Re: [PATCH] 2.4.6-pre6 fix drivers/net/Config.in error

2001-06-28 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
Keith Owens wrote: > On Thu, 28 Jun 2001 00:07:13 -0400, > Jeff Garzik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Steven Cole wrote: > >> - dep_bool ' EISA, VLB, PCI and on board controllers' CONFIG_NET_PCI > >> + dep_bool ' EISA, VLB, PCI and on board controllers' CONFIG_NET_PCI >$CONFIG_PCI > > >

Re: [PATCH] 2.4.6-pre6 fix drivers/net/Config.in error

2001-06-28 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
Keith Owens wrote: On Thu, 28 Jun 2001 00:07:13 -0400, Jeff Garzik [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Steven Cole wrote: - dep_bool ' EISA, VLB, PCI and on board controllers' CONFIG_NET_PCI + dep_bool ' EISA, VLB, PCI and on board controllers' CONFIG_NET_PCI $CONFIG_PCI See the EISA and

Re: Some experience of linux on a Laptop

2001-06-24 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
> >Features I would like in the kernel: > >1: Make the whole insmod-rmmod tingie a kernel internal so they could be > >trigged before rootmount. > > How can you load modules into the kernel before root is mounted? > No harddrive accessible means no modules. initrd ? It's quite popular feature

Re: Some experience of linux on a Laptop

2001-06-24 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
Features I would like in the kernel: 1: Make the whole insmod-rmmod tingie a kernel internal so they could be trigged before rootmount. How can you load modules into the kernel before root is mounted? No harddrive accessible means no modules. initrd ? It's quite popular feature at

Re: obsolete code must die

2001-06-14 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
> On Wed, 13 Jun 2001, Daniel wrote: > > MFM/RLL/XT/ESDI hard drive support > > Does anyone still *have* an RLL drive that works? At the very least get rid RLL ? Curently no. But I have a dosen of working ST225 with a dosen of ST11M MFM controllers. Some of them ar\e still in use, mainly for

Re: obsolete code must die

2001-06-14 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
On Wed, 13 Jun 2001, Daniel wrote: MFM/RLL/XT/ESDI hard drive support Does anyone still *have* an RLL drive that works? At the very least get rid RLL ? Curently no. But I have a dosen of working ST225 with a dosen of ST11M MFM controllers. Some of them ar\e still in use, mainly for booting

Re: PATCH: cs4232 isapnp support

2001-06-01 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
Hi, > This adds ISAPnP support to cs4232.c. [...] > diff -u -r1.10 cs4232.c > --- drivers/sound/cs4232.c2001/05/27 18:06:09 1.10 > +++ drivers/sound/cs4232.c2001/06/01 17:26:52 [...] > @@ -318,22 +325,92 @@ > static int __initdata mpuirq = -1; > static int __initdata synthio

Re: PATCH: cs4232 isapnp support

2001-06-01 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
Hi, This adds ISAPnP support to cs4232.c. [...] diff -u -r1.10 cs4232.c --- drivers/sound/cs4232.c2001/05/27 18:06:09 1.10 +++ drivers/sound/cs4232.c2001/06/01 17:26:52 [...] @@ -318,22 +325,92 @@ static int __initdata mpuirq = -1; static int __initdata synthio= -1;

Re: your mail

2001-05-31 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
> > Minor issue with bootsect.s. 1. bootsect.S is the source file > The single instance of the lds assembly instruction includes the comment of > ! ds:si is source > ... > seg fs > lds si,(bx)! ds:si is source > ... > Is this comment not in reverse order (i.e should be lds >

Re: your mail

2001-05-31 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
Minor issue with bootsect.s. 1. bootsect.S is the source file The single instance of the lds assembly instruction includes the comment of ! ds:si is source ... seg fs lds si,(bx)! ds:si is source ... Is this comment not in reverse order (i.e should be lds

Re: [PATCH] net #3

2001-05-30 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
> David Woodhouse wrote: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > > > -#ifdef CONFIG_ISAPNP > > > +#if defined(CONFIG_ISAPNP) || (defined(CONFIG_ISAPNP_MODULE) && defined(MODULE)) > > > > The result here would be a 3c509 module which differs depending on whether > > the ISAPNP module happened to be

Re: [PATCH] net #3

2001-05-30 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
"Paul Gortmaker wrote:" > Andrzej Krzysztofowicz wrote: > > > > The following patch fixes some ISA PnP #ifdefs (enable modular, > > disable when non-available) for 3c509 and smc-ultra. > > > -#ifdef CONFIG_ISAPNP > > +#if defined(CONFIG_ISAPNP

Re: [PATCH] net #6

2001-05-30 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
> > > The following patch removes unnecessary #ifdefs from eexpress.c > > They are neccessary Yes, you are right. I was suggested by improper part of spinlock.h ... Forget this patch. > > @@ -643,9 +631,7 @@ > > eexp_hw_tx_pio(dev,data,length); > > } > >

Re: [PATCH] net #9

2001-05-30 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
"Henning P. Schmiedehausen wrote:" > Andrzej Krzysztofowicz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >-static char name[4][IFNAMSIZ] = { "", "", "", "" }; > > >+static char name[4][IFNAMSIZ]; > > Ugh. Sure about that o

Re: [PATCH] net #3

2001-05-30 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
"David Woodhouse wrote:" > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > > -#ifdef CONFIG_ISAPNP > > +#if defined(CONFIG_ISAPNP) || (defined(CONFIG_ISAPNP_MODULE) && defined(MODULE)) > > The result here would be a 3c509 module which differs depending on whether > the ISAPNP module happened to be compiled at

Re: Generating valid random .configs

2001-05-30 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
"Arjan van de Ven wrote:" > Anuradha Ratnaweera wrote: > > > > Recently, I posted a request here to send your .config files and I > > received a good number of them. (thanks!). > > > > Now I want to generate even more different configurations, and a random > > .config generator would be ideal.

Re: Generating valid random .configs

2001-05-30 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
Arjan van de Ven wrote: Anuradha Ratnaweera wrote: Recently, I posted a request here to send your .config files and I received a good number of them. (thanks!). Now I want to generate even more different configurations, and a random .config generator would be ideal. If I write a

Re: [PATCH] net #9

2001-05-30 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
Henning P. Schmiedehausen wrote: Andrzej Krzysztofowicz [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: -static char name[4][IFNAMSIZ] = { , , , }; +static char name[4][IFNAMSIZ]; Ugh. Sure about that one? the variables have been pointers to zero, now they're zero... I do not agree. As I understand C name

Re: [PATCH] net #3

2001-05-30 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
Paul Gortmaker wrote: Andrzej Krzysztofowicz wrote: The following patch fixes some ISA PnP #ifdefs (enable modular, disable when non-available) for 3c509 and smc-ultra. -#ifdef CONFIG_ISAPNP +#if defined(CONFIG_ISAPNP) || (defined(CONFIG_ISAPNP_MODULE) defined(MODULE)) Hrrm

Re: [PATCH] net #6

2001-05-30 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
The following patch removes unnecessary #ifdefs from eexpress.c They are neccessary Yes, you are right. I was suggested by improper part of spinlock.h ... Forget this patch. @@ -643,9 +631,7 @@ eexp_hw_tx_pio(dev,data,length); } dev_kfree_skb(buf); -#ifdef

Re: [PATCH] net #3

2001-05-30 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
David Woodhouse wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: -#ifdef CONFIG_ISAPNP +#if defined(CONFIG_ISAPNP) || (defined(CONFIG_ISAPNP_MODULE) defined(MODULE)) The result here would be a 3c509 module which differs depending on whether the ISAPNP module happened to be compiled at the same

Re: [PATCH] net #3

2001-05-30 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
David Woodhouse wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: -#ifdef CONFIG_ISAPNP +#if defined(CONFIG_ISAPNP) || (defined(CONFIG_ISAPNP_MODULE) defined(MODULE)) The result here would be a 3c509 module which differs depending on whether the ISAPNP module happened to be compiled at the same time

[PATCH] net #1 (correction)

2001-05-29 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
Sorry, one fix against previous patch Andrzej --- drivers/net/wavelan.p.h~Wed May 30 02:43:16 2001 +++ drivers/net/wavelan.p.h Wed May 30 02:44:29 2001 @@ -705,9 +705,9 @@ MODULE_PARM(io, "1-4i"); MODULE_PARM(irq, "1-4i"); MODULE_PARM(name, "1-4c" __MODULE_STRING(IFNAMSIZ));

[PATCH] net #8

2001-05-29 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
The following patch fixes some bogus comments in /drivers/net/*.c Andrzej *** PATCH 8 * diff -uNr linux-2.4.5-ac4/drivers/net/3c501.c linux/drivers/net/3c501.c --- linux-2.4.5-ac4/drivers/net/3c501.c Wed May 30 01:09:52 2001 +++

[PATCH] net #5

2001-05-29 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
The following patch fixes some long udelay()s in aironet.c and saa9730.c in the current kernel tree. Andrzej *** PATCH 5 *** diff -uNr linux-2.4.5-ac4/drivers/net/aironet4500_card.c linux/drivers/net/aironet4500_card.c ---

[PATCH] net #9

2001-05-29 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
The following patch removes some zero initializers from statics Andrzej PATCH 9 * diff -uNr linux-2.4.5-ac4/drivers/net/dmfe.c linux/drivers/net/dmfe.c --- linux-2.4.5-ac4/drivers/net/dmfe.c Wed May 30 01:08:54 2001 +++

[PATCH] net #4

2001-05-29 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
The following patch fixes network drivers configuration in some points: - make sb1000 dependent on CONFIG_ISAPNP. It compiles without CONFIG_ISAPNP, but will not work as the driver relies on ISA PnP board detection - de620 does not support build-in configuration (dependency on "m" now). It

[PATCH] net #6

2001-05-29 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
The following patch removes unnecessary #ifdefs from eexpress.c Andrzej ** PATCH 6 *** diff -uNr linux-2.4.5-ac4/drivers/net/eexpress.c linux/drivers/net/eexpress.c --- linux-2.4.5-ac4/drivers/net/eexpress.c Wed May 30 01:08:54 2001 +++

[PATCH] net #1

2001-05-29 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
dom (8.9.3/8.9.3) id CAA02200 for green!ankry; Wed, 30 May 2001 02:07:43 +0200 Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 02:07:43 +0200 From: Andrzej Krzysztofowicz Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: kufel!green.mif.pg.gda.pl!ankry Subject: alan.1 cox, jg, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi, This p

[PATCH] net #1

2001-05-29 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
) by kufel.dom (8.9.3/8.9.3) id CAA02200 for green!ankry; Wed, 30 May 2001 02:07:43 +0200 Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 02:07:43 +0200 From: Andrzej Krzysztofowicz kufel!ankry Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: kufel!green.mif.pg.gda.pl!ankry Subject: alan.1 cox, jg, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi

[PATCH] net #5

2001-05-29 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
The following patch fixes some long udelay()s in aironet.c and saa9730.c in the current kernel tree. Andrzej *** PATCH 5 *** diff -uNr linux-2.4.5-ac4/drivers/net/aironet4500_card.c linux/drivers/net/aironet4500_card.c ---

[PATCH] net #8

2001-05-29 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
The following patch fixes some bogus comments in /drivers/net/*.c Andrzej *** PATCH 8 * diff -uNr linux-2.4.5-ac4/drivers/net/3c501.c linux/drivers/net/3c501.c --- linux-2.4.5-ac4/drivers/net/3c501.c Wed May 30 01:09:52 2001 +++

[PATCH] net #9

2001-05-29 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
The following patch removes some zero initializers from statics Andrzej PATCH 9 * diff -uNr linux-2.4.5-ac4/drivers/net/dmfe.c linux/drivers/net/dmfe.c --- linux-2.4.5-ac4/drivers/net/dmfe.c Wed May 30 01:08:54 2001 +++

[PATCH] net #1 (correction)

2001-05-29 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
Sorry, one fix against previous patch Andrzej --- drivers/net/wavelan.p.h~Wed May 30 02:43:16 2001 +++ drivers/net/wavelan.p.h Wed May 30 02:44:29 2001 @@ -705,9 +705,9 @@ MODULE_PARM(io, 1-4i); MODULE_PARM(irq, 1-4i); MODULE_PARM(name, 1-4c __MODULE_STRING(IFNAMSIZ));

[PATCH] net #4

2001-05-29 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
The following patch fixes network drivers configuration in some points: - make sb1000 dependent on CONFIG_ISAPNP. It compiles without CONFIG_ISAPNP, but will not work as the driver relies on ISA PnP board detection - de620 does not support build-in configuration (dependency on m now). It

[PATCH] net #6

2001-05-29 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
The following patch removes unnecessary #ifdefs from eexpress.c Andrzej ** PATCH 6 *** diff -uNr linux-2.4.5-ac4/drivers/net/eexpress.c linux/drivers/net/eexpress.c --- linux-2.4.5-ac4/drivers/net/eexpress.c Wed May 30 01:08:54 2001 +++

Re: vm in 2.4.5

2001-05-26 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
> On Sat, 26 May 2001, J . A . Magallon wrote: > > It does not begin to use swap in a growing fashion, it just appears > > full in a moment. > > It gets _allocated_ in a moment, but things don't actually get > swapped out. This isn't a problem. > > The real problem is that we don't actively

Re: [PATCH] __init -> __initdata in drivers/video/matrox/matroxfb_base.c (244ac16)

2001-05-26 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
> --- linux-244-ac11-clean/drivers/video/matrox/matroxfb_base.c Sat May 19 20:58:43 >2001 > +++ linux-244-ac11/drivers/video/matrox/matroxfb_base.c Sun May 20 23:55:24 >2001 > @@ -2483,7 +2483,7 @@ > return 0; > } > > -static int __init initialized = 0; > +static int __initdata

Re: [PATCH] __init - __initdata in drivers/video/matrox/matroxfb_base.c (244ac16)

2001-05-26 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
--- linux-244-ac11-clean/drivers/video/matrox/matroxfb_base.c Sat May 19 20:58:43 2001 +++ linux-244-ac11/drivers/video/matrox/matroxfb_base.c Sun May 20 23:55:24 2001 @@ -2483,7 +2483,7 @@ return 0; } -static int __init initialized = 0; +static int __initdata initialized

Re: vm in 2.4.5

2001-05-26 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
On Sat, 26 May 2001, J . A . Magallon wrote: It does not begin to use swap in a growing fashion, it just appears full in a moment. It gets _allocated_ in a moment, but things don't actually get swapped out. This isn't a problem. The real problem is that we don't actively reclaim swap

Re: [PATCH] drivers/net/others

2001-05-24 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
> Thanks for your impressive clean-up patch. I have a couple of comments > regarding your clean-up of the dmfe.c driver. Thanks for your response. > On Thu, 24 May 2001, Andrzej Krzysztofowicz wrote: > > > @@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ > > u32 dev_rev, pci_pmr; > >

Re: [PATCH] drivers/net/others

2001-05-24 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
Thanks for your impressive clean-up patch. I have a couple of comments regarding your clean-up of the dmfe.c driver. Thanks for your response. On Thu, 24 May 2001, Andrzej Krzysztofowicz wrote: @@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ u32 dev_rev, pci_pmr; if (!printed_version

[PATCH] drivers/net/others

2001-05-23 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
original code */ -void *slow_memcpy( void *dst, const void *src, size_t len ) +static void *slow_memcpy( void *dst, const void *src, size_t len ) { unsigned long to = (unsigned long)dst; @@ -709,8 +711,10 @@ else *RIEBL_IVEC_ADDR = IRQ_SOURCE_TO_VECTOR(dev->irq

[PATCH] for drivers/net/3com -ac15

2001-05-23 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
dom (8.9.3/8.9.3) id DAA02169 for ankry@green; Thu, 24 May 2001 03:03:30 +0200 Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 03:03:30 +0200 From: Andrzej Krzysztofowicz Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: kufel!green.mif.pg.gda.pl!ankry Subject: 3com Hi, This version of 3Com network drivers patch contains

Re: [timer] max timeout

2001-05-23 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
"sebastien person wrote:" > Is it bad to do the following call ? > > mod_timer(, jiffies+(0.1*HZ)); Yes, it is bad. Don't use floating point in the kernel if you don't need. > that might fire the timer 1/10 second later. HZ/10 is much better ... --

Re: [timer] max timeout

2001-05-23 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
sebastien person wrote: Is it bad to do the following call ? mod_timer(timer, jiffies+(0.1*HZ)); Yes, it is bad. Don't use floating point in the kernel if you don't need. that might fire the timer 1/10 second later. HZ/10 is much better ... --

[PATCH] for drivers/net/3com -ac15

2001-05-23 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
) by kufel.dom (8.9.3/8.9.3) id DAA02169 for ankry@green; Thu, 24 May 2001 03:03:30 +0200 Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 03:03:30 +0200 From: Andrzej Krzysztofowicz kufel!ankry Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: kufel!green.mif.pg.gda.pl!ankry Subject: 3com Hi, This version of 3Com network drivers patch

[PATCH] drivers/net/others

2001-05-23 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
+81,14 @@ : Make `version[]' __initdata : Uninlined the read/write reg/word functions. + Andrzej Krzysztofowicz +: Kernel 2.4.5-pre5 +: Added MOD_DESC_PARM +: Added KERN_INFO marker to version

[PATCH] CONFIG_PROC_FS=n fixes

2001-05-21 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
Hi, The following patch fixes compilation problems of - zoran (drivers/media/video/zr36067.c) - Compaq SMART2 disk array (drivers/block/cpqarray.c) and possibly some others, when CONFIG_PROC_FS=n Andrzej *** diff -ur

[PATCH] CONFIG_PROC_FS=n fixes

2001-05-21 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
Hi, The following patch fixes compilation problems of - zoran (drivers/media/video/zr36067.c) - Compaq SMART2 disk array (drivers/block/cpqarray.c) and possibly some others, when CONFIG_PROC_FS=n Andrzej *** diff -ur

[PATCH] ppc xconfig 2.2.5-pre4

2001-05-20 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
Hi, The following patch fixes ppc xconfig potential problem introduced in 2.4.5-pre4. Andrzej *** diff -uNr linux-2.4.5-pre4/arch/ppc/config.in linux-pre4/arch/ppc/config.in --- linux-2.4.5-pre4/arch/ppc/config.in Mon May 21

Re: [PATCH] 2.4.4-ac11 network drivers cleaning

2001-05-20 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
> > On Sat, 19 May 2001 17:58:49 -0400, > Jeff Garzik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Finally, I don't know if I mentioned this earlier, but to be complete > >and optimal, version strings should be a single variable 'version', such > >that it can be passed directly to printk like > > > >

Re: [PATCH] 2.4.4-ac11 network drivers cleaning

2001-05-20 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
On Sat, 19 May 2001 17:58:49 -0400, Jeff Garzik [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Finally, I don't know if I mentioned this earlier, but to be complete and optimal, version strings should be a single variable 'version', such that it can be passed directly to printk like printk(version);

[PATCH] ppc xconfig 2.2.5-pre4

2001-05-20 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
Hi, The following patch fixes ppc xconfig potential problem introduced in 2.4.5-pre4. Andrzej *** diff -uNr linux-2.4.5-pre4/arch/ppc/config.in linux-pre4/arch/ppc/config.in --- linux-2.4.5-pre4/arch/ppc/config.in Mon May 21

[PATCH] 2.4.4-ac11 aironet fixes

2001-05-19 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
Hi, The following patch fixes aironet drivers. It contains - fixed Config.in to disable non-working configurations (PNP without isapnp, built-in ISA or I365) - marked __init/__devinit/__devinitdata some initial code/variables - disable (#if 0) currently unused function (awc4500_pnp_hw_reset) -

[PATCH] 2.4.4-ac11 network drivers cleaning

2001-05-19 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
>From kufel!root Sat May 19 23:39:35 2001 Return-Path: Received: from kufel.UUCP (uucp@localhost) by green.mif.pg.gda.pl (8.9.3/8.9.3) with UUCP id XAA02226 for green.mif.pg.gda.pl!ankry; Sat, 19 May 2001 23:39:35 +0200 Received: (from root@localhost) by kufel.dom

[PATCH] 2.4.4-ac11 aironet fixes

2001-05-19 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
Hi, The following patch fixes aironet drivers. It contains - fixed Config.in to disable non-working configurations (PNP without isapnp, built-in ISA or I365) - marked __init/__devinit/__devinitdata some initial code/variables - disable (#if 0) currently unused function (awc4500_pnp_hw_reset) -

[PATCH] 2.4.4-ac11 network drivers cleaning

2001-05-19 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
From kufel!root Sat May 19 23:39:35 2001 Return-Path: kufel!root Received: from kufel.UUCP (uucp@localhost) by green.mif.pg.gda.pl (8.9.3/8.9.3) with UUCP id XAA02226 for green.mif.pg.gda.pl!ankry; Sat, 19 May 2001 23:39:35 +0200 Received: (from root@localhost) by

Re: make xconfig with tcl/tk 8.3 - the patches

2001-05-17 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
"Simon Geard wrote:" > > Re my previous message on this subject, the patch files are attached. > > They can also be found at my web site: > > http://homepage.ntlworld.com/whiteowl/kernel Unfortunately your patches break with older tk: Error in startup script: couldn't compile regular

Re: make xconfig with tcl/tk 8.3 - the patches

2001-05-17 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
Simon Geard wrote: Re my previous message on this subject, the patch files are attached. They can also be found at my web site: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/whiteowl/kernel Unfortunately your patches break with older tk: Error in startup script: couldn't compile regular expression

Re: LANANA: To Pending Device Number Registrants

2001-05-16 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
> > OK, just correct me if I get this wrong, but this code is taking the LAST 2 > characters of the device name and verifying that it is "cd". Which would > mean that the standard states that "/dev/ginsucd" would be a CD-ROM drive? > > That is why I feel a "name" of a device handle shouldnt

Re: LANANA: To Pending Device Number Registrants

2001-05-16 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
OK, just correct me if I get this wrong, but this code is taking the LAST 2 characters of the device name and verifying that it is cd. Which would mean that the standard states that /dev/ginsucd would be a CD-ROM drive? That is why I feel a name of a device handle shouldnt set how a

Re: [PATCH] SCSI disk minor number cleaning

2001-05-15 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
> Hi, > The following patch cleans up a bit usage of parameters related to > number of minors per disk in the SCSI subsystem. This is a preliminary > patch and it seems to not contain any problematic changes. The full version > of the patch (that allows to succesfully change SCSI_MINOR_SHIFT

Re: LANANA: To Pending Device Number Registrants

2001-05-15 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
> On Tue, 15 May 2001, Jonathan Lundell wrote: > > > > > >Keep it informational. And NEVER EVER make it part of the design. > > > > What about: > > > > 1 (network domain). I have two network interfaces that I connect to > > two different network segments, eth0 & eth1; > > So? > >

Re: Kernel 2.4.4 Compilation Error

2001-05-15 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
> > I'd tried to make my 2.4.4 kernel. But after I made the "make bzImage" > the following error arose: > > gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/Usr/src/linux/2.2.4/include -Wall > -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe > -march=i686 -c -o i387.o i387.c > {standard input}:

Re: Kernel 2.4.4 Compilation Error

2001-05-15 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
I'd tried to make my 2.4.4 kernel. But after I made the make bzImage the following error arose: gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/Usr/src/linux/2.2.4/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -march=i686 -c -o i387.o i387.c {standard input}: Assambler

Re: LANANA: To Pending Device Number Registrants

2001-05-15 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
On Tue, 15 May 2001, Jonathan Lundell wrote: Keep it informational. And NEVER EVER make it part of the design. What about: 1 (network domain). I have two network interfaces that I connect to two different network segments, eth0 eth1; So? Informational. You can always ask

Re: [PATCH] SCSI disk minor number cleaning

2001-05-15 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
Hi, The following patch cleans up a bit usage of parameters related to number of minors per disk in the SCSI subsystem. This is a preliminary patch and it seems to not contain any problematic changes. The full version of the patch (that allows to succesfully change SCSI_MINOR_SHIFT and use

[PATCH] net PCI_ID fixes

2001-05-14 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
Hi, This patch renames some PCI_IDS in net drivers to use namespace from pci_ids.h. Also the "__{dev,}initdata" variables in pcnet32.c put together. It seems that the "section type conflict" in pcnet32.c some -ac kernels ago was caused by __initdata variables not declared together (some public

[PATCH] net PCI_ID fixes

2001-05-14 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
Hi, This patch renames some PCI_IDS in net drivers to use namespace from pci_ids.h. Also the __{dev,}initdata variables in pcnet32.c put together. It seems that the section type conflict in pcnet32.c some -ac kernels ago was caused by __initdata variables not declared together (some public /

[BUG] loop device problem in 2.2

2001-05-12 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
Hi, I observe a problem with loop block device over a sparse file grater than 2GB on alpha. When write attempts to the device appear (probably only at offset greater than 2GB), the filesysstem where the loop device file is located gets corruptted. i observe this eg. while doing mke2fs

[BUG] loop device problem in 2.2

2001-05-12 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
Hi, I observe a problem with loop block device over a sparse file grater than 2GB on alpha. When write attempts to the device appear (probably only at offset greater than 2GB), the filesysstem where the loop device file is located gets corruptted. i observe this eg. while doing mke2fs

Re: [PATCH] for iso8859-13

2001-05-11 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
"Nerijus Baliunas wrote:" > -NLS ISO 8859-1 (Latin 1; Western European Languages) > +NLS ISO 8859-1 (Latin 1; Western European Languages) Should'n it be consistent with Config.in ? -- === Andrzej M. Krzysztofowicz

Re: Kernel 2.4.4, Adaptec 7880 on board controller

2001-05-11 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
"Joachim Backes wrote:" > when booting on a machine having an Adaptec 7880 on board > controller (Kernel 2.4.4), then i get the following msg: > ... > SCSI subsystem driver Revision: 1.00 > request_module[scsi_hostadapter]: Root fs not mounted > request_module[scsi_hostadapter]: Root fs not

Re: Kernel 2.4.4, Adaptec 7880 on board controller

2001-05-11 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
Joachim Backes wrote: when booting on a machine having an Adaptec 7880 on board controller (Kernel 2.4.4), then i get the following msg: ... SCSI subsystem driver Revision: 1.00 request_module[scsi_hostadapter]: Root fs not mounted request_module[scsi_hostadapter]: Root fs not mounted

Re: [PATCH] for iso8859-13

2001-05-11 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
Nerijus Baliunas wrote: -NLS ISO 8859-1 (Latin 1; Western European Languages) +NLS ISO 8859-1 (Latin 1; Western European Languages) Should'n it be consistent with Config.in ? -- === Andrzej M. Krzysztofowicz

Re: make menuconfig versus make xconfig, Kernel 2.4

2001-05-10 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
"Joachim Backes wrote:" > I made an update from Kernel 2.2.19 to 2.4.4, and I made > a copy from the 2.2.19 .config file into the 2.4.4 directory. > > After that, I was wondering about the following fact: > > "make menuconfig" for kernel 2.4.4 showed (what seems to > be correct) for ATA/IDE the

Re: make menuconfig versus make xconfig, Kernel 2.4

2001-05-10 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
Joachim Backes wrote: I made an update from Kernel 2.2.19 to 2.4.4, and I made a copy from the 2.2.19 .config file into the 2.4.4 directory. After that, I was wondering about the following fact: make menuconfig for kernel 2.4.4 showed (what seems to be correct) for ATA/IDE the same

[PATCH] koi8-ru support for 2.4

2001-05-07 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
Hi, The following patch adds koi8-ru (Belarussian) charset support for 2.4.4-ac kernels on top of nls_koi8-u module. They differ on two characters only, so I don't think t is worth to create a new table for koi8-ru. Well it could be koi8-u on top of koi8-ru as well, but I choosed minimal-

Re: [PATCH] for iso8859-13

2001-05-07 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
"Kai Henningsen wrote:" > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (H. Peter Anvin) wrote on 06.05.01 in ><9d4ut6$9b9$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Wouldn't it make a heck of a lot more sense if we had a preprocessor > > which could produce these kinds of tables from a more sensible input > > format (preferrably one which

Re: [PATCH] for iso8859-13

2001-05-07 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
Kai Henningsen wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (H. Peter Anvin) wrote on 06.05.01 in 9d4ut6$9b9$[EMAIL PROTECTED]: Wouldn't it make a heck of a lot more sense if we had a preprocessor which could produce these kinds of tables from a more sensible input format (preferrably one which is already

[PATCH] koi8-ru support for 2.4

2001-05-07 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
Hi, The following patch adds koi8-ru (Belarussian) charset support for 2.4.4-ac kernels on top of nls_koi8-u module. They differ on two characters only, so I don't think t is worth to create a new table for koi8-ru. Well it could be koi8-u on top of koi8-ru as well, but I choosed minimal-

[PATCH] for iso8859-13

2001-05-06 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
Hi, The following patch removed unused and broken conversion table from nls_iso8859-13.c. --- linux-2.4.4-ac5/fs/nls/nls_iso8859-13.c Sat Apr 28 20:35:03 2001 +++ linux/fs/nls/nls_iso8859-13.c Sun May 6 22:42:19 2001 @@ -149,35 +149,6 @@ 0x00, 0xca, 0xea, 0xdd, 0xfd, 0xde,

[PATCH] for cp1255

2001-05-06 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
Hi, The following patch fixes a bug in UTF8->CP1255 translation. --- linux-2.4.4-ac5/fs/nls/nls_cp1255.c Sat Apr 28 20:35:03 2001 +++ linux/fs/nls/nls_cp1255.c Sun May 6 22:33:19 2001 @@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ }; static unsigned char *page_uni2charset[256] = { - page00, NULL, NULL,

[PATCH] for cp1255

2001-05-06 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
Hi, The following patch fixes a bug in UTF8-CP1255 translation. --- linux-2.4.4-ac5/fs/nls/nls_cp1255.c Sat Apr 28 20:35:03 2001 +++ linux/fs/nls/nls_cp1255.c Sun May 6 22:33:19 2001 @@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ }; static unsigned char *page_uni2charset[256] = { - page00, NULL, NULL,

[PATCH] for iso8859-13

2001-05-06 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
Hi, The following patch removed unused and broken conversion table from nls_iso8859-13.c. --- linux-2.4.4-ac5/fs/nls/nls_iso8859-13.c Sat Apr 28 20:35:03 2001 +++ linux/fs/nls/nls_iso8859-13.c Sun May 6 22:42:19 2001 @@ -149,35 +149,6 @@ 0x00, 0xca, 0xea, 0xdd, 0xfd, 0xde,

[PATCH] for koi8-u in 2.4.4-ac5

2001-05-05 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
Hi, I think this patch requires no comment. diff -ur linux-2.4.4-ac5/fs/nls/nls_koi8-u.c linux/fs/nls/nls_koi8-u.c --- linux-2.4.4-ac5/fs/nls/nls_koi8-u.c Sat May 5 11:30:21 2001 +++ linux/fs/nls/nls_koi8-u.c Sun May 6 01:03:37 2001 @@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ 0xd2, 0xd3, 0xd4, 0xd5,

[PATCH] for koi8-u in 2.4.4-ac5

2001-05-05 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
Hi, I think this patch requires no comment. diff -ur linux-2.4.4-ac5/fs/nls/nls_koi8-u.c linux/fs/nls/nls_koi8-u.c --- linux-2.4.4-ac5/fs/nls/nls_koi8-u.c Sat May 5 11:30:21 2001 +++ linux/fs/nls/nls_koi8-u.c Sun May 6 01:03:37 2001 @@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ 0xd2, 0xd3, 0xd4, 0xd5,

Re: 2.4.4-ac4 - oops on unload "cdrom" module

2001-05-04 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
> This oops happens when I run "rmmod cdrom" on a 2.4.4-ac4 kernel with > CONFIG_SYSCTL enabled. It doesn't happen if CONFIG_SYSCTL is disabled. > > sr_mod isn't loaded at this point. Reference to sd_mod looks weird. After > this oops the "cdrom" module remains in memory in the "deleted" state.

Re: 2.4.4-ac4 - oops on unload cdrom module

2001-05-04 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
This oops happens when I run rmmod cdrom on a 2.4.4-ac4 kernel with CONFIG_SYSCTL enabled. It doesn't happen if CONFIG_SYSCTL is disabled. sr_mod isn't loaded at this point. Reference to sd_mod looks weird. After this oops the cdrom module remains in memory in the deleted state. Unable

[PATCH] menuconfig

2001-05-03 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
Hi, The following one-liner patch fixes the problem in menuconfig with handling choice lists containing parentheses (in 2.4.4-ac4 and 2.4.5-pre1). Please apply... --- scripts/Menuconfig~ Mon Nov 13 23:14:29 2000 +++ scripts/Menuconfig Thu May 3 19:45:25 2001 @@ -347,7 +347,7 @@

Re: xconfig is broken (example ppc 8xx) [PATCH]

2001-05-03 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
"george anzinger wrote:" > To show the problem do: > > make xconfig ARCH=ppc > > in the "Platform support" menu "Processor Type" select "8xx" then close > the subminue with "MainMenu" > > now select "Save and Exit" > > This produces the following error messages: > > ERROR - Attempting to

Re: xconfig is broken (example ppc 8xx) [PATCH]

2001-05-03 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
george anzinger wrote: To show the problem do: make xconfig ARCH=ppc in the Platform support menu Processor Type select 8xx then close the subminue with MainMenu now select Save and Exit This produces the following error messages: ERROR - Attempting to write value for

[PATCH] menuconfig

2001-05-03 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
Hi, The following one-liner patch fixes the problem in menuconfig with handling choice lists containing parentheses (in 2.4.4-ac4 and 2.4.5-pre1). Please apply... --- scripts/Menuconfig~ Mon Nov 13 23:14:29 2000 +++ scripts/Menuconfig Thu May 3 19:45:25 2001 @@ -347,7 +347,7 @@

Re: xconfig is broken (example ppc 8xx)

2001-05-02 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
> To show the problem do: > > make xconfig ARCH=ppc > > in the "Platform support" menu "Processor Type" select "8xx" then close > the subminue with "MainMenu" > > now select "Save and Exit" > > This produces the following error messages: > > ERROR - Attempting to write value for unconfigured

Re: xconfig is broken (example ppc 8xx)

2001-05-02 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
To show the problem do: make xconfig ARCH=ppc in the Platform support menu Processor Type select 8xx then close the subminue with MainMenu now select Save and Exit This produces the following error messages: ERROR - Attempting to write value for unconfigured variable

Re: iso9660 endianness cleanup patch

2001-05-01 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
Are you sure that the arguments of the following casting > + return le16_to_cpu(*(u16 *)p); > + return be16_to_cpu(*(u16 *)p); > + return le32_to_cpu(*(u32 *)p); > + return be32_to_cpu(*(u32 *)p); are properly aligned ? I did not revise the code to check it, but AFAIK

Re: iso9660 endianness cleanup patch

2001-05-01 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
Are you sure that the arguments of the following casting + return le16_to_cpu(*(u16 *)p); + return be16_to_cpu(*(u16 *)p); + return le32_to_cpu(*(u32 *)p); + return be32_to_cpu(*(u32 *)p); are properly aligned ? I did not revise the code to check it, but AFAIK improperly

Re: 2.4.4-pre7 build failure w/ IP NAT and ipchains

2001-04-27 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
"Matthias Andree wrote:" > On Fri, 27 Apr 2001, David S. Miller wrote: > > Your configuration seems impossible, somehow the config system allowed > > you to set CONFIG_IP_NF_COMPAT_IPCHAINS without setting > > CONFIG_IP_NF_CONNTRACK. Just quick look at net/ipv4/netfilter/Config.in explains

Re: 2.4.4-pre7 build failure w/ IP NAT and ipchains

2001-04-27 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
Matthias Andree wrote: On Fri, 27 Apr 2001, David S. Miller wrote: Your configuration seems impossible, somehow the config system allowed you to set CONFIG_IP_NF_COMPAT_IPCHAINS without setting CONFIG_IP_NF_CONNTRACK. Just quick look at net/ipv4/netfilter/Config.in explains everything: :

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