Re: 3.5-rcX : Big problem with root device returning

2012-07-15 Thread Michael Tokarev
On 15.07.2012 23:12, werner wrote: > Even if rdev isn't often used, it should kept working, as it's included in > many other programs, and principally in the installers. rdev doesn't _exist_ anymore in current software, including installers. /mjt -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line

Re: 3.5-rcX : Big problem with root device returning

2012-07-15 Thread Michael Tokarev
On 15.07.2012 23:12, werner wrote: Even if rdev isn't often used, it should kept working, as it's included in many other programs, and principally in the installers. rdev doesn't _exist_ anymore in current software, including installers. /mjt -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line

Re: 3.5-rcX : Big problem with root device returning

2012-07-12 Thread Michael Tokarev
On 12.07.2012 16:08, werner wrote: > There is a big problem since 3.5-rc1 which potentially mess the installations > > rdev don't give longer back the root device like /dev/sda1 , but in the > bios form like 0x80010300 Note rdev returns information which is written to

3.5-rcX : Big problem with root device returning

2012-07-12 Thread werner
There is a big problem since 3.5-rc1 which potentially mess the installations rdev don't give longer back the root device like /dev/sda1 , but in the bios form like 0x80010300 rdev is essential for the installation programs and for the installation f.ex. of lilo . It's not conveniente

3.5-rcX : Big problem with root device returning

2012-07-12 Thread werner
There is a big problem since 3.5-rc1 which potentially mess the installations rdev don't give longer back the root device like /dev/sda1 , but in the bios form like 0x80010300 rdev is essential for the installation programs and for the installation f.ex. of lilo . It's not conveniente

Re: 3.5-rcX : Big problem with root device returning

2012-07-12 Thread Michael Tokarev
On 12.07.2012 16:08, werner wrote: There is a big problem since 3.5-rc1 which potentially mess the installations rdev don't give longer back the root device like /dev/sda1 , but in the bios form like 0x80010300 Note rdev returns information which is written to kernel image

ioremap - simply question, big problem (to me)

2005-04-01 Thread Marcin Glogowski
Hi everybody, I have several questions about ioremap: 1) I have two 16 bit sram memory devices. To force it works I had to use ioremap with memorysize*2, because I was able to write to the 1 and 2 byte, 5,6, 9,10, 13,14 and so on. Please explain why my ioremap space is non-continous, how to

ioremap - simply question, big problem (to me)

2005-04-01 Thread Marcin Glogowski
Hi everybody, I have several questions about ioremap: 1) I have two 16 bit sram memory devices. To force it works I had to use ioremap with memorysize*2, because I was able to write to the 1 and 2 byte, 5,6, 9,10, 13,14 and so on. Please explain why my ioremap space is non-continous, how to

Re: BIG PROBLEM

2001-06-28 Thread Ralf Baechle
On Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 05:35:14PM -0400, Ryan W. Maple wrote: > Check out: http://bugs.debian.org/85478 > > "When klogd's LogLine() function encounters a null byte in state >PARSING_TEXT, it will loop infinitely. More precisely, copyin() >will treat the null byte as a delimiter -

Re: BIG PROBLEM

2001-06-28 Thread Ryan W. Maple
On Thu, 28 Jun 2001, Justin Guyett wrote: > On Thu, 28 Jun 2001, Ralf Baechle wrote: > > > Some versions of the 3c59x driver emit a NUL character on bootup which makes > > klogd suck CPU. This is fixed in 2.4.5, dunno about 2.4.4. > > sysklogd 1.4.1 changelog lists a no busyloop fix. Check

Re: BIG PROBLEM

2001-06-28 Thread Justin Guyett
On Thu, 28 Jun 2001, Ralf Baechle wrote: > Some versions of the 3c59x driver emit a NUL character on bootup which makes > klogd suck CPU. This is fixed in 2.4.5, dunno about 2.4.4. sysklogd 1.4.1 changelog lists a no busyloop fix. justin - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line

Re: BIG PROBLEM

2001-06-28 Thread Ralf Baechle
On Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 06:49:46PM -, james bond wrote: > 1-systeme hangs when i try ton compile anything > > i've compiled the kernel 2.4.4 , once i finish and boot the first time on > 2.4.4 everything goses ok , > only too problemes > 1st- klogd takes 100% CPU time Some versions of

Re: BIG PROBLEM

2001-06-28 Thread Ryan W. Maple
On Thu, 28 Jun 2001, Alan Cox wrote: > > i've compiled the kernel 2.4.4 , once i finish and boot the first time on > > 2.4.4 everything goses ok , > > only too problemes > > 1st- klogd takes 100% CPU time > > Old old versions of klogd had bugs where they would do that. If there is > a

Re: BIG PROBLEM

2001-06-28 Thread Alan Cox
> i've compiled the kernel 2.4.4 , once i finish and boot the first time on > 2.4.4 everything goses ok , > only too problemes > 1st- klogd takes 100% CPU time Old old versions of klogd had bugs where they would do that. If there is a continuous problem it may also do so - does 'dmesg' show

BIG PROBLEM

2001-06-28 Thread james bond
1-systeme hangs when i try ton compile anything i've compiled the kernel 2.4.4 , once i finish and boot the first time on 2.4.4 everything goses ok , only too problemes 1st- klogd takes 100% CPU time 2nd- cat /proc/cpuinf --guives me too CPU'S without putin any info about the CPU 1 like

BIG PROBLEM

2001-06-28 Thread james bond
1-systeme hangs when i try ton compile anything i've compiled the kernel 2.4.4 , once i finish and boot the first time on 2.4.4 everything goses ok , only too problemes 1st- klogd takes 100% CPU time 2nd- cat /proc/cpuinf --guives me too CPU'S without putin any info about the CPU 1 like

Re: BIG PROBLEM

2001-06-28 Thread Ryan W. Maple
On Thu, 28 Jun 2001, Alan Cox wrote: i've compiled the kernel 2.4.4 , once i finish and boot the first time on 2.4.4 everything goses ok , only too problemes 1st- klogd takes 100% CPU time Old old versions of klogd had bugs where they would do that. If there is a continuous

Re: BIG PROBLEM

2001-06-28 Thread Ralf Baechle
On Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 06:49:46PM -, james bond wrote: 1-systeme hangs when i try ton compile anything i've compiled the kernel 2.4.4 , once i finish and boot the first time on 2.4.4 everything goses ok , only too problemes 1st- klogd takes 100% CPU time Some versions of the

Re: BIG PROBLEM

2001-06-28 Thread Justin Guyett
On Thu, 28 Jun 2001, Ralf Baechle wrote: Some versions of the 3c59x driver emit a NUL character on bootup which makes klogd suck CPU. This is fixed in 2.4.5, dunno about 2.4.4. sysklogd 1.4.1 changelog lists a no busyloop fix. justin - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line

Re: BIG PROBLEM

2001-06-28 Thread Ryan W. Maple
On Thu, 28 Jun 2001, Justin Guyett wrote: On Thu, 28 Jun 2001, Ralf Baechle wrote: Some versions of the 3c59x driver emit a NUL character on bootup which makes klogd suck CPU. This is fixed in 2.4.5, dunno about 2.4.4. sysklogd 1.4.1 changelog lists a no busyloop fix. Check out:

Re: BIG PROBLEM

2001-06-28 Thread Ralf Baechle
On Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 05:35:14PM -0400, Ryan W. Maple wrote: Check out: http://bugs.debian.org/85478 When klogd's LogLine() function encounters a null byte in state PARSING_TEXT, it will loop infinitely. More precisely, copyin() will treat the null byte as a delimiter - unlike

Re: BIG PROBLEM

2001-06-28 Thread Alan Cox
i've compiled the kernel 2.4.4 , once i finish and boot the first time on 2.4.4 everything goses ok , only too problemes 1st- klogd takes 100% CPU time Old old versions of klogd had bugs where they would do that. If there is a continuous problem it may also do so - does 'dmesg' show

Re: BIG problem with BusLogic SCSI and/or something else

2000-10-12 Thread Richard B. Johnson
On Thu, 12 Oct 2000, Jeff Garzik wrote: > "Richard B. Johnson" wrote: > > --- linux-2.2.17/drivers/scsi/BusLogic.h.orig Thu Oct 12 11:22:44 2000 > > +++ linux-2.2.17/drivers/scsi/BusLogic.hThu Oct 12 11:47:07 2000 > > @@ -1509,6 +1509,7 @@ > > void

Re: BIG problem with BusLogic SCSI and/or something else

2000-10-12 Thread Jeff Garzik
"Richard B. Johnson" wrote: > --- linux-2.2.17/drivers/scsi/BusLogic.h.orig Thu Oct 12 11:22:44 2000 > +++ linux-2.2.17/drivers/scsi/BusLogic.hThu Oct 12 11:47:07 2000 > @@ -1509,6 +1509,7 @@ > void BusLogic_AcquireHostAdapterLock(BusLogic_HostAdapter_T *HostAdapter, >

Re: BIG problem with BusLogic SCSI and/or something else

2000-10-12 Thread Richard B. Johnson
On Thu, 12 Oct 2000, Matthias Andree wrote: > > Note that the sync-rate of target 6, the device I added, has been > > turned down to try to eliminate any hardware problems. Also note > > that the entire drive has been read/written with the BusLogic BIOS > > diagnostic setup utility. > > That

Re: BIG problem with BusLogic SCSI and/or something else

2000-10-12 Thread Matthias Andree
> Note that the sync-rate of target 6, the device I added, has been > turned down to try to eliminate any hardware problems. Also note > that the entire drive has been read/written with the BusLogic BIOS > diagnostic setup utility. That BIOS setup tool might just use asynchronous I/O for

Re: BIG problem with BusLogic SCSI and/or something else

2000-10-12 Thread Richard B. Johnson
On Thu, 12 Oct 2000, Guest section DW wrote: > On Wed, Oct 11, 2000 at 05:11:39PM -0400, Richard B. Johnson wrote: > > > Linux version 2.2.17 > > I tried to add a new Hard disk. It's s Seagate ST39102LW 8.1 Gb. > > Hmm. Your C/H/S multiplies out to 9.1 GB. > On the other hand, Seagate

Re: BIG problem with BusLogic SCSI and/or something else

2000-10-12 Thread Gnea
On Thu, 12 Oct 2000 00:24:51 +0200, Guest section DW blurted forth: > On Wed, Oct 11, 2000 at 05:11:39PM -0400, Richard B. Johnson wrote: > > > In the BIOS setup of the BusLogic adapter, I was able to format > > and verify the disk with no problems whatsoever. > > > > fdisk seemed to

Re: BIG problem with BusLogic SCSI and/or something else

2000-10-12 Thread Gnea
On Thu, 12 Oct 2000 00:24:51 +0200, Guest section DW blurted forth: On Wed, Oct 11, 2000 at 05:11:39PM -0400, Richard B. Johnson wrote: In the BIOS setup of the BusLogic adapter, I was able to format and verify the disk with no problems whatsoever. fdisk seemed to work okay. I

Re: BIG problem with BusLogic SCSI and/or something else

2000-10-12 Thread Richard B. Johnson
On Thu, 12 Oct 2000, Guest section DW wrote: On Wed, Oct 11, 2000 at 05:11:39PM -0400, Richard B. Johnson wrote: Linux version 2.2.17 I tried to add a new Hard disk. It's s Seagate ST39102LW 8.1 Gb. Hmm. Your C/H/S multiplies out to 9.1 GB. On the other hand, Seagate ST39102LW has

Re: BIG problem with BusLogic SCSI and/or something else

2000-10-12 Thread Matthias Andree
Note that the sync-rate of target 6, the device I added, has been turned down to try to eliminate any hardware problems. Also note that the entire drive has been read/written with the BusLogic BIOS diagnostic setup utility. That BIOS setup tool might just use asynchronous I/O for anything,

Re: BIG problem with BusLogic SCSI and/or something else

2000-10-12 Thread Richard B. Johnson
On Thu, 12 Oct 2000, Matthias Andree wrote: Note that the sync-rate of target 6, the device I added, has been turned down to try to eliminate any hardware problems. Also note that the entire drive has been read/written with the BusLogic BIOS diagnostic setup utility. That BIOS setup

Re: BIG problem with BusLogic SCSI and/or something else

2000-10-12 Thread Jeff Garzik
"Richard B. Johnson" wrote: --- linux-2.2.17/drivers/scsi/BusLogic.h.orig Thu Oct 12 11:22:44 2000 +++ linux-2.2.17/drivers/scsi/BusLogic.hThu Oct 12 11:47:07 2000 @@ -1509,6 +1509,7 @@ void BusLogic_AcquireHostAdapterLock(BusLogic_HostAdapter_T *HostAdapter,

Re: BIG problem with BusLogic SCSI and/or something else

2000-10-12 Thread Richard B. Johnson
On Thu, 12 Oct 2000, Jeff Garzik wrote: "Richard B. Johnson" wrote: --- linux-2.2.17/drivers/scsi/BusLogic.h.orig Thu Oct 12 11:22:44 2000 +++ linux-2.2.17/drivers/scsi/BusLogic.hThu Oct 12 11:47:07 2000 @@ -1509,6 +1509,7 @@ void

Re: BIG problem with BusLogic SCSI and/or something else

2000-10-11 Thread Guest section DW
On Wed, Oct 11, 2000 at 05:11:39PM -0400, Richard B. Johnson wrote: > Linux version 2.2.17 > I tried to add a new Hard disk. It's s Seagate ST39102LW 8.1 Gb. Hmm. Your C/H/S multiplies out to 9.1 GB. On the other hand, Seagate ST39102LW has 9105018880 bytes, so probably the 8 was a typo (and

BIG problem with BusLogic SCSI and/or something else

2000-10-11 Thread Richard B. Johnson
I tried to add a new Hard disk. It's s Seagate ST39102LW 8.1 Gb. In the BIOS setup of the BusLogic adapter, I was able to format and verify the disk with no problems whatsoever. fdisk seemed to work okay. I made partitions. mke2fs would fail (hang the system) while writing inodes. The BusLogic

BIG problem with BusLogic SCSI and/or something else

2000-10-11 Thread Richard B. Johnson
I tried to add a new Hard disk. It's s Seagate ST39102LW 8.1 Gb. In the BIOS setup of the BusLogic adapter, I was able to format and verify the disk with no problems whatsoever. fdisk seemed to work okay. I made partitions. mke2fs would fail (hang the system) while writing inodes. The BusLogic

Re: BIG problem with BusLogic SCSI and/or something else

2000-10-11 Thread Guest section DW
On Wed, Oct 11, 2000 at 05:11:39PM -0400, Richard B. Johnson wrote: Linux version 2.2.17 I tried to add a new Hard disk. It's s Seagate ST39102LW 8.1 Gb. Hmm. Your C/H/S multiplies out to 9.1 GB. On the other hand, Seagate ST39102LW has 9105018880 bytes, so probably the 8 was a typo (and you