Re: [ck] Re: RSDL v0.31

2007-03-16 Thread Dirk Schoebel
Freitag, 16. März 2007 wrote Mike Galbraith: On Sat, 2007-03-17 at 08:13 +1100, Con Kolivas wrote: On Saturday 17 March 2007 02:34, Mike Galbraith wrote: On Sat, 2007-03-17 at 00:40 +1100, Con Kolivas wrote: Here are full patches for rsdl 0.31 for various base kernels. A full

OOPS with 2.6.20 and 2.6.21-rc2 (mos7720)

2007-03-06 Thread Dirk Schoebel
when trying to access /dev/ttyUSB0, which is a port on a dual port usb-serial cable (mos7720 based) an kernel OOPS happens the driver loads ok, first access via minicom - OOPS (config.gz attached) Mar 6 11:21:49 emerald Unable to handle kernel paging request at 81093d0e3668 RIP: Mar 6

Re: [linux-usb-devel] OOPS with 2.6.20 and 2.6.21-rc2 (mos7720)

2007-03-06 Thread Dirk Schoebel
Oliver Neukum wrote: Am Dienstag, 6. März 2007 11:33 schrieb Dirk Schoebel: when trying to access /dev/ttyUSB0, which is a port on a dual port usb-serial cable (mos7720 based) an kernel OOPS happens the driver loads ok, first access via minicom - OOPS Please apply: ftp://ftp.kernel.org

Re: OOPS with 2.6.20 and 2.6.21-rc2 (mos7720)

2007-03-06 Thread Dirk Schoebel
new trace (if i should activate some kernel debugging optioons just mention it) Mar 6 16:28:02 emerald usbcore: registered new interface driver moschip7720 Mar 6 16:28:12 emerald Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0070 RIP: Mar 6 16:28:12 emerald [881895fb]

Re: OOPS with 2.6.20 and 2.6.21-rc2 (mos7720)

2007-03-06 Thread Dirk Schoebel
...btw... another usb serial adapter (single port ftdi) works well, no OOPSes so.. maybe the error is less to search within usb-serial itself but more the interaction or the driver itself... Dirk. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body of a message

Re: [ck] Re: -mm merge plans for 2.6.23

2007-07-26 Thread Dirk Schoebel
I don't really understand the reasons for all those discussions. As long as you have a maintainer, why don't you just put swap prefetch into the kernel, marked experimental, default deactivated so anyone who just make[s] oldconfig (or defaultconfig) won't get it. If anyone finds a good solution

Re: [ck] Re: -mm merge plans for 2.6.23

2007-07-26 Thread Dirk Schoebel
...sorry for the reply to myself. As Gentoo user i'm happy about the freedom of choice in almost every aspect of the system. But with the kernel this freedom is taken away and i'm left with largely choices other people did. Sure, i can get the sources and patch and change the kernel myself in

Re: [ck] Re: Linus 2.6.23-rc1

2007-07-28 Thread Dirk Schoebel
Up till now i haven't read the interview with Linus. [2] http://www.oneopensource.it/interview-linus-torvalds/ It is interesting, he mentiones a lesson to learn from Microsoft: 'Well, historically, the most important lesson from Microsoft - and one they themselves seem to have forgotten - is

Re: [ck] Re: RSDL v0.31

2007-03-16 Thread Dirk Schoebel
Freitag, 16. März 2007 wrote Mike Galbraith: > On Sat, 2007-03-17 at 08:13 +1100, Con Kolivas wrote: > > On Saturday 17 March 2007 02:34, Mike Galbraith wrote: > > > On Sat, 2007-03-17 at 00:40 +1100, Con Kolivas wrote: > > > > Here are full patches for rsdl 0.31 for various base kernels. A full >

OOPS with 2.6.20 and 2.6.21-rc2 (mos7720)

2007-03-06 Thread Dirk Schoebel
when trying to access /dev/ttyUSB0, which is a port on a dual port usb-serial cable (mos7720 based) an kernel OOPS happens the driver loads ok, first access via minicom -> OOPS (config.gz attached) Mar 6 11:21:49 emerald Unable to handle kernel paging request at 81093d0e3668 RIP: Mar 6

Re: [linux-usb-devel] OOPS with 2.6.20 and 2.6.21-rc2 (mos7720)

2007-03-06 Thread Dirk Schoebel
Oliver Neukum wrote: > Am Dienstag, 6. März 2007 11:33 schrieb Dirk Schoebel: >> when trying to access /dev/ttyUSB0, which is a port on a dual port >> usb-serial cable (mos7720 based) an kernel OOPS happens >> the driver loads ok, first access via minicom -> OOPS

Re: OOPS with 2.6.20 and 2.6.21-rc2 (mos7720)

2007-03-06 Thread Dirk Schoebel
new trace (if i should activate some kernel debugging optioons just mention it) Mar 6 16:28:02 emerald usbcore: registered new interface driver moschip7720 Mar 6 16:28:12 emerald Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0070 RIP: Mar 6 16:28:12 emerald []

Re: OOPS with 2.6.20 and 2.6.21-rc2 (mos7720)

2007-03-06 Thread Dirk Schoebel
...btw... another usb serial adapter (single port ftdi) works well, no OOPSes so.. maybe the error is less to search within usb-serial itself but more the interaction or the driver itself... Dirk. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message

Re: [ck] Re: -mm merge plans for 2.6.23

2007-07-26 Thread Dirk Schoebel
I don't really understand the reasons for all those discussions. As long as you have a maintainer, why don't you just put swap prefetch into the kernel, marked experimental, default deactivated so anyone who just make[s] oldconfig (or defaultconfig) won't get it. If anyone finds a good solution

Re: [ck] Re: -mm merge plans for 2.6.23

2007-07-26 Thread Dirk Schoebel
...sorry for the reply to myself. As Gentoo user i'm happy about the freedom of choice in almost every aspect of the system. But with the kernel this freedom is taken away and i'm left with largely choices other people did. Sure, i can get the sources and patch and change the kernel myself in

Re: [ck] Re: Linus 2.6.23-rc1

2007-07-28 Thread Dirk Schoebel
Up till now i haven't read the interview with Linus. > [2] http://www.oneopensource.it/interview-linus-torvalds/ > It is interesting, he mentiones a lesson to learn from Microsoft: "'Well, historically, the most important lesson from Microsoft - and one they themselves seem to have forgotten -