02 Giacomo A. Catenazzi wrote: > > Hello! > > > > When working in cpu autoconfiguration I found some problems: > > > > I have to identify this processor: > > Vendor: Intel > > Family: 6 > > Model: 8 > > Is it a "Pentium III (Coppermine)"

Re: Coppermine is a PIII or a Celeron?

2001-01-08 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
"J . A . Magallon" wrote: On 2001.01.02 Giacomo A. Catenazzi wrote: Hello! When working in cpu autoconfiguration I found some problems: I have to identify this processor: Vendor: Intel Family: 6 Model: 8 Is it a "Pentium III (Coppermine)" (setup.c:1709) or a "Celeron

Re: About Celeron processor memory barrier problem

2000-12-26 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Linus Torvalds wrote: > > On Mon, 25 Dec 2000, Alan Cox wrote: > > > > One thing we _could_ potentially do is to simplify the CPU selection a > > > bit, and make it a two-stage process. Basically have a > > > > > > bool "Optimize for current CPU" CONFIG_CPU_CURRENT > > > > > > which most

Re: About Celeron processor memory barrier problem

2000-12-26 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Linus Torvalds wrote: On Mon, 25 Dec 2000, Alan Cox wrote: One thing we _could_ potentially do is to simplify the CPU selection a bit, and make it a two-stage process. Basically have a bool "Optimize for current CPU" CONFIG_CPU_CURRENT which most people who just want to

test12-pre4: spurious 8259A interrupt: IRQ7.

2000-12-06 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
On my box, with heavy load I saw: spurious 8259A interrupt: IRQ7. Newer seen this message before. Linux (2.4.0.11.4) or my old slow box ? giacomo My dmesg BIOS-provided physical RAM map: BIOS-e820: 0009fc00 @ (usable) BIOS-e820: 0400 @

Re: That horrible hack from hell called A20

2000-12-06 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
"H. Peter Anvin" wrote: > > > Good question. The whole thing makes me nervous... in fact, perhaps we > should really consider using the BIOS INT 15h interrupt to enter > protected mode? > Maybe it is better to try with INT15 AX=2400 (Enable A20 gate). INT 15-2400 enable A20 INT 15-2401

Re: That horrible hack from hell called A20

2000-12-06 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
"H. Peter Anvin" wrote: Good question. The whole thing makes me nervous... in fact, perhaps we should really consider using the BIOS INT 15h interrupt to enter protected mode? Maybe it is better to try with INT15 AX=2400 (Enable A20 gate). INT 15-2400 enable A20 INT 15-2401 disable

test12-pre4: spurious 8259A interrupt: IRQ7.

2000-12-06 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
On my box, with heavy load I saw: spurious 8259A interrupt: IRQ7. Newer seen this message before. Linux (2.4.0.11.4) or my old slow box ? giacomo My dmesg BIOS-provided physical RAM map: BIOS-e820: 0009fc00 @ (usable) BIOS-e820: 0400 @

Re: 0 size files in linux-2.2.17.tar.gz

2000-10-18 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Amit D Chaudhary wrote: > > Hi, > > When trying to create a patch with linux 2.2.17 sources, I found the > following files to be of size 0 in linux-2.2.17.tar.gz. > linux/include/linux/dasd.h > linux/include/linux/coda_opstats.h > > Since the file is the most latest in the kernel/v2.2

Re: 0 size files in linux-2.2.17.tar.gz

2000-10-18 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
Amit D Chaudhary wrote: Hi, When trying to create a patch with linux 2.2.17 sources, I found the following files to be of size 0 in linux-2.2.17.tar.gz. linux/include/linux/dasd.h linux/include/linux/coda_opstats.h Since the file is the most latest in the kernel/v2.2 directory,

Re: Proposal: Linux Kernel Patch Management System

2000-09-13 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
On Wed, Sep 13, 2000 at 02:15:58AM -0700, Daniel Quinlan wrote: > Proposal: > > 1. Developers submit all Linux kernel patches to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >(not in place yet, so don't start sending patches). @vger.kernel.org > 2. Each patch will conform to a standardized, but simple, text

Re: Proposal: Linux Kernel Patch Management System

2000-09-13 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
On Wed, Sep 13, 2000 at 02:15:58AM -0700, Daniel Quinlan wrote: Proposal: 1. Developers submit all Linux kernel patches to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (not in place yet, so don't start sending patches). @vger.kernel.org 2. Each patch will conform to a standardized, but simple, text format,