Re: [PATCH] i2c: designware: Do not use parameters from ACPI on Dell Inspiron 7348

2015-10-17 Thread Pavel Roskin
Yes, I've tested the patch extensively. It's working fine for me. Pavel -- 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

Re: [PATCH] i2c: designware: Do not use parameters from ACPI on Dell Inspiron 7348

2015-10-17 Thread Pavel Roskin
Yes, I've tested the patch extensively. It's working fine for me. Pavel -- 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

[PATCH] kconfig: fix warning in get_prompt_str()

2014-12-01 Thread Pavel Roskin
e should be no behavior change in get_prompt_str() regardless of the input. Signed-off-by: Pavel Roskin --- scripts/kconfig/menu.c |4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/menu.c b/scripts/kconfig/menu.c index a26cc5d..72c9dba 100644 --- a/scripts/kconfi

[PATCH] kconfig: fix warning in get_prompt_str()

2014-12-01 Thread Pavel Roskin
be no behavior change in get_prompt_str() regardless of the input. Signed-off-by: Pavel Roskin pro...@gnu.org --- scripts/kconfig/menu.c |4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/menu.c b/scripts/kconfig/menu.c index a26cc5d..72c9dba 100644 --- a/scripts

Re: serial8250: bogus low_latency destabilizes kernel, need sanity check

2014-01-14 Thread Pavel Roskin
trusted. -- Regards, Pavel Roskin -- 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: serial8250: bogus low_latency destabilizes kernel, need sanity check

2014-01-14 Thread Pavel Roskin
it is to be trusted. -- Regards, Pavel Roskin -- 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/

serial8250: bogus low_latency destabilizes kernel, need sanity check

2014-01-13 Thread Pavel Roskin
should unset the low_latency flag as soon as DMA fails? There are two flags, one is state->uart_port->flags and the other is port->low_latency. I guess we need to unset both. -- Regards, Pavel Roskin -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in

serial8250: bogus low_latency destabilizes kernel, need sanity check

2014-01-13 Thread Pavel Roskin
and the other is port-low_latency. I guess we need to unset both. -- Regards, Pavel Roskin -- 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

Re: Uncompressed kernel doesn't build on x86_64

2013-11-14 Thread Pavel Roskin
ulator, decompression could be slow. If the kernel runs in a virtual machine, the kernel would need to be decompressed separately for every virtual machine. Reading from the disk would be done only once if several virtual machines are started in a short period of time. -- Regards, Pavel Roskin -- T

Re: Uncompressed kernel doesn't build on x86_64

2013-11-14 Thread Pavel Roskin
machine, the kernel would need to be decompressed separately for every virtual machine. Reading from the disk would be done only once if several virtual machines are started in a short period of time. -- Regards, Pavel Roskin -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel

Uncompressed kernel doesn't build on x86_64

2013-11-13 Thread Pavel Roskin
pression" could be a symlink. Alternatively, the "." could be included in other suffixes, the uncompressed suffix would be empty and the compression would be an empty statement. -- Regards, Pavel Roskin -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel&

Uncompressed kernel doesn't build on x86_64

2013-11-13 Thread Pavel Roskin
. Then the compression could be a symlink. Alternatively, the . could be included in other suffixes, the uncompressed suffix would be empty and the compression would be an empty statement. -- Regards, Pavel Roskin -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body

Re: [PATCH] drm: never write to the userspace more data than the caller wants

2013-10-17 Thread Pavel Roskin
On Thu, 17 Oct 2013 13:26:47 +0100 Chris Wilson wrote: > On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 08:12:35PM -0400, Pavel Roskin wrote: > > The amount of data wanted by the userspace caller is encoded in the > > ioctl number. Generic drm ioctls were ignoring it. > > > > As a resul

Re: [PATCH] drm: never write to the userspace more data than the caller wants

2013-10-17 Thread Pavel Roskin
On Thu, 17 Oct 2013 13:26:47 +0100 Chris Wilson ch...@chris-wilson.co.uk wrote: On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 08:12:35PM -0400, Pavel Roskin wrote: The amount of data wanted by the userspace caller is encoded in the ioctl number. Generic drm ioctls were ignoring it. As a result, Intel Xorg

[PATCH] drm: never write to the userspace more data than the caller wants

2013-10-16 Thread Pavel Roskin
-by: Pavel Roskin Cc: sta...@vger.kernel.org --- drivers/gpu/drm/drm_drv.c |5 - 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_drv.c index e572dd2..8a1c721 100644 --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_drv.c +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_drv.c

[PATCH] drm: never write to the userspace more data than the caller wants

2013-10-16 Thread Pavel Roskin
-by: Pavel Roskin pro...@gnu.org Cc: sta...@vger.kernel.org --- drivers/gpu/drm/drm_drv.c |5 - 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_drv.c index e572dd2..8a1c721 100644 --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_drv.c +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm

Re: [PATCH] x86: sysfb: mark simplefb resources as BUSY

2013-10-02 Thread Pavel Roskin
On Wed, 2 Oct 2013 16:41:04 +0200 David Herrmann wrote: > Tested-by: Pavel Roskin Tested indeed, on ThinkPad W530 with 32-bit and 64-bit kernels with Intel and NVidia graphics enabled. > Sorry for the delay, but I was in the US for the last 2 weeks and > this is really no major is

Re: [PATCH] x86: sysfb: mark simplefb resources as BUSY

2013-10-02 Thread Pavel Roskin
On Wed, 2 Oct 2013 16:41:04 +0200 David Herrmann dh.herrm...@gmail.com wrote: Tested-by: Pavel Roskin pro...@gnu.org Tested indeed, on ThinkPad W530 with 32-bit and 64-bit kernels with Intel and NVidia graphics enabled. Sorry for the delay, but I was in the US for the last 2 weeks

Re: [PATCH] linux-firmware: add MISSING file

2013-01-14 Thread Pavel Roskin
em but not in the linux-firmware tree. The kernel doesn't know whether the firmware is missing due to licensing issues or due to misconfiguration. The kernel cannot know that. And I don't think the kernel should include as much information as the MISSING file would include. -- Regards, Pavel Ro

Re: [PATCH] linux-firmware: add MISSING file

2013-01-14 Thread Pavel Roskin
-firmware tree. The kernel doesn't know whether the firmware is missing due to licensing issues or due to misconfiguration. The kernel cannot know that. And I don't think the kernel should include as much information as the MISSING file would include. -- Regards, Pavel Roskin -- To unsubscribe

Re: Bisected regression: iterate_fd() selinux change affects flash plugin

2012-11-30 Thread Pavel Roskin
anything. -- Regards, Pavel Roskin -- 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: Bisected regression: iterate_fd() selinux change affects flash plugin

2012-11-30 Thread Pavel Roskin
if I mishandled anything. -- Regards, Pavel Roskin -- 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: Bisected regression: iterate_fd() selinux change affects flash plugin

2012-11-12 Thread Pavel Roskin
. -ENOENT is both magic and negative :) I tend to think now that iterate_fd() should be rewritten before it's too late and all its current users should be cross-checked against the code prior to the introduction of iterate_fd(). -- Regards, Pavel Roskin -- To unsubscribe from this list: send

Re: Bisected regression: iterate_fd() selinux change affects flash plugin

2012-11-12 Thread Pavel Roskin
the crazy logics? I agree. -ENOENT is both magic and negative :) I tend to think now that iterate_fd() should be rewritten before it's too late and all its current users should be cross-checked against the code prior to the introduction of iterate_fd(). -- Regards, Pavel Roskin -- To unsubscribe from

Re: Bisected regression: iterate_fd() selinux change affects flash plugin

2012-11-11 Thread Pavel Roskin
Quoting Pavel Roskin : Hello, Al! I have noticed that Mozilla Firefox gets stuck for seconds or minutes on some sites, in particular on Facebook with Linux 3.7-rc1 and newer mainline kernels. Disabling flash plugin fixes the delays. This is a Fedora 17 system with SELinux enabled, on x86_64

Re: Bisected regression: iterate_fd() selinux change affects flash plugin

2012-11-11 Thread Pavel Roskin
Quoting Pavel Roskin pro...@gnu.org: Hello, Al! I have noticed that Mozilla Firefox gets stuck for seconds or minutes on some sites, in particular on Facebook with Linux 3.7-rc1 and newer mainline kernels. Disabling flash plugin fixes the delays. This is a Fedora 17 system with SELinux

Bisected regression: iterate_fd() selinux change affects flash plugin

2012-10-25 Thread Pavel Roskin
ior. -- Regards, Pavel Roskin -- 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/

Bisected regression: iterate_fd() selinux change affects flash plugin

2012-10-25 Thread Pavel Roskin
is sufficient to restore the correct behavior. -- Regards, Pavel Roskin -- 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

Re: Bisected regression in Linux 3.7.0-rc1, hang on login caused by replace_fd()

2012-10-16 Thread Pavel Roskin
On Tue, 16 Oct 2012 00:48:53 +0100 Al Viro wrote: > On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 07:40:08PM -0400, Pavel Roskin wrote: > > On Tue, 16 Oct 2012 00:27:05 +0100 > > Al Viro wrote: > > > > > I think I understand what's going on there. Add > > > fput(files[0])

Re: Bisected regression in Linux 3.7.0-rc1, hang on login caused by replace_fd()

2012-10-16 Thread Pavel Roskin
On Tue, 16 Oct 2012 00:48:53 +0100 Al Viro v...@zeniv.linux.org.uk wrote: On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 07:40:08PM -0400, Pavel Roskin wrote: On Tue, 16 Oct 2012 00:27:05 +0100 Al Viro v...@zeniv.linux.org.uk wrote: I think I understand what's going on there. Add fput(files[0]) after

Re: Bisected regression in Linux 3.7.0-rc1, hang on login caused by replace_fd()

2012-10-15 Thread Pavel Roskin
ow! No more hang on login! -- Regards, Pavel Roskin -- 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: Bisected regression in Linux 3.7.0-rc1, hang on login caused by replace_fd()

2012-10-15 Thread Pavel Roskin
On Mon, 15 Oct 2012 22:51:27 +0100 Al Viro wrote: > On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 05:14:37PM -0400, Pavel Roskin wrote: > > Hello! > > > > I tried the current mainline Linux on Fedora 16 x64_64 and found > > that I cannot login in gdm. I'm using gdm with LXDE. Afte

Re: Bisected regression in Linux 3.7.0-rc1, hang on login caused by replace_fd()

2012-10-15 Thread Pavel Roskin
On Mon, 15 Oct 2012 22:51:27 +0100 Al Viro v...@zeniv.linux.org.uk wrote: On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 05:14:37PM -0400, Pavel Roskin wrote: Hello! I tried the current mainline Linux on Fedora 16 x64_64 and found that I cannot login in gdm. I'm using gdm with LXDE. After a few minutes

Re: Bisected regression in Linux 3.7.0-rc1, hang on login caused by replace_fd()

2012-10-15 Thread Pavel Roskin
working now! No more hang on login! -- Regards, Pavel Roskin -- 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

Re: [RFC] mmiotrace full patch, preview 1

2008-02-25 Thread Pavel Roskin
" name or stick with the semaphore functionality if it's really needed). -- Regards, Pavel Roskin -- 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 rea

Re: [RFC] mmiotrace full patch, preview 1

2008-02-25 Thread Pavel Roskin
with the semaphore functionality if it's really needed). -- Regards, Pavel Roskin -- 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

ndiswrapper tainting

2008-02-21 Thread Pavel Roskin
because it would break existing modprobe configuration files that bind ndiswrapper to specific devices. Please let's not turn it into another empty discussion. I represent only myself and I'm not a lawyer. -- Regards, Pavel Roskin -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe

[PATCH] kbuild: CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE should not be default

2008-02-21 Thread Pavel Roskin
It's an experimental option and it's not generally recommended Signed-off-by: Pavel Roskin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- init/Kconfig |1 - 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig index dcef8b5..a998a13 100644 --- a/init/Kconfig +++

[PATCH] kbuild: CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE should not be default

2008-02-21 Thread Pavel Roskin
It's an experimental option and it's not generally recommended Signed-off-by: Pavel Roskin [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- init/Kconfig |1 - 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig index dcef8b5..a998a13 100644 --- a/init/Kconfig +++ b/init/Kconfig

ndiswrapper tainting

2008-02-21 Thread Pavel Roskin
because it would break existing modprobe configuration files that bind ndiswrapper to specific devices. Please let's not turn it into another empty discussion. I represent only myself and I'm not a lawyer. -- Regards, Pavel Roskin -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux

Re: [RFC PATCH v2] x86: explicit call to mmiotrace in do_page_fault()

2008-02-10 Thread Pavel Roskin
ss if will just stay in sync with the upstream. Many thanks for pushing it into the kernel. -- Regards, Pavel Roskin -- 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/m

Re: [RFC PATCH v2] x86: explicit call to mmiotrace in do_page_fault()

2008-02-10 Thread Pavel Roskin
with the upstream. Many thanks for pushing it into the kernel. -- Regards, Pavel Roskin -- 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

[PATCH] module: remove module taint on ndiswrapper

2008-02-02 Thread Pavel Roskin
Revert 0aa5bd52d0c49ca56d24584c646e6544ccbb3dc9, which disallowed ndiswrapper to use GPL-only symbols. Add comments why ndiswrapper and driverloader are tainted to avoid similar mistakes in the future. Signed-off-by: Pavel Roskin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- kernel/module.c |7 ++- 1

[PATCH] module: remove module taint on ndiswrapper

2008-02-02 Thread Pavel Roskin
Revert 0aa5bd52d0c49ca56d24584c646e6544ccbb3dc9, which disallowed ndiswrapper to use GPL-only symbols. Add comments why ndiswrapper and driverloader are tainted to avoid similar mistakes in the future. Signed-off-by: Pavel Roskin [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- kernel/module.c |7 ++- 1 files

Re: ndiswrapper and GPL-only symbols redux

2008-01-31 Thread Pavel Roskin
logy would be running a non-free program in a free emulator. I don't have any issues with ndiswrapper. If anyone does, they should write to FSF, or maybe to FSF Europe if the concern are about European laws. -- Regards, Pavel Roskin -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscr

Re: ndiswrapper and GPL-only symbols redux

2008-01-31 Thread Pavel Roskin
issues with ndiswrapper. If anyone does, they should write to FSF, or maybe to FSF Europe if the concern are about European laws. -- Regards, Pavel Roskin -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info

Re: ndiswrapper and GPL-only symbols redux

2008-01-29 Thread Pavel Roskin
Quoting Andi Kleen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Pavel Roskin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: */ @@ -162,6 +163,7 @@ const char *print_tainted(void) if (tainted) { snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "Tainted: %c%c%c%c%c%c%c%c", tainted &

Re: ndiswrapper and GPL-only symbols redux

2008-01-29 Thread Pavel Roskin
Add comments to show the difference between driverloader and ndiswrapper. Signed-off-by: Pavel Roskin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- include/linux/kernel.h |1 + kernel/module.c|5 - kernel/panic.c |2 ++ 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --g

Re: ndiswrapper and GPL-only symbols redux

2008-01-29 Thread Pavel Roskin
stays in memory, just like it does when a proprietary program runs on top of the Linux kernel. Memory dumps might be illegal to distribute though. I'm not a lawyer and the above is not a legal advice. I don't represent Free Software Foundation. -- Regards, Pavel Roskin -- To unsubscribe from this

Re: ndiswrapper and GPL-only symbols redux

2008-01-29 Thread Pavel Roskin
"struct module". And I think we really don't want modules tainting and untainting themselves by changing THIS_MODULE->taints. It's a Pandora's box that's better kept closed. -- Regards, Pavel Roskin -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in

Re: ndiswrapper and GPL-only symbols redux

2008-01-29 Thread Pavel Roskin
ithout checking the entire > history of LWN stories beforehand. I'm going to the gym to escape :) I'm actually so relieved that it has been mistake, just like it was the last time. Good luck! -- Regards, Pavel Roskin -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linu

Re: ndiswrapper and GPL-only symbols redux

2008-01-29 Thread Pavel Roskin
he author fails to make the necessary updates for the next kernel for whatever reason, somebody will fork it and make such updates. -- Regards, Pavel Roskin -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More major

Re: ndiswrapper and GPL-only symbols redux

2008-01-29 Thread Pavel Roskin
On Wed, 2008-01-30 at 00:57 +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote: > On Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 04:22:45PM -0500, Pavel Roskin wrote: > > Hello! > > > > It have come to my attention that a patch has been committed to the > > kernel with the explicit purpose of tainting ndiswrap

Re: ndiswrapper and GPL-only symbols redux

2008-01-29 Thread Pavel Roskin
On Tue, 2008-01-29 at 17:27 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:22:45 EST, Pavel Roskin said: > > Hello! > > > > It have come to my attention that a patch has been committed to the > > kernel with the explicit purpose of tainting ndiswrapper - the

ndiswrapper and GPL-only symbols redux

2008-01-29 Thread Pavel Roskin
a completely free OS; take it away and see less users, less testers and less reverse engineering efforts -- Regards, Pavel Roskin -- 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.

ndiswrapper and GPL-only symbols redux

2008-01-29 Thread Pavel Roskin
a completely free OS; take it away and see less users, less testers and less reverse engineering efforts -- Regards, Pavel Roskin -- 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: ndiswrapper and GPL-only symbols redux

2008-01-29 Thread Pavel Roskin
On Tue, 2008-01-29 at 17:27 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:22:45 EST, Pavel Roskin said: Hello! It have come to my attention that a patch has been committed to the kernel with the explicit purpose of tainting ndiswrapper - the kernel module allowing Windows NDIS

Re: ndiswrapper and GPL-only symbols redux

2008-01-29 Thread Pavel Roskin
On Wed, 2008-01-30 at 00:57 +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote: On Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 04:22:45PM -0500, Pavel Roskin wrote: Hello! It have come to my attention that a patch has been committed to the kernel with the explicit purpose of tainting ndiswrapper - the kernel module allowing Windows

Re: ndiswrapper and GPL-only symbols redux

2008-01-29 Thread Pavel Roskin
reason, somebody will fork it and make such updates. -- Regards, Pavel Roskin -- 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: ndiswrapper and GPL-only symbols redux

2008-01-29 Thread Pavel Roskin
that it has been mistake, just like it was the last time. Good luck! -- Regards, Pavel Roskin -- 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: ndiswrapper and GPL-only symbols redux

2008-01-29 Thread Pavel Roskin
modules tainting and untainting themselves by changing THIS_MODULE-taints. It's a Pandora's box that's better kept closed. -- Regards, Pavel Roskin -- 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: ndiswrapper and GPL-only symbols redux

2008-01-29 Thread Pavel Roskin
is not a legal advice. I don't represent Free Software Foundation. -- Regards, Pavel Roskin -- 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: ndiswrapper and GPL-only symbols redux

2008-01-29 Thread Pavel Roskin
the difference between driverloader and ndiswrapper. Signed-off-by: Pavel Roskin [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- include/linux/kernel.h |1 + kernel/module.c|5 - kernel/panic.c |2 ++ 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b

Re: ndiswrapper and GPL-only symbols redux

2008-01-29 Thread Pavel Roskin
Quoting Andi Kleen [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Pavel Roskin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: */ @@ -162,6 +163,7 @@ const char *print_tainted(void) if (tainted) { snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), Tainted: %c%c%c%c%c%c%c%c, tainted TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE ? 'P

Re: Replacement for page fault notifiers?

2008-01-09 Thread Pavel Roskin
Linux page flags. Last but not least, mmiotrace should be useful for free drivers in the first place to have a legitimate reason to be in the kernel. -- Regards, Pavel Roskin -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL

Re: Replacement for page fault notifiers?

2008-01-09 Thread Pavel Roskin
On Wed, 2008-01-09 at 20:26 +, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > On Wed, Jan 09, 2008 at 03:24:16PM -0500, Pavel Roskin wrote: > > I just assumed (wrongly, as it seems) that the API change didn't remove > > any useful functionality. > > No, this was exactly the correct ass

Re: Replacement for page fault notifiers?

2008-01-09 Thread Pavel Roskin
On Thu, 2008-01-10 at 06:58 +1100, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > On Wed, 2008-01-09 at 18:21 +, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 09, 2008 at 01:18:44PM -0500, Pavel Roskin wrote: > > > notification without patching the kernel. But if no such solution is > &g

Re: Replacement for page fault notifiers?

2008-01-09 Thread Pavel Roskin
ll be able to implement fault notification without patching the kernel. But if no such solution is found, I would also support reverting the patch that removed fault notifiers on i386. -- Regards, Pavel Roskin -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel"

Re: Replacement for page fault notifiers?

2008-01-09 Thread Pavel Roskin
the kernel. But if no such solution is found, I would also support reverting the patch that removed fault notifiers on i386. -- Regards, Pavel Roskin -- 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: Replacement for page fault notifiers?

2008-01-09 Thread Pavel Roskin
On Thu, 2008-01-10 at 06:58 +1100, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: On Wed, 2008-01-09 at 18:21 +, Christoph Hellwig wrote: On Wed, Jan 09, 2008 at 01:18:44PM -0500, Pavel Roskin wrote: notification without patching the kernel. But if no such solution is found, I would also support

Re: Replacement for page fault notifiers?

2008-01-09 Thread Pavel Roskin
On Wed, 2008-01-09 at 20:26 +, Christoph Hellwig wrote: On Wed, Jan 09, 2008 at 03:24:16PM -0500, Pavel Roskin wrote: I just assumed (wrongly, as it seems) that the API change didn't remove any useful functionality. No, this was exactly the correct assumption. Out of tree modules

Re: Replacement for page fault notifiers?

2008-01-09 Thread Pavel Roskin
page flags. Last but not least, mmiotrace should be useful for free drivers in the first place to have a legitimate reason to be in the kernel. -- Regards, Pavel Roskin -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More

Re: [PATCH] drivers/net/: Spelling fixes

2007-12-17 Thread Pavel Roskin
_len; /* Lenght of result */ > + int scan_len; /* Length of result */ > }; > > #ifdef ORINOCO_DEBUG Acked-by: Pavel Roskin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Actually, I don't think such minor comment fixes need to be reviewed by the maintainers. Thanks

Re: [PATCH] drivers/net/: Spelling fixes

2007-12-17 Thread Pavel Roskin
*/ + int scan_len; /* Length of result */ }; #ifdef ORINOCO_DEBUG Acked-by: Pavel Roskin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Actually, I don't think such minor comment fixes need to be reviewed by the maintainers. Thanks anyway. -- Regards, Pavel Roskin -- To unsubscribe from this list: send

Re: Need help with register_page_fault_notifier() replacement in 2.6.24

2007-11-18 Thread Pavel Roskin
ol, so the improved code could be contributed back there. I guess if there is no simple answer, I'll have to try a few crazy ideas. If nothing works, the fault handler chain could be reinstated, perhaps as a separate configuration option. -- Regards, Pavel Roskin - To unsubscribe from this list

Need help with register_page_fault_notifier() replacement in 2.6.24

2007-11-18 Thread Pavel Roskin
preciated. -- Regards, Pavel Roskin - 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/

Need help with register_page_fault_notifier() replacement in 2.6.24

2007-11-18 Thread Pavel Roskin
. -- Regards, Pavel Roskin - 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: Need help with register_page_fault_notifier() replacement in 2.6.24

2007-11-18 Thread Pavel Roskin
the improved code could be contributed back there. I guess if there is no simple answer, I'll have to try a few crazy ideas. If nothing works, the fault handler chain could be reinstated, perhaps as a separate configuration option. -- Regards, Pavel Roskin - To unsubscribe from this list: send

Re: Distinguishing releases from pre-rc snapshots

2007-10-17 Thread Pavel Roskin
describe v2.6.23-4223-g65a6ec0 Format is: last tag - # commits since last tag - id of HEAD commit I don't see how I can use it in preprocessor conditions. -- Regards, Pavel Roskin - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message

Re: Distinguishing releases from pre-rc snapshots

2007-10-17 Thread Pavel Roskin
-g65a6ec0 Format is: last tag - # commits since last tag - id of HEAD commit I don't see how I can use it in preprocessor conditions. -- Regards, Pavel Roskin - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info

Re: Distinguishing releases from pre-rc snapshots

2007-10-16 Thread Pavel Roskin
On Tue, 2007-10-16 at 22:41 -0400, Rik van Riel wrote: > On Tue, 16 Oct 2007 22:22:43 -0400 > Pavel Roskin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I'm trying to keep some external drivers up to date with the kernel, > > and the first two weeks after the release is the worst

Re: Distinguishing releases from pre-rc snapshots

2007-10-16 Thread Pavel Roskin
On Tue, 2007-10-16 at 22:34 -0400, Dave Jones wrote: > On Tue, Oct 16, 2007 at 10:22:43PM -0400, Pavel Roskin wrote: > > > It would be nice to establish a rule to increment the version number > > immediately after the kernel release and have a suffix to indicate that > &g

Distinguishing releases from pre-rc snapshots

2007-10-16 Thread Pavel Roskin
t the version number immediately after the kernel release and have a suffix to indicate that it's a pre-rc version. "rc0" is my personal favorite. It would also be helpful for other repositories, as it would indicate whether any post-release changes have been merged in. -- Regards, Pavel

Distinguishing releases from pre-rc snapshots

2007-10-16 Thread Pavel Roskin
after the kernel release and have a suffix to indicate that it's a pre-rc version. rc0 is my personal favorite. It would also be helpful for other repositories, as it would indicate whether any post-release changes have been merged in. -- Regards, Pavel Roskin - To unsubscribe from this list

Re: Distinguishing releases from pre-rc snapshots

2007-10-16 Thread Pavel Roskin
On Tue, 2007-10-16 at 22:34 -0400, Dave Jones wrote: On Tue, Oct 16, 2007 at 10:22:43PM -0400, Pavel Roskin wrote: It would be nice to establish a rule to increment the version number immediately after the kernel release and have a suffix to indicate that it's a pre-rc version. rc0

Re: Distinguishing releases from pre-rc snapshots

2007-10-16 Thread Pavel Roskin
On Tue, 2007-10-16 at 22:41 -0400, Rik van Riel wrote: On Tue, 16 Oct 2007 22:22:43 -0400 Pavel Roskin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm trying to keep some external drivers up to date with the kernel, and the first two weeks after the release is the worst time for me. Consider

Re: idio{,ma}tic typos (was Re: + fix-vm_can_nonlinear-check-in-sys_remap_file_pages.patch added to -mm tree)

2007-10-10 Thread Pavel Roskin
ing used, maybe -1, but hardly anything else. Maybe you could add the code printing the value and then get some statics on the actual Linux kernel to see which values are common and which are not? -- Regards, Pavel Roskin - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linu

Re: idio{,ma}tic typos (was Re: + fix-vm_can_nonlinear-check-in-sys_remap_file_pages.patch added to -mm tree)

2007-10-10 Thread Pavel Roskin
you could add the code printing the value and then get some statics on the actual Linux kernel to see which values are common and which are not? -- Regards, Pavel Roskin - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More

Re: [PATCH] [360/2many] MAINTAINERS - ORINOCO DRIVER

2007-08-28 Thread Pavel Roskin
Quoting Joe Perches <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: On Tue, 2007-08-28 at 13:15 -0400, Pavel Roskin wrote: NAK. Please also add airport*, spectrum* and hermes* in the same directory. Here's what I have now: ORINOCO/AIRPORT/SPECTRUM/HERMES WIRELESS DRIVERS P: Pavel Roskin M: [EMAIL PRO

Re: [PATCH] [360/2many] MAINTAINERS - ORINOCO DRIVER

2007-08-28 Thread Pavel Roskin
NERS > @@ -3463,6 +3463,7 @@ L: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > L: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > W: http://www.nongnu.org/orinoco/ > S: Maintained > +F: drivers/net/wireless/orinoco* NAK. Please also add airport*, spectrum* and hermes* in the same directory. Sorry for delay (due to vacation).

Re: [PATCH] [360/2many] MAINTAINERS - ORINOCO DRIVER

2007-08-28 Thread Pavel Roskin
PROTECTED] L: [EMAIL PROTECTED] W: http://www.nongnu.org/orinoco/ S: Maintained +F: drivers/net/wireless/orinoco* NAK. Please also add airport*, spectrum* and hermes* in the same directory. Sorry for delay (due to vacation). -- Regards, Pavel Roskin - To unsubscribe from this list

Re: [PATCH] [360/2many] MAINTAINERS - ORINOCO DRIVER

2007-08-28 Thread Pavel Roskin
Quoting Joe Perches [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Tue, 2007-08-28 at 13:15 -0400, Pavel Roskin wrote: NAK. Please also add airport*, spectrum* and hermes* in the same directory. Here's what I have now: ORINOCO/AIRPORT/SPECTRUM/HERMES WIRELESS DRIVERS P: Pavel Roskin M: [EMAIL PROTECTED

MontaVista spam

2007-04-24 Thread Pavel Roskin
am rules. This time the message it not forwarded. Instead, it can be found on my website with full headers: http://80211libre.org/mvistaspam.txt -- Regards, Pavel Roskin - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL

MontaVista spam

2007-04-24 Thread Pavel Roskin
the message it not forwarded. Instead, it can be found on my website with full headers: http://80211libre.org/mvistaspam.txt -- Regards, Pavel Roskin - 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: PCMCIA WLAN card initialization error

2007-02-18 Thread Pavel Roskin
ardware just in case. If you have further questions, please post them to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Regards, Pavel Roskin - 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/majo

Re: PCMCIA WLAN card initialization error

2007-02-18 Thread Pavel Roskin
. If you have further questions, please post them to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Regards, Pavel Roskin - 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

Two unclear places in lockdep-design.txt

2007-02-14 Thread Pavel Roskin
e later is the case. I wish I could submit a patch for the documentation, but I still don't understand much of the theory. Still, I was able to interpret the error messages in a way that allows me to fix the locking issues in some drivers. -- Regards, Pavel Roskin - To unsubscribe from t

Two unclear places in lockdep-design.txt

2007-02-14 Thread Pavel Roskin
I could submit a patch for the documentation, but I still don't understand much of the theory. Still, I was able to interpret the error messages in a way that allows me to fix the locking issues in some drivers. -- Regards, Pavel Roskin - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe

Re: [ipw3945-devel] [ANNOUNCE] d80211 based driver for Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG

2007-02-10 Thread Pavel Roskin
of wrinkles in the standalone build system are irrelevant to the kernel interation. -- Regards, Pavel Roskin - 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: [ipw3945-devel] [ANNOUNCE] d80211 based driver for Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG

2007-02-10 Thread Pavel Roskin
to the kernel interation. -- Regards, Pavel Roskin - 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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