Re: [NFS] What's slated for inclusion in 2.6.24-rc1 from the NFS client git tree...

2007-10-08 Thread Greg Banks
e use 32-bit stat() family interfaces only /usr/bin/git-convert-objects use 32-bit stat() family interfaces only /usr/bin/git-daemon use 32-bit stat() family interfaces only /usr/bin/git-describe use 32-bit stat() family interfaces only ... Greg. -- Greg Banks, R Software Engineer, SGI Australi

Re: [NFS] What's slated for inclusion in 2.6.24-rc1 from the NFS client git tree...

2007-10-08 Thread Greg Banks
/usr/bin/git-describe use 32-bit stat() family interfaces only ... Greg. -- Greg Banks, RD Software Engineer, SGI Australian Software Group. Apparently, I'm Bedevere. Which MPHG character are you? I don't speak for SGI. #!/usr/bin/perl # # A Perl script for evaluating and summarising which

Re: [NFS] [PATCH 2/7] NFS: if ATTR_KILL_S*ID bits are set, then skip mode change

2007-09-14 Thread Greg Banks
On Fri, Sep 14, 2007 at 10:58:38AM -0400, Jeff Layton wrote: > On Sat, 15 Sep 2007 00:40:33 +1000 > Greg Banks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Ok, you convinced me. > > Right. When I was first looking at this, I considered some similar > approaches, bu

Re: [NFS] [PATCH 2/7] NFS: if ATTR_KILL_S*ID bits are set, then skip mode change

2007-09-14 Thread Greg Banks
On Fri, Sep 14, 2007 at 09:38:46AM -0400, Jeff Layton wrote: > On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 23:09:24 +1000 > Greg Banks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Fri, Sep 14, 2007 at 07:02:58AM -0400, Jeff Layton wrote: > > > On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 20:25:45 +1000 > > &g

Re: [NFS] [PATCH 2/7] NFS: if ATTR_KILL_S*ID bits are set, then skip mode change

2007-09-14 Thread Greg Banks
On Fri, Sep 14, 2007 at 07:02:58AM -0400, Jeff Layton wrote: > On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 20:25:45 +1000 > Greg Banks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I'm curious about the reasons behind this change. You mention > > credential issues; how exactly is it that you have the c

Re: [NFS] [PATCH 2/7] NFS: if ATTR_KILL_S*ID bits are set, then skip mode change

2007-09-14 Thread Greg Banks
SETATTR rpc? Greg. -- Greg Banks, R Software Engineer, SGI Australian Software Group. Apparently, I'm Bedevere. Which MPHG character are you? I don't speak for SGI. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [NFS] [PATCH 2/7] NFS: if ATTR_KILL_S*ID bits are set, then skip mode change

2007-09-14 Thread Greg Banks
. -- Greg Banks, RD Software Engineer, SGI Australian Software Group. Apparently, I'm Bedevere. Which MPHG character are you? I don't speak for SGI. - 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

Re: [NFS] [PATCH 2/7] NFS: if ATTR_KILL_S*ID bits are set, then skip mode change

2007-09-14 Thread Greg Banks
On Fri, Sep 14, 2007 at 07:02:58AM -0400, Jeff Layton wrote: On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 20:25:45 +1000 Greg Banks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm curious about the reasons behind this change. You mention credential issues; how exactly is it that you have the correct creds to perform a WRITE rpc

Re: [NFS] [PATCH 2/7] NFS: if ATTR_KILL_S*ID bits are set, then skip mode change

2007-09-14 Thread Greg Banks
On Fri, Sep 14, 2007 at 09:38:46AM -0400, Jeff Layton wrote: On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 23:09:24 +1000 Greg Banks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Sep 14, 2007 at 07:02:58AM -0400, Jeff Layton wrote: On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 20:25:45 +1000 Greg Banks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm curious

Re: [NFS] [PATCH 2/7] NFS: if ATTR_KILL_S*ID bits are set, then skip mode change

2007-09-14 Thread Greg Banks
On Fri, Sep 14, 2007 at 10:58:38AM -0400, Jeff Layton wrote: On Sat, 15 Sep 2007 00:40:33 +1000 Greg Banks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok, you convinced me. Right. When I was first looking at this, I considered some similar approaches, but hit roadblocks with all of them. The only real

Re: Kernel 2.6.xx - NFSv3 vs. Samba Data Transfer Semantics

2005-08-06 Thread Greg Banks
The drives are 7200RPM > Seagate HDDs with either 2MB or 8MB of cache. With a single drive, your transfer rate is going to be disk limited to probably 40-50 MB/s anyway. > Are there any 'tweaks' or 'hacks' to make NFS behave more like Samba or The 'async' export option. RTFM before you

Re: Kernel 2.6.xx - NFSv3 vs. Samba Data Transfer Semantics

2005-08-06 Thread Greg Banks
Seagate HDDs with either 2MB or 8MB of cache. With a single drive, your transfer rate is going to be disk limited to probably 40-50 MB/s anyway. Are there any 'tweaks' or 'hacks' to make NFS behave more like Samba or The 'async' export option. RTFM before you use it. Greg. -- Greg Banks, RD

Re: bdflush/rpciod high CPU utilization, profile does not make sense

2005-04-11 Thread Greg Banks
e time. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-netdev=107183822710263=2 > No dropped packets... I wonder if the tg3 driver is being completely > honest about this... At one point it wasn't, since this patch it is: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-netdev=108433829603319=2 Greg. -- Greg Banks, R Soft

Re: bdflush/rpciod high CPU utilization, profile does not make sense

2005-04-11 Thread Greg Banks
://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-netdevm=107183822710263w=2 No dropped packets... I wonder if the tg3 driver is being completely honest about this... At one point it wasn't, since this patch it is: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-netdevm=108433829603319w=2 Greg. -- Greg Banks, RD Software Engineer, SGI

Re: bdflush/rpciod high CPU utilization, profile does not make sense

2005-04-07 Thread Greg Banks
On Thu, Apr 07, 2005 at 05:38:48PM +0200, Jakob Oestergaard wrote: > On Thu, Apr 07, 2005 at 09:19:06AM +1000, Greg Banks wrote: > ... > > How large is the client's RAM? > > 2GB - (32 bit kernel because it's dual PIII, so I use highmem) Ok, that's probably not enough to

Re: bdflush/rpciod high CPU utilization, profile does not make sense

2005-04-07 Thread Greg Banks
On Thu, Apr 07, 2005 at 05:38:48PM +0200, Jakob Oestergaard wrote: On Thu, Apr 07, 2005 at 09:19:06AM +1000, Greg Banks wrote: ... How large is the client's RAM? 2GB - (32 bit kernel because it's dual PIII, so I use highmem) Ok, that's probably not enough to fully trigger some

Re: bdflush/rpciod high CPU utilization, profile does not make sense

2005-04-06 Thread Greg Banks
nd report before and during the write? egrep 'nfs_page|nfs_write_data' /proc/slabinfo Greg. -- Greg Banks, R Software Engineer, SGI Australian Software Group. I don't speak for SGI. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to

Re: bdflush/rpciod high CPU utilization, profile does not make sense

2005-04-06 Thread Greg Banks
? egrep 'nfs_page|nfs_write_data' /proc/slabinfo Greg. -- Greg Banks, RD Software Engineer, SGI Australian Software Group. I don't speak for SGI. - 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

Re: [NFS] [PATCH] SGI 926917: make knfsd interact cleanly with HSMs

2005-03-30 Thread Greg Banks
On Thu, 2005-03-31 at 11:58, Neil Brown wrote: > On Thursday March 31, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Tue, 2005-03-15 at 18:49, Greg Banks wrote: > > > This patch seeks to remedy the interaction between knfsd and HSMs by > > > providing mechanisms to allow knfsd to te

Re: [NFS] [PATCH] SGI 926917: make knfsd interact cleanly with HSMs

2005-03-30 Thread Greg Banks
On Thu, 2005-03-31 at 11:58, Neil Brown wrote: On Thursday March 31, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 2005-03-15 at 18:49, Greg Banks wrote: This patch seeks to remedy the interaction between knfsd and HSMs by providing mechanisms to allow knfsd to tell an underlying filesystem (which

[PATCH 2.4] SGI 932676 link_path_walk refcount problem allows umount of active filesystem

2005-03-21 Thread Greg Banks
G'day, The attached patch fixes a bug in the VFS code which causes "Busy inodes after unmount" and a subsequent oops. Greg. -- Greg Banks, R Software Engineer, SGI Australian Software Group. I don't speak for SGI. Following an absolute symlink opens a window during which the

[PATCH 2.4] SGI 932676 link_path_walk refcount problem allows umount of active filesystem

2005-03-21 Thread Greg Banks
G'day, The attached patch fixes a bug in the VFS code which causes Busy inodes after unmount and a subsequent oops. Greg. -- Greg Banks, RD Software Engineer, SGI Australian Software Group. I don't speak for SGI. Following an absolute symlink opens a window during which the filesystem

[PATCH] SGI 926917: make knfsd interact cleanly with HSMs

2005-03-14 Thread Greg Banks
off-by: Greg Banks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- fs/nfsd/vfs.c | 33 +++-- include/linux/fs.h |1 + 2 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) Index: linux/fs/nfsd/vfs.c === --- linux.ori

[PATCH] SGI 926917: make knfsd interact cleanly with HSMs

2005-03-14 Thread Greg Banks
-by: Greg Banks [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- fs/nfsd/vfs.c | 33 +++-- include/linux/fs.h |1 + 2 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) Index: linux/fs/nfsd/vfs.c === --- linux.orig/fs/nfsd

Re: [RFC: 2.6 patch] unexport get_wchan

2005-01-31 Thread Greg Banks
patch queued up which uses get_wchan. Oprofile can be built modular. Greg. -- Greg Banks, R Software Engineer, SGI Australian Software Group. I don't speak for SGI. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mor

Re: [kbuild-devel] Configure.help entries wanted

2001-05-27 Thread Greg Banks
Jaswinder Singh wrote: > > What is the companion chip in DMIDA ? HD64465. > IrDA and USB are working properly in linux ? No. IrDA seems easy, just haven't got around to it. USB is a major pain on the HD64465 because of the way it deals with "host" memory. I had a driver which

Re: [kbuild-devel] Configure.help entries wanted

2001-05-27 Thread Greg Banks
Jaswinder Singh wrote: > > > i even face problem in xscribble too , i think it donot likes my handwriting > ;) Or anyone else's. > Are you having sources of Calligrapher ? No. > If no , i know that you can write better version then Calligrapher in Linux > :) This would seem a perfect

Re: [kbuild-devel] Configure.help entries wanted

2001-05-27 Thread Greg Banks
Jaswinder Singh wrote: What is the companion chip in DMIDA ? HD64465. IrDA and USB are working properly in linux ? No. IrDA seems easy, just haven't got around to it. USB is a major pain on the HD64465 because of the way it deals with host memory. I had a driver which initialised the

Re: [kbuild-devel] Configure.help entries wanted

2001-05-27 Thread Greg Banks
Jaswinder Singh wrote: i even face problem in xscribble too , i think it donot likes my handwriting ;) Or anyone else's. Are you having sources of Calligrapher ? No. If no , i know that you can write better version then Calligrapher in Linux :) This would seem a perfect

Re: [kbuild-devel] Configure.help entries wanted

2001-05-26 Thread Greg Banks
Alan Cox wrote: > > > Visual Studio, or the feature where you can have a decent handwriting > > recognition system, or the feature where you can run Pocket {Internet > > Explorer,Word} then the answer is none of them. > > Handwriting recognition with fscrib works very well indeed. Ok, I've

Re: [kbuild-devel] Configure.help entries wanted

2001-05-26 Thread Greg Banks
Jaswinder Singh wrote: > > "Greg Banks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I have some code which could become the basis for such a thing. > > It's a touch panel driver for the DMIDA but it also has a device- > > independent layer which does super

Re: [kbuild-devel] Configure.help entries wanted

2001-05-26 Thread Greg Banks
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Greg Banks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Having said that, I agree that the help text entries for the SH > > port are in general of less than stellar quality, for various > > (mostly good) reasons. I'm hoping ESR will give us som

Re: [kbuild-devel] Configure.help entries wanted

2001-05-26 Thread Greg Banks
Jaswinder Singh wrote: > > "Alan Cox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote : > > > > > Handwriting recognition with fscrib works very well indeed. > > > > But not in Linux SH , there is so Touch Panel Interface in Linux SH yet :( I have some code which could become the basis for such a thing. It's a

Re: [kbuild-devel] Configure.help entries wanted

2001-05-26 Thread Greg Banks
Alan Cox wrote: > > > [...] or the feature where you can have a decent handwriting > > recognition system,[...] > > Handwriting recognition with fscrib works very well indeed. I haven't tried that one. Does it do cursive writing, with dictionary assistance, on the X root window? Greg. --

Re: [kbuild-devel] Configure.help entries wanted

2001-05-26 Thread Greg Banks
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Greg Banks [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Having said that, I agree that the help text entries for the SH port are in general of less than stellar quality, for various (mostly good) reasons. I'm hoping ESR will give us some editorial feedback which will provide a good

Re: [kbuild-devel] Configure.help entries wanted

2001-05-26 Thread Greg Banks
Jaswinder Singh wrote: Alan Cox [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote : Handwriting recognition with fscrib works very well indeed. But not in Linux SH , there is so Touch Panel Interface in Linux SH yet :( I have some code which could become the basis for such a thing. It's a touch panel

Re: [kbuild-devel] Configure.help entries wanted

2001-05-26 Thread Greg Banks
Jaswinder Singh wrote: Greg Banks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have some code which could become the basis for such a thing. It's a touch panel driver for the DMIDA but it also has a device- independent layer which does supersampling, scaling, provides raw and cooked Linux Input

Re: [kbuild-devel] Configure.help entries wanted

2001-05-26 Thread Greg Banks
Alan Cox wrote: [...] or the feature where you can have a decent handwriting recognition system,[...] Handwriting recognition with fscrib works very well indeed. I haven't tried that one. Does it do cursive writing, with dictionary assistance, on the X root window? Greg. -- If it's

Re: [kbuild-devel] Configure.help entries wanted

2001-05-26 Thread Greg Banks
Alan Cox wrote: Visual Studio, or the feature where you can have a decent handwriting recognition system, or the feature where you can run Pocket {Internet Explorer,Word} then the answer is none of them. Handwriting recognition with fscrib works very well indeed. Ok, I've found the

Re: [kbuild-devel] Configure.help entries wanted

2001-05-25 Thread Greg Banks
Eric S. Raymond wrote: > > CONFIG_SH_SCI > CONFIG_SH_STANDARD_BIOS > CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL_WITH_GDB_STUB From the LinuxSH CVS (I can write new ones if these are inadequate): SuperH SCI (serial) support CONFIG_SH_SCI Selecting this option will allow the Linux kernel to transfer data over

Re: [kbuild-devel] Configure.help entries wanted

2001-05-25 Thread Greg Banks
Eric S. Raymond wrote: CONFIG_SH_SCI CONFIG_SH_STANDARD_BIOS CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL_WITH_GDB_STUB From the LinuxSH CVS (I can write new ones if these are inadequate): SuperH SCI (serial) support CONFIG_SH_SCI Selecting this option will allow the Linux kernel to transfer data over SCI

Re: [kbuild-devel] Why recovering from broken configs is too hard

2001-05-03 Thread Greg Banks
Eric S. Raymond wrote: > I agree with the main thrust of your argument, but > It would be hard to know how to order your candidates to present > them to the user in a natural sequence -- and the problem of deciding > which variable to present for mutation by the user next, if you choose >

Re: [kbuild-devel] Why recovering from broken configs is too hard

2001-05-03 Thread Greg Banks
Eric S. Raymond wrote: I agree with the main thrust of your argument, but It would be hard to know how to order your candidates to present them to the user in a natural sequence -- and the problem of deciding which variable to present for mutation by the user next, if you choose that