Re: /dev/random probs in 2.4test(12-pre3)

2000-12-01 Thread folkert
I've seen that happen with kernel version 2.2.16! Hi, It looks like the random driver in 2.4test will return a short read, rather than blocking. This is breaking vpnd (http://sunsite.dk/vpnd/) which breaks with "failed to gather random data" or similar. Here's a sample strace:

Re: [PATCH encrypted swsusp 0/3] encrypted swsusp image

2005-04-11 Thread folkert
(64bit mode) and probably needs testing on other platforms. What about an option for an user-defined key? One that can be set when suspending? Folkert van Heusden Auto te koop! Zie: http://www.vanheusden.com/daihatsu.php Op zoek naar een IT of Finance baan? Mail me voor de mogelijkheden

Re: [PATCH encrypted swsusp 1/3] core functionality

2005-04-11 Thread folkert
number as a IV or something like that. Or use a feedback loop: xor your data with the outcome of the previous round. And for the initial block use 0x00...00 for 'previous block'- value. Folkert van Heusden Auto te koop, zie: http://www.vanheusden.com/daihatsu.php Op zoek naar een IT of Finance baan

Re: [PATCH encrypted swsusp 1/3] core functionality

2005-04-11 Thread folkert
encryption, etc). In that case: encrypt the blocknumber with the key, and then use the outcome as IV for the encryption of the data. Or calculate a hash over the blocknumber and use the outcome of that as IV. Don't use the blocknumer directly. Folkert van Heusden Auto te koop, zie: http

Re: [PATCH] API for true Random Number Generators to add entropy (2.6.11)

2005-03-27 Thread folkert
needs. Folkert van Heusden Auto te koop! Zie: http://www.vanheusden.com/daihatsu.php Op zoek naar een IT of Finance baan? Mail me voor de mogelijkheden! +--+ |UNIX admin? Then give MultiTail (http://vanheusden.com/multitail/)| |a try

Re: [PATCH] API for true Random Number Generators to add entropy (2.6.11)

2005-03-28 Thread folkert
the test no longer fails. Folkert van Heusden Auto te koop! Zie: http://www.vanheusden.com/daihatsu.php Op zoek naar een IT of Finance baan? Mail me voor de mogelijkheden! +--+ |UNIX admin? Then give MultiTail (http://vanheusden.com

Re: forkbombing Linux distributions

2005-03-28 Thread folkert
()){ malloc(1); } } } Imporved version: int main() { while(1) { while(fork()) { char *dummy = (char *)malloc(1); *dummy = 1; } } } Folkert van Heusden Op zoek naar een

Re: forkbombing Linux distributions

2005-03-28 Thread folkert
I already posted one, posts ago. [snip] Imporved version: [snip] char *dummy = (char *)malloc(1); That cast is not supposed to be there, is it? (To pretake it: it's bad.) What is so bad about it? Folkert van Heusden Op zoek naar een IT of Finance baan? Mail me voor de mogelijkheden

2.6.x (x=4|10|11) doesn't detect my scsi devices on my aic7880 scsi interface

2005-04-01 Thread folkert
: 19: 10858 11757 IO-APIC-level aic7xxx, usb-uhci, eth0 Folkert van Heusden Auto te koop! Zie: http://www.vanheusden.com/daihatsu.php Op zoek naar een IT of Finance baan? Mail me voor de mogelijkheden! +--+ |UNIX admin

problem with baycom driver

2012-07-28 Thread folkert
mode but I'm not entirely sure of that (no second modem setup). I verified the problem by listening with a second radio. Folkert van Heusden -- 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

nbd randomly disconnecting

2012-08-09 Thread folkert
to upgrade them to a 3.5 kernel. It is a 64 bit system with 8GB ram. Folkert van Heusden -- -- Phone: +31-6-41278122, PGP-key: 1F28D8AE, www.vanheusden.com -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel

Re: problem with baycom driver - bisect help requested

2012-08-02 Thread folkert
It seems the baycom driver (for ham radio) needs some attention. I'm trying to bisect this problem. The problem now is, that the 3.1.0-rc9 crashes just after it loads the initramfs. Well, it says it is doing that and then all fans speed-up and the system locks up. What to do now? Folkert van

Re: problem with baycom driver - bisect help requested

2012-08-02 Thread folkert
? This 3.1.0-rc9+ is, by the way, a kernel build on a different amd64 system using fakeroot make dep-pkg Version 3.0.0-12 (I used an ubuntu kernel image) works fine by the way: it boots, but it also succeeds in emitting AX.25 data via the baycom driver. Folkert van Heusden -- Multitail es una herramienta

Re: [2.6.21] kernel panic

2007-05-09 Thread folkert
'not responding but still forwarding network-traffic(!)' and 'ext3 circular lock failure' problems. Folkert van Heusden -- To MultiTail einai ena polymorfiko ergaleio gia ta logfiles kai tin eksodo twn entolwn. Prosferei: filtrarisma, xrwmatismo, sygxwneysi, diaforetikes provoles. http

[3.18.3] poll() on gpio pins broken

2015-01-29 Thread folkert
it wrong and did that became visible? Please advise. thanks Folkert van Heusden -- -- 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: /dev/random probs in 2.4test(12-pre3)

2000-12-01 Thread folkert
I've seen that happen with kernel version 2.2.16! > Hi, > > It looks like the random driver in 2.4test will return a > short read, rather than blocking. This is breaking vpnd > (http://sunsite.dk/vpnd/) which breaks with "failed to > gather random data" or similar. > > Here's a sample strace:

Re: [PATCH] API for true Random Number Generators to add entropy (2.6.11)

2005-03-27 Thread folkert
of tests depending on your needs. Folkert van Heusden Auto te koop! Zie: http://www.vanheusden.com/daihatsu.php Op zoek naar een IT of Finance baan? Mail me voor de mogelijkheden! +--+ |UNIX admin? Then give MultiTail (http://vanheu

Re: [PATCH] API for true Random Number Generators to add entropy (2.6.11)

2005-03-28 Thread folkert
or this case. Send a message to klogd and let read() block untill the test no longer fails. Folkert van Heusden Auto te koop! Zie: http://www.vanheusden.com/daihatsu.php Op zoek naar een IT of Finance baan? Mail me voor de mogelijkheden! +---

Re: forkbombing Linux distributions

2005-03-28 Thread folkert
> { > while(1){ > while(fork()){ > malloc(1); > } > } > } Imporved version: int main() { while(1) { while(fork()) { char *dummy = (char *)malloc(1);

Re: forkbombing Linux distributions

2005-03-28 Thread folkert
> I already posted one, posts ago. > >>[snip] > >Imporved version: > >[snip] > >char *dummy = (char *)malloc(1); > That cast is not supposed to be there, is it? (To pretake it: it's bad.) What is so bad about it? Folkert van Heusden Op zoek naar een IT

2.6.x (x=4|10|11) doesn't detect my scsi devices on my aic7880 scsi interface

2005-04-01 Thread folkert
7 IO-APIC-level aic7xxx, usb-uhci, eth0 Folkert van Heusden Auto te koop! Zie: http://www.vanheusden.com/daihatsu.php Op zoek naar een IT of Finance baan? Mail me voor de mogelijkheden! +--+ |UNIX admin? Then give MultiTail

Re: [PATCH encrypted swsusp 0/3] encrypted swsusp image

2005-04-11 Thread folkert
. > This works on my x86_64 laptop (64bit mode) and probably needs testing > on other platforms. What about an option for an user-defined key? One that can be set when suspending? Folkert van Heusden Auto te koop! Zie: http://www.vanheusden.com/daihatsu.php Op zoek naar een IT of Finance ba

Re: [PATCH encrypted swsusp 1/3] core functionality

2005-04-11 Thread folkert
u probably should use > block number as a IV or something like that. Or use a feedback loop: xor your data with the outcome of the previous round. And for the initial block use 0x00...00 for 'previous block'- value. Folkert van Heusden Auto te koop, zie: http://www.vanheusden.com/daiha

Re: [PATCH encrypted swsusp 1/3] core functionality

2005-04-11 Thread folkert
gt; value. > I'd like to retain ability to read suspend image in any order (so that > code can be reused for swap encryption, etc). In that case: encrypt the blocknumber with the key, and then use the outcome as IV for the encryption of the data. Or calculate a hash over the blocknumber and use

Re: [2.6.21] kernel panic

2007-05-09 Thread folkert
looks like this solves the hid-problem. But I still get the occasional 'not responding but still forwarding network-traffic(!)' and 'ext3 circular lock failure' problems. Folkert van Heusden -- To MultiTail einai ena polymorfiko ergaleio gia ta logfiles kai tin eksodo twn entolwn. Prosferei

nbd randomly disconnecting

2012-08-09 Thread folkert
with the vmware tools modules not installed because I have not gotten around to upgrade them to a 3.5 kernel. It is a 64 bit system with 8GB ram. Folkert van Heusden -- -- Phone: +31-6-41278122, PGP-key: 1F28D8AE, www.van

problem with baycom driver

2012-07-28 Thread folkert
mode but I'm not entirely sure of that (no second modem setup). I verified the problem by listening with a second radio. Folkert van Heusden -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo inf

Re: problem with baycom driver - bisect help requested

2012-08-02 Thread folkert
> It seems the baycom driver (for ham radio) needs some attention. I'm trying to bisect this problem. The problem now is, that the 3.1.0-rc9 crashes just after it loads the initramfs. Well, it says it is doing that and then all fans speed-up and the system locks up. What to do now? Folkert

Re: problem with baycom driver - bisect help requested

2012-08-02 Thread folkert
. > What to do now? This 3.1.0-rc9+ is, by the way, a kernel build on a different amd64 system using fakeroot make dep-pkg Version 3.0.0-12 (I used an ubuntu kernel image) works fine by the way: it boots, but it also succeeds in emitting AX.25 data via the baycom driver. Folkert van Heusden

[3.18.3] poll() on gpio pins broken

2015-01-29 Thread folkert
been doing it wrong and did that became visible? Please advise. thanks Folkert van Heusden -- -- 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-i

Re: Exploit in 2.6 kernels

2005-04-14 Thread Greg Folkert
On Wed, 2005-04-13 at 10:41 -0400, Lennart Sorensen wrote: On Wed, Apr 13, 2005 at 09:26:28AM -0500, Eric Rannaud wrote: On Wed, 2005-04-13 at 09:02 -0400, Lennart Sorensen wrote: modprobe nvidia || m-a -t prepare nvidia m-a -t build nvidia m-a -t install nvidia modprobe nvidia

Re: Exploit in 2.6 kernels

2005-04-14 Thread Greg Folkert
On Wed, 2005-04-13 at 10:41 -0400, Lennart Sorensen wrote: > On Wed, Apr 13, 2005 at 09:26:28AM -0500, Eric Rannaud wrote: > > On Wed, 2005-04-13 at 09:02 -0400, Lennart Sorensen wrote: > > > modprobe nvidia || m-a -t prepare nvidia && m-a -t build nvidia && m-a -t > > > install nvidia &&

Re: Greg's Decree! (was Re: Linus' decrees?)

2005-02-24 Thread Greg Folkert
On Thu, 2005-02-24 at 15:03 -0500, Stuart MacDonald wrote: > Recently I ran across > http://groups.google.ca/groups?hl=en=lang_en=off=1033074519.2698.5. > camel%40localhost.localdomain > > Is there a collection point for Linus' decrees? > > The LSB (http://www.linuxbase.org/) seems to be mostly

virus; do not open message with subject MAWANA

2001-05-23 Thread Heusden, Folkert van
that this won't happen again in the future. For now; my deepest and most sincere apologies! Greetings, Folkert van Heusden - 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

2.2.17 dead after Now booting the kernel-message (586)

2000-09-12 Thread Heusden, Folkert van
Hi, Yesterday I tried to install 2.2.17 on a pentium-mmx. Nothing fancy; 3c509, 3c905B, ide disk+cdrom, 32MB ram. 2.0.38 runs fine. system crashes (hangs) after it decompressed the kernel, after the "Now booting the kernel"-message. I tried both an bzImage and the zImage. Couldn't find anything

getting include-files from arch/arch/subdir

2000-10-23 Thread Heusden, Folkert van
t? Thanks. Folkert van Heusden. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

RE: getting include-files from arch/arch/subdir

2000-10-24 Thread Heusden, Folkert van
Hi, ADC why not ADC #include arch/i386/etc.h ADC Amit Since that is not cross-platform. I like a solution which does the #include transparantly for alpha/i386/etc. "Heusden, Folkert van" wrote: I need to include (in a driver) a header-file from arch/arch/subdir. I could, of c

Re: random PID generation

2001-02-23 Thread Heusden, Folkert van
with a loop. It's a simplistic hack, but it'll work for my paranoia mind :o) Greetings, Folkert van Heusden - 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 P

Re: random PID generation

2001-02-23 Thread Heusden, Folkert van
My code runs trough the whole task_list to see if a chosen pid is already in use or not. But it doesn't check for a recently used PID. Lets say your system is exhausting 1000 PIDs/second, and that there is a window of 20ms between you determining which PID to send to, and the recipient

Re: random PID generation

2001-02-27 Thread Heusden, Folkert van
. Greetings, Folkert van Heusden [ www.vanheusden.com ] - 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: binfmt_script and ^M

2001-02-27 Thread Heusden, Folkert van
[BINPRM_BUF_SIZE - 1] = '\0'; if ((cp = strchr(bprm-buf, '\n')) == NULL) cp = bprm-buf+BINPRM_BUF_SIZE-1; + if (cp - 1 == '\r') --- *) + cp--; *cp = '\0'; while (cp bprm-buf) { cp--; Greetings, Folkert

RE: binfmt_script and ^M

2001-02-27 Thread Heusden, Folkert van
When running a script (perl in this case) that has DOS-style newlines (\r\n), Linux 2.4.2 can't find an interpreter because it doesn't recognize the \r. The following patch should fix this (untested). _should_ it work with the \r in it? IV IMHO, yes. This set of files were created on

RE: Kernel is unstable

2001-03-01 Thread Heusden, Folkert van
memory area has to be accessed. In some memory management systems, the allocated area has to be actually written (demand zero paging). If you execute from a user account, not root, with ulimits enabled, you should be able to do: char *p; for(;;) { if((p =

RE: Per user private directories - trfs

2001-03-19 Thread Heusden, Folkert van
Translators for providing per user private directories and restricting visibility of files and directories using the translation filesystem are available now at http://trfs.sourceforge.net/ Per user private directories: Files created in a per user private directory are not visible to users

mysterious card

2001-03-21 Thread Heusden, Folkert van
Hi, I have this mysterious 8 bit ISA card with nothing more then 2 smb-mounted ic's and a button. It seems to be something that should force a system memory dump. I think I can handle the code-writing, but since there's no documentation I have to find out how things are working. Ok, the question

RE: mysterious card

2001-03-22 Thread Heusden, Folkert van
Ok, the question is: does anyone know a place on the web where I can find specifications of ISA-slots? I need to know what is supposed to be connected to the pins (1, 2, 6, etc.) AO It is supposed to do that! Yes, I guess so! AO That sounds like the card that came with an old DOS debugger.

2.2.16 memory usage

2000-10-31 Thread Heusden, Folkert van
Is an 2.2.16 system that suddenly out of the blue (always! like; every time the system is started) uses all memory and all swap-space and then crashes of any intrest? Or should I just ignore it and install 2.2.17? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the

fork in module?

2000-11-01 Thread Heusden, Folkert van
what would be the way of starting a sub-process in a module which then would run in the background? I guess plain fork() won't work? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at

how do I access memory-mapped hardware from userspace?

2000-11-01 Thread Heusden, Folkert van
Forgoto my previous question (threading in kernel); got an other question: how do I access memory-mapped hardware from userspace? thank you - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at

i82808 hardware hub RNG

2000-11-05 Thread Heusden, Folkert van
Hi, I wrote a daemon that fetches (as root-user) random numbers from the RNG in the i82808 (found on 815-chipsets). You can download it from http://www.vanheusden.com/Linux/random.php3 . Currently, I'm trying to rewrite things into a kernel-module so that one has a standard character device

RE: i82808 hardware hub RNG

2000-11-05 Thread Heusden, Folkert van
I wrote a daemon that fetches (as root-user) random numbers from the RNG in the i82808 (found on 815-chipsets). You can download it from http://www.vanheusden.com/Linux/random.php3 . Currently, I'm trying to rewrite things into a kernel-module so that one has a standard character device

RE: i82808 hardware hub RNG

2000-11-05 Thread Heusden, Folkert van
I wrote a daemon that fetches (as root-user) random numbers from the RNG in the i82808 (found on 815-chipsets). You can download it from http://www.vanheusden.com/Linux/random.php3 . Currently, I'm trying to rewrite things into a kernel-module so that one has a standard character device

RE: i82808 hardware hub RNG

2000-11-05 Thread Heusden, Folkert van
Excellent! Got any URLs? RML its been in 2.4 for a year or so, although only in the last few tests as RML it supported i815. it has been in 2.2 since 2.2.17 or the current 2.2.18. 2.2.18 I think, or some undetected disk-error must have swept it away from the local sourcetree :o) RML take a

2.4.3 connecting with mac os 8.3

2001-05-06 Thread Folkert van Heusden
Hi, Anyone out there who cares if 2.4.3 has problems connectin with mac os 8.x? Situation: pop3-server on linux 2.4.3 host. Client: eudora on mac os 8.x connection times out. always 2.4.4 works fine(!). Any more investigation required? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe

/dev/random - having a (trivial) coding problem

2001-05-07 Thread Heusden, Folkert van
See this program: int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { int h; char buffer[16]; int nbytes=16,nbits=16*8; int nin; h=open(/dev/random, O_RDONLY); if (h==-1) exit(1); /* see how many bits there are in it */ printf(returned: %d\n,

weird

2001-05-09 Thread Heusden, Folkert van
On my dual pii system, I get these messages: May 9 15:53:18 marlboro.intranet.vanheusden.com kernel: KERNEL: assertion (tp-lost_out == 0) failed at tcp_input.c(1202):tcp_remove_reno_sacks Is this worrying? More info: marlboro:~$ uname -a Linux marlboro 2.4.3 #4 SMP Sun May 6 13:23:49 GMT+1 2001

RE: obsolete code must die

2001-06-14 Thread Heusden, Folkert van
Yeah, and while you're at it: make it closed source and ask big time $$ for every single line of update. If your stupid idea will be followed, a lot of african people will not be happy. (me neither. proud owner of a 486 (at home)) -Original Message- From: Daniel [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: Client receives TCP packets but does not ACK

2001-06-15 Thread Heusden, Folkert van
TCP is NOT a guaranteed protocol -- you can't just blast data from one port to another and expect it to work. Isn't it? Are you really sure about that? I thought UDP was the not-guaranteed-one and TCP was the one guaranting that all data reaches the other end in order and all. Please enlighten

RE: The Joy of Forking

2001-06-25 Thread Heusden, Folkert van
x86 only (and similar, e.g. Crusoe) Again, Linux is the only system that CAN run on anything from PDA thorough supercomputer clusters. What about NetBSD? :o) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More

RE: A signal fairy tale - a little comphist

2001-06-28 Thread Heusden, Folkert van
[...] A signal number cannot be opened more than once concurrently; sigopen() thus provides a way to avoid signal usage clashes in large programs. YOU Signals are a pretty dopey API anyway - Exactly. When signals were made up, signalhandlers were supposed to not so much

random PID generation

2001-02-22 Thread Heusden, Folkert van
Hi, I wrote a patch against 2.2.18 and 2.4.1 to have the kernel generate random PIDs. You can find it at http://vanheusden.com/Linux/security.php3 (amongst other patches). Beware: pretty much experimental and likely to make your linux-pc perform like a win95 platform. Greetings, Folkert van

RE: [PATCH] Prevent OOM from killing init

2001-03-23 Thread Heusden, Folkert van
That's not the OOM killer however, but init dying because it couldn't get the memory it needed to satisfy a page fault or somesuch... Ehrm, I would like to re-state that it still would be nice if some mechanism got introduced which enables one to set certain processes to "cannot be killed".

[PATCH] kernel/exit.c - 2.4.2 - small optimalisation (very small) to do_exit()

2001-03-26 Thread Heusden, Folkert van
panic("Attempted to kill the idle task!"); + } tsk-flags |= PF_EXITING; del_timer_sync(tsk-real_timer); Greetings, Folkert van Heusden ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [ www.vanheusden.com ] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ker

unresolved symbols; I must have lost my brain

2001-04-03 Thread Heusden, Folkert van
People, Somehow I must have lost my brain. In exit.c I introduced some array: pid_t pidarray[100]; in fork.c I refer to this array: extern pid_t pidarray[100]; (or something like that. looked it up in KR, couldn't find what I did wrong) for some reason the kernel build process complains

random PIDs

2001-04-04 Thread Heusden, Folkert van
of other patches ;-]) Patch is against kernel 2.2.19. I did not do any performance tests, but the machine I tested it on (300MHz dec alpha) felt (felt?) as smooth as before :o) Folkert van Heusden [ www.vanheusden.com ] p.s. the patch mentioned above also raises the number of pool-words from 128

RE: random PIDs

2001-04-04 Thread Heusden, Folkert van
Finished tested my random PID kernel/fork.c:get_pid() replacement. This one keeps track of the last N (default is 64) pids who have exited. These are then not used. So, one cannot have more then 32767 - (64 + 1 (init) + 1 (idle)) = 32761 processes :o) DW Huh, should be 32701, right?! You're

RE: random PIDs

2001-04-05 Thread Heusden, Folkert van
Finished tested my random PID kernel/fork.c:get_pid() replacement. This one keeps track of the last N (default is 64) pids who have exited. These are then not used. So, one cannot have more then 32767 - (64 + 1 (init) + 1 (idle)) = 32761 processes :o) DW Huh, should be 32701,

RE: Sources of entropy - /dev/random problem for network servers

2001-04-09 Thread Heusden, Folkert van
However, only 3 drivers in drivers/net actually set SA_SAMPLE_RANDOM when calling request_irq(). I believe all of them should. No, because an attacker can potentially control input and make it non-random. AB 2. Given that otherwise in at least my application (and machine AB without keyboard

[RFC] FW: proposal for systems that do not require security

2001-04-10 Thread Heusden, Folkert van
value, and something similar symplistic for the network- traffic routines? Thank you. Folkert van Heusden [ www.vanheusden.com ] - 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.

RE: [RFC] FW: proposal for systems that do not require security

2001-04-10 Thread Heusden, Folkert van
AP Do you think it worth an effort ? One could ask this question for all optimalisations. In fact; for every project. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at

RE: Sources of entropy - /dev/random problem for network servers

2001-04-10 Thread Heusden, Folkert van
AB 2. Given that otherwise in at least my application (and machine AB without keyboard and mouse can't be too uncommon) there is *no* AB entropy otherwise, which is rather easier for a hacker. At least Put a soundcard in your system and install audio-entropyd. Works pretty nice. I Do you

willing to test ext3 fs

2001-04-17 Thread Heusden, Folkert van
Hi, I have a dec alpha 300 with a scsi disk which is doing nothing 100% of the time. Actually; nothing usefull, apart from the seti@home process :o) I like to do a continues stress-test of the ext3 filesystem which aborts when something fails. Am I helping anyone with that? In that case: what

RFC: pageable kernel-segments

2001-04-17 Thread Heusden, Folkert van
read/write/ioctl then close/open so. Also; hopefully there's no interrupt-sensitive code in these routines. I would think is usable (for example) for my 8MB ram laptop. Anyone any thoughts on this? Folkert van Heusden [ http://www.vanheusden.com/Linux/kernel_patches.php3 ] - To unsubscribe from

[2.6.20] system sometimes stops responding

2007-04-23 Thread Folkert van Heusden
[3535514.470305] fill_kobj_path: path = '/class/vc/vcsa3' (as you can see, the login process gets shot by signal 3 (SIGQUIT)) Anything else I can try? I also found a list of stacktraces of all processes running in the system. Folkert van Heusden -- To MultiTail einai ena polymorfiko ergaleio gia ta

[2.6.20] BUG: workqueue leaked lock

2007-03-13 Thread Folkert van Heusden
[ 137.472695] [c102c2e8] run_workqueue+0x167/0x170 [ 137.472779] [c102c437] worker_thread+0x146/0x165 [ 137.472861] [c102f797] kthread+0x97/0xc4 [ 137.472943] [c1003bdb] kernel_thread_helper+0x7/0x10 [ 137.473026] === Folkert van Heusden -- MultiTail is a versatile tool

Re: [2.6.20] BUG: workqueue leaked lock

2007-03-15 Thread Folkert van Heusden
On Tue, 13 Mar 2007 17:50:14 +0100 Folkert van Heusden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... [ 1756.728209] BUG: workqueue leaked lock or atomic: nfsd4/0x/3577 ... [ 1846.684023] [c1003bdb] kernel_thread_helper+0x7/0x10 Oleg, that's a fairly incomprehensible message we have

[2.6.20] possible circular locking dependency detected

2007-02-14 Thread Folkert van Heusden
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Re: [PATCH] Re: [2.6.20] BUG: workqueue leaked lock

2007-03-21 Thread Folkert van Heusden
I thought you are trying to diagnose a bug and maybe Folkert could test, if this patch makes any difference. Sorry, if I missed the real problem. Yes please let me know when I can test a patch. Folkert van Heusden -- www.biglumber.com - site where one can exchange PGP key signatures

Re: kmalloc() with size zero

2007-03-25 Thread Folkert van Heusden
I'd say feature, glibc's malloc also returns an address on malloc(0). This is implementation defined-the standard allows for return of either null or an address. Entirely for entertainment: AIX (5.3) returns NULL, IRIX returns a valid address. Folkert van Heusden -- MultiTail är en

Re: [patch] add file position info to proc

2007-03-26 Thread Folkert van Heusden
of processing the script still has not stopped, I'd like to see how much it processed so that I can estimate how long I still have to wait and if it is worthwhile to stop the script for optimalisations and such. Folkert van Heusden -- MultiTail è uno flexible tool per seguire di logfiles e

[PATCH] baycom_ser_fdx: also allow i/o ports = 0x1000 and enhanced failure logging

2007-03-04 Thread Folkert van Heusden
Hi, The baycom_ser_fdx driver did not allow i/o ports = 0x1000. Now that there are pci cards (with rs232 ports) which use for example 0xb800 this limit should not exists. Also, for non kernel coders find the cause of problems was challenging so I added extra logging. Signed-off-by: Folkert van

Re: [PATCH] baycom_ser_fdx: also allow i/o ports = 0x1000 and enhanced failure logging

2007-03-04 Thread Folkert van Heusden
: Signed-off-by: Folkert van Heusden [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- ./drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_ser_fdx.c.org 2007-03-04 22:24:47.0 +0100 +++ ./drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_ser_fdx.c 2007-03-04 22:42:51.0 +0100 @@ -413,11 +413,15 @@ if (!dev || !bc) return -ENXIO

Fw: G965 on-board serial port

2008-01-09 Thread Folkert van Heusden
fiddling with signalling lines (for a dcf-77 radio clock) don't work. To be honest I used a vendor kernel, a Debian 2.6.22-3-amd64 image. Is this a known problem? Folkert van Heusden -- MultiTail cok yonlu kullanimli bir program, loglari okumak, verilen kommandolari yerine getirebilen. Filter

[RS232] setting trigger-level of fifo

2008-01-09 Thread Folkert van Heusden
someone tell how I can proceed with this? Is it at all possible to do this setting? Folkert van Heusden -- Multi tail barnamaj mowahib li mora9abat attasjilat wa nataij awamir al 7asoub. damj, talwin, mora9abat attarchi7 wa ila akhirih. http://www.vanheusden.com/multitail

Re: [RS232] setting trigger-level of fifo

2008-01-09 Thread Folkert van Heusden
*/ } serial8250_set_mctrl(up-port, up-port.mctrl); spin_unlock_irqrestore(up-port.lock, flags); } But I don't know how to interface this to an ioctl or so. All help is appreciated! Folkert van Heusden -- Looking for a cheap but fast webhoster with an excellent helpdesk? http

spreading the heat?

2007-11-21 Thread Folkert van Heusden
such processes should be scheduled to other cores as well? Folkert van Heusden -- Multitail - gibkaja utilita po sledovaniju log-fajlov i vyvoda kommand. Fil'trovanie, raskrašivanie, slijanie, vizual'noe sravnenie, i t.d. http://www.vanheusden.com/multitail

G965 on-board serial port

2008-01-01 Thread Folkert van Heusden
clock) don't work. To be honest I used a vendor kernel, a Debian 2.6.22-3-amd64 image. Is this a known problem? Folkert van Heusden -- MultiTail cok yonlu kullanimli bir program, loglari okumak, verilen kommandolari yerine getirebilen. Filter, renk verme, merge, 'diff- view', vs. http

Re: [2.6.22] circular lock detected

2007-09-02 Thread Folkert van Heusden
] [c10736cc] sys_write+0x3d/0x64 [ 7382.929985] [c1003eea] syscall_call+0x7/0xb [ 7382.929988] === Folkert van Heusden -- Multitail - gibkaja utilita po sledovaniju log-fajlov i vyvoda kommand. Fil'trovanie, raskrašivanie, slijanie, vizual'noe sravnenie, i t.d. http

sata scsi suggestion for make menuconfig

2007-09-07 Thread Folkert van Heusden
Hi, Maybe it is a nice enhancement for make menuconfig to more explicitly give a pop-up or so when someone selects for example a sata controller while no 'scsi-disk' support was selected? Folkert van Heusden -- Multi tail barnamaj mowahib li mora9abat attasjilat wa nataij awamir al 7asoub

Re: sata scsi suggestion for make menuconfig

2007-09-07 Thread Folkert van Heusden
item that you add. A popup makes some sense, but I don't know if menuconfig knows how to do popup warnings... and it needs to be done for all *configs, not just menuconfig. Maybe add a new type? Folkert van Heusden -- MultiTail na wan makriki wrokosani fu tan luku den logfile nanga san den

Re: sata scsi suggestion for make menuconfig

2007-09-07 Thread Folkert van Heusden
not the most common situaties. What I'm suggesting is a warning or a please note popup. Not neccessarily an error or refusing to continue thing. Folkert van Heusden -- www.vanheusden.com/multitail - win een vlaai van multivlaai! zorg ervoor dat multitail opgenomen wordt in Fedora Core, AIX, Solaris

Re: sata scsi suggestion for make menuconfig

2007-09-07 Thread Folkert van Heusden
. Maybe add a new type? How about comment Note: 'SCSI disk support' is required for SATA/PATA HDDs! depends on ATA !BLK_DEV_SD Yes! Maybe create some status-line at the bottom of the screen in which these hints scrollby. Like powertop does. Folkert van Heusden -- MultiTail är

[2.6.21.1] totally hanging altough not crashed

2007-07-20 Thread Folkert van Heusden
[783336.561432] CR0: 8005003b CR2: b7af3000 CR3: 1dd3c000 CR4: 06d0 [783336.561473] === I've put the output of alt+srq+t at http://keetweej.vanheusden.com/~folkert/ast.txt as it is halve a megabyte in size. Anyone can give a suggestion of what is going on? And what to do about

Re: [2.6.21.1] totally hanging altough not crashed

2007-07-20 Thread Folkert van Heusden
schedule(); 155 finish_wait(journal-j_wait_transaction_locked, wait); 156 goto repeat; 157 } 158 159 /* (gdb) Folkert van Heusden -- www.vanheusden.com/multitail - win een vlaai van multivlaai! zorg ervoor dat

Re: [2.6.21.1] totally hanging altough not crashed

2007-07-20 Thread Folkert van Heusden
int h = family; 50 switch (family) { 51 case AF_INET: 52 h ^= __xfrm4_daddr_saddr_hash(daddr, saddr); 53 break; I very much hope it is of any help. Folkert van Heusden -- www.vanheusden.com/multitail - win een vlaai van

Re: where is the code for read system call?

2007-07-20 Thread Folkert van Heusden
My application reads from socket. I need to change the behavior of read system call for an experiment. Can someone point me to code? Wouldn't it be easier to create a preload-library-wrapper around glibc? Folkert van Heusden -- MultiTail is a versatile tool for watching logfiles and output

[2.6.22] circular lock detected

2007-08-24 Thread Folkert van Heusden
[ 346.353444] [c1073788] sys_write+0x3d/0x64 [ 346.353524] [c1003eea] syscall_call+0x7/0xb [ 346.353603] === Folkert van Heusden -- www.vanheusden.com/multitail - win een vlaai van multivlaai! zorg ervoor dat multitail opgenomen wordt in Fedora Core, AIX, Solaris of HP/UX en

Re: intel_rng: FWH not detected (and no entropy)

2007-08-24 Thread Folkert van Heusden
) a try. And no, audio-entropyd won't fill up the entropy pool in a second, it takes a while. And often video-entropyd bails out because of not enough noise in the video-signal. Folkert van Heusden -- MultiTail er et flexible tool for å kontrolere Logfiles og commandoer. Med filtrer, farger

Re: Software based ECC ?

2007-08-12 Thread Folkert van Heusden
to detect all bitflips? Idea: what about a multicore system (3 or more) that runs the same processes on 2 cores and a third core verifying that they both do the same? As I think it is not only ram that can become faulty. Folkert van Heusden -- MultiTail er et flexible tool for å kontrolere Logfiles og

Re: [PATCH] NTFS error messages: replace static char pointers by static char arrays

2007-10-13 Thread Folkert van Heusden
*mcfrs_drivername = ColdFire internal UART serial driver version 1.00\n; Folkert van Heusden -- MultiTail is a versatile tool for watching logfiles and output of commands. Filtering, coloring, merging, diff-view, etc. http://www.vanheusden.com/multitail

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