bzdisk broken in 2.4.5?

2001-05-28 Thread D. Stimits
here verify that "make bzdisk" will create a bootable floppy (I did try an entire box of different floppies) on 2.4.5+? Especially, can anyone verify this for SMP and/or purely scsi machines? If scsi, do you use aic7xxx? D. Stimits, [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe from this list: se

2.4.5 Oops at boot

2001-05-30 Thread D. Stimits
st lspci -vv for the failed kernel, which is requested in the boot message at one point, so I have to do this through the RH stock 2.4.2 SMP kernel of RH 7.1. Kernel config for this is attached. D. Stimits, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bootup: ... ... ... Redundant entry in serial pci_table. Please send the

Re: 2.4.5 Oops at boot

2001-05-30 Thread D. Stimits
Chris Mason wrote: > > On Wednesday, May 30, 2001 03:03:32 PM -0600 "D. Stimits" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [ snip ] > > > RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0 > > Freeing initrd memory: 249k freed > > VFS: Mounted root (ext2 f

missing sysrq

2001-05-30 Thread D. Stimits
re going on in the kernel, and wondering if this could be something that used to be supported but no longer is. D. Stimits, [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info a

Re: missing sysrq

2001-05-31 Thread D. Stimits
the config. No doubt at all. I also use make mrproper and config again before dep and actual compile. Maybe it is just a quirk/oddball. D. Stimits, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > vm.freepages = 383 766 1149 > > tat feature is removed in recent VM Systems. > > Greetings > Bernd

Re: missing sysrq

2001-06-01 Thread D. Stimits
Dieter Nützel wrote: > > > D. Stimits wrote: > > > > > Bernd Eckenfels wrote: > > > > > > > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: > > > > However, if I go to /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq does not exist. > > > > > >

2.4.6 pre1 and 2.4.5 CONFIG_IP_NF_COMPAT_IPCHAINS missing?

2001-06-07 Thread D. Stimits
with no luck. Can anyone tell me if ipchains compatibility has been removed from current config options? If not, how it can be selected, or if it is broken? D. Stimits, [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [

Re: 2.4.6 pre1 and 2.4.5 CONFIG_IP_NF_COMPAT_IPCHAINS missing?

2001-06-07 Thread D. Stimits
"D. Stimits" wrote: > > I know somewhere there is a menuconfig item corresponding to > CONFIG_IP_NF_COMPAT_IPCHAINS, and that selecting various other iptables > options can make this item disappear and no longer be selectable. But I > have fished all over, have set

Re: missing sysrq

2001-06-07 Thread D. Stimits
mpile time option, so the person who compiled your kernel > >> > left it out. > >> > >> I compiled it, and the sysrq is definitely in the config. No doubt at > >> all. I also use make mrproper and config again before dep and actual > >> compile. Maybe it is j

bzDisk compression Q; boot debug Q

2001-06-13 Thread D. Stimits
running bzip2 compression for any initial ramdisk, versus gzip compression? D. Stimits, [EMAIL PROTECTED] - 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-inf

Re: obsolete code must die

2001-06-13 Thread D. Stimits
there...modern...have game ports that are useful now. USB is an evolving and often broken standard. Your idea of obsolete is not completely wrong, but it is far too wrong to go about it this way. And printers or serial mice? D. Stimits, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > a.out > Who needs it a

initial ramdisk failure

2001-06-13 Thread D. Stimits
y | |-- tty1 | |-- tty2 | |-- tty3 | `-- tty4 |-- etc |-- lib | |-- aic7xxx.o | |-- pagebuf.o | |-- scsi_mod.o | |-- sd_mod.o | |-- xfs.o | `-- xfs_support.o |-- linuxrc |-- loopfs `-- sbin |-- bin -> bin `-- modprobe -> /bin/nash Something is wrong, it lac

Re: initial ramdisk failure

2001-06-14 Thread D. Stimits
To punish myself for this silly problem, I'll be giving Bill Gates a compliment, and pulling my toe nails out with pliers. Everything was set up right, but the one thing I always config, "initial ramdisk", was not set. Sorry. D. Stimits, [EMAIL PROTECTED] "D. Stimits"

Re: bzDisk compression Q; boot debug Q

2001-06-14 Thread D. Stimits
o I'm wondering how effective this current compression is, and if a more bzip2-like system would be beneficial as kernels get larger? D. Stimits, [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: bzDisk compression Q; boot debug Q

2001-06-14 Thread D. Stimits
Holger Lubitz wrote: > > "D. Stimits" proclaimed: > > down to 1.44 MB. But then it would also have to be self-extracting, > > which complicates it, so I'm wondering how effective this current > > compression is, and if a more bzip2-like system would

Re: ipchains

2001-06-18 Thread D. Stimits
, and lies and does not tell you when ipchains startup fails (as root manually do something like ipchains -L -n). D. Stimits, [EMAIL PROTECTED] - 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: Alan Cox quote? (was: Re: accounting for threads)

2001-06-20 Thread D. Stimits
Rob Landley wrote: ...snip... > The patches-linus-actuall-applies mailing list idea is based on how Linus > says he works: he appends patches he likes to a file and then calls patch -p1 > < thatfile after a mail reading session. It wouldn't be too much work for > somebody to write a toy he could

Re: Threads FAQ entry incomplete

2001-06-20 Thread D. Stimits
"J.D. Bakker" wrote: > > At 13:42 -0600 20-06-2001, Charles Cazabon wrote: > >Rodrigo Ventura <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > BTW, I have a question: Can the availability of dual-CPU boards for intel > >> and amd processors, rather then tri- or quadra-CPU boards, be explained with > >> the fa

Re: Alan Cox quote? (was: Re: accounting for threads)

2001-06-20 Thread D. Stimits
Rob Landley wrote: > > On Wednesday 20 June 2001 20:42, D. Stimits wrote: > > Rob Landley wrote: > > ...snip... > > > > > The patches-linus-actuall-applies mailing list idea is based on how Linus > > > says he works: he appends patches he likes to a file

Is this part of newer filesystem hierarchy?

2001-06-21 Thread D. Stimits
g on customized boot software that is currently being confused by this distinction; there is a need to find a proper means to detect libc and linker information) D. Stimits, [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [E

Re: Controversy over dynamic linking -- how to end the panic

2001-06-21 Thread D. Stimits
Jonathan Lundell wrote: > > At 8:06 PM +0100 2001-06-21, Alan Cox wrote: > > > > the stdio.h, I'd tell him to go screw himself. > >> What is the difference between including kernel header file and > >> including GPLed header file? > > > >There are real differences between programs and interfac

Re: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address - 2.4.5

2001-06-21 Thread D. Stimits
an XFS filesystem patch, I also have to use their "rebuild firmware" option, which I don't think is part of ac or regular kernels. I use kgcc to compile all, and am running dual pIII (I run without APIC because of the defective i840 chipset). All of this is using the stock aic7xxx m

Re: Is this part of newer filesystem hierarchy?

2001-06-22 Thread D. Stimits
or at less it should. > > syntax is like: > SEARCH_DIR(/lib); SEARCH_DIR(/usr/lib); SEARCH_DIR(/usr/local/lib); \ > SEARCH_DIR(/usr/i386-slackware-linux/lib); > > (that is why you need to pass -L/usr/X11R6/lib to link X11 apps > at runtime) anyway to load shared libraries is mana

Re: Cleanup kbuild for aic7xxx

2001-06-22 Thread D. Stimits
Keith Owens wrote: > > On Fri, 22 Jun 2001 13:39:45 -0600, > "Justin T. Gibbs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>The existing build process for aic7xxx on Linux has several problems. > >> > >>* Users have to manually select "rebuild firmware". Relying on users > >> to perform any action other than

Re: Cleanup kbuild for aic7xxx

2001-06-22 Thread D. Stimits
oes. > > This is easier, doesn't it ? It would cause problems for me. Perhaps it is an issue of XFS filesystem patches, rather than the regular kernel, I don't know what it modifies relative to aic7xxx. But so far all of my recent test kernels will fail to complete boot correctly if r

Re: Is this part of newer filesystem hierarchy?

2001-06-22 Thread D. Stimits
being chosen without it being specified anywhere else. I think this will end up just being one of those mysteries, and the boot software coder will have to find some non-trivial workaround. It sounds like the /lib/i686/ path was hardcoded in the linker when it was compiled, which means there are no s

Re: Cleanup kbuild for aic7xxx

2001-06-22 Thread D. Stimits
ut it at first, but if bootup starts normally, then hangs in what seems like a controller or filesystem failure of a scsi drive, try to enable the option. (this would give some hint about debugging an aic7xxx failure, regardless of error messages) D. Stimits, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >Missin

Re: Is this part of newer filesystem hierarchy?

2001-06-23 Thread D. Stimits
Luigi Genoni wrote: > > On Fri, 22 Jun 2001, D. Stimits wrote: > > > Luigi Genoni wrote: > > > > > > Again i am confused. > > > > > > /usr/bin/ld is linker at compilation time, at it works how i told in > > > second part >

Re: Is this part of newer filesystem hierarchy?

2001-06-23 Thread D. Stimits
dependencies of a highly customized linux install. It still remains to be seen how it is that /lib/i686/libc.so.6 is used in place of /lib/libc.so.6 (which could be deleted and RH 7.1 wouldn't care...very strange). D. Stimits, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > - > To unsubscribe from this

Re: For comment: draft BIOS use document for the kernel

2001-06-23 Thread D. Stimits
loppy boot > loader or other services > If it is within the realm of the paper, I'd like to know the differences when booting from an ATAPI cdrom (or the fact that there is no difference). Or for SCSI cdrom if relevant or useful to the purposes of the paper. D. Stimits, [EMAIL PROTE

page reserved twice

2001-07-03 Thread D. Stimits
nt machine with RH's 2.4.2 kernel, BX chipset, and IO-APIC enabled. The machine this is from has had this message on earlier kernels as well, none of which had XFS patches. What is the significance (or consequence) of pages reserved twice? D. Stimits, [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe from

Re: >128 MB RAM stability problems (again)

2001-07-04 Thread D. Stimits
web site for exact requirements, and make sure the ram matches; even if your memory is good, it might not be good in your circumstances. D. Stimits, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I've been running Mandrake 7.2 on another machine for some time - no > problem, until. I added another 64 M

Re: >128 MB RAM stability problems (again)

2001-07-05 Thread D. Stimits
Ronald Bultje wrote: > > On 04 Jul 2001 17:29:12 -0400, Chris Siebenmann wrote: > > You write: > > | I'm kind of astounded now, WHY can't linux-2.4.x run on ANY machine in > > | my house with more than 128 MB RAM?!? Can someone please point out to me > > | that he's actually running kernel-2.4.x

bzImage, root device Q

2001-07-20 Thread D. Stimits
root=/dev/scd0,iso9660" or "vmlinuz root=/dev/scd0,xfs")? Or is this limited in some way, requiring mount on one or a few known filesystem types ("linux native" subset comes to mind), followed by a chroot or pivot_root style command (which in turn means no direct root mount of