"Why We Should All Test the New Linux Kernel" updated

s of weird things happen. Regards, Michael D. Crawford GoingWare Inc. - Expert Software Development and Consulting http://www.goingware.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tilting at Windmills for a Better Tomorrow. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in t

Why We Should All Test the New Linux Kernel updated

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Linux Quality Database on Newsforge

is at: Using Test Suites to Validate the Linux Kernel http://linuxquality.sunsite.dk/articles/testsuites/ Best, Michael D. Crawford GoingWare Inc. - Expert Software Development and Consulting http://www.goingware.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tilting at Windmills for a Better Tomorrow. - To unsubscribe from

Linux Quality Database on Newsforge

is at: Using Test Suites to Validate the Linux Kernel http://linuxquality.sunsite.dk/articles/testsuites/ Best, Michael D. Crawford GoingWare Inc. - Expert Software Development and Consulting http://www.goingware.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tilting at Windmills for a Better Tomorrow. - To unsubscribe

Win98 Setup ignores partition table, corrupts filesystems

e 1024 cylinder limit, besides being able to use grub you could put your kernels in a small partition all by themselves that your sure is below and have your other partitions (/, /home etc.) crossing the boundary or above. Ever Faithful, Mike Michael D. Crawford GoingWare Inc. - Expert Soft

Win98 Setup ignores partition table, corrupts filesystems

to use grub you could put your kernels in a small partition all by themselves that your sure is below and have your other partitions (/, /home etc.) crossing the boundary or above. Ever Faithful, Mike Michael D. Crawford GoingWare Inc. - Expert Software Development and Consulting http

Config files for Compaq Presario 1800T Laptop

if it should work, and I'll keep trying). I can use the atyfb framebuffer driver in unaccellerated mode but not accellerated. Regards, Mike Crawford -- Michael D. Crawford GoingWare Inc. - Expert Software Development and Consulting http://www.goingware.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tilting

Config files for Compaq Presario 1800T Laptop

if it should work, and I'll keep trying). I can use the atyfb framebuffer driver in unaccellerated mode but not accellerated. Regards, Mike Crawford -- Michael D. Crawford GoingWare Inc. - Expert Software Development and Consulting http://www.goingware.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tilting

Update to kernel test suite article

rd "stress" into the search box. Regards, Mike Crawford -- Michael D. Crawford GoingWare Inc. - Expert Software Development and Consulting http://www.goingware.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tilting at Windmills for a Better Tomorrow. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "

Update to kernel test suite article

d the word "stress" into the search box. Regards, Mike Crawford -- Michael D. Crawford GoingWare Inc. - Expert Software Development and Consulting http://www.goingware.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tilting at Windmills for a Better Tomorrow. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "

OK to mount multiple FS in one dir?

I give the command "umount /dev/sda5", sda1 is the one that gets unmounted rather than sda5, so it takes the most recently mounted filesystem rather than the one you specify. Michael D. Crawford GoingWare Inc. - Expert Software Development and Consulting http://www.goingware.com/

OK to mount multiple FS in one dir?

I give the command "umount /dev/sda5", sda1 is the one that gets unmounted rather than sda5, so it takes the most recently mounted filesystem rather than the one you specify. Michael D. Crawford GoingWare Inc. - Expert Software Development and Consulting http://www.goingware.com/

Where to get reiserfs-utils?

the code. I don't have an extra partition handy to try it out on, and I don't want to use it on my real files yet. Thanks, Mike -- Michael D. Crawford GoingWare Inc. - Expert Software Development and Consulting http://www.goingware.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tilting at Windmills fo

Re: Can't compile shmem.c in 2.4.0-ac9

My apologies I see this was already encountered and a patch submitted. 2.4.0-pre8 builds OK for me. Mike -- Michael D. Crawford GoingWare Inc. - Expert Software Development and Consulting http://www.goingware.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tilting at Windmills for a Better Tomorrow

Can't compile shmem.c in 2.4.0-ac9

]: *** [first_rule] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/mike/Kernel/linux/mm' make: *** [_dir_mm] Er Mike -- Michael D. Crawford GoingWare Inc. - Expert Software Development and Consulting http://www.goingware.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tilting at Windmills for a Better Tomorrow. - To unsubscribe

Can't compile shmem.c in 2.4.0-ac9

]: *** [first_rule] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/mike/Kernel/linux/mm' make: *** [_dir_mm] Er Mike -- Michael D. Crawford GoingWare Inc. - Expert Software Development and Consulting http://www.goingware.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tilting at Windmills for a Better Tomorrow. - To unsubscribe

Re: Can't compile shmem.c in 2.4.0-ac9

My apologies I see this was already encountered and a patch submitted. 2.4.0-pre8 builds OK for me. Mike -- Michael D. Crawford GoingWare Inc. - Expert Software Development and Consulting http://www.goingware.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tilting at Windmills for a Better Tomorrow

Where to get reiserfs-utils?

code. I don't have an extra partition handy to try it out on, and I don't want to use it on my real files yet. Thanks, Mike -- Michael D. Crawford GoingWare Inc. - Expert Software Development and Consulting http://www.goingware.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tilting at Windmills for a

Doc bug? Is Sangoma S514 PCI WAN card supported?

g are required for frame relay to work? Can't seem to find _that_ anywhere, and this house isn't exactly in a place where the telco would have thought to plan for lots of extra capacity. Mike -- Michael D. Crawford GoingWare Inc. - Expert Software Development and Consulting http://www.goingw

Doc bug? Is Sangoma S514 PCI WAN card supported?

elay to work? Can't seem to find _that_ anywhere, and this house isn't exactly in a place where the telco would have thought to plan for lots of extra capacity. Mike -- Michael D. Crawford GoingWare Inc. - Expert Software Development and Consulting http://www.goingware.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Article: Using test suites to test the new kernel

at testing Linux itself. Links to five different packages with test suites are given. I'd appreciate hearing of any more that you know about. I also appreciate your comments on how I can improve the article. This is a first draft. Regards, Mike Crawford -- Michael D. Crawford GoingWare Inc

Article: Using test suites to test the new kernel

at testing Linux itself. Links to five different packages with test suites are given. I'd appreciate hearing of any more that you know about. I also appreciate your comments on how I can improve the article. This is a first draft. Regards, Mike Crawford -- Michael D. Crawford GoingWare Inc

Re: FS callback routines

mes called) is explained in Practical File System Design with the Be File System by Dominic Giampolo, ISBN 1-55860-497-9. Dominic has since left Be and I understand works at Google now. -- Michael D. Crawford GoingWare Inc. - Expert Software Development and Consulting http://www.goingware.c

Re: DRI doesn't work on 2.4.0 but does on prerelease-ac5

8 16 16 16 16 0 0 None 0x2a 24 dc 0 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 0 16 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 None -- Michael D. Crawford GoingWare Inc. - Expert Software Development and Consulting http://www.goingware.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tilting at Windmills for a Better Tomorrow. - To unsubscribe from th

Re: DRI doesn't work on 2.4.0 but does on prerelease-ac5

demos that I can test this with? Is my DRI really working? If not, any tips on getting it to do so? Mike -- Michael D. Crawford GoingWare Inc. - Expert Software Development and Consulting http://www.goingware.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tilting at Windmills for a Better Tomorrow

Re: DRI doesn't work on 2.4.0 but does on prerelease-ac5

demos that I can test this with? Is my DRI really working? If not, any tips on getting it to do so? Mike -- Michael D. Crawford GoingWare Inc. - Expert Software Development and Consulting http://www.goingware.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tilting at Windmills for a Better Tomorrow

Re: DRI doesn't work on 2.4.0 but does on prerelease-ac5

6 16 16 16 0 0 None 0x2a 24 dc 0 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 0 16 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 None -- Michael D. Crawford GoingWare Inc. - Expert Software Development and Consulting http://www.goingware.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tilting at Windmills for a Better Tomorrow. - To unsubscribe from this

Re: FS callback routines

mes called) is explained in Practical File System Design with the Be File System by Dominic Giampolo, ISBN 1-55860-497-9. Dominic has since left Be and I understand works at Google now. -- Michael D. Crawford GoingWare Inc. - Expert Software Development and Consulting http://www.goingware.c

Re: [PATCH] typo in vesafb.c (against 2.4.0-ac3)

t editing the file by hand to do what the patch does fixed the problem. Mike -- Michael D. Crawford GoingWare Inc. - Expert Software Development and Consulting http://www.goingware.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tilting at Windmills for a Better Tomorrow. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line &qu

ReL DRI doesn't work on 2.4.0 but does on prerelease-ac5

s/XFree86-4.0.1/ Steven Walter ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) suggested that the incompatibility would be fixed by using a -ac version since 2.4.0. I built 2.4.0, but it didn't fix it, so given what Jeff said I guess this is a feature not a bug. Mike -- Michael D. Crawford GoingWare Inc. - Expert

Re: What test suites can you tell me about?

f that on the Linuxquality site. Regards, -- Michael D. Crawford GoingWare Inc. - Expert Software Development and Consulting http://www.goingware.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tilting at Windmills for a Better Tomorrow. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel"

Re: What test suites can you tell me about?

he Linuxquality site. Regards, -- Michael D. Crawford GoingWare Inc. - Expert Software Development and Consulting http://www.goingware.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tilting at Windmills for a Better Tomorrow. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in t

ReL DRI doesn't work on 2.4.0 but does on prerelease-ac5

-4.0.1/ Steven Walter ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) suggested that the incompatibility would be fixed by using a -ac version since 2.4.0. I built 2.4.0, but it didn't fix it, so given what Jeff said I guess this is a feature not a bug. Mike -- Michael D. Crawford GoingWare Inc. - Expert Software Development

Re: [PATCH] typo in vesafb.c (against 2.4.0-ac3)

the file by hand to do what the patch does fixed the problem. Mike -- Michael D. Crawford GoingWare Inc. - Expert Software Development and Consulting http://www.goingware.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tilting at Windmills for a Better Tomorrow. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubs

What test suites can you tell me about?

ally do need to have some user input, like navigating around a 3D world or turning various rendering options on and off, but it's possible the tests could be extended to allow this input from a script (Python provides a nice way to bolt a script interpreter to any application). Mike -- Mic

DRI doesn't work on 2.4.0 but does on prerelease-ac5

=y # CONFIG_DRM_I810 is not set # CONFIG_DRM_MGA is not set If you want my whole .config file I could mail it in or post it on my website. Mike -- Michael D. Crawford GoingWare Inc. - Expert Software Development and Consulting http://www.goingware.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tilting at Wi

DRI doesn't work on 2.4.0 but does on prerelease-ac5

=y # CONFIG_DRM_I810 is not set # CONFIG_DRM_MGA is not set If you want my whole .config file I could mail it in or post it on my website. Mike -- Michael D. Crawford GoingWare Inc. - Expert Software Development and Consulting http://www.goingware.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tilting at Wi

What test suites can you tell me about?

ally do need to have some user input, like navigating around a 3D world or turning various rendering options on and off, but it's possible the tests could be extended to allow this input from a script (Python provides a nice way to bolt a script interpreter to any application). Mike -- Mic

Is your component's config help up-to-date?

or references to external doc given in the help correct? - Could you add any URL's or references to doc like HOWTOs that would be helpful? Yours, Mike -- Michael D. Crawford GoingWare Inc. - Expert Software Development and Consulting http://www.goingware.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tilting at Windmills

Re: How to Power off with ACPI/APM?

unless (as someone helpfully posted) you give this parameter in lilo or grub: apm=power-off While the SMP config option says APM doesn't work if you have SMP enabled (so I should have known), it would be helpful to mention that you can still power off this way. Mike -- Michael D. Crawford GoingWa

Re: You've Been Slashdotted

the algorithm for calculating the URL to your nearest mirror on Slashdot. Maybe that'll help some Mike -- Michael D. Crawford GoingWare Inc. - Expert Software Development and Consulting http://www.goingware.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tilting at Windmills for a Better Tomorrow. - To unsubscribe from

Re: You've Been Slashdotted

the algorithm for calculating the URL to your nearest mirror on Slashdot. Maybe that'll help some Mike -- Michael D. Crawford GoingWare Inc. - Expert Software Development and Consulting http://www.goingware.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tilting at Windmills for a Better Tomorrow. - To unsubscribe from

Re: How to Power off with ACPI/APM?

(as someone helpfully posted) you give this parameter in lilo or grub: apm=power-off While the SMP config option says APM doesn't work if you have SMP enabled (so I should have known), it would be helpful to mention that you can still power off this way. Mike -- Michael D. Crawford GoingWare Inc

Is your component's config help up-to-date?

or references to external doc given in the help correct? - Could you add any URL's or references to doc like HOWTOs that would be helpful? Yours, Mike -- Michael D. Crawford GoingWare Inc. - Expert Software Development and Consulting http://www.goingware.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tilting at Windmills

Re: Change of policy for future 2.2 driver submissions

ing the testing done by people who know what they're getting into and have some guidance is a wiser course of action. If you're in the neighborhood, please stop by: http://linuxquality.sunsite.dk Mike -- Michael D. Crawford GoingWare Inc. - Expert Software Development and Consulting http://www.g

Re: How to Power off with ACPI/APM?

in the neighborhood, stop by: http://linuxquality.sunsite.dk Mike -- Michael D. Crawford GoingWare Inc. - Expert Software Development and Consulting http://www.goingware.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tilting at Windmills for a Better Tomorrow. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubs

Re: How to Power off with ACPI/APM?

y CONFIG_ACPI=y CONFIG_APM=y # CONFIG_APM_IGNORE_USER_SUSPEND is not set # CONFIG_APM_DO_ENABLE is not set # CONFIG_APM_CPU_IDLE is not set # CONFIG_APM_DISPLAY_BLANK is not set # CONFIG_APM_RTC_IS_GMT is not set # CONFIG_APM_ALLOW_INTS is not set # CONFIG_APM_REAL_MODE_POWER_OFF is not set -- Mich

You've Been Slashdotted

the clueless some clues on getting their new kernels working? They need help. Mike -- Michael D. Crawford GoingWare Inc. - Expert Software Development and Consulting http://www.goingware.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tilting at Windmills for a Better Tomorrow. - To unsubscribe from this list: send

Re: How to Power off with ACPI/APM?

s a script and there's a halt binary with reboot symlinked to it. Mike -- Michael D. Crawford GoingWare Inc. - Expert Software Development and Consulting http://www.goingware.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tilting at Windmills for a Better Tomorrow. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the l

Re: How to Power off with ACPI/APM?

t and there's a halt binary with reboot symlinked to it. Mike -- Michael D. Crawford GoingWare Inc. - Expert Software Development and Consulting http://www.goingware.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tilting at Windmills for a Better Tomorrow. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "

You've Been Slashdotted

the clueless some clues on getting their new kernels working? They need help. Mike -- Michael D. Crawford GoingWare Inc. - Expert Software Development and Consulting http://www.goingware.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tilting at Windmills for a Better Tomorrow. - To unsubscribe from this list: send

Re: How to Power off with ACPI/APM?

=y # CONFIG_APM_IGNORE_USER_SUSPEND is not set # CONFIG_APM_DO_ENABLE is not set # CONFIG_APM_CPU_IDLE is not set # CONFIG_APM_DISPLAY_BLANK is not set # CONFIG_APM_RTC_IS_GMT is not set # CONFIG_APM_ALLOW_INTS is not set # CONFIG_APM_REAL_MODE_POWER_OFF is not set -- Michael D. Crawford

Re: How to Power off with ACPI/APM?

in the neighborhood, stop by: http://linuxquality.sunsite.dk Mike -- Michael D. Crawford GoingWare Inc. - Expert Software Development and Consulting http://www.goingware.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tilting at Windmills for a Better Tomorrow. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubs

Re: Change of policy for future 2.2 driver submissions

ing the testing done by people who know what they're getting into and have some guidance is a wiser course of action. If you're in the neighborhood, please stop by: http://linuxquality.sunsite.dk Mike -- Michael D. Crawford GoingWare Inc. - Expert Software Development and Consulting http://www.g

"Why We Should All Test the New Linux Kernel" on Advogato

any Linux kernel developer would qualify for a membership. I hope you like what I have to say. Perhaps if you'd like to encourage a friend to test the kernel you could forward them the URL. Mike -- Michael D. Crawford GoingWare Inc. - Expert Software Development and Consulting http://www.goingware.c

How to power off with ACPI/APM?

rking (and DRM and AGP enabled in the kernel) with a VIA chipset on the motherboard - I generally had little luck ever getting accellerated drivers to work under XFree86 3.x, but things went much better with 4. I get on the internet with the ppp_async module via a 56k external modem. Mike -- Michael D. Cr

How to power off with ACPI/APM?

rking (and DRM and AGP enabled in the kernel) with a VIA chipset on the motherboard - I generally had little luck ever getting accellerated drivers to work under XFree86 3.x, but things went much better with 4. I get on the internet with the ppp_async module via a 56k external modem. Mike -- Michael D. Cr

Why We Should All Test the New Linux Kernel on Advogato

any Linux kernel developer would qualify for a membership. I hope you like what I have to say. Perhaps if you'd like to encourage a friend to test the kernel you could forward them the URL. Mike -- Michael D. Crawford GoingWare Inc. - Expert Software Development and Consulting http://www.goingware.c

VM thrashing in test13-pre4 with Netscape

es haywire. Mike -- Michael D. Crawford GoingWare Inc. - Expert Software Development and Consulting http://www.goingware.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tilting at Windmills for a Better Tomorrow. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message

VM thrashing in test13-pre4 with Netscape

es haywire. Mike -- Michael D. Crawford GoingWare Inc. - Expert Software Development and Consulting http://www.goingware.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tilting at Windmills for a Better Tomorrow. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message

ACPI: S5 failed in 2.4.0-test13-pre4

AGP and DRM enabled in the kernel. The kernel is built for SMP but it's not an SMP motherboard. Mike Michael D. Crawford GoingWare Inc. - Expert Software Development and Consulting http://www.goingware.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tilting at Windmills for a Better Tomorrow. - To unsubscribe from this

ACPI: S5 failed in 2.4.0-test13-pre4

AGP and DRM enabled in the kernel. The kernel is built for SMP but it's not an SMP motherboard. Mike Michael D. Crawford GoingWare Inc. - Expert Software Development and Consulting http://www.goingware.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tilting at Windmills for a Better Tomorrow. - To unsubscribe from this

Linux Quality Database Project

an archive. Subscribing last spring filled my inbox so full that it overflowed /tmp on my hosting service when I ran elm). Regards, Michael D. Crawford GoingWare Inc. -Expert Software Development and Consulting http://www.goingware.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tilting at Windmills for a Bette

Linux Quality Database Project

an archive. Subscribing last spring filled my inbox so full that it overflowed /tmp on my hosting service when I ran elm). Regards, Michael D. Crawford GoingWare Inc. -Expert Software Development and Consulting http://www.goingware.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tilting at Windmills for a Bette