SPARC{,64}: kernel_termios_to_user_termios_1 missing

2007-09-15 Thread Horst H. von Brand
, on SPARC and SPARC64 it is missing. Sorry, I've got no clue on how to define this correctly here. It is also missing on alpha, blackfin, parisc, sh64, sh, xtensa -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de InformaticaFono: +56 32

SPARC{,64}: kernel_termios_to_user_termios_1 missing

2007-09-15 Thread Horst H. von Brand
, on SPARC and SPARC64 it is missing. Sorry, I've got no clue on how to define this correctly here. It is also missing on alpha, blackfin, parisc, sh64, sh, xtensa -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de InformaticaFono: +56 32

sparc64: ERROR: "sys_ioctl" [arch/sparc64/solaris/solaris.ko] undefined!

2007-07-20 Thread Horst H. von Brand
CH=y CONFIG_TEXTSEARCH_KMP=m CONFIG_TEXTSEARCH_BM=m CONFIG_TEXTSEARCH_FSM=m CONFIG_PLIST=y CONFIG_HAS_IOMEM=y CONFIG_HAS_IOPORT=y CONFIG_HAS_DMA=y -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de InformaticaFono: +56 32 2654431 Universida

sparc64: ERROR: sys_ioctl [arch/sparc64/solaris/solaris.ko] undefined!

2007-07-20 Thread Horst H. von Brand
CONFIG_HAS_IOPORT=y CONFIG_HAS_DMA=y -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de InformaticaFono: +56 32 2654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 2654239 Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile Fax: +56 32

Compile failure with v9fs

2007-07-17 Thread Horst H. von Brand
The following patch deletes an assignment to the variable p9_debug_level, which is never defined and isn't used anywhere else I can see. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at

[PATCH] fs/9p/v9fs.c: Delete unused p9_debug_level setting

2007-07-17 Thread Horst H. von Brand
From: Horst H. von Brand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Signed-off-by: Horst H. von Brand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- fs/9p/v9fs.c |1 - 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/9p/v9fs.c b/fs/9p/v9fs.c index 45c3598..72ad365 100644 --- a/fs/9p/v9fs.c +++ b/fs/9p/v9fs

[PATCH] fs/9p/v9fs.c: Delete unused p9_debug_level setting

2007-07-17 Thread Horst H. von Brand
From: Horst H. von Brand [EMAIL PROTECTED] Signed-off-by: Horst H. von Brand [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- fs/9p/v9fs.c |1 - 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/9p/v9fs.c b/fs/9p/v9fs.c index 45c3598..72ad365 100644 --- a/fs/9p/v9fs.c +++ b/fs/9p/v9fs.c @@ -131,7

Compile failure with v9fs

2007-07-17 Thread Horst H. von Brand
The following patch deletes an assignment to the variable p9_debug_level, which is never defined and isn't used anywhere else I can see. - 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: [Announce] GIT v1.5.0-rc2

2007-01-21 Thread Horst H. von Brand
be overriden with "git >checkout -f $branch". What happens if there are changes in the tracked files? [...] > * Shallow clones > > - There is a partial support for 'shallow' repositories that >keeps only recent history. A 'shallow clone' is created by >specifying how de

Re: [Announce] GIT v1.5.0-rc2

2007-01-21 Thread Horst H. von Brand
uot; ones was that people might have scripts > to automate downloading & updating of packages, and they may not > like to get "beta" installed for them. Then put them into a "testing" or "pre-release" directory... -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User

Re: [Announce] GIT v1.5.0-rc2

2007-01-21 Thread Horst H. von Brand
, and they may not like to get beta installed for them. Then put them into a testing or pre-release directory... -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de InformaticaFono: +56 32 2654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria

Re: [Announce] GIT v1.5.0-rc2

2007-01-21 Thread Horst H. von Brand
shallowness would be nice here... Very nice work, thanks! -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de InformaticaFono: +56 32 2654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 2654239 Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile

Re: heavy nfs[4]] causes fs badness Was: 2.6.20-rc4: known unfixed regressions (v2)

2007-01-15 Thread Horst H. von Brand
bug + fix. But my feelin is that this is older. -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de InformaticaFono: +56 32 2654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 2654239 Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile Fax: +56 32

Re: heavy nfs[4]] causes fs badness Was: 2.6.20-rc4: known unfixed regressions (v2)

2007-01-15 Thread Horst H. von Brand
. -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de InformaticaFono: +56 32 2654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 2654239 Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile Fax: +56 32 2797513 - To unsubscribe from

Re: Jumping into Kernel development: About -rc kernels...

2007-01-09 Thread Horst H. von Brand
u can get it (as source, or prebuilt) from <http://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git>, a bunch of documentation is in the package itself or at <http://www.git.or.cz>. <http://www.kernel.org> gives pointers to several git kernel repositories. Good luck! -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand

Re: Jumping into Kernel development: About -rc kernels...

2007-01-09 Thread Horst H. von Brand
://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git, a bunch of documentation is in the package itself or at http://www.git.or.cz. http://www.kernel.org gives pointers to several git kernel repositories. Good luck! -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de Informatica

Re: [ANNOUNCE] GIT 1.4.4.4

2007-01-08 Thread Horst H. von Brand
.5.0 > will start soonish. I get git version 1.4.4.4.g9a5e4 (used to be 1.5.0.rc0.gXXXX) on the msater branch now? -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de InformaticaFono: +56 32 2654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria

Re: [ANNOUNCE] GIT 1.4.4.4

2007-01-08 Thread Horst H. von Brand
to be 1.5.0.rc0.g) on the msater branch now? -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de InformaticaFono: +56 32 2654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 2654239 Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile

Re: OT: character encodings (was: Linux 2.6.20-rc4)

2007-01-07 Thread Horst H. von Brand
charset problems today are much more visible today than, say, 15 years back, that is all. -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de InformaticaFono: +56 32 2654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 2654239 Cas

Re: OT: character encodings (was: Linux 2.6.20-rc4)

2007-01-07 Thread Horst H. von Brand
are much more visible today than, say, 15 years back, that is all. -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de InformaticaFono: +56 32 2654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 2654239 Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Guilt 0.16

2007-01-06 Thread Horst H. von Brand
l_ the information is stored as plain text - a series file and > the patches (one per file). This easily lends itself to versioning the > patches using any number of of SCMs. A installation script/Makefile (or at least instructions) is missing... -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand Us

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Guilt 0.16

2007-01-06 Thread Horst H. von Brand
as plain text - a series file and the patches (one per file). This easily lends itself to versioning the patches using any number of of SCMs. A installation script/Makefile (or at least instructions) is missing... -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org

Re: 2.6.20-rc3: known unfixed regressions (v3)

2007-01-04 Thread Horst H. von Brand
IG_SCSI_SCAN_ASYNC=y ?) > References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/12/13/181 > http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/01/04/75 > Submitter : Horst H. von Brand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Status : unknown Fixed in 2.6.20-rc3 (perhaps was due to SCSI_SCAN_ASYNC) -- Dr. Horst H.

Re: 2.6.20-rc3: known unfixed regressions (v2)

2007-01-04 Thread Horst H. von Brand
SPARC64: Can't mount / > References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/12/13/181 > Submitter : Horst H. von Brand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Status : unknown Works for me now with 2.6.20-rc3. Might have been some form of pilot error (perhaps setting SCSI_TGT=m and/or SCSI_SCAN_ASYNC

Re: 2.6.20-rc3: known unfixed regressions (v2)

2007-01-04 Thread Horst H. von Brand
://lkml.org/lkml/2006/12/13/181 Submitter : Horst H. von Brand [EMAIL PROTECTED] Status : unknown Works for me now with 2.6.20-rc3. Might have been some form of pilot error (perhaps setting SCSI_TGT=m and/or SCSI_SCAN_ASYNC=y, I unset them for the current trial run). I see CONFIG_SCSI_SCAN_ASYNC

Re: 2.6.20-rc3: known unfixed regressions (v3)

2007-01-04 Thread Horst H. von Brand
/lkml/2006/12/13/181 http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/01/04/75 Submitter : Horst H. von Brand [EMAIL PROTECTED] Status : unknown Fixed in 2.6.20-rc3 (perhaps was due to SCSI_SCAN_ASYNC) -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de Informatica

Re: kernel + gcc 4.1 = several problems

2007-01-02 Thread Horst H. von Brand
D. Hazelton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > None. I didn't file a report on this because I didn't find the big, just > noted a problem that appears to occur. In this case the call's generated > seem to wrap loops - something I've never heard of anyone doing. Example code showing this

Re: Open letter to Linux kernel developers (was Re: Binary Drivers)

2007-01-02 Thread Horst H. von Brand
has to > list the patents and the amount of my time to invest (and then he will > get a price for it and no guarantees of success). And them you'd have to testify (as an expert witness, AFAIU). Having legally demostrable expertise in the area isn't easy, I suppose. -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand

Re: Open letter to Linux kernel developers (was Re: Binary Drivers)

2007-01-02 Thread Horst H. von Brand
time to invest (and then he will get a price for it and no guarantees of success). And them you'd have to testify (as an expert witness, AFAIU). Having legally demostrable expertise in the area isn't easy, I suppose. -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org

Re: kernel + gcc 4.1 = several problems

2007-01-02 Thread Horst H. von Brand
D. Hazelton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] None. I didn't file a report on this because I didn't find the big, just noted a problem that appears to occur. In this case the call's generated seem to wrap loops - something I've never heard of anyone doing. Example code showing this weirdness?

Re: 2.6.20-rc2: known unfixed regressions

2006-12-29 Thread Horst H. von Brand
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Commit : 8701ea957dd2a7c309e17c8dcde3a64b92d8aec0 > Status : fixed in -rc2 This I see in Fedora rawhide i686 2.6.19-1.2891.fc7 (BZ'd at <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=220855> -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de I

Re: 2.6.20-rc2: known unfixed regressions

2006-12-29 Thread Horst H. von Brand
: 8701ea957dd2a7c309e17c8dcde3a64b92d8aec0 Status : fixed in -rc2 This I see in Fedora rawhide i686 2.6.19-1.2891.fc7 (BZ'd at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=220855 -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de InformaticaFono: +56 32 2654431

Re: 2.6.20-rc2: known unfixed regressions

2006-12-28 Thread Horst H. von Brand
the only difference "diff -Nur" finds between the unpacked initrds are the modules themselves (obviously). -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de InformaticaFono: +56 32 2654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria

Re: Want comments regarding patch

2006-12-28 Thread Horst H. von Brand
off a few bytes/cycles and paying for that with massive developer confusion? What if the constant changes and is -2, or 1, tomorrow? -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de InformaticaFono: +56 32 2654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa

Re: 2.6.20-rc2: known unfixed regressions

2006-12-28 Thread Horst H. von Brand
diff -Nur finds between the unpacked initrds are the modules themselves (obviously). -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de InformaticaFono: +56 32 2654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 2654239 Casilla

Re: Want comments regarding patch

2006-12-28 Thread Horst H. von Brand
developer confusion? What if the constant changes and is -2, or 1, tomorrow? -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de InformaticaFono: +56 32 2654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 2654239 Casilla 110-V

Re: 2.6.19 (current from git) on SPARC64: Can't mount /

2006-12-27 Thread Horst H. von Brand
Adrian Bunk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Dec 13, 2006 at 03:56:46PM -0300, Horst H. von Brand wrote: > > I've been running kernel du jour straight from git on my SPARC Ultra 1 for > > some time now on Aurora Corona (Fedora relative, development branch). For a > >

Re: util-linux: orphan

2006-12-27 Thread Horst H. von Brand
util-linux-2.12a-16.EL4.20 $ ldd /bin/mount libc.so.6 => /lib64/tls/libc.so.6 (0x0031d6c0) /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00552aaaa000) All look fine to me. -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de Informatica

Re: [PATCH] Remove logically superfluous comparisons from Kconfig files.

2006-12-27 Thread Horst H. von Brand
833a1..d681e68 100644 > --- a/drivers/char/drm/Kconfig > +++ b/drivers/char/drm/Kconfig > @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ > # > config DRM > tristate "Direct Rendering Manager (XFree86 4.1.0 and higher DRI > support)" > - depends on (AGP || AGP=n) && PCI &

Re: [PATCH] Remove logically superfluous comparisons from Kconfig files.

2006-12-27 Thread Horst H. von Brand
@@ # config DRM tristate Direct Rendering Manager (XFree86 4.1.0 and higher DRI support) - depends on (AGP || AGP=n) PCI + depends on PCI ^^ ??? help -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de Informatica

Re: util-linux: orphan

2006-12-27 Thread Horst H. von Brand
.6 = /lib64/tls/libc.so.6 (0x0031d6c0) /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00552000) All look fine to me. -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de InformaticaFono: +56 32 2654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa

Re: 2.6.19 (current from git) on SPARC64: Can't mount /

2006-12-27 Thread Horst H. von Brand
Adrian Bunk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Dec 13, 2006 at 03:56:46PM -0300, Horst H. von Brand wrote: I've been running kernel du jour straight from git on my SPARC Ultra 1 for some time now on Aurora Corona (Fedora relative, development branch). For a few days now 2.6.19 panics on boot

Re: Binary Drivers

2006-12-26 Thread Horst H. von Brand
and I think it's time it be > pressed with graphics cards. -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de InformaticaFono: +56 32 2654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 2654239 Casilla 110-V,

Re: Binary Drivers

2006-12-26 Thread Horst H. von Brand
stly in the latest glitter where support is currently lacking, and this distorts the perspective quite a bit. -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de InformaticaFono: +56 32 2654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria

Re: Binary Drivers

2006-12-26 Thread Horst H. von Brand
/ the best hardware support of all operating systems out there. You only notice the (small) minority of devices that don't work (yet). Sure, it is mostly in the latest glitter where support is currently lacking, and this distorts the perspective quite a bit. -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand

Re: Binary Drivers

2006-12-26 Thread Horst H. von Brand
. Everything else (use on Linux, for example) is then unreasonable use, and need not be supported at all. This same issue has been pressed in other areas Examples? and I think it's time it be pressed with graphics cards. -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand

Re: Binary Drivers

2006-12-24 Thread Horst H. von Brand
door (We all know it happens with software, right? Hardware is much the same...). And they can't just work a year or so longer to get them ironed out, by then they could be right out of business. -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de Informatica

Re: Binary Drivers

2006-12-24 Thread Horst H. von Brand
you get the specs for that? Can you get them? -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de InformaticaFono: +56 32 2654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 2654239 Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile

Re: Updated Kernel Hacker's guide to git

2006-12-24 Thread Horst H. von Brand
uot; branches (via URL + branches) too. Miscellaneous debris: 'git pull' has gotten tags each time for me? -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de InformaticaFono: +56 32 2654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria

Re: Updated Kernel Hacker's guide to git

2006-12-24 Thread Horst H. von Brand
) too. Miscellaneous debris: 'git pull' has gotten tags each time for me? -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de InformaticaFono: +56 32 2654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 2654239 Casilla 110-V

Re: Binary Drivers

2006-12-24 Thread Horst H. von Brand
for that? Can you get them? -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de InformaticaFono: +56 32 2654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 2654239 Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile Fax: +56 32 2797513

Re: Binary Drivers

2006-12-24 Thread Horst H. von Brand
a year or so longer to get them ironed out, by then they could be right out of business. -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de InformaticaFono: +56 32 2654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 2654239

Re: GPL only modules [was Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19]

2006-12-23 Thread Horst H. von Brand
Intel 3945)... If in-tree driver is already a challange, out-of-tree is hopeless. -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de InformaticaFono: +56 32 2654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 2654239 Casilla 110-V,

Re: Binary Drivers

2006-12-23 Thread Horst H. von Brand
drive it, that's fraud. Nonsense. [...] > > If you're building products with no expectation of supporting outside > > driver developers, both of those are quite possible. > And they're both quite fraudulent. You cannot both sell something and keep > its construction

Re: Binary Drivers

2006-12-23 Thread Horst H. von Brand
ld you feel if you bought a car and then discovered that the > manufacturer had welded the hood shut? How many people still do their own > oil changes anyway? If people don't do this, what sense does it make to tell them how to do it anyway? -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22

Re: Binary Drivers

2006-12-23 Thread Horst H. von Brand
and then discovered that the manufacturer had welded the hood shut? How many people still do their own oil changes anyway? If people don't do this, what sense does it make to tell them how to do it anyway? -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de

Re: Binary Drivers

2006-12-23 Thread Horst H. von Brand
of supporting outside driver developers, both of those are quite possible. And they're both quite fraudulent. You cannot both sell something and keep its construction a secret. It is quite regularly done, so this argument won't fly. -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org

Re: GPL only modules [was Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19]

2006-12-23 Thread Horst H. von Brand
-of-tree is hopeless. -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de InformaticaFono: +56 32 2654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 2654239 Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile Fax: +56 32 2797513

Re: GPL only modules [was Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19]

2006-12-21 Thread Horst H. von Brand
IRQ allocation, so you end up with something that's > > visible on lspci but not actually *usable* in any real sense of the term... > Hmmm... does this happen often? False results are definedly a show > stopper. Not just for systems, even for individual cards. -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand

Re: GPL only modules [was Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19]

2006-12-21 Thread Horst H. von Brand
real sense of the term... Hmmm... does this happen often? False results are definedly a show stopper. Not just for systems, even for individual cards. -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de InformaticaFono: +56 32 2654431

Re: GPL only modules

2006-12-19 Thread Horst H. von Brand
you. Pure noise, a license can't take them away in any case. [That is my pet pevee with GPL: It has a bit of legally binding text, and lots of "explanation" and "philosophy" that don't add anything but confusion. A clear-cut license plus an explanation/comment would h

Re: GPL only modules

2006-12-19 Thread Horst H. von Brand
xtra restrictions on the > code *OUTSIDE* the copyright rules. A license like GPL works /inside/ copyright law, by allowing you to do things the law prohibits unless the owner of the right agrees. What the law allows explicitly, regardless of the owner's wishes, can't be taken away. -- Dr. Horst

Re: GPL only modules

2006-12-19 Thread Horst H. von Brand
. A license like GPL works /inside/ copyright law, by allowing you to do things the law prohibits unless the owner of the right agrees. What the law allows explicitly, regardless of the owner's wishes, can't be taken away. -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org

Re: GPL only modules

2006-12-19 Thread Horst H. von Brand
: It has a bit of legally binding text, and lots of explanation and philosophy that don't add anything but confusion. A clear-cut license plus an explanation/comment would have been better. IMHO, IANAL. HAND.] -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de

2.6.19 (current from git) on SPARC64: Can't mount /

2006-12-13 Thread Horst H. von Brand
to rebuild a kernel to check if the problem lay elsewhere). Unpacking the initrds for 2.6.19 and 2.6.19.1 shows the same (nash script) /init and the same modules in both (ext3 + jbd, scsi_mod, sd_mod, esp, others). I'm stumped. Any clue? -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616

Re: Postgrey experiment at VGER

2006-12-13 Thread Horst H. von Brand
othing whatsoever, directly? -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de InformaticaFono: +56 32 2654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 2654239 Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile Fax: +56 32 279

Re: Postgrey experiment at VGER

2006-12-13 Thread Horst H. von Brand
. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de InformaticaFono: +56 32 2654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 2654239 Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile Fax: +56 32 2797513 - To unsubscribe from this list

2.6.19 (current from git) on SPARC64: Can't mount /

2006-12-13 Thread Horst H. von Brand
to rebuild a kernel to check if the problem lay elsewhere). Unpacking the initrds for 2.6.19 and 2.6.19.1 shows the same (nash script) /init and the same modules in both (ext3 + jbd, scsi_mod, sd_mod, esp, others). I'm stumped. Any clue? -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616

Re: [PATCH] let WARN_ON() output the condition

2006-12-06 Thread Horst H. von Brand
if (debug_locks_off()) \ > > - WARN_ON(1); \ > > + WARN_ON(c); \ > > __ret = 1; \ &

Re: [PATCH] let WARN_ON() output the condition

2006-12-06 Thread Horst H. von Brand
readable message too, IMHO. -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de InformaticaFono: +56 32 2654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 2654239 Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile Fax: +56 32 2797513

Re: ownership/permissions of cpio initrd

2006-12-05 Thread Horst H. von Brand
Jeffrey Hundstad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You can also use fakeroot(1). I think that is a debianism... not here on Fedora. -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de InformaticaFono: +56 32 2654431 Universidad Tecnica

Re: ownership/permissions of cpio initrd

2006-12-05 Thread Horst H. von Brand
k an initrd. It is a bit more work, but gives you extra flexibility (i.e., not just futzing around with permissions, can also add/replace/edit/rename/delete files, ... using bog standard tools). -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de Informatica

Re: ownership/permissions of cpio initrd

2006-12-05 Thread Horst H. von Brand
., not just futzing around with permissions, can also add/replace/edit/rename/delete files, ... using bog standard tools). -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de InformaticaFono: +56 32 2654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa

Re: ownership/permissions of cpio initrd

2006-12-05 Thread Horst H. von Brand
Jeffrey Hundstad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You can also use fakeroot(1). I think that is a debianism... not here on Fedora. -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de InformaticaFono: +56 32 2654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico

Re: 2.6.19 git compile error - "current_is_keventd" [drivers/net/phy/libphy.ko] undefined

2006-12-04 Thread Horst H. von Brand
make: *** [modules] Error 2 Also i686, sparc64. At drivers/net/phy/phy.c:590 is the lone reference to current_is_keventd in that directory. Still present as of ff51a9... -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de InformaticaFono:

Re: la la la la ... swappiness

2006-12-04 Thread Horst H. von Brand
Aucoin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Horst H. von Brand [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > That means that there isn't a need for that memory at all (and so they > In the current isolated non-production, not actually bearing a load test > case yes. But if I can't get it t

Re: la la la la ... swappiness

2006-12-04 Thread Horst H. von Brand
e explain again: - What you are doing, step by step - What are your exact requirements - In what exact way is it missbehaving. Please tell /in detail/ how you determine the real behaviour, not your deductions. [Yes, I'm in my "dense" day today.] -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand

Re: [Openipmi-developer] [PATCH 9/12] IPMI: add pigeonpoint poweroff

2006-12-04 Thread Horst H. von Brand
nce. I'd have had to look over the code to find out what it was initialized to. In cases where it is not an explicit 0/NULL, I'd leave it as is. It could also break if somebody later on changes the value of BT_DEBUG_OFF (yes, very unlikely, but...). Bug your friendly GCC guy to loose static init

Re: [Openipmi-developer] [PATCH 9/12] IPMI: add pigeonpoint poweroff

2006-12-04 Thread Horst H. von Brand
(yes, very unlikely, but...). Bug your friendly GCC guy to loose static initializations to zero (shouldn't be /that/ hard to do...) instead of obfuscating kernel's code. -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de InformaticaFono: +56

Re: la la la la ... swappiness

2006-12-04 Thread Horst H. von Brand
, step by step - What are your exact requirements - In what exact way is it missbehaving. Please tell /in detail/ how you determine the real behaviour, not your deductions. [Yes, I'm in my dense day today.] -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de

Re: la la la la ... swappiness

2006-12-04 Thread Horst H. von Brand
Aucoin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Horst H. von Brand [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] That means that there isn't a need for that memory at all (and so they In the current isolated non-production, not actually bearing a load test case yes. But if I can't get it to not swap on an idle system I

Re: 2.6.19 git compile error - current_is_keventd [drivers/net/phy/libphy.ko] undefined

2006-12-04 Thread Horst H. von Brand
, sparc64. At drivers/net/phy/phy.c:590 is the lone reference to current_is_keventd in that directory. Still present as of ff51a9... -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de InformaticaFono: +56 32 2654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico

Re: la la la la ... swappiness

2006-12-03 Thread Horst H. von Brand
ing it swap less means assigning it more RAM, i.e., giving it higher (not lower) priority than other stuff happening at the same time. I guess I don't understand what your needs are (not what you want to do to get there). -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Depar

2.6.19 git 2b5f6dcce...: current_is_keventd() AWOL?

2006-12-03 Thread Horst H. von Brand
Trying to compile that kernel on i686 the build fails in drivers/net/phy/libphy.ko (drivers/net/phy/phy.c, line 590) due to current_is_keventd() missing. -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de InformaticaFono: +56 32 2654431

2.6.19 git 2b5f6dcce...: current_is_keventd() AWOL?

2006-12-03 Thread Horst H. von Brand
Trying to compile that kernel on i686 the build fails in drivers/net/phy/libphy.ko (drivers/net/phy/phy.c, line 590) due to current_is_keventd() missing. -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de InformaticaFono: +56 32 2654431

Re: la la la la ... swappiness

2006-12-03 Thread Horst H. von Brand
assigning it more RAM, i.e., giving it higher (not lower) priority than other stuff happening at the same time. I guess I don't understand what your needs are (not what you want to do to get there). -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de Informatica