Re: earlier ctrl-alt-del

2008-02-14 Thread Benoit Boissinot
On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 2:10 AM, Nick Levinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Suggestion: ctrl-alt-del should be a working command > earlier in the bootup process, so that reboots won't > take so long because we have to wait. For example, I > sometimes have to change something in BIOS and then >

Re: earlier ctrl-alt-del

2008-02-14 Thread Benoit Boissinot
On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 2:10 AM, Nick Levinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Suggestion: ctrl-alt-del should be a working command earlier in the bootup process, so that reboots won't take so long because we have to wait. For example, I sometimes have to change something in BIOS and then must

Re: [BUG] New Kernel Bugs

2007-11-13 Thread Benoit Boissinot
On Nov 13, 2007 3:08 PM, Mark Lord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ingo Molnar wrote: > .. > > This is all QA-101 that _cannot be argued against on a rational basis_, > > it's just that these sorts of things have been largely ignored for > > years, in favor of the all-too-easy "open source means

Re: [BUG] New Kernel Bugs

2007-11-13 Thread Benoit Boissinot
On Nov 13, 2007 3:08 PM, Mark Lord [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ingo Molnar wrote: .. This is all QA-101 that _cannot be argued against on a rational basis_, it's just that these sorts of things have been largely ignored for years, in favor of the all-too-easy open source means many eyeballs

Re: Which companies are helping developing the kernel

2007-10-14 Thread Benoit Boissinot
On 10/15/07, Alistair John Strachan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sunday 14 October 2007 23:06:22 Stefan Heinrichsen wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I posted this question at comp.linux.misc and where told this would be a > > better place therefore. I would like to do a internship in the field of the

Re: Which companies are helping developing the kernel

2007-10-14 Thread Benoit Boissinot
On 10/15/07, Alistair John Strachan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sunday 14 October 2007 23:06:22 Stefan Heinrichsen wrote: Hello, I posted this question at comp.linux.misc and where told this would be a better place therefore. I would like to do a internship in the field of the Linux

Re: possible BUG while doing gpg --gen-key

2007-08-24 Thread Benoit Boissinot
On 8/24/07, Udo van den Heuvel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Benoit Boissinot wrote: > > On 8/24/07, Udo van den Heuvel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> While doing gpg --gen-key I can reproduce quite well some sort of > >> crash/bug/etc: > >> # gpg

Re: possible BUG while doing gpg --gen-key

2007-08-24 Thread Benoit Boissinot
On 8/24/07, Udo van den Heuvel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > While doing gpg --gen-key I can reproduce quite well some sort of > crash/bug/etc: > # gpg --gen-key [snip] > We need to generate a lot of random bytes. It is a good idea to perform > some other action (type on the keyboard, move the

Re: possible BUG while doing gpg --gen-key

2007-08-24 Thread Benoit Boissinot
On 8/24/07, Udo van den Heuvel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: While doing gpg --gen-key I can reproduce quite well some sort of crash/bug/etc: # gpg --gen-key [snip] We need to generate a lot of random bytes. It is a good idea to perform some other action (type on the keyboard, move the mouse,

Re: possible BUG while doing gpg --gen-key

2007-08-24 Thread Benoit Boissinot
On 8/24/07, Udo van den Heuvel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Benoit Boissinot wrote: On 8/24/07, Udo van den Heuvel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: While doing gpg --gen-key I can reproduce quite well some sort of crash/bug/etc: # gpg --gen-key [snip] iirg gpg-keygen uses a lot of cpu time

Re: Kernel / Fliesystem Error

2007-08-09 Thread Benoit Boissinot
On 8/9/07, Chris Holvenstot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Chris Snook wrote: > > > >The problem here is that your clock is wrong either at mount (boot) > >time or unmount (shutdown) time. There's nothing wrong with ext3, > >except that it happens to be noticing this condition. > > 1. This

Re: Kernel / Fliesystem Error

2007-08-09 Thread Benoit Boissinot
On 8/9/07, Chris Holvenstot [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Chris Snook wrote: The problem here is that your clock is wrong either at mount (boot) time or unmount (shutdown) time. There's nothing wrong with ext3, except that it happens to be noticing this condition. 1. This happens even when

Re: BUG in 2.6.22-rc2-mm1: NIC module b44.c broken (Broadcom 4400)

2007-05-26 Thread Benoit Boissinot
u simply submit a patch to change the helptext then? Is that ok ? Discourage people from deselecting B44_PCI Signed-off-by: Benoit Boissinot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- kernel.orig/drivers/net/Kconfig 2007-05-26 20:38:02.0 +0200 +++ kernel/drivers/net/Kconfig 2007-05-26 20:

Re: BUG in 2.6.22-rc2-mm1: NIC module b44.c broken (Broadcom 4400)

2007-05-26 Thread Benoit Boissinot
a patch to change the helptext then? Is that ok ? Discourage people from deselecting B44_PCI Signed-off-by: Benoit Boissinot [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- kernel.orig/drivers/net/Kconfig 2007-05-26 20:38:02.0 +0200 +++ kernel/drivers/net/Kconfig 2007-05-26 20:38:15.0 +0200 @@ -1449,7

Re: 2.6.9 won't compile

2007-04-06 Thread Benoit Boissinot
On 4/6/07, Pedro Mullor Jiménez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Dear all, I downloaded version 2.6.9 of the kernel from kernel.org I went throught menuconfig, importing the configuration of my current 2.6.15-28-686. I then tried to compile it but the compilation exits with an error (below). I also

Re: 2.6.9 won't compile

2007-04-06 Thread Benoit Boissinot
On 4/6/07, Pedro Mullor Jiménez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear all, I downloaded version 2.6.9 of the kernel from kernel.org I went throught menuconfig, importing the configuration of my current 2.6.15-28-686. I then tried to compile it but the compilation exits with an error (below). I also

Re: a bug in AS scheduler?

2007-02-28 Thread Benoit Boissinot
On 2/28/07, Jens Axboe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Tue, Feb 27 2007, Xiaoning Ding wrote: > Hi, > > I am reading the source code AS scheduler in 2.6.18(as-ioscheduler.c). > In function as_close_req, variable delay is in millisecond, while > ad->antic_expire is in jiffies. Doesn't the

Re: a bug in AS scheduler?

2007-02-28 Thread Benoit Boissinot
On 2/28/07, Jens Axboe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Feb 27 2007, Xiaoning Ding wrote: Hi, I am reading the source code AS scheduler in 2.6.18(as-ioscheduler.c). In function as_close_req, variable delay is in millisecond, while ad-antic_expire is in jiffies. Doesn't the comparison of

Re: no swap!

2007-02-14 Thread Benoit Boissinot
On 2/14/07, Thibaud Hulin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi ! distro related: check https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/util-linux/+bug/66637 and all the duplicates After compiling the kernel, I discover that my computer don't use the swap. So, I try a cat .config |grep SW, and I got :

Re: no swap!

2007-02-14 Thread Benoit Boissinot
On 2/14/07, Thibaud Hulin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi ! distro related: check https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/util-linux/+bug/66637 and all the duplicates After compiling the kernel, I discover that my computer don't use the swap. So, I try a cat .config |grep SW, and I got :

Re: 2.6.20/2.6.20-rc7 : ethX renumbered

2007-02-11 Thread Benoit Boissinot
On 2/11/07, Paul Rolland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello, I'm facing something quite strange... When booting one of these kernels (it's a new machine, I've not been running older kernels), the boot message says : ACPI: PCI Interrupt :04:00.0[A] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19 sky2 v1.10

Re: 2.6.20/2.6.20-rc7 : ethX renumbered

2007-02-11 Thread Benoit Boissinot
On 2/11/07, Paul Rolland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I'm facing something quite strange... When booting one of these kernels (it's a new machine, I've not been running older kernels), the boot message says : ACPI: PCI Interrupt :04:00.0[A] - GSI 19 (level, low) - IRQ 19 sky2 v1.10 addr

[2.6.19-rc6-mm2] Lost files on ext3 after suspend

2006-12-16 Thread Benoit Boissinot
Ok, since it is the second time it happened I decided to report it. Last week I lost some files in my home directory (at least .gnome .firefox .bashrc .Xauthority), I think it was after a suspend. Yesterday exactly the same thing happened (same kernel 2.6.19-rc6-mm2, I haven't upgraded because I

[2.6.19-rc6-mm2] Lost files on ext3 after suspend

2006-12-16 Thread Benoit Boissinot
Ok, since it is the second time it happened I decided to report it. Last week I lost some files in my home directory (at least .gnome .firefox .bashrc .Xauthority), I think it was after a suspend. Yesterday exactly the same thing happened (same kernel 2.6.19-rc6-mm2, I haven't upgraded because I

Re: 2.6.13-mm2

2005-09-08 Thread Benoit Boissinot
nction return type The following patch fixes it (removes the const qualifier) Signed-off-by: Benoit Boissinot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- ./fs/cifs/cifsglob.h2005-09-08 14:50:34.0 +0200 +++ ./fs/cifs/cifsglob.h.new2005-09-08 15:02:50.0 +0200 @@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ CIFS_S

Re: 2.6.13-mm2

2005-09-08 Thread Benoit Boissinot
patch fixes it (removes the const qualifier) Signed-off-by: Benoit Boissinot [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- ./fs/cifs/cifsglob.h2005-09-08 14:50:34.0 +0200 +++ ./fs/cifs/cifsglob.h.new2005-09-08 15:02:50.0 +0200 @@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ CIFS_SB(struct super_block *sb) return

Re: 2.6.13-rc6-mm1

2005-08-22 Thread Benoit Boissinot
On Sun, Aug 21, 2005 at 06:34:48PM -0400, Jon Smirl wrote: > This should fix it, but I'm not on a machine where I can test it. Can > you give it a try and let me know? > it works ok. But there is still at least one problem: if ops->store returns an error, then there will be a substraction and

Re: 2.6.13-rc6-mm1

2005-08-22 Thread Benoit Boissinot
On Mon, Aug 22, 2005 at 12:44:01PM -0400, Jon Smirl wrote: > On 8/22/05, Benoit Boissinot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sun, Aug 21, 2005 at 06:34:48PM -0400, Jon Smirl wrote: > > > This should fix it, but I'm not on a machine where I can test it. Can > > >

Re: 2.6.13-rc6-mm1

2005-08-22 Thread Benoit Boissinot
On Mon, Aug 22, 2005 at 12:44:01PM -0400, Jon Smirl wrote: On 8/22/05, Benoit Boissinot [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, Aug 21, 2005 at 06:34:48PM -0400, Jon Smirl wrote: This should fix it, but I'm not on a machine where I can test it. Can you give it a try and let me know

Re: 2.6.13-rc6-mm1

2005-08-22 Thread Benoit Boissinot
On Sun, Aug 21, 2005 at 06:34:48PM -0400, Jon Smirl wrote: This should fix it, but I'm not on a machine where I can test it. Can you give it a try and let me know? it works ok. But there is still at least one problem: if ops-store returns an error, then there will be a substraction and the

Re: 2.6.13-rc6-mm1

2005-08-21 Thread Benoit Boissinot
- Forwarded message from Benoit Boissinot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - sorry, i forgot to reply all... From: Benoit Boissinot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Jon Smirl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: 2.6.13-rc6-mm1 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.10i On Sun, Aug 21, 2005 at 06:11:57PM -040

Re: 2.6.13-rc6-mm1

2005-08-21 Thread Benoit Boissinot
On 8/19/05, Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.13-rc6/2.6.13-rc6-mm1/ > > - Lots of fixes, updates and cleanups all over the place. > > - If you have the right debugging options set, this kernel will generate > a

Re: 2.6.13-rc6-mm1

2005-08-21 Thread Benoit Boissinot
On Sun, Aug 21, 2005 at 01:40:31PM -0400, Jon Smirl wrote: > On 8/21/05, Benoit Boissinot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 8/19/05, Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.13

Re: 2.6.13-rc6-mm1

2005-08-21 Thread Benoit Boissinot
On Sun, Aug 21, 2005 at 01:40:31PM -0400, Jon Smirl wrote: On 8/21/05, Benoit Boissinot [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 8/19/05, Andrew Morton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.13-rc6/2.6.13-rc6-mm1/ - Lots of fixes, updates

Re: 2.6.13-rc6-mm1

2005-08-21 Thread Benoit Boissinot
On 8/19/05, Andrew Morton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.13-rc6/2.6.13-rc6-mm1/ - Lots of fixes, updates and cleanups all over the place. - If you have the right debugging options set, this kernel will generate a storm of

Re: 2.6.13-rc6-mm1

2005-08-21 Thread Benoit Boissinot
- Forwarded message from Benoit Boissinot [EMAIL PROTECTED] - sorry, i forgot to reply all... From: Benoit Boissinot [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Jon Smirl [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: 2.6.13-rc6-mm1 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.10i On Sun, Aug 21, 2005 at 06:11:57PM -0400, Jon Smirl wrote: On 8/21

Re: 2.6.13-rc6-mm1

2005-08-19 Thread Benoit Boissinot
gt; make[1]: *** [net/ipv4] Error 2 > make: *** [net] Error 2 > > Ideas? > I think the following is patch needed because ipv4_table is local to ipvs. Signed-off-by: Benoit Boissinot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- ./net/ipv4/ipvs/ip_vs_lblc.c2004-12-24 22:35:28.0 +0

Re: 2.6.13-rc6-mm1

2005-08-19 Thread Benoit Boissinot
On 8/19/05, Ed Tomlinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Friday 19 August 2005 07:33, Andrew Morton wrote: > > - Lots of fixes, updates and cleanups all over the place. > > > > - If you have the right debugging options set, this kernel will generate > > a storm of sleeping-in-atomic-code warnings

Re: 2.6.13-rc6-mm1

2005-08-19 Thread Benoit Boissinot
On 8/19/05, Ed Tomlinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 19 August 2005 07:33, Andrew Morton wrote: - Lots of fixes, updates and cleanups all over the place. - If you have the right debugging options set, this kernel will generate a storm of sleeping-in-atomic-code warnings at boot,

Re: 2.6.13-rc6-mm1

2005-08-19 Thread Benoit Boissinot
Ideas? I think the following is patch needed because ipv4_table is local to ipvs. Signed-off-by: Benoit Boissinot [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- ./net/ipv4/ipvs/ip_vs_lblc.c2004-12-24 22:35:28.0 +0100 +++ ./net/ipv4/ipvs/ip_vs_lblc.c.new2005-08-19 23:22:09.0 +0200 @@ -131,7

[PATCH] fix invalid kmalloc flags (GFP_DMA alone)

2005-08-06 Thread Benoit Boissinot
treat this as a bug-which-ben's-patch-found and merge > Benoit's fix. The following patch should catch all the other calls with GFP_DMA and without either GFP_KERNEL or GFP_ATOMIC. I didn't included the previous patch (for arch/s390/mm/extmem.c). Signed-off-by: Benoit Boissinot <[EM

[PATCH] fix invalid kmalloc flags (GFP_DMA alone)

2005-08-06 Thread Benoit Boissinot
and without either GFP_KERNEL or GFP_ATOMIC. I didn't included the previous patch (for arch/s390/mm/extmem.c). Signed-off-by: Benoit Boissinot [EMAIL PROTECTED] diff -urp -X other/Documentation/dontdiff truc/arch/s390/appldata/appldata_os.c other/arch/s390/appldata/appldata_os.c --- truc/arch/s390

[PATCH] s390: fix invalid kmalloc flags

2005-08-05 Thread benoit . boissinot
to `__your_kmalloc_flags_are_not_valid' Signed-off-by: Benoit Boissinot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- a/arch/s390/mm/extmem.c 2005-08-06 01:32:56.0 +0200 +++ b/arch/s390/mm/extmem.c 2005-07-31 17:46:36.0 +0200 @@ -172,8 +172,8 @@ dcss_diag_translate_rc (int vm_rc) { stat

Re: [PATCH] implicit declaration of function `page_cache_release'

2005-08-05 Thread Benoit Boissinot
On 8/5/05, Olaf Hering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Aug 05, Benoit Boissinot wrote: > > > On 7/8/05, Olaf Hering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > In file included from include2/asm/tlb.h:31, > > > from > > &

Re: [PATCH] implicit declaration of function `page_cache_release'

2005-08-05 Thread Benoit Boissinot
include asm/pgtable.h I haven't found a satisfactory way to resolve this, but i think the patch should be removed (it removes a warning but breaks an architecture). Regards, Benoit Boissinot > Index: linux-2.6.13-rc2-olh/include/linux/pagemap.h > =

Re: [PATCH] implicit declaration of function `page_cache_release'

2005-08-05 Thread Benoit Boissinot
way to resolve this, but i think the patch should be removed (it removes a warning but breaks an architecture). Regards, Benoit Boissinot Index: linux-2.6.13-rc2-olh/include/linux/pagemap.h === --- linux-2.6.13-rc2-olh.orig

Re: [PATCH] implicit declaration of function `page_cache_release'

2005-08-05 Thread Benoit Boissinot
On 8/5/05, Olaf Hering [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Aug 05, Benoit Boissinot wrote: On 7/8/05, Olaf Hering [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In file included from include2/asm/tlb.h:31, from linux-2.6.13-rc2-olh/arch/ppc64/kernel/pSeries_lpar.c:37: linux-2.6.13

[PATCH] s390: fix invalid kmalloc flags

2005-08-05 Thread benoit . boissinot
to `__your_kmalloc_flags_are_not_valid' Signed-off-by: Benoit Boissinot [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- a/arch/s390/mm/extmem.c 2005-08-06 01:32:56.0 +0200 +++ b/arch/s390/mm/extmem.c 2005-07-31 17:46:36.0 +0200 @@ -172,8 +172,8 @@ dcss_diag_translate_rc (int vm_rc) { static int

[Patch 2.6.13-rc4-mm1] mips: build fix for spinlock consolidation

2005-08-03 Thread Benoit Boissinot
The following patch is needed for mips to compile with the spinlock consolidation patch (the include of asm-mips/atomic.h is moved down to avoid circular dependencies). Signed-off-by: Benoit Boissinot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- linux/include/linux/spinlock.h.orig 2005-08-03 20:49:26.000

[Patch 2.6.13-rc4-mm1] mips: build fix for spinlock consolidation

2005-08-03 Thread Benoit Boissinot
The following patch is needed for mips to compile with the spinlock consolidation patch (the include of asm-mips/atomic.h is moved down to avoid circular dependencies). Signed-off-by: Benoit Boissinot [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- linux/include/linux/spinlock.h.orig 2005-08-03 20:49:26.0 +0200

Question: ioctl functions

2005-04-22 Thread Benoit Boissinot
It looks like (i havent checked all the tree) that every function that is registered as ioctl (or read_ioctl or fb_ioctl or ...) have an argument "unsigned long arg", then each function is using it like this: void __user *argp = (void __user *)arg; I am wondering why the argument isn't from type

Question: ioctl functions

2005-04-22 Thread Benoit Boissinot
It looks like (i havent checked all the tree) that every function that is registered as ioctl (or read_ioctl or fb_ioctl or ...) have an argument unsigned long arg, then each function is using it like this: void __user *argp = (void __user *)arg; I am wondering why the argument isn't from type

Re: Linux 2.6.12-rc3

2005-04-21 Thread Benoit Boissinot
On 4/21/05, Linus Torvalds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Changes since 2.6.12-rc2: > > Benjamin Herrenschmidt: ... > [PATCH] ppc32: Fix cpufreq problems this depends on two patches in -mm: add-suspend-method-to-cpufreq-core.patch Add suspend method to cpufreq core

Re: [patch] minor syctl fix in vsyscall_init

2005-04-21 Thread Benoit Boissinot
On 13 Apr 2005 20:29:13 +0200, Andi Kleen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Apr 13, 2005 at 10:45:18AM -0700, Matt Tolentino wrote: > > > > Andi, > > > > If CONFIG_SYCTL is not enabled then the x86-64 tree > > fails to build due to use of a symbol that is not > > compiled in. Don't bother

Re: [2.6 patch] drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_epp.c: cleanups

2005-04-21 Thread Benoit Boissinot
On 4/20/05, Adrian Bunk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The times when tricky goto's produced better codes are long gone. > > This patch should express the same in a better way, please check whether > I made any mistake. > By the way, it solves compile errors with gcc-4: a lot of

Re: [2.6 patch] drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_epp.c: cleanups

2005-04-21 Thread Benoit Boissinot
On 4/20/05, Adrian Bunk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The times when tricky goto's produced better codes are long gone. This patch should express the same in a better way, please check whether I made any mistake. By the way, it solves compile errors with gcc-4: a lot of

Re: [patch] minor syctl fix in vsyscall_init

2005-04-21 Thread Benoit Boissinot
On 13 Apr 2005 20:29:13 +0200, Andi Kleen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Apr 13, 2005 at 10:45:18AM -0700, Matt Tolentino wrote: Andi, If CONFIG_SYCTL is not enabled then the x86-64 tree fails to build due to use of a symbol that is not compiled in. Don't bother compiling in the

Re: Linux 2.6.12-rc3

2005-04-21 Thread Benoit Boissinot
On 4/21/05, Linus Torvalds [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Changes since 2.6.12-rc2: Benjamin Herrenschmidt: ... [PATCH] ppc32: Fix cpufreq problems this depends on two patches in -mm: add-suspend-method-to-cpufreq-core.patch Add suspend method to cpufreq core

Re: 2.6.12-rc2-mm3

2005-04-11 Thread Benoit Boissinot
On Apr 11, 2005 10:46 PM, Martin J. Bligh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --On Monday, April 11, 2005 01:25:32 -0700 Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.12-rc2/2.6.12-rc2-mm3/ > > > > > > - The anticipatory I/O

Re: 2.6.12-rc2-mm3

2005-04-11 Thread Benoit Boissinot
ly that you want to have cpu_to_le16(cpu_to_le16(x)): target[j] = cpu_to_le16(UNI_COLON); the following patch fixes it. Signed-Off-By: Benoit Boissinot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- ./fs/cifs/misc.c.orig 2005-04-11 19:18:11.0 +0200 +++ ./fs/cifs/misc.c2005-

[2.6 ppc patch] fix compilation error in include/asm-m68k/setup.h

2005-04-11 Thread Benoit Boissinot
make defconfig give the following error on ppc (gcc-4): include/asm-m68k/setup.h:365: error: array type has incomplete element type The following patch solves it. Signed-Off-By: Benoit Boissinot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- ./include/asm-m68k/setup.h.orig 2004-12-24 22:35:00.0

[2.6 ppc patch] fix compilation error in include/asm/prom.h

2005-04-11 Thread Benoit Boissinot
: static declaration of âprom_num_displaysâ follows non-static declaration include/asm/prom.h:18: error: previous declaration of âprom_num_displaysâ was here The following patch solves it. Signed-Off-By: Benoit Boissinot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- ./include/asm-ppc/prom.h.orig 2005-04-11

[2.6 ppc patch] fix compilation error in arch/ppc/syslib/open_pic_defs.h

2005-04-11 Thread Benoit Boissinot
-By: Benoit Boissinot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- ./arch/ppc/syslib/open_pic_defs.h.orig 2005-04-11 14:51:54.0 +0200 +++ ./arch/ppc/syslib/open_pic_defs.h 2005-04-11 14:52:45.0 +0200 @@ -172,9 +172,6 @@ struct OpenPIC { OpenPIC_Processor Processor[OPENPIC_MAX_PROC

[2.6 ppc patch] fix compilation error in arch/ppc/kernel/time.c

2005-04-11 Thread Benoit Boissinot
in timer.c). Signed-Off-By: Benoit Boissinot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- ./arch/ppc/kernel/time.c.orig 2005-04-11 14:44:19.0 +0200 +++ ./arch/ppc/kernel/time.c2005-04-11 14:44:30.0 +0200 @@ -89,8 +89,6 @@ unsigned long tb_to_ns_scale; extern unsigned long wall_j

[2.6 ppc patch] fix compilation error in arch/ppc/kernel/time.c

2005-04-11 Thread Benoit Boissinot
in timer.c). Signed-Off-By: Benoit Boissinot [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- ./arch/ppc/kernel/time.c.orig 2005-04-11 14:44:19.0 +0200 +++ ./arch/ppc/kernel/time.c2005-04-11 14:44:30.0 +0200 @@ -89,8 +89,6 @@ unsigned long tb_to_ns_scale; extern unsigned long wall_jiffies; -static

[2.6 ppc patch] fix compilation error in arch/ppc/syslib/open_pic_defs.h

2005-04-11 Thread Benoit Boissinot
make defconfig give the following error on ppc (gcc-4): arch/ppc/syslib/open_pic.c:36: error: static declaration of OpenPIC follows non-static declaration arch/ppc/syslib/open_pic_defs.h:175: error: previous declaration of OpenPIC was here The following patch solves it. Signed-Off-By: Benoit

[2.6 ppc patch] fix compilation error in include/asm/prom.h

2005-04-11 Thread Benoit Boissinot
: static declaration of prom_num_displays follows non-static declaration include/asm/prom.h:18: error: previous declaration of prom_num_displays was here The following patch solves it. Signed-Off-By: Benoit Boissinot [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- ./include/asm-ppc/prom.h.orig 2005-04-11 14:49

[2.6 ppc patch] fix compilation error in include/asm-m68k/setup.h

2005-04-11 Thread Benoit Boissinot
make defconfig give the following error on ppc (gcc-4): include/asm-m68k/setup.h:365: error: array type has incomplete element type The following patch solves it. Signed-Off-By: Benoit Boissinot [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- ./include/asm-m68k/setup.h.orig 2004-12-24 22:35:00.0 +0100

Re: 2.6.12-rc2-mm3

2005-04-11 Thread Benoit Boissinot
cpu_to_le16(cpu_to_le16(x)): target[j] = cpu_to_le16(UNI_COLON); the following patch fixes it. Signed-Off-By: Benoit Boissinot [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- ./fs/cifs/misc.c.orig 2005-04-11 19:18:11.0 +0200 +++ ./fs/cifs/misc.c2005-04-11 19:18:30.0 +0200 @@ -519,13

Re: 2.6.12-rc2-mm3

2005-04-11 Thread Benoit Boissinot
On Apr 11, 2005 10:46 PM, Martin J. Bligh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --On Monday, April 11, 2005 01:25:32 -0700 Andrew Morton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.12-rc2/2.6.12-rc2-mm3/ - The anticipatory I/O scheduler has

[PATCH] cpuset: remove function attribute const

2005-04-09 Thread Benoit Boissinot
const from the function declaration. Signed-off-by: Benoit Boissinot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- ./kernel/cpuset.c.orig 2005-04-09 14:14:23.0 +0200 +++ ./kernel/cpuset.c 2005-04-09 14:15:19.0 +0200 @@ -1432,7 +1432,7 @@ void cpuset_exit(struct task_struct *tsk * tasks cpuset

[PATCH] cpuset: remove function attribute const

2005-04-09 Thread Benoit Boissinot
the function declaration. Signed-off-by: Benoit Boissinot [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- ./kernel/cpuset.c.orig 2005-04-09 14:14:23.0 +0200 +++ ./kernel/cpuset.c 2005-04-09 14:15:19.0 +0200 @@ -1432,7 +1432,7 @@ void cpuset_exit(struct task_struct *tsk * tasks cpuset. **/ -const

const qualifiers on function returns type

2005-04-08 Thread Benoit Boissinot
Hi, there are some function who are declared this way: include/linux/cpuset.h:21 extern const cpumask_t cpuset_cpus_allowed(const struct task_struct *p); I was wondering what means const for a function returns type. K doesn't say anything about this and gcc-4 warns (warning: type qualifiers

const qualifiers on function returns type

2005-04-08 Thread Benoit Boissinot
Hi, there are some function who are declared this way: include/linux/cpuset.h:21 extern const cpumask_t cpuset_cpus_allowed(const struct task_struct *p); I was wondering what means const for a function returns type. KR doesn't say anything about this and gcc-4 warns (warning: type qualifiers

Re: 2.6.12-rc1: Mouse stopped working

2005-04-06 Thread Benoit Boissinot
On Apr 6, 2005 8:19 AM, Joe Button <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi. > > My mouse stopped working in x.org with 2.6.12-rc1. Problem is still there in > 2.6.12-rc2. Works on 2.6.11.x with same .config (except for make oldconfig / > defaults). > > Mouse is ImPs2, xorg.conf is using

Re: 2.6.12-rc1: Mouse stopped working

2005-04-06 Thread Benoit Boissinot
On Apr 6, 2005 8:19 AM, Joe Button [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi. My mouse stopped working in x.org with 2.6.12-rc1. Problem is still there in 2.6.12-rc2. Works on 2.6.11.x with same .config (except for make oldconfig / defaults). Mouse is ImPs2, xorg.conf is using /dev/input/mouse0, which

Re: Touchpad does not work anymore

2005-04-04 Thread Benoit Boissinot
On Fri, Apr 01, 2005 at 07:29:15PM +0200, Benoit Boissinot wrote: > On Fri, Apr 01, 2005 at 12:00:42PM -0500, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > > On Apr 1, 2005 11:43 AM, Benoit Boissinot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Fri, Apr 01, 2005 at 11:28:05AM -0500, Dmitry Torokhov

Re: Touchpad does not work anymore

2005-04-04 Thread Benoit Boissinot
On Fri, Apr 01, 2005 at 07:29:15PM +0200, Benoit Boissinot wrote: On Fri, Apr 01, 2005 at 12:00:42PM -0500, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: On Apr 1, 2005 11:43 AM, Benoit Boissinot [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Apr 01, 2005 at 11:28:05AM -0500, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: On Apr 1, 2005 11:14 AM

Re: Touchpad does not work anymore

2005-04-01 Thread Benoit Boissinot
On Fri, Apr 01, 2005 at 12:00:42PM -0500, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > On Apr 1, 2005 11:43 AM, Benoit Boissinot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Fri, Apr 01, 2005 at 11:28:05AM -0500, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > > > On Apr 1, 2005 11:14 AM, Benoit Boissinot <[EMAIL PROTECTED

Touchpad does not work anymore

2005-04-01 Thread Benoit Boissinot
On Fri, Apr 01, 2005 at 11:28:05AM -0500, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > On Apr 1, 2005 11:14 AM, Benoit Boissinot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mar 31, 2005 8:09 PM, Dmitry Torokhov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > It works, too. Which one is the best one?

Re: 2.6.12-rc1 swsusp broken [Was Re: swsusp not working for me on a PREEMPT 2.6.12-rc1 and 2.6.12-rc1-mm3 kernel]

2005-04-01 Thread Benoit Boissinot
On Mar 31, 2005 8:09 PM, Dmitry Torokhov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It works, too. Which one is the best one? > > > > Both of them are needed as they address two different problems. > I tried to boot with the 2 patches applied (and the patch which solves noresume) and now touchpad/touchpoint

Re: 2.6.12-rc1 swsusp broken [Was Re: swsusp not working for me on a PREEMPT 2.6.12-rc1 and 2.6.12-rc1-mm3 kernel]

2005-04-01 Thread Benoit Boissinot
On Mar 31, 2005 8:09 PM, Dmitry Torokhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It works, too. Which one is the best one? Both of them are needed as they address two different problems. I tried to boot with the 2 patches applied (and the patch which solves noresume) and now touchpad/touchpoint no

Touchpad does not work anymore

2005-04-01 Thread Benoit Boissinot
On Fri, Apr 01, 2005 at 11:28:05AM -0500, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: On Apr 1, 2005 11:14 AM, Benoit Boissinot [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mar 31, 2005 8:09 PM, Dmitry Torokhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It works, too. Which one is the best one? Both of them are needed as they address

Re: Touchpad does not work anymore

2005-04-01 Thread Benoit Boissinot
On Fri, Apr 01, 2005 at 12:00:42PM -0500, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: On Apr 1, 2005 11:43 AM, Benoit Boissinot [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Apr 01, 2005 at 11:28:05AM -0500, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: On Apr 1, 2005 11:14 AM, Benoit Boissinot [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mar 31, 2005 8:09 PM

Re: [2.6 patch] sound/oss/: cleanups

2005-03-31 Thread Benoit Boissinot
On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 00:03:07 +0200, Adrian Bunk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Mar 28, 2005 at 03:55:36PM -0500, Benoit Boissinot wrote: > > On Sun, 6 Mar 2005 23:07:47 +0100, Adrian Bunk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > This patch contains cleanups includi

Re: [PATCH 3/3] Keys: Make request-key create an authorisation key

2005-03-31 Thread Benoit Boissinot
On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 20:52:45 +, David Howells <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The attached patch makes the following changes: > > (6) One of the process keyrings can be nominated as the default to which > request_key() should attach new keys if not otherwise specified. This is >

Re: 2.6.12-rc1 swsusp broken [Was Re: swsusp not working for me on a PREEMPT 2.6.12-rc1 and 2.6.12-rc1-mm3 kernel]

2005-03-31 Thread Benoit Boissinot
On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 18:50:07 +0200, Romano Giannetti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Mar 31, 2005 at 10:15:26AM -0500, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > > On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 16:47:29 +0200, Romano Giannetti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > > The bad news is that with 2.6.12-rc1 (no preempt)

Re: 2.6.12-rc1 swsusp broken [Was Re: swsusp not working for me on a PREEMPT 2.6.12-rc1 and 2.6.12-rc1-mm3 kernel]

2005-03-31 Thread Benoit Boissinot
On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 18:50:07 +0200, Romano Giannetti [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Mar 31, 2005 at 10:15:26AM -0500, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 16:47:29 +0200, Romano Giannetti [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The bad news is that with 2.6.12-rc1 (no preempt) swsusp fails to

Re: [PATCH 3/3] Keys: Make request-key create an authorisation key

2005-03-31 Thread Benoit Boissinot
On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 20:52:45 +, David Howells [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The attached patch makes the following changes: (6) One of the process keyrings can be nominated as the default to which request_key() should attach new keys if not otherwise specified. This is done with

Re: [2.6 patch] sound/oss/: cleanups

2005-03-31 Thread Benoit Boissinot
On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 00:03:07 +0200, Adrian Bunk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Mar 28, 2005 at 03:55:36PM -0500, Benoit Boissinot wrote: On Sun, 6 Mar 2005 23:07:47 +0100, Adrian Bunk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This patch contains cleanups including the following: - make needlessly global

Re: [2.6.12-rc1-mm3] BUG: atomic counter underflow in smbfs

2005-03-30 Thread Benoit Boissinot
On Wed, Mar 30, 2005 at 12:44:56PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote: > Benoit Boissinot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I had the following BUG with 2.6.12-rc1-mm3: > > > > remote host is running 2.6.12-rc1-mm1 with samba 3.0.13. > > > > [2315

[2.6.12-rc1-mm3] BUG: atomic counter underflow in smbfs

2005-03-30 Thread Benoit Boissinot
I had the following BUG with 2.6.12-rc1-mm3: remote host is running 2.6.12-rc1-mm1 with samba 3.0.13. [23156.357178] smb_lookup: find musique/Pink_Floyd-Dark_Side_of_the_Moon failed, error=-512 [23157.057501] BUG: atomic counter underflow at: [23157.057508] [] dump_stack+0x17/0x20

[2.6.12-rc1-mm3] BUG: atomic counter underflow in smbfs

2005-03-30 Thread Benoit Boissinot
I had the following BUG with 2.6.12-rc1-mm3: remote host is running 2.6.12-rc1-mm1 with samba 3.0.13. [23156.357178] smb_lookup: find musique/Pink_Floyd-Dark_Side_of_the_Moon failed, error=-512 [23157.057501] BUG: atomic counter underflow at: [23157.057508] [c0103c27] dump_stack+0x17/0x20

Re: [2.6.12-rc1-mm3] BUG: atomic counter underflow in smbfs

2005-03-30 Thread Benoit Boissinot
On Wed, Mar 30, 2005 at 12:44:56PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote: Benoit Boissinot [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I had the following BUG with 2.6.12-rc1-mm3: remote host is running 2.6.12-rc1-mm1 with samba 3.0.13. [23156.357178] smb_lookup: find musique/Pink_Floyd-Dark_Side_of_the_Moon

Re: [2.6 patch] sound/oss/: cleanups

2005-03-28 Thread Benoit Boissinot
On Sun, 6 Mar 2005 23:07:47 +0100, Adrian Bunk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This patch contains cleanups including the following: > - make needlessly global code static > > Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > --- linux-2.6.11-mm1-full/sound/oss/nm256_audio.c.old 2005-03-06 >

Re: [2.6 patch] sound/oss/: cleanups

2005-03-28 Thread Benoit Boissinot
On Sun, 6 Mar 2005 23:07:47 +0100, Adrian Bunk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This patch contains cleanups including the following: - make needlessly global code static Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- linux-2.6.11-mm1-full/sound/oss/nm256_audio.c.old 2005-03-06

Re: 2.6.11-mm4

2005-03-16 Thread Benoit Boissinot
lows non-static declaration drivers/video/console/fbcon.h:166: error: previous declaration of âfb_conâ was here Signed-off-by: Benoit Boissinot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- linux-test/drivers/video/console/fbcon.h2005-03-16 15:15:57.0 +0100 +++ linux/drivers/video/console/fbc

Re: 2.6.11-mm4

2005-03-16 Thread Benoit Boissinot
declaration drivers/video/console/fbcon.h:166: error: previous declaration of fb_con was here Signed-off-by: Benoit Boissinot [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- linux-test/drivers/video/console/fbcon.h2005-03-16 15:15:57.0 +0100 +++ linux/drivers/video/console/fbcon.h 2005-03-16 15:14:18.0 +0100

Re: [patch] fix NULL pointer deference in ALPS

2005-03-07 Thread Benoit Boissinot
On Mon, Mar 07, 2005 at 04:06:33PM +0200, Alexey Dobriyan wrote: > On Monday 07 March 2005 14:24, Benoit Boissinot wrote: > > > alps_get_model returns a pointer or NULL in case of errors, so we need to > > check for the results being NULL, not negative. > > 2.6.11-b

[patch] fix NULL pointer deference in ALPS

2005-03-07 Thread Benoit Boissinot
to -mm since the last occurence of alps_get_model was corrected (but not the others), if needed i can send a patch for -mm as well. regards, Benoit Signed-off-by: Benoit Boissinot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- linux-clean/drivers/input/mouse/alps.c 2005-03-07 12:45:46.0 +0100 +++

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