Re: [alsa-devel] 3.6.0 regression, distorted sound failure while using jack and hd-audio

2012-10-20 Thread Helge Hafting
I'll try to remove it again for 3.7 Helge Hafting -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Re: [alsa-devel] 3.6.0 regression, distorted sound failure while using jack and hd-audio

2012-10-20 Thread Helge Hafting
try to remove it again for 3.7 Helge Hafting -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

3.6.0 regression, distorted sound failure while using jack and hd-audio

2012-10-07 Thread Helge Hafting
-bit 3.5.4 or 3.6.0 Distro: funtoo Audio according to lspci: 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04) Please tell if there is anything I should try. I can test other kernel versions or try patches. Helge Hafting -- To unsubs

3.6.0 regression, distorted sound failure while using jack and hd-audio

2012-10-07 Thread Helge Hafting
or 3.6.0 Distro: funtoo Audio according to lspci: 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04) Please tell if there is anything I should try. I can test other kernel versions or try patches. Helge Hafting -- To unsubscribe from

Re: (ondemand) CPU governor regression between 2.6.23 and 2.6.24

2008-01-28 Thread Helge Hafting
ade available to them_, then increase the processor speed. The cputime allocated to niced tasks (that may be cpu intensive but shouldn't cause max speed on their own) won't matter then. Helge Hafting -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel"

Re: [GIT PATCH] driver core patches against 2.6.24

2008-01-28 Thread Helge Hafting
for the root device and root fs is built-in, and you can drop the initrd. Takes a second or two off the boot, and some more off the build. Helge Hafting -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo inf

Re: (ondemand) CPU governor regression between 2.6.23 and 2.6.24

2008-01-28 Thread Helge Hafting
available to them_, then increase the processor speed. The cputime allocated to niced tasks (that may be cpu intensive but shouldn't cause max speed on their own) won't matter then. Helge Hafting -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body of a message

Re: [GIT PATCH] driver core patches against 2.6.24

2008-01-28 Thread Helge Hafting
for the root device and root fs is built-in, and you can drop the initrd. Takes a second or two off the boot, and some more off the build. Helge Hafting -- 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

Re: The ext3 way of journalling

2008-01-10 Thread Helge Hafting
an option. Helge Hafting -- 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: The ext3 way of journalling

2008-01-10 Thread Helge Hafting
. The boot failed, reboot with init=/bin/sh and replace the dysfunctional labels with oldfashioned device names. I can live with this kind of problem on my desktop, but this machine was going to be a internet router for a customer, so occational boot failure requiring intervention was not an option. Helge

Re: PAGE_SIZE on 64bit and 32bit machines

2007-11-13 Thread Helge Hafting
count the unrealistic option of using generic 2MB pages. Having said that, it is possible to get a feel of what a 8kB page system will be like on intel, by always allocating pages in pairs. Helge Hafting - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" i

Re: PAGE_SIZE on 64bit and 32bit machines

2007-11-13 Thread Helge Hafting
count the unrealistic option of using generic 2MB pages. Having said that, it is possible to get a feel of what a 8kB page system will be like on intel, by always allocating pages in pairs. Helge Hafting - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body of a message

Re: Question about free/used memory on Linux

2007-10-22 Thread Helge Hafting
etc.) can run on another system with lesser memory. You can test this directly. Boot your 2G machine with mem= Then the machine uses less memory, you get a realistic test of how the smaller machine will perform. Helge Hafting - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe

Re: tristate and bool not enogh for Kconfig anymore

2007-10-22 Thread Helge Hafting
for anyone capable of making the driver in the first place. Modularity and firmware loading are not connected. One is for kernel flexibility, the other is for making a particular device work. Helge Hafting - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" i

Re: tristate and bool not enogh for Kconfig anymore

2007-10-22 Thread Helge Hafting
for anyone capable of making the driver in the first place. Modularity and firmware loading are not connected. One is for kernel flexibility, the other is for making a particular device work. Helge Hafting - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body

Re: Question about free/used memory on Linux

2007-10-22 Thread Helge Hafting
etc.) can run on another system with lesser memory. You can test this directly. Boot your 2G machine with mem=size of smaller system Then the machine uses less memory, you get a realistic test of how the smaller machine will perform. Helge Hafting - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line

Re: [rfc][patch 3/3] x86: optimise barriers

2007-10-15 Thread Helge Hafting
Jarek Poplawski wrote: On Fri, Oct 12, 2007 at 02:44:51PM +0200, Helge Hafting wrote: ... The point is that we _trust_ intel when they says "this will work". Therefore, we can use the optimizations. It was never about legal matters. If we didn't trust intel, then we co

Re: [rfc][patch 3/3] x86: optimise barriers

2007-10-15 Thread Helge Hafting
Jarek Poplawski wrote: On Fri, Oct 12, 2007 at 02:44:51PM +0200, Helge Hafting wrote: ... The point is that we _trust_ intel when they says this will work. Therefore, we can use the optimizations. It was never about legal matters. If we didn't trust intel, then we couldn't use

Re: [rfc][patch 3/3] x86: optimise barriers

2007-10-12 Thread Helge Hafting
Jarek Poplawski wrote: On Fri, Oct 12, 2007 at 10:42:34AM +0200, Helge Hafting wrote: Jarek Poplawski wrote: On 04-10-2007 07:23, Nick Piggin wrote: According to latest memory ordering specification documents from Intel and AMD, both manufacturers are committed to in-order

Re: [rfc][patch 3/3] x86: optimise barriers

2007-10-12 Thread Helge Hafting
know, so now we may optimize. Helge Hafting - 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: [rfc][patch 3/3] x86: optimise barriers

2007-10-12 Thread Helge Hafting
optimize. Helge Hafting - 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: [rfc][patch 3/3] x86: optimise barriers

2007-10-12 Thread Helge Hafting
Jarek Poplawski wrote: On Fri, Oct 12, 2007 at 10:42:34AM +0200, Helge Hafting wrote: Jarek Poplawski wrote: On 04-10-2007 07:23, Nick Piggin wrote: According to latest memory ordering specification documents from Intel and AMD, both manufacturers are committed to in-order

Re: IDE DMA doesn't work with pata_via and compact flash card

2007-10-11 Thread Helge Hafting
mine. mini-itx.com seems to get this right. Helge Hafting - 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: IDE DMA doesn't work with pata_via and compact flash card

2007-10-11 Thread Helge Hafting
seems to get this right. Helge Hafting - 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: x86-64 sporadic hang in 2.6.23rc7 and 2.6.22

2007-10-08 Thread Helge Hafting
Thomas Gleixner wrote: On Sat, 29 Sep 2007, Helge Hafting wrote: Thomas Gleixner wrote: I have gone back to 2.6.22rc4, which seems to work. This is a single opteron, although on a dual-slot board. Can you switch to serial console, so we can get some information out

Re: 2.6.23-rc9 compile error drivers/video/fbmon.c

2007-10-08 Thread Helge Hafting
Adrian Bunk wrote: On Tue, Oct 09, 2007 at 12:00:38AM +0200, Helge Hafting wrote: CC drivers/video/fbmon.o drivers/video/fbmon.c: In function ‘fb_parse_edid’: drivers/video/fbmon.c:867: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attrib _’ before ‘*’ token drivers/video/fbmon.c:867

2.6.23-rc9 compile error drivers/video/fbmon.c

2007-10-08 Thread Helge Hafting
$*block; Source error, or is my tree simply corrupt? Helge Hafting - 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: One process with multiple user ids.

2007-10-08 Thread Helge Hafting
happen. Helge Hafting - 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: One process with multiple user ids.

2007-10-08 Thread Helge Hafting
happen. Helge Hafting - 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/

2.6.23-rc9 compile error drivers/video/fbmon.c

2007-10-08 Thread Helge Hafting
$*block; Source error, or is my tree simply corrupt? Helge Hafting - 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: 2.6.23-rc9 compile error drivers/video/fbmon.c

2007-10-08 Thread Helge Hafting
Adrian Bunk wrote: On Tue, Oct 09, 2007 at 12:00:38AM +0200, Helge Hafting wrote: CC drivers/video/fbmon.o drivers/video/fbmon.c: In function ‘fb_parse_edid’: drivers/video/fbmon.c:867: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attrib _’ before ‘*’ token drivers/video/fbmon.c:867

Re: x86-64 sporadic hang in 2.6.23rc7 and 2.6.22

2007-10-08 Thread Helge Hafting
Thomas Gleixner wrote: On Sat, 29 Sep 2007, Helge Hafting wrote: Thomas Gleixner wrote: I have gone back to 2.6.22rc4, which seems to work. This is a single opteron, although on a dual-slot board. Can you switch to serial console, so we can get some information out

Re: x86-64 sporadic hang in 2.6.23rc7 and 2.6.22

2007-10-05 Thread Helge Hafting
Andi Kleen wrote: Helge Hafting <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: shrink_dcache_memory That usually means random memory corruption from somewhere -- dcache tends to use a lot of memory and when it is corrupted anywhere these functions tend to crash while walking the lists. Unfortu

Re: x86-64 sporadic hang in 2.6.23rc7 and 2.6.22

2007-10-05 Thread Helge Hafting
Andi Kleen wrote: Helge Hafting [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: shrink_dcache_memory That usually means random memory corruption from somewhere -- dcache tends to use a lot of memory and when it is corrupted anywhere these functions tend to crash while walking the lists. Unfortunately

Re: Network slowdown due to CFS

2007-10-03 Thread Helge Hafting
unning.) Helge Hafting - 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: Network slowdown due to CFS

2007-10-03 Thread Helge Hafting
.) Helge Hafting - 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: x86-64 sporadic hang in 2.6.23rc7 and 2.6.22

2007-10-01 Thread Helge Hafting
Andi Kleen wrote: Helge Hafting <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: shrink_dcache_memory That usually means random memory corruption from somewhere -- dcache tends to use a lot of memory and when it is corrupted anywhere these functions tend to crash while walking the lists. Unfortu

Re: x86-64 sporadic hang in 2.6.23rc7 and 2.6.22

2007-10-01 Thread Helge Hafting
Andi Kleen wrote: Helge Hafting [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: shrink_dcache_memory That usually means random memory corruption from somewhere -- dcache tends to use a lot of memory and when it is corrupted anywhere these functions tend to crash while walking the lists. Unfortunately

Re: x86-64 sporadic hang in 2.6.23rc7 and 2.6.22

2007-09-30 Thread Helge Hafting
Thomas Gleixner wrote: On Sat, 29 Sep 2007, Helge Hafting wrote: Thomas Gleixner wrote: I have gone back to 2.6.22rc4, which seems to work. This is a single opteron, although on a dual-slot board. Can you switch to serial console, so we can get some information out

Re: x86-64 sporadic hang in 2.6.23rc7 and 2.6.22

2007-09-30 Thread Helge Hafting
Thomas Gleixner wrote: On Sat, 29 Sep 2007, Helge Hafting wrote: Thomas Gleixner wrote: I have gone back to 2.6.22rc4, which seems to work. This is a single opteron, although on a dual-slot board. Can you switch to serial console, so we can get some information out

Re: x86-64 sporadic hang in 2.6.23rc7 and 2.6.22

2007-09-29 Thread Helge Hafting
Thomas Gleixner wrote: On Mon, 2007-09-24 at 23:08 +0200, Helge Hafting wrote: The two kernels mentioned hangs occationally. Typically when I compile something and pass the time by surfing the web. A few minutes and then I notice that the mouse (and everything else in X) stops. kbd LEDs

Re: x86-64 sporadic hang in 2.6.23rc7 and 2.6.22

2007-09-29 Thread Helge Hafting
Thomas Gleixner wrote: On Mon, 2007-09-24 at 23:08 +0200, Helge Hafting wrote: The two kernels mentioned hangs occationally. Typically when I compile something and pass the time by surfing the web. A few minutes and then I notice that the mouse (and everything else in X) stops. kbd LEDs

Re: why network devices don't do reference counting? (Re: [PATCH] Module use count must be updated as bridges are created/destroyed)

2007-09-27 Thread Helge Hafting
etwork driver, it is a protocol. You might be able to remove it if you zap all the routes and applications, ... Wouldn't it be enough to down all the interfaces and close all the sockets? No need to bring down every app. Helge Hafting - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubs

Re: why network devices don't do reference counting? (Re: [PATCH] Module use count must be updated as bridges are created/destroyed)

2007-09-27 Thread Helge Hafting
, it is a protocol. You might be able to remove it if you zap all the routes and applications, ... Wouldn't it be enough to down all the interfaces and close all the sockets? No need to bring down every app. Helge Hafting - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel

x86-64 sporadic hang in 2.6.23rc7 and 2.6.22

2007-09-24 Thread Helge Hafting
this has happened while running X, so no messages. I have gone back to 2.6.22rc4, which seems to work. This is a single opteron, although on a dual-slot board. Helge Hafting - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL

x86-64 sporadic hang in 2.6.23rc7 and 2.6.22

2007-09-24 Thread Helge Hafting
this has happened while running X, so no messages. I have gone back to 2.6.22rc4, which seems to work. This is a single opteron, although on a dual-slot board. Helge Hafting - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More

Re: Wasting our Freedom

2007-09-18 Thread Helge Hafting
Jacob Meuser wrote: On Mon, Sep 17, 2007 at 09:47:43AM +0200, Helge Hafting wrote: Your problem seems to be with the BSD licence, and the power to alter that licence lies in the BSD community. I hope you can understand that this mentality is _exactly_ what has some in the BSD

Re: Wasting our Freedom

2007-09-18 Thread Helge Hafting
Jacob Meuser wrote: On Mon, Sep 17, 2007 at 09:47:43AM +0200, Helge Hafting wrote: Your problem seems to be with the BSD licence, and the power to alter that licence lies in the BSD community. I hope you can understand that this mentality is _exactly_ what has some in the BSD

Re: Wasting our Freedom

2007-09-17 Thread Helge Hafting
in the BSD community. Helge Hafting - 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: Wasting our Freedom

2007-09-17 Thread Helge Hafting
community. Helge Hafting - 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: [Resolved: bad RAM] Filesystem silent crash with EXT3

2007-09-13 Thread Helge Hafting
. That is what memory with parity is for. Don't know if that exists for laptops though. Helge Hafting - 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 re

Re: sata & scsi suggestion for make menuconfig

2007-09-13 Thread Helge Hafting
opup - every time - whether he needs the warning or not. But feel free to print a warning somewhere, such as a status line. The warning itself is useful, but not something we will have to dismiss in order to go on with the job. Helge Hafting - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "un

Re: sata scsi suggestion for make menuconfig

2007-09-13 Thread Helge Hafting
- every time - whether he needs the warning or not. But feel free to print a warning somewhere, such as a status line. The warning itself is useful, but not something we will have to dismiss in order to go on with the job. Helge Hafting - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe

Re: [Resolved: bad RAM] Filesystem silent crash with EXT3

2007-09-13 Thread Helge Hafting
. That is what memory with parity is for. Don't know if that exists for laptops though. Helge Hafting - 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

Re: Forbid deletion of memory mappings

2007-09-04 Thread Helge Hafting
ings duplicated in userspace" so they too merge in the same way. Helge Hafting - 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: Forbid deletion of memory mappings

2007-09-04 Thread Helge Hafting
so they too merge in the same way. Helge Hafting - 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: speeding up swapoff

2007-08-30 Thread Helge Hafting
Xavier Bestel wrote: On Thu, 2007-08-30 at 15:55 +0200, Helge Hafting wrote: If the swap device is full, then there is no need for random seeks as the swap pages can be read in disk order. If the swap file is full, you probably have a machine dead into a swap storm. Only if you have

Re: speeding up swapoff

2007-08-30 Thread Helge Hafting
swap will skip over the unused areas, the time needed should still be limited to the time needed for reading the whole swap device. If this optimization is worth it is another problem though. Helge Hafting - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" i

Re: speeding up swapoff

2007-08-30 Thread Helge Hafting
swap will skip over the unused areas, the time needed should still be limited to the time needed for reading the whole swap device. If this optimization is worth it is another problem though. Helge Hafting - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body

Re: speeding up swapoff

2007-08-30 Thread Helge Hafting
Xavier Bestel wrote: On Thu, 2007-08-30 at 15:55 +0200, Helge Hafting wrote: If the swap device is full, then there is no need for random seeks as the swap pages can be read in disk order. If the swap file is full, you probably have a machine dead into a swap storm. Only if you have

Re: Thinking outside the box on file systems

2007-08-20 Thread Helge Hafting
something that isn't flawed, that is well planned, not just a bunch of "well - we could do *that* perhaps" but then it turns out that *that* idea was flawed as well. Helge Hafting Helge Hafting - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in t

Re: Thinking outside the box on file systems

2007-08-20 Thread Helge Hafting
flawed, that is well planned, not just a bunch of well - we could do *that* perhaps but then it turns out that *that* idea was flawed as well. Helge Hafting Helge Hafting - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More

Re: Thinking outside the box on file systems

2007-08-16 Thread Helge Hafting
already. Now, linux is open-source, so you can of course use it as a starting point for your different system. Then you can compete with "standard linux" - see who attracts most developers and most users in the long run. Helge Hafting - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "un

Re: Thinking outside the box on file systems

2007-08-16 Thread Helge Hafting
ay and then I figure out how. Sure - you don't have to prove that it will work now. Working it out over time and then showing us is ok. Helge Hafting - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordo

Re: [PATCH 00/23] per device dirty throttling -v8

2007-08-16 Thread Helge Hafting
good idea. atimes will then be written only by memory pressure - or umount. The atimes could be wrong after a crash, but loosing atimes only is not something I'd worry about. Helge Hafting - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [E

Re: [PATCH 00/23] per device dirty throttling -v8

2007-08-16 Thread Helge Hafting
will then be written only by memory pressure - or umount. The atimes could be wrong after a crash, but loosing atimes only is not something I'd worry about. Helge Hafting - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More

Re: Thinking outside the box on file systems

2007-08-16 Thread Helge Hafting
. Sure - you don't have to prove that it will work now. Working it out over time and then showing us is ok. Helge Hafting - 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

Re: Thinking outside the box on file systems

2007-08-16 Thread Helge Hafting
is open-source, so you can of course use it as a starting point for your different system. Then you can compete with standard linux - see who attracts most developers and most users in the long run. Helge Hafting - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body

Re: Page Cache Question

2007-08-14 Thread Helge Hafting
, I would be fine disabling the Page Cache altogether as well. Assuming what you really mean is that you don't want to cache file i/o for that process - try opening files with O_DIRECT. Helge Hafting - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" i

Re: [PATCH 00/23] per device dirty throttling -v8

2007-08-14 Thread Helge Hafting
to the handfull of distributions that matter to update their defaults. Indeed. Just change /bin/mount so it defaults to "noatime" unless there is an explicit "atime". Similiar for diratime. Problem solved. Helge Hafting - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "

Re: [PATCH 00/23] per device dirty throttling -v8

2007-08-14 Thread Helge Hafting
to the handfull of distributions that matter to update their defaults. Indeed. Just change /bin/mount so it defaults to noatime unless there is an explicit atime. Similiar for diratime. Problem solved. Helge Hafting - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body

Re: Page Cache Question

2007-08-14 Thread Helge Hafting
, I would be fine disabling the Page Cache altogether as well. Assuming what you really mean is that you don't want to cache file i/o for that process - try opening files with O_DIRECT. Helge Hafting - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body of a message

Re: [ck] Re: RFT: updatedb "morning after" problem [was: Re: -mm merge plans for 2.6.23]

2007-07-30 Thread Helge Hafting
Matthew Hawkins wrote: updatedb by itself doesn't really bug me, its just that on occasion its still running at 7am You should start it earlier then - assuming it doesn't already start at the earliest opportunity? Helge Hafting - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubs

Re: [ck] Re: RFT: updatedb morning after problem [was: Re: -mm merge plans for 2.6.23]

2007-07-30 Thread Helge Hafting
Matthew Hawkins wrote: updatedb by itself doesn't really bug me, its just that on occasion its still running at 7am You should start it earlier then - assuming it doesn't already start at the earliest opportunity? Helge Hafting - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux

Re: Patches for REALLY TINY 386 kernels

2007-07-24 Thread Helge Hafting
compiling linux for BIOS usage is targetting a single machine. So an ability to target a single machine is useful, i.e. run the CPUID at compile-time, put the answer in a constant/macro, let the optimizer prune the alternatives. :-) Helge Hafting - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line &q

Re: Keyboard programming needs root

2007-07-24 Thread Helge Hafting
ng fancy. Could the kernel support a way to do this? The normal way is to set permissions on the device in question - give either root only or the logged-in user write access as needed. It seems to me that "loadkeys" uses /dev/tty / /dev/tty0 So set permissions on that as needed.

Re: Reading a physical memory location

2007-07-24 Thread Helge Hafting
then read whatever you want from that page. Nothing is ever accessed by physical address, physical addresses is only used indirectly to set up the page tables. Helge Hafting - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTE

Re: Reading a physical memory location

2007-07-24 Thread Helge Hafting
then read whatever you want from that page. Nothing is ever accessed by physical address, physical addresses is only used indirectly to set up the page tables. Helge Hafting - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More

Re: Keyboard programming needs root

2007-07-24 Thread Helge Hafting
a way to do this? The normal way is to set permissions on the device in question - give either root only or the logged-in user write access as needed. It seems to me that loadkeys uses /dev/tty / /dev/tty0 So set permissions on that as needed. Helge Hafting - To unsubscribe from this list: send

Re: Patches for REALLY TINY 386 kernels

2007-07-24 Thread Helge Hafting
linux for BIOS usage is targetting a single machine. So an ability to target a single machine is useful, i.e. run the CPUID at compile-time, put the answer in a constant/macro, let the optimizer prune the alternatives. :-) Helge Hafting - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux

Re: Please release a stable kernel Linux 3.0

2007-06-28 Thread Helge Hafting
will take some effort of course; but once it is done, you're protected from module API changes. . . Helge Hafting - 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

Re: Please release a stable kernel Linux 3.0

2007-06-28 Thread Helge Hafting
will take some effort of course; but once it is done, you're protected from module API changes. . . Helge Hafting - 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

Re: Please release a stable kernel Linux 3.0

2007-06-27 Thread Helge Hafting
upposed to work fine, but you must upgrade the whole kernel then. This includes all driver modules. An older module may not work, or it may even hang the kernel immediately. You can't generally put together pieces of different kernels - the kernel is one piece. (Other pieces of a linux system

Re: Please release a stable kernel Linux 3.0

2007-06-27 Thread Helge Hafting
generally put together pieces of different kernels - the kernel is one piece. (Other pieces of a linux system is the various packages your distribution vendor ships . . .) Helge Hafting - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body of a message to [EMAIL

Re: How innovative is Linux?

2007-06-26 Thread Helge Hafting
to see how the Linux kernel itself compares to other Unix kernels (*BSD, Solaris, AIX, etc) in terms of *real* innovation. It certainly has an innovative licence - which is why it is attracting developers and replacing most of those other unices . . . Helge Hafting - To unsubscribe from this list

Re: Question about fair schedulers

2007-06-26 Thread Helge Hafting
know what is needed, they can write their programs so they set useful priorities. Helge Hafting - 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.htm

Re: Please release a stable kernel Linux 3.0

2007-06-26 Thread Helge Hafting
rk with vista either - unless the device is extremely mainstream. For all other devices, the device manufacturer have to provide updated drivers. If your vendor don't want to support you anymore, try getting the source. Helge Hafting - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubsc

Re: Please release a stable kernel Linux 3.0

2007-06-26 Thread Helge Hafting
devices, the device manufacturer have to provide updated drivers. If your vendor don't want to support you anymore, try getting the source. Helge Hafting - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info

Re: Question about fair schedulers

2007-06-26 Thread Helge Hafting
write their programs so they set useful priorities. Helge Hafting - 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

Re: How innovative is Linux?

2007-06-26 Thread Helge Hafting
to see how the Linux kernel itself compares to other Unix kernels (*BSD, Solaris, AIX, etc) in terms of *real* innovation. It certainly has an innovative licence - which is why it is attracting developers and replacing most of those other unices . . . Helge Hafting - To unsubscribe from this list

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

2007-06-20 Thread Helge Hafting
box after the sale is their risk, and there is nothing unfair about failure here. Helge Hafting - 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

Re: [PATCH] trim memory not covered by WB MTRRs

2007-06-20 Thread Helge Hafting
this automatically?) An extra bootscript seems better than loosing memory. Helge Hafting - 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 FA

Re: [PATCH] Input: document the proper usage of EV_KEY and KEY_UNKNOWN

2007-06-20 Thread Helge Hafting
for all VT's and so on. In the multiseat case there are several possibly dissimiliar keyboards, but then they have separate event devices too. Helge Hafting - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo i

Re: [PATCH] Input: document the proper usage of EV_KEY and KEY_UNKNOWN

2007-06-20 Thread Helge Hafting
on. In the multiseat case there are several possibly dissimiliar keyboards, but then they have separate event devices too. Helge Hafting - 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

Re: [PATCH] trim memory not covered by WB MTRRs

2007-06-20 Thread Helge Hafting
this automatically?) An extra bootscript seems better than loosing memory. Helge Hafting - 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

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

2007-06-20 Thread Helge Hafting
the sale is their risk, and there is nothing unfair about failure here. Helge Hafting - 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

Re: Runaway process and oom-killer

2007-06-14 Thread Helge Hafting
llocations that the oom-killer would have stepped in without swap. You can then monitor swapping. If anything is written to swap, then you're using too much memory and should investigate. For production, this is usually better than cleaning up after the oom-killer busted some random processes.

Re: Runaway process and oom-killer

2007-06-14 Thread Helge Hafting
have stepped in without swap. You can then monitor swapping. If anything is written to swap, then you're using too much memory and should investigate. For production, this is usually better than cleaning up after the oom-killer busted some random processes. Helge Hafting - To unsubscribe from

Re: Runaway process and oom-killer

2007-06-13 Thread Helge Hafting
tion error instead of triggering the oom-killer. Helge Hafting - 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: PC speaker

2007-06-13 Thread Helge Hafting
still so no extra cooling. So it burns out. Helge Hafting - 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/

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