Re: RFD: Kernel release numbering

2005-03-03 Thread Thomas Molina
On Wed, 2 Mar 2005, Russell Miller wrote: On Wednesday 02 March 2005 19:37, Linus Torvalds wrote: That's the whole point here, at least to me. I want to have people test things out, but it doesn't matter how many -rc kernels I'd do, it just won't happen. It's not a "real release". In contrast, maki

Re: VIA KT133A crash *post* 2.4.3-ac6

2001-06-16 Thread Thomas Molina
On Sat, 16 Jun 2001, Rachel Greenham wrote: > Thomas Molina wrote: > > >So is there no correlation from particular hardware to problems reported? > >I'm running the A7V133 with a Western Digital WD300BB UDMA 5 drive on > >kernel 2.4.5 with no trouble. > > >

Re: Data-corruption bug in VIA chipsets

2001-04-15 Thread Thomas Molina
On Sat, 14 Apr 2001, Dan Podeanu wrote: > On 13 Apr 2001, Doug McNaught wrote: > > > Alan Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > > Here might be one of the resons for the trouble with VIA chipsets: > > > > > > > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/3/18267.html > > > > > > > > Some DMA error

Re: problem when booting 2.4.3 from a floppy disk

2001-04-08 Thread Thomas Molina
On Sat, 7 Apr 2001, François Dupoux wrote: > Hi, > > I have a strange bug when trying to boot a kernel-2.4.3 (official release) > from an 1.44 MB floppy disk. Just after the "Loading...", there is an > infinite loop, and this message is printed: > 0200 > AX: 0212 > BX: BC00 > CX: 5101 > D

Re: 2.4 kernels - "attempt to access beyond end of device"

2001-03-01 Thread Thomas Molina
On Thu, 1 Mar 2001, Petr Vandrovec wrote: > On 28 Feb 01 at 15:47, Michal Jaegermann wrote: > > > > I have more checks to make before I will be fully satisfied but > > > > this looks like it. > > > ... > > > > System Performance Setting [Optimal, Normal] > > > ... > > > > > > Try BIOS 1006. AFAIK

Re: 2.4.1ac17 hang on mounting loopback fs

2001-02-17 Thread Thomas Molina
On Sat, 17 Feb 2001, Pete Toscano wrote: > reading this, I see now why mkbootdisk was locking in the D state with > the loop mounted... Would this also explain not being able to seek > forward while writing a floppy? > > I was trying to make the GRUB boot disk by writing the stage 1 and 2 > loade

Re: time in the future during make for 2.4.0

2001-01-28 Thread Thomas Molina
On Sun, 28 Jan 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I had this problem when I was upgrading my kernel, and happened to do > it during the daylight savings time roll-back. Confused the heck out > of me for a while. Anyways, you can try 'touching' all your files, > and do a 'make clean' then try aga

time in the future during make for 2.4.0

2001-01-28 Thread Thomas Molina
I seem to recall a discussion on faster processors causing timing problems during a kernel make, but I'm unable to find it in the kernel archives. I've now upgraded to an Athlon 900 MHz processor and an ASUS A7V motherboard and have started seeing this. It shows up as the following messages duri

problem with dd for floppy under 2.4.0

2001-01-22 Thread Thomas Molina
[1.] One line summary of the problem: seek= parameter for dd under 2.4.0 gives permission denied error [2.] Full description of the problem/report:I was creating a new root+boot disk for 2.4.0 this evening. I issued the command: dd if=/tmp/rootfs.gz of=/dev/fd0 bs=1k seek=335 and got the error m

2.2.18 compile warnings

2000-12-25 Thread Thomas Molina
I get a large number of warnings like the following when compiling 2.2.18: {standard input}:338: Warning: using `%eax' instead of `%ax' due to `l' suffix I'm using the compiler from RedHat 6.2: Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/egcs-2.91.66/specs gcc version egcs-2.91.66 199

Re: Announce: modutils 2.3.21 is available

2000-11-22 Thread Thomas Molina
On Wed, 22 Nov 2000, David Ford wrote: > > > * Remove compile warnings in xstrcat. > > > * snprintf cleanups. > > > * Set safemode when uid != euid. > > > * Strip quotes from shell responses. > > + add RedHat ism's with a --rhc (red hat compatible) -i -m (-F) > > >

Re: opl3.o initialization problems in 2.4

2000-11-14 Thread Thomas Molina
On Tue, 14 Nov 2000, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: > > I continue to see apparent interaction problems between sb.o and opl3.o > > during system initialization. Several people have reported problems > > with the opl3.o module not loading or not working prop

opl3.o initialization problems in 2.4

2000-11-14 Thread Thomas Molina
I continue to see apparent interaction problems between sb.o and opl3.o during system initialization. Several people have reported problems with the opl3.o module not loading or not working properly. A workaround was developed which results in a functional system; if sb.o is compiled as built-in

Re: opl3 under 2.4.0-test10

2000-11-11 Thread Thomas Molina
On Sat, 11 Nov 2000, Stephen Thomas wrote: > Mark Hindley wrote: > > I am trying to setup my ALS 110 soundcard under my build of kernel > > 2.4.0-test10. > > > > I have built in isapnp support and also the sb and opl3 drivers. > > > > However, even though I pass opl3=0x388 on the Kernel command

patch for pas16 configuration in 2.4

2000-11-10 Thread Thomas Molina
later = by Thomas Molina ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) -last modified 26 Mar 2000 +last modified 8 Nov 2000 Acknowledgement to Axel Boldt ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) for stuff taken from Configure.help, Riccardo Facchetti for stuff from README.OSS, and others whose names I could not

Who will be responsible for 2.4.0 patches?

2000-11-01 Thread Thomas Molina
I want to make a minor change to the sound drivers Makefile for compiling pas16 as well as a modification to the documentation file. I'm told that since it is not a bugfix it needs to wait for post 2.4 final release. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in

dropping untracked packets patch for 2.4 (fwd)

2000-10-30 Thread Thomas Molina
*pskb, (*pskb)->nh.iph->protocol, -- Forwarded message -- Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 15:50:18 +1100 From: Rusty Russell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Thomas Molina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Three kernel messages In message <[EMAIL P

oops in 2.4.0-test10-pre4 using gpm

2000-10-22 Thread Thomas Molina
[1.] One line summary of the problem: 2.4.0-test10-pre4 produces an oops while using gpm [2.] Full description of the problem/report: I got the enclosed oops the following way: cd to kernel source tree; ls -lR; when the listing is complete, use [SHIFT][PAGEUP] to scroll back as far as possible; u

Re: CDROMPLAYTRKIND in 2.4.X

2000-10-18 Thread Thomas Molina
On Thu, 19 Oct 2000, Jens Axboe wrote: > > Admittedly I can't remember the last time I used cdp, but this seems > > like a recent problem. Are we going to look for a workaround? I've > > tried a number of player apps and they all appear to fail in the same > > way. > > > > Judging from past

Re: test10-pre3

2000-10-18 Thread Thomas Molina
On Wed, 18 Oct 2000, Mike A. Harris wrote: > It's RNCD: Roman Numeral Coded Decimal. The new standard for > information interchange. A new proprietary feature of Intel > CPU's that will bring new high performance web sites to the reach > of the masses! Now you can access these special custom

CDROMPLAYTRKIND in 2.4.X

2000-10-17 Thread Thomas Molina
On Tue, 17 Oct 2000, Jens Axboe wrote: > On Tue, Oct 17 2000, Thomas Molina wrote: > > CD Recording seems to work correctly under 2.4.0-test10-pre3. I'm using > > cdrecord 1.9 with a Phillips CDD3610. However, playing back an audio cd > > using cdp gives the fol

Re: Am I the only one with scsi-ide CDR problems?

2000-10-17 Thread Thomas Molina
On Mon, 16 Oct 2000, Scott Murray wrote: > On Sat, 14 Oct 2000, David Riley wrote: > > > safemode wrote: > > > > > > I'm just wondering if I'm the only person who has had problems with > > > 2.4.0-test9 recording on ide-scsi cdr's? > > > Nobody has posted anything about it and the test10-prex c

Re: compile error in 2.4.0-test10-pre3

2000-10-16 Thread Thomas Molina
On Tue, 17 Oct 2000, Thomas Molina wrote: > I patched from 2.4.0-test9 to 2.4.0-test10-pre3 successfully. I then > did make mrproper, make oldconfig, make dep successfully. make bzImage > resulted in the following error: Would someone please hand me one of those brown paper bags.

compile error in 2.4.0-test10-pre3

2000-10-16 Thread Thomas Molina
I patched from 2.4.0-test9 to 2.4.0-test10-pre3 successfully. I then did make mrproper, make oldconfig, make dep successfully. make bzImage resulted in the following error: [root@wr5z linux]# make bzImage gcc -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -o scripts/split-include scripts/sp

Re: ide-scsi seems to inhibit mounting CD-ROMs

2000-09-30 Thread Thomas Molina
On Sat, 30 Sep 2000, Timothy Little wrote: > >> When using ide-scsi to access a CDRW writer, the recording process works > >> but I am not able to mount any CD-ROM media in that drive for reading. > > > >And here it's exactly the opposite :) > > > >If anyone has a Philips CDD-36xx drive and cdr

Re: scsi emulation on 2.4.0-test8

2000-09-29 Thread Thomas Molina
On Fri, 29 Sep 2000, Richard Polton wrote: > Hi, > > I am using 2.4.0-test8 with scsi emulation turned on. I have one > internal atapi dvd-rom > drive and one external atapi cd-rw with a pcmcia interface. I enabled > scsi emulation and, > on the command line, set hdc=scsi and hde=scsi (where hdc

Re: [PATCH] for PAS16 functionality for 2.4

2000-09-12 Thread Thomas Molina
On Sun, 10 Sep 2000, Michael Elizabeth Chastain wrote: > I have written documentation on Rules.make and the interface between > Rules.make and Makefiles. It's here: > > ftp://ftp.shout.net/pub/users/mec/kbuild/x-Dkm-9.diff > > I would really like to see this documentation in the kernel.

Re: [PATCH] for PAS16 functionality for 2.4

2000-09-10 Thread Thomas Molina
On Sun, 10 Sep 2000, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > IMHO you should add some _more_ code to pas2_card.c so the sb stuff > is completly initialized there and sb.o (sb_card.c) is no more needed > for pas2. This means basically calling probe_sb() and attach_sb_card() > with the right parameters. Yeah.

Re: [PATCH] for PAS16 functionality for 2.4

2000-09-10 Thread Thomas Molina
On Sun, 10 Sep 2000, Michael Elizabeth Chastain wrote: > > Yepp. These warnings are there becuse of the way the list-style Makefiles > > work. You will see lots of them in drivers/net and drivers/scsi, too. > > Here's a patch. Let me know if it works for you; if it does, > I will submit it for

Re: [PATCH] for PAS16 functionality for 2.4

2000-09-10 Thread Thomas Molina
On Sun, 10 Sep 2000, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: > > The enclosed patch corrects the Makefile and makes appropriate changes > > to various doc files. Please consider accepting this for the next > > kernel. This patch is against 2.4.0-test8. > > Aehmm. Y

[PATCH] for PAS16 functionality for 2.4

2000-09-09 Thread Thomas Molina
x.new/Documentation/sound/PAS16 --- linux/Documentation/sound/PAS16 Fri Apr 14 19:19:09 2000 +++ linux.new/Documentation/sound/PAS16 Sat Sep 9 14:32:15 2000 @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Pro Audio Spectrum 16 for 2.3.99 and later = by Thomas Molina ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: test8-pre2 fs corruption?

2000-09-04 Thread Thomas Molina
On Mon, 4 Sep 2000, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: > > On Mon, 4 Sep 2000, Rik van Riel wrote: > > On Mon, 4 Sep 2000, Paul Jakma wrote: > > > On Sun, 3 Sep 2000, Thomas Molina wrote: > > > > > > > Odd. I started seeing mailbox corruption the day be

Re: test8-pre2 fs corruption?

2000-09-03 Thread Thomas Molina
On Sun, 3 Sep 2000, Mohammad A. Haque wrote: > Hello > > Alot of my mailboxes have become corrupt after trying test8-pre2. I'm > back down to test7 and everything seems to be working ok so far. I was > able to forcibly corrupt a couple of mailboxes by reading unread mail > from about a week or s

Re: Raid 1/upgrade to 2.2.16

2000-08-30 Thread Thomas Molina
On Tue, 29 Aug 2000, Alan Cox wrote: > > I can't tell you the redhat way of doing a kernel upgrade (things like > > this are one of the resons I don't use redhat) but if you are useing the > > Mostly > rpm -Uvh kernel-foo.i386.rpm > > the full details are in the support db One small nit to pic