Re: 2.2.X patch query (with initial PATCH against 2.2.17)

2000-11-21 Thread Riley Williams
Hi Horst. >>> Also, part of my plan was to check that the disk is >>> already in this non-standard format, and refuse to >>> dump if not. This would ensure that doing so didn't >>> overwrite somebody's master boot disk by accident, as >>> such disks will not normally be in this non-standard

Re: Attempting to mount Zip causes floppy access (2.2.16)

2000-09-17 Thread Riley Williams
Hi Nick. > I have a zip disk which I attempted to mount using the following > fstab entry: > /dev/sda4 /zip vfat noauto,nodev,nosuid,user ===8<=== CUT ===>8=== > The Zip is a bit suspect, as when I attempted to transfer stuff > from a Windows machine, it reported the size as a few Mb

Re: kernel governance

2000-09-19 Thread Riley Williams
Hi Tony. > sorry for the cold call - i've been trying to find a statement > about 'kernel governance' and how new code is accepted into the > kernel... To help anybody else wondering about these issues, I've cc'd my reply to the Linux-Kernel mailing list for comments. However, please note tha

Obviously-correct patch to 2.2.17

2000-10-28 Thread Riley Williams
Hi Alan. This patch simply corrects a couple of comments in the said file to reflect what the code actually does rather than (presumably) what the code used to do at some time in the distant past. In my case, I've been working on a patch for the kernel that uses these facilities, and was getting

2.2.X patch query

2000-10-30 Thread Riley Williams
Hi Alan. You may remember a while back a suggestion that panic messages be dumped to floppy so they can be read afterwards. I've been looking into this idea for a while, in between working on my plans to get married, and looking for a job somewhere, and I think I have the bones of it laid out no

Re: 2.2.X patch query (with initial PATCH against 2.2.17)

2000-10-31 Thread Riley Williams
Hi Horst. >> Before I go any further with this, I would like to ask a few >> questions relating to it: >> 1. Is there any likelihood of this making it into the official >>kernel, or am I just wasting my time? > Depends, I'd say... perhaps after a long shakeout and much use. Fair enoug

Re: That horrible hack from hell called A20

2000-12-08 Thread Riley Williams
Hi Peter. On Tue, 5 Dec 2000, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > Linus Torvalds wrote: >> Actually, I bet I know what's up. >> >> Want to bet $5 USD that suspend/resume saves the keyboard A20 state, >> but does NOT save the fast-A20 gate information? >> >> So anything that enables A20 with only the fast A

2.2.18: Configuration documentation

2000-12-12 Thread Riley Williams
Hi Alan. I've just done a comparison of the configuration variables listed in the config.in files against those listed in the Configure.help file. I have enclosed the bash script I wrote to perform this analysis, and would like to submit it for inclusion with the kernel as the file... ./

2.2.18: Patch to SysRq code

2000-12-12 Thread Riley Williams
Hi Alan. The enclosed patch deals with two problems relating to the Magic SysRq function, as follows: 1. One of my pet peeves with SysRq as implemented is the apparently random order theoptions as listed in the SysRq help list. This patch sorts that list into case-insensitive alphabetic

Re: About Celeron processor memory barrier problem

2001-01-01 Thread Riley Williams
Hi Linus. On Sun, 24 Dec 2000, Linus Torvalds wrote: > On Sun, 24 Dec 2000, Tim Wright wrote: >>> Which is all fine, but maybe the kernel really ought to detect >>> that problem and complain at boot time? >>> >>> Or does that happen already? >> There was a similar thread to this recently. The

RE: 2.4.2 Linux Kernel and latest binutils

2001-03-09 Thread Riley Williams
Hi Nick. > Hi. I just compiled the 2.4.2 Linux Kernel on my machine and > ran into trouble with the linker. I had just installed the > latest build of binutils and apparently they changed the command > line flag from -oformat to --oformat, so the Makefile needed to > be edited in order to

[PATCH] Improved version reporting

2001-03-14 Thread Riley Williams
Hi all. As a result of private email correspondance I have recently received, I became aware that the current system of identifying the versions of the various subsystems required to support any particular kernel version is inadequate, and decided to do something about it. The enclosed patch is m

Re: [PATCH] Improved version reporting

2001-03-14 Thread Riley Williams
Hi Andries. >> -o util-linux 2.10o # fdformat --version >> +o util-linux # 2.10o# fdformat --version > Looking at fdformat to get the util-linux version is perhaps not > the most reliable way - some people have fdformat from fd-utils > or so

Re: [PATCH] Improved version reporting

2001-03-16 Thread Riley Williams
Hi Andries. > [Yes, I wrote, replying to your mail, just because I happened to > notice the incorrect or debatable lines in your patch. Let me cc > the Changes maintainer - maybe Chris Ricker.] -o util-linux 2.10o # fdformat --version +o util-linux

Re: [PATCH] Improved version reporting

2001-03-16 Thread Riley Williams
Hi Andries. > Neither am I - but, according to comments from RedHat a while back, > they repackage mount separately because they provide a NEWER version > of mount than is in the util-linux package. This will ALSO result in > `mount --version` giving the wrong answer... > Th

Re: [PATCH] Improved version reporting

2001-03-17 Thread Riley Williams
Hi Andries. >> {Shrug} Thinking isn't sufficient - check your facts. > Poor Riley, > > Probably I should not answer, I think you know all the facts > already. But just to be sure: > (i) There are two different packages, kbd and a forked version, > console-tools. Both contain roughly the

Re: [PATCH] Improved version reporting

2001-03-17 Thread Riley Williams
Hi Albert. >> +o Mount # 2.10e# mount --version > Concerning mount: (i) the version mentioned is too old, >>> Exactly why? Mere missing features don't make for a required >>> upgrade. Version number inflation should be resisted. >> These days you can mount

Re: [PATCH] Improved version reporting

2001-03-19 Thread Riley Williams
Hi Albert. >>> The rule should be like this: >>> >>>List the lowest version number required to get >>>2.2.xx-level features while running a 2.4.xx kernel. >> That's a meaningless definition, and can only be taken as such. What >> use would such a list be to somebody wishing (like I

Re: [PATCH] Improved version reporting

2001-03-23 Thread Riley Williams
umentation that actually tells people what they need to know whilst you do so. Best wishes from Riley. * On Fri, 23 Mar 2001, Albert D. Cahalan wrote: > Riley Williams writes: > > Hi Albert. > > >

Re: Linux 2.4.4 folks

2001-05-20 Thread Riley Williams
Hi Peter. > I've trying to move some of my servers to 2.4.4 kernel from > 2.2.x. Everything goes fine, notable perfomance increase > occures, but the problem is I'm really often touch the following > problem: > __alloc_pages: 1-order allocation failed. > __alloc_pages: 1-order allocation f

2.2.19 DMA problem

2001-06-09 Thread Riley Williams
Hi there. A friend of mine is having a problem with the 2.2.19 kernel on one of his boxes, and has asked for some advice which is beyond my experience so I'm asking here: Is this a kernel problem or something else? First, the hardware, as best we can determine: Vesa VLB motherboard, mod

Re: any good diff merging utility?

2001-06-17 Thread Riley Williams
Hi Ivan. > I like to build kernels with a bunch of patches on top to test > new stuff. The problem is that it takes a lot of effort to fix > all the failed hunks during patching that really wouldn't have > to be failed if only patch was a little more inteligent and > could merge several patc

Re: any good diff merging utility?

2001-06-18 Thread Riley Williams
Hi Ivan. >>> I like to build kernels with a bunch of patches on top to test >>> new stuff. The problem is that it takes a lot of effort to fix >>> all the failed hunks during patching that really wouldn't have >>> to be failed if only patch was a little more inteligent and >>> could merge se

Re: 2.4.6p6: numerous dep_{bool,tristate} $CONFIG_ARCH_xxx bugs

2001-06-30 Thread Riley Williams
Hi Russell, Adam. >> So, I guess something like Keith Owens's patch would be the way >> to go, with some additional definitions (CONFIG_AGP, CONFIG_PCI, >> CONFIG_ISA, CONFIG_EISA, CONFIG_PCMCIA, and possibly others). >> I am not sure which other conditionals might also be incorrectly >> ign

Re: [Re: gcc: internal compiler error: program cc1 got fatal signal11]

2001-07-01 Thread Riley Williams
Hi HPA. >> Some time ago I installed Linux (Redhat 6.0) on my pc (Cx486 8M >> RAM) and gcc had a lot of signal 11 (a couple every hour) I was >> upgrading the kernel every time there was a new kernel and from >> 2.2.12(or 14) no more signal 11 (very rare) Is this still a >> hardware problem

Re: [Re: gcc: internal compiler error: program cc1 got fatal signal11]

2001-07-01 Thread Riley Williams
Hi Peter. >> Wasn't 2.2.12 the kernel that included the `lock halt` bug patch? > Perhaps, but is has absolutely nothing to do with the rest of > this discussion. The `lock halt` bug patch was specific to the Cyrix processors (not to be confused with the `lock registers` patch for the Intel p

Re: [Re: gcc: internal compiler error: program cc1 got fatal signal11]

2001-07-01 Thread Riley Williams
Hi Peter. Wasn't 2.2.12 the kernel that included the `lock halt` bug patch? >>> Perhaps, but is has absolutely nothing to do with the rest of >>> this discussion. >> The `lock halt` bug patch was specific to the Cyrix processors >> (not to be confused with the `lock registers` patch f

[PATCH] Config variable scripts

2001-06-28 Thread Riley Williams
Hi Alan. The enclosed patch was originally developed for the ELKS kernel, but will apply equally well against any Linux kernel as it only adds new scripts to the scripts subdirectory. The new scripts are as follows: 1. renvar Renames configuration variables in all files the

Re: Linux 2.2.20pre7

2001-07-04 Thread Riley Williams
Hi Alan. > Linux 2.2 is now firmly into maintainance state. Patches for > neat new ideas belong in 2.4. Generally new drivers belong in > 2.4 (possibly in 2.2 as well after 2.4 shows them stable). > Expect me to be very picky on changes to the core code now. Can I submit the attached patch f

Re: Cosmetic JFFS patch.

2001-06-29 Thread Riley Williams
Hi David. >> Perhaps even a boot flag of some sort to de-activate the >> printing of the /proc/credits during the kernel boot sequence. >> Or would the community rather an opt-in scenario... > KERN_BANNER Where would you put that in the sequence? Best wishes from Riley. - To unsubscribe

Re: Allocating non-contigious memory

2001-06-27 Thread Riley Williams
Hi Alan. >> What is the Right Way[tm] as of 2.4.6 to allocate 16Mb as 4K >> pages and get the pci bus address for each page? Bonus points >> is they're virtually contiguous, but that's not necessary. >> IIRC, the old vmalloc-then-walk-the-pagetables trick is >> considered out-of-bounds nowa

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

2001-06-23 Thread Riley Williams
Hi Alan. Brief critique... > Linux 2.4 BIOS usage reference > Boot Sequence > - > > Linux is normally loaded either directly as a bootable floppy > image or from hard disk via a boot loader called lilo. The > kernel image is transferred into low memory and a parameter > bloc