[PATCH] MAINTAINER change for Connect Tech Inc

2007-05-04 Thread Stuart MacDonald
From: Stuart MacDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I am no longer with CTI. The Support Department will handle all inquiries regarding the WH. Signed-off-by: Stuart MacDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- Applies to 2.6.21. I'm also not subscribed to the list anymore so comments must be r

[PATCH] MAINTAINER change for Connect Tech Inc

2007-05-04 Thread Stuart MacDonald
From: Stuart MacDonald [EMAIL PROTECTED] I am no longer with CTI. The Support Department will handle all inquiries regarding the WH. Signed-off-by: Stuart MacDonald [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Applies to 2.6.21. I'm also not subscribed to the list anymore so comments must be replied to me directly

RE: condingstyle, was Re: utrace comments

2007-05-01 Thread Stuart MacDonald
From: On Behalf Of Satyam Sharma > readable and obvious at first glance itself. For example, consider: ^^^ > > if (veryverylengthycondition1 && > smallcond2 && > (conditionnumber3a || > condition3b)) { >

RE: condingstyle, was Re: utrace comments

2007-05-01 Thread Stuart MacDonald
From: On Behalf Of Satyam Sharma readable and obvious at first glance itself. For example, consider: ^^^ if (veryverylengthycondition1 smallcond2 (conditionnumber3a || condition3b)) { ...

Support for Zilog or Infineon hardware?

2007-04-24 Thread Stuart MacDonald
We have been investigating Linux support for the following chips: Zilog Z16C30 (also known as the "USC" or just 16C30) Zilog Z16C32 (also known as the "IUSC" or just 16C32) http://www.zilog.com/products/family.asp?fam=200 Infineon"SEROCCO" family

Support for Zilog or Infineon hardware?

2007-04-24 Thread Stuart MacDonald
We have been investigating Linux support for the following chips: Zilog Z16C30 (also known as the USC or just 16C30) Zilog Z16C32 (also known as the IUSC or just 16C32) http://www.zilog.com/products/family.asp?fam=200 InfineonSEROCCO family

RE: Alternative to 'git bisect visualize'?

2007-04-10 Thread Stuart MacDonald
From: Randy Dunlap [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Tue, 10 Apr 2007 15:45:33 -0400 Stuart MacDonald wrote: > > Where would be the appropriate place to submit this as a feature > > request, to complement "git bisect visualize"; git, LKML or > somewhere > > else? I

RE: Alternative to 'git bisect visualize'?

2007-04-10 Thread Stuart MacDonald
From: Paolo Ornati [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > I think this should work: > > 1) look at "git-bisect log" and take the last good/bad pair > > 2) "cat .git/refs/heads/bisect" to see where you are now > > 3) git-log --pretty=oneline GOOD..BAD > > 4) search for the current commit (found in #2)

RE: Alternative to 'git bisect visualize'?

2007-04-10 Thread Stuart MacDonald
From: Paolo Ornati [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I think this should work: 1) look at git-bisect log and take the last good/bad pair 2) cat .git/refs/heads/bisect to see where you are now 3) git-log --pretty=oneline GOOD..BAD 4) search for the current commit (found in #2) with

RE: Alternative to 'git bisect visualize'?

2007-04-10 Thread Stuart MacDonald
From: Randy Dunlap [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tue, 10 Apr 2007 15:45:33 -0400 Stuart MacDonald wrote: Where would be the appropriate place to submit this as a feature request, to complement git bisect visualize; git, LKML or somewhere else? I'm picturing an ncurses/menuconfig-style app

Alternative to 'git bisect visualize'?

2007-04-09 Thread Stuart MacDonald
The git mailing list seems to be git-dev, and I can't find a git-users list anywhere. If there's somewhere better to ask this, please point me in the right direction. I've been learning git over the last few days. Specifically, I'm trying out git bisect to locate a change between 2.6.17 and

Alternative to 'git bisect visualize'?

2007-04-09 Thread Stuart MacDonald
The git mailing list seems to be git-dev, and I can't find a git-users list anywhere. If there's somewhere better to ask this, please point me in the right direction. I've been learning git over the last few days. Specifically, I'm trying out git bisect to locate a change between 2.6.17 and

RE: Silent corruption on AMD64

2007-04-02 Thread Stuart MacDonald
From: On Behalf Of Aaron Lehmann > I've been able to narrow it down to the Realtek Ethernet card. I can't > reproduce the problem using onboard Ethernet, whereas the Realtek card > causes trouble in any slot. However, I still don't know whether it's a > hardware or software issue, or whether it's

RE: Silent corruption on AMD64

2007-04-02 Thread Stuart MacDonald
From: On Behalf Of Aaron Lehmann I've been able to narrow it down to the Realtek Ethernet card. I can't reproduce the problem using onboard Ethernet, whereas the Realtek card causes trouble in any slot. However, I still don't know whether it's a hardware or software issue, or whether it's

RE: question on tty open and close

2007-03-28 Thread Stuart MacDonald
From: Oliver Neukum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Am Mittwoch, 28. März 2007 15:10 schrieb Stuart MacDonald: > > > We find that a failure in open() leads to release_dev() > being called. > > > release_dev() calls close(): > > > > > >   if (tty->d

RE: question on tty open and close

2007-03-28 Thread Stuart MacDonald
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > in tty_io.c::tty_open(): [snip] > We find that a failure in open() leads to release_dev() being called. > release_dev() calls close(): > > if (tty->driver->close) > tty->driver->close(tty, filp); > > So we have a file that's closed although open()

RE: question on tty open and close

2007-03-28 Thread Stuart MacDonald
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] in tty_io.c::tty_open(): [snip] We find that a failure in open() leads to release_dev() being called. release_dev() calls close(): if (tty-driver-close) tty-driver-close(tty, filp); So we have a file that's closed although open() never

RE: question on tty open and close

2007-03-28 Thread Stuart MacDonald
From: Oliver Neukum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Am Mittwoch, 28. März 2007 15:10 schrieb Stuart MacDonald: We find that a failure in open() leads to release_dev() being called. release_dev() calls close():   if (tty-driver-close)   tty-driver-close(tty, filp

RE: [PATCH] usb/serial/whiteheat: Convert to generic boolean

2007-03-19 Thread Stuart MacDonald
From: Richard Knutsson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Okay by me. Thanks Richard. Signed-off-by: Stuart MacDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ..Stu > Signed-off-by: Richard Knutsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > --- > Compile-tested with "allyes", "allmod" & "alln

RE: [PATCH] usb/serial/whiteheat: Convert to generic boolean

2007-03-19 Thread Stuart MacDonald
From: Richard Knutsson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Okay by me. Thanks Richard. Signed-off-by: Stuart MacDonald [EMAIL PROTECTED] ..Stu Signed-off-by: Richard Knutsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Compile-tested with allyes, allmod allno on i386 diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/whiteheat.c b

RE: module builds need improvement / top Makefile not good enough

2007-03-05 Thread Stuart MacDonald
From: On Behalf Of FN > Currently I face the following situation -- I try to build 2 drivers > from the same Makefile > --- > CWD := $(shell pwd) > obj-m := driver1.o driver2.o > driver1-y := d1/d2/d3/f1.o d1/d2/f2.o > driver2-y := d1/d5/file1.o d1/d6/file2.o CFLAGS_f1.o := -DMASK=0x123

RE: module builds need improvement / top Makefile not good enough

2007-03-05 Thread Stuart MacDonald
From: On Behalf Of FN Currently I face the following situation -- I try to build 2 drivers from the same Makefile --- CWD := $(shell pwd) obj-m := driver1.o driver2.o driver1-y := d1/d2/d3/f1.o d1/d2/f2.o driver2-y := d1/d5/file1.o d1/d6/file2.o CFLAGS_f1.o := -DMASK=0x123

RE: questions about 8250 uart support for adhoc boards

2007-02-27 Thread Stuart MacDonald
From: Russell King [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > After experimenting here, it turns out the reason is you're trying to > configure a port with a zero base baud. Unfortunately, it starts off > as zero. That explains why adding the fourport module fixed Rob's issue, as the fourport code sets a

RE: questions about 8250 uart support for adhoc boards

2007-02-27 Thread Stuart MacDonald
From: Russell King [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] After experimenting here, it turns out the reason is you're trying to configure a port with a zero base baud. Unfortunately, it starts off as zero. That explains why adding the fourport module fixed Rob's issue, as the fourport code sets a uartclk

RE: questions about 8250 uart support for adhoc boards

2007-02-24 Thread Stuart MacDonald
From: On Behalf Of Rob Prowel > Russell King wrote: > > You don't even need to do that. Just configure SERIAL_8250_NR_UARTS > > and SERIAL_8250_RUNTIME_UARTS appropriately for your > system. There's > > absolutely no need to build any of the additional modules. > > > Unfortunately what I'm

RE: questions about 8250 uart support for adhoc boards

2007-02-24 Thread Stuart MacDonald
From: On Behalf Of Rob Prowel Russell King wrote: You don't even need to do that. Just configure SERIAL_8250_NR_UARTS and SERIAL_8250_RUNTIME_UARTS appropriately for your system. There's absolutely no need to build any of the additional modules. Unfortunately what I'm seeing in

RE: GPL vs non-GPL device drivers

2007-02-15 Thread Stuart MacDonald
From: On Behalf Of v j > On 2/14/07, Randy Dunlap <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > We seem to have different definitions of open and closed. > > Open = 3rd party Linux drivers can be loaded. Closed = No third party > Linux drivers can be loaded. That is BSD-openness; the freedom to do anything

RE: GPL vs non-GPL device drivers

2007-02-15 Thread Stuart MacDonald
From: On Behalf Of v j On 2/14/07, Randy Dunlap [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We seem to have different definitions of open and closed. Open = 3rd party Linux drivers can be loaded. Closed = No third party Linux drivers can be loaded. That is BSD-openness; the freedom to do anything with the

RE: Serial port blues

2007-01-20 Thread Stuart MacDonald
From: On Behalf Of Joe Barr > I'm forwarding this post by the author of a great little program for > digital amateur radio on Linux, because I'm curious whether or not the > problem he is seeing can be resolved outside the kernel. From: w1hkj [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > I am now convinced that

RE: Serial port blues

2007-01-20 Thread Stuart MacDonald
From: On Behalf Of Joe Barr I'm forwarding this post by the author of a great little program for digital amateur radio on Linux, because I'm curious whether or not the problem he is seeing can be resolved outside the kernel. From: w1hkj [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I am now convinced that the

RE: tty line discipline driver advice sought, to do a 1-byte header and 2-byte CRC checksum on GSM data

2006-11-27 Thread Stuart MacDonald
From: On Behalf Of Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton > Subject: Re: tty line discipline driver advice sought, to do > a 1-byte header and 2-byte CRC checksum on GSM data drivers/char/n_tty.c include/linux/tty_ldisc.h include/linux/tty_flip.h include/linux/tty.h I can't see a reason why your code

RE: tty line discipline driver advice sought, to do a 1-byte header and 2-byte CRC checksum on GSM data

2006-11-27 Thread Stuart MacDonald
From: On Behalf Of Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton Subject: Re: tty line discipline driver advice sought, to do a 1-byte header and 2-byte CRC checksum on GSM data drivers/char/n_tty.c include/linux/tty_ldisc.h include/linux/tty_flip.h include/linux/tty.h I can't see a reason why your code

RE: Need break driver<-->pci-device automatic association

2005-03-18 Thread Stuart MacDonald
From: Jacques Goldberg > To be ugly or to never be up to date, that's the question. > We did patch 8250_pci.c but there is no way to build a > stable list of > the devices to be handled that way. > We will thus spend some time on the hot unplug solution. I think what you want might be

RE: Need break driver--pci-device automatic association

2005-03-18 Thread Stuart MacDonald
From: Jacques Goldberg To be ugly or to never be up to date, that's the question. We did patch 8250_pci.c but there is no way to build a stable list of the devices to be handled that way. We will thus spend some time on the hot unplug solution. I think what you want might be

RE: Greg's Policy! (was Re: Linus' policies?)

2005-02-25 Thread Stuart MacDonald
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Remember that Linus has *always* reserved the right to change his mind > if a "sufficiently good" idea came along. So it's not as > much a "The Emperor > Penguin Has Decreed" as "Nobody's made a sufficiently > convincing case to Linus". > (And I've never seen Linus

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

2005-02-25 Thread Stuart MacDonald
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > I'd vote for Documentation/Policies I'll second. ..Stu - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at

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

2005-02-25 Thread Stuart MacDonald
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'd vote for Documentation/Policies I'll second. ..Stu - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at

RE: Greg's Policy! (was Re: Linus' policies?)

2005-02-25 Thread Stuart MacDonald
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Remember that Linus has *always* reserved the right to change his mind if a sufficiently good idea came along. So it's not as much a The Emperor Penguin Has Decreed as Nobody's made a sufficiently convincing case to Linus. (And I've never seen Linus claim to be

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

2005-02-24 Thread Stuart MacDonald
From: Greg Folkert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Thu, 2005-02-24 at 15:03 -0500, Stuart MacDonald wrote: > > Recently I ran across > > > > http://groups.google.ca/groups?hl=en=lang_en=off= > > 1033074519.2698.5. > > camel%40localhost.localdomain > > &g

Linus' decrees?

2005-02-24 Thread Stuart MacDonald
Recently I ran across http://groups.google.ca/groups?hl=en=lang_en=off=1033074519.2698.5. camel%40localhost.localdomain Is there a collection point for Linus' decrees? The LSB (http://www.linuxbase.org/) seems to be mostly involved with how a distro is laid out, and not much to do with the

Linus' decrees?

2005-02-24 Thread Stuart MacDonald
Recently I ran across http://groups.google.ca/groups?hl=enlr=lang_ensafe=offselm=1033074519.2698.5. camel%40localhost.localdomain Is there a collection point for Linus' decrees? The LSB (http://www.linuxbase.org/) seems to be mostly involved with how a distro is laid out, and not much to do with

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

2005-02-24 Thread Stuart MacDonald
From: Greg Folkert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Thu, 2005-02-24 at 15:03 -0500, Stuart MacDonald wrote: Recently I ran across http://groups.google.ca/groups?hl=enlr=lang_ensafe=offselm= 1033074519.2698.5. camel%40localhost.localdomain Is there a collection point for Linus

Re: serial port O_SYNC functionality in 2.4.5

2001-07-03 Thread Stuart MacDonald
From: "James R Bruce" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > The overall size of the circular buffer would have to be decreased > too, but that's more of a hack to fix it now; Which I guess is what it > comes to. I see what you're saying; AFAIUnderstand, the low latency patches bypass the circular buffer. Or

Re: serial port O_SYNC functionality in 2.4.5

2001-07-03 Thread Stuart MacDonald
From: James R Bruce [EMAIL PROTECTED] The overall size of the circular buffer would have to be decreased too, but that's more of a hack to fix it now; Which I guess is what it comes to. I see what you're saying; AFAIUnderstand, the low latency patches bypass the circular buffer. Or make it

Re: Q serial.c

2001-06-22 Thread Stuart MacDonald
From: "Jonathan Lundell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > The other CPU servicing the interrupt, was the question. cli() > doesn't affect that. This could presumably happen if shutdown() gets > run on a non-interrupt-servicing CPU, or if interrupts are > dynamically routed (eg round-robin). Ah. Missed

Re: Q serial.c

2001-06-22 Thread Stuart MacDonald
From: "kees" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > What may happen on a SMP machine if a serial port has been closed and the > closing stage is at shutdown() in serial.c in the call to free_IRQ and > BEFORE the IRQ is really shutdown, a new character arrives which causes an > IRQ? Is it possible that the OTHER

Re: Q serial.c

2001-06-22 Thread Stuart MacDonald
From: kees [EMAIL PROTECTED] What may happen on a SMP machine if a serial port has been closed and the closing stage is at shutdown() in serial.c in the call to free_IRQ and BEFORE the IRQ is really shutdown, a new character arrives which causes an IRQ? Is it possible that the OTHER cpu

Re: Q serial.c

2001-06-22 Thread Stuart MacDonald
From: Jonathan Lundell [EMAIL PROTECTED] The other CPU servicing the interrupt, was the question. cli() doesn't affect that. This could presumably happen if shutdown() gets run on a non-interrupt-servicing CPU, or if interrupts are dynamically routed (eg round-robin). Ah. Missed that. Hm.

Re: VM suggestion...

2001-06-07 Thread Stuart MacDonald
From: "Marcelo Tosatti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > The problem is that we _cannot_ base ourselves simply on practical results > from a _limited_ amount of workloads. Also remember the tests we (at least > I do) are benchmarks which try to use all resources all the time upon > completion. Isn't this

Re: VM suggestion...

2001-06-07 Thread Stuart MacDonald
From: Marcelo Tosatti [EMAIL PROTECTED] The problem is that we _cannot_ base ourselves simply on practical results from a _limited_ amount of workloads. Also remember the tests we (at least I do) are benchmarks which try to use all resources all the time upon completion. Isn't this the point

Re: [PATCH] drivers/char/serial.c bug in ST16C654 detection

2001-05-17 Thread Stuart MacDonald
From: "Val Henson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Anyone know where Ted Tso is? He hasn't posted in several weeks. Haven't heard from him in a while. I've got a patch or two pending as well, one of which modifies this code to check for 16c2850s. Usually he just says he's really busy. > > Kernel

Re: [PATCH] drivers/char/serial.c bug in ST16C654 detection

2001-05-17 Thread Stuart MacDonald
From: Val Henson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Anyone know where Ted Tso is? He hasn't posted in several weeks. Haven't heard from him in a while. I've got a patch or two pending as well, one of which modifies this code to check for 16c2850s. Usually he just says he's really busy. Kernel version?

Re: [PATCH] drivers/char/serial.c bug in ST16C654 detection

2001-05-15 Thread Stuart MacDonald
From: "Val Henson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Serial driver version 5.05a (2001-03-20) with MANY_PORTS SHARE_IRQ > SERIAL_PCI enabled Hmm. I've been looking at 5.05 (from http://serial.sourceforge.net), I'm getting 2.4.4 and 2.4.5-pre2 to see what's in there. > "Go kablooey" means that all serial

Re: [PATCH] drivers/char/serial.c bug in ST16C654 detection

2001-05-15 Thread Stuart MacDonald
From: Val Henson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Serial driver version 5.05a (2001-03-20) with MANY_PORTS SHARE_IRQ SERIAL_PCI enabled Hmm. I've been looking at 5.05 (from http://serial.sourceforge.net), I'm getting 2.4.4 and 2.4.5-pre2 to see what's in there. Go kablooey means that all serial output

Re: [PATCH] drivers/char/serial.c bug in ST16C654 detection

2001-05-14 Thread Stuart MacDonald
From: "Val Henson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > This fixes a bug in the autoconfig_startech_uarts function in > serial.c. The problem is that 0's are written to the baud rate > registers in order to detect an XR16C850 or XR16C854. This makes the > Exar ST16C654 go kablooey. Saving and restoring the

Re: [PATCH] drivers/char/serial.c bug in ST16C654 detection

2001-05-14 Thread Stuart MacDonald
From: Val Henson [EMAIL PROTECTED] This fixes a bug in the autoconfig_startech_uarts function in serial.c. The problem is that 0's are written to the baud rate registers in order to detect an XR16C850 or XR16C854. This makes the Exar ST16C654 go kablooey. Saving and restoring the baud rate

Re: kernel/sched.c questions

2001-04-04 Thread Stuart MacDonald
I had similar questions recently when I was doing some hacking; these are my guesses: From: ; "Eliel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hello, I would like to know why you put this two functions: > void scheduling_functions_start_here(void) { } > ... > void scheduling_functions_end_here(void) { } Just as

Re: kernel/sched.c questions

2001-04-04 Thread Stuart MacDonald
I had similar questions recently when I was doing some hacking; these are my guesses: From: Sardaons; "Eliel" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello, I would like to know why you put this two functions: void scheduling_functions_start_here(void) { } ... void scheduling_functions_end_here(void) { } Just as

Re: URGENT : System hands on "Freeing unused kernel memory: "

2001-03-27 Thread Stuart MacDonald
From: "Thomas Foerster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > But suddenly the box was offline. One technical assistant from our ISP tried to reboot > our server (he couldn't tell me if there had been any messages on the screen), but the > system always hangs on > > Freeing unused kernel memory: xxk freed I

Re: URGENT : System hands on Freeing unused kernel memory:

2001-03-27 Thread Stuart MacDonald
From: "Thomas Foerster" [EMAIL PROTECTED] But suddenly the box was offline. One technical assistant from our ISP tried to reboot our server (he couldn't tell me if there had been any messages on the screen), but the system always hangs on Freeing unused kernel memory: xxk freed I have a

[OT] Re: Microsoft begining to open source Windows 2000?

2001-03-08 Thread Stuart MacDonald
From: "Venkatesh Ramamurthy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/stories/main/0,10228,2692987,00.html "As such, clients will not be allowed to alter the code in any form and may not give any other party access to any aspect of that code." Does this preclude one reading the

[OT] Re: Microsoft begining to open source Windows 2000?

2001-03-08 Thread Stuart MacDonald
From: "Venkatesh Ramamurthy" [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/stories/main/0,10228,2692987,00.html "As such, clients will not be allowed to alter the code in any form and may not give any other party access to any aspect of that code." Does this preclude one reading the source

Re: FAIL: 2.2.18 + AA-VM-global-7 + serial 5.05

2000-12-22 Thread Stuart MacDonald
From: "Matthias Andree" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 3. patch the kernel with that 2.2.18-fix-serial-5.05-pre.patch, it takes >a high fuzz factor (try patch -p1 -F10) > 4. unpack serial-5.05 I don't have permission to fetch 2.2.18-fix-serial-5.05-pre.patch at

Re: FAIL: 2.2.18 + AA-VM-global-7 + serial 5.05

2000-12-22 Thread Stuart MacDonald
From: "Matthias Andree" [EMAIL PROTECTED] 3. patch the kernel with that 2.2.18-fix-serial-5.05-pre.patch, it takes a high fuzz factor (try patch -p1 -F10) 4. unpack serial-5.05 I don't have permission to fetch 2.2.18-fix-serial-5.05-pre.patch at

Re: Russell King forks ARM Linux.u

2000-09-28 Thread Stuart MacDonald
From: "H. Peter Anvin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Does that mean SPARC has a conflict between the 8250/16x50 driver and the > Zilog driver? If so, the latter should probably move (ttyZ is still an > unused name.) If there's a conflict it would be with the minor numbers, which I haven't been able to