Re: Linux 2.2.18pre24
On Wed, Nov 29, 2000 at 03:01:59PM -0700, Tom Rini wrote: > As Dave Miller pointed out, DEV_MAC_HID sysctl conflicts with the RAID patches That's right but OTOH I'd simply declare the sysctl-by-number interface dead for new introduced sysctl. We need to preserve backwards compatibility of course but that's not a problem. I'd preferred if we killed it completly (just providing backwards compatibility) during the 2.4.x cycle. Only reliable way to use new sysctl is sysctl-by-name IMHO. Andrea - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Re: Linux 2.2.18pre24
On Wed, Nov 29, 2000 at 03:01:59PM -0700, Tom Rini wrote: As Dave Miller pointed out, DEV_MAC_HID sysctl conflicts with the RAID patches That's right but OTOH I'd simply declare the sysctl-by-number interface dead for new introduced sysctl. We need to preserve backwards compatibility of course but that's not a problem. I'd preferred if we killed it completly (just providing backwards compatibility) during the 2.4.x cycle. Only reliable way to use new sysctl is sysctl-by-name IMHO. Andrea - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Re: Linux 2.2.18pre24
On Thu, Nov 30, 2000 at 11:26:43AM -0700, Tom Rini wrote:
> Right. But the problem here was a new, unused sysctl-by-number, conflicted
> with an old-but-not-integrated sysctl-by-number that is used. :) The only
Who is using it? Not even the raid developers cared to take the
sysctl-by-number consistent between 2.4.0-test12-pre2 and 2.2.x raid 0.90
so nobody should be using it in first place.
Furthmore since the number 4 is the official one for raid/md, DEV_MAC_HID=3
isn't really colliding with the raid sysctl, but DEV_MAC_HID=3 is still wrong
because is it should be =5 to be consistent with 2.4.x...
2.2.x RAID 0.90:
enum {
DEV_CDROM=1,
- DEV_HWMON=2
+ DEV_HWMON=2,
+ DEV_MD=3
};
[..]
+/* /proc/sys/dev/md */
+enum {
+ DEV_MD_SPEED_LIMIT=1
};
2.2.18pre24:
enum {
DEV_CDROM=1,
DEV_HWMON=2,
DEV_MAC_HID=3
};
2.4.0-test12-pre2:
enum {
DEV_CDROM=1,
DEV_HWMON=2,
DEV_PARPORT=3,
DEV_RAID=4,
DEV_MAC_HID=5
};
[..]
/* /proc/sys/dev/raid */
enum {
DEV_RAID_SPEED_LIMIT_MIN=1,
DEV_RAID_SPEED_LIMIT_MAX=2
};
As we can clearly see nobody cares about the sysctl-by-number interface because
it generates collisions too easily so it should be declared obsolete and nobody
should use it anymore. sysctl-by-name is less performant but it doesn't
generate binary-level collisions so easily and in turn it's a big win for open
source projects where everybody has some tons of unofficial patches applied
(raid 0.90 in this case).
Andrea
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Re: Linux 2.2.18pre24
On Wed, Nov 29, 2000 at 02:09:59AM +, Alan Cox wrote:
...
> 2.2.18pre21
...
> o Resnchronize Apple PowerMac codebase(Paul Mackerras & co)
> o Merge powermac tree fixes into usb
> o Powermac input device handling changes
As Dave Miller pointed out, DEV_MAC_HID sysctl conflicts with the RAID patches
which are in much wider use. And as nothing yet uses this sysctl, I've
attached a patch vs pre24 which changes the number from 3 to 5 (which is what
2.4.0-testX uses.)
--
Tom Rini (TR1265)
http://gate.crashing.org/~trini/
--- linux/include/linux/sysctl.h.orig Wed Nov 29 15:01:09 2000
+++ linux/include/linux/sysctl.hWed Nov 29 15:01:25 2000
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@
enum {
DEV_CDROM=1,
DEV_HWMON=2,
- DEV_MAC_HID=3
+ DEV_MAC_HID=5
};
/* /proc/sys/dev/cdrom */
Re: Linux 2.2.18pre24
On Wed, Nov 29, 2000 at 02:09:59AM +, Alan Cox wrote:
...
2.2.18pre21
...
o Resnchronize Apple PowerMac codebase(Paul Mackerras co)
o Merge powermac tree fixes into usb
o Powermac input device handling changes
As Dave Miller pointed out, DEV_MAC_HID sysctl conflicts with the RAID patches
which are in much wider use. And as nothing yet uses this sysctl, I've
attached a patch vs pre24 which changes the number from 3 to 5 (which is what
2.4.0-testX uses.)
--
Tom Rini (TR1265)
http://gate.crashing.org/~trini/
--- linux/include/linux/sysctl.h.orig Wed Nov 29 15:01:09 2000
+++ linux/include/linux/sysctl.hWed Nov 29 15:01:25 2000
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@
enum {
DEV_CDROM=1,
DEV_HWMON=2,
- DEV_MAC_HID=3
+ DEV_MAC_HID=5
};
/* /proc/sys/dev/cdrom */
Linux 2.2.18pre24
2.2.18pre24 o Expose put_unused_fd for modules(Andi Kleen) o Fix the ps/2 mouse probe I hope (me) o Fix crash in cosa driver(Jan Kasprzak) o Fix procfs negative seek offset error reporting (HJ Lu) o Fix ext2 file limit constraints (Andrea Arcangeli) o Fix lockf corner cases (Andi Kleen, me) o Fix NCPfs date limits (Igor Zhbanov) o Update DRM (Chip Salzenberg) o Fix missing Alpha includes (Matt Wilson) o Fix missing symbols on alpha(Matt Wilson) 2.2.18pre23 o Fix alpha compile problem (Herbert Xu) o Scan DMI bios data to find broken laptops (me) o Fix megaraid module symbols (Michael Marxmeier) o Fix visor/OHCI problem (Gerg Kroah-Hartman) o Fix sysctl_jiffies compile bug (Tomasz K³oczko) o Init mic input low to avoid feedback(Pete Zaitcev) o Fix typo in acenic headers (Val Henson) o David Woodhouse has moved (David Woodhouse) o Compaq raid driver update (Charles White) o Fix aha1542 scribbles on errors (Phil Stracchino) o Update Advansys driver to v3.3D (Bob Frey) o Fix maestro ioctl locking (Zach Brown) o Formatting cleanup for setup.c (Dave Jones) o Fix FAT32 bugs on Alpha (Bill Nottingham) 2.2.18pre22 o Fix HZ assumption in USB hub driver (Oleg Drokin) o Fix ndisc range check on ipv6 (Dave Miller) o Clear other fields in qcam VIDIOCGWIN return(Damion de Soto) o Fix sparc64 includes for socket.h (Solar Designer) o ELF platform was misset for Pentium IV (Mikael Pettersson) o ADMTek 985 ident was wrong (Lee Bradshaw) o Fix filemark status test on scsi tape (Robin Miller) o Fix file/block when spacing to tape beginning (Kai Maiksara) o Small ISDN documentation fixes (Kai Germaschewski) o Resync icn driver with core isdn tree (Kai Germaschewski) o Fix isdn loopback driver(Kai Germaschewski) o Fix small leaks in lockd(Trond Myklebust) o Add Pentium IV rep nop, ident etc (Various folks, notably HPA and Linda Wang) o Update sparc default config (Dave Miller) o Hopefully properly fix the megaraid problem (Willy Tarreau, AMI and others) o Resync tcp bits with Dave (Dave Miller) o Make cpqarray provide randomness(Nigel Metheringham) o Fix wavefront symbols bug (Carlos E. Gorges) o Fix acenic jumbo handling when flushing ring(Val Henson) o Fix ace_set_mac_addr for littleendian hosts (Stephen Hack) o Fix assorted typos in the kernel(Andries Brouwer) o EEPro100 fixes (Dragan Stancevic) o Fix hisax _setup crash case (David Woodhouse) o Fix small cdrom driver bugs (Jens Axboe) o Fix remaining vmalloc corner cases (Ben LaHaise) o Update USB maintainers (Greg Kroah-Hartman) o Fix matroxfb doc bug(Pavel Rabel) o Fix setscheduler lock inversion (Andrew Morton) o Fix scsi unload/sg ioctl oops (Paul Clements) 2.2.18pre21 o Environment controller update for sparc (Eric Brower) o No italian translation for config.help (Andrea Ferraris) o Fix type error in buz driver(Pete Zaitcev) o Resnchronize Apple PowerMac codebase(Paul Mackerras & co) o Merge powermac tree fixes into usb o Powermac input device handling changes o Fix console switch fonts o S/390 merge (IBM S/390 folks) (Merge grunt work done by Kurt Roeckx) o Make knfsd TCP an option(me) o Drop cisco info packets (0x2000)(Ivan Passos) o Add belkin USB serial cable (William Greathouse) 2.2.18pre20 o Fix ide-probe SMP build error (Ian Morgan) o Fix appletalk physical layer ioctl handling (Andi Kleen) o
Linux 2.2.18pre24
2.2.18pre24 o Expose put_unused_fd for modules(Andi Kleen) o Fix the ps/2 mouse probe I hope (me) o Fix crash in cosa driver(Jan Kasprzak) o Fix procfs negative seek offset error reporting (HJ Lu) o Fix ext2 file limit constraints (Andrea Arcangeli) o Fix lockf corner cases (Andi Kleen, me) o Fix NCPfs date limits (Igor Zhbanov) o Update DRM (Chip Salzenberg) o Fix missing Alpha includes (Matt Wilson) o Fix missing symbols on alpha(Matt Wilson) 2.2.18pre23 o Fix alpha compile problem (Herbert Xu) o Scan DMI bios data to find broken laptops (me) o Fix megaraid module symbols (Michael Marxmeier) o Fix visor/OHCI problem (Gerg Kroah-Hartman) o Fix sysctl_jiffies compile bug (Tomasz K³oczko) o Init mic input low to avoid feedback(Pete Zaitcev) o Fix typo in acenic headers (Val Henson) o David Woodhouse has moved (David Woodhouse) o Compaq raid driver update (Charles White) o Fix aha1542 scribbles on errors (Phil Stracchino) o Update Advansys driver to v3.3D (Bob Frey) o Fix maestro ioctl locking (Zach Brown) o Formatting cleanup for setup.c (Dave Jones) o Fix FAT32 bugs on Alpha (Bill Nottingham) 2.2.18pre22 o Fix HZ assumption in USB hub driver (Oleg Drokin) o Fix ndisc range check on ipv6 (Dave Miller) o Clear other fields in qcam VIDIOCGWIN return(Damion de Soto) o Fix sparc64 includes for socket.h (Solar Designer) o ELF platform was misset for Pentium IV (Mikael Pettersson) o ADMTek 985 ident was wrong (Lee Bradshaw) o Fix filemark status test on scsi tape (Robin Miller) o Fix file/block when spacing to tape beginning (Kai Maiksara) o Small ISDN documentation fixes (Kai Germaschewski) o Resync icn driver with core isdn tree (Kai Germaschewski) o Fix isdn loopback driver(Kai Germaschewski) o Fix small leaks in lockd(Trond Myklebust) o Add Pentium IV rep nop, ident etc (Various folks, notably HPA and Linda Wang) o Update sparc default config (Dave Miller) o Hopefully properly fix the megaraid problem (Willy Tarreau, AMI and others) o Resync tcp bits with Dave (Dave Miller) o Make cpqarray provide randomness(Nigel Metheringham) o Fix wavefront symbols bug (Carlos E. Gorges) o Fix acenic jumbo handling when flushing ring(Val Henson) o Fix ace_set_mac_addr for littleendian hosts (Stephen Hack) o Fix assorted typos in the kernel(Andries Brouwer) o EEPro100 fixes (Dragan Stancevic) o Fix hisax _setup crash case (David Woodhouse) o Fix small cdrom driver bugs (Jens Axboe) o Fix remaining vmalloc corner cases (Ben LaHaise) o Update USB maintainers (Greg Kroah-Hartman) o Fix matroxfb doc bug(Pavel Rabel) o Fix setscheduler lock inversion (Andrew Morton) o Fix scsi unload/sg ioctl oops (Paul Clements) 2.2.18pre21 o Environment controller update for sparc (Eric Brower) o No italian translation for config.help (Andrea Ferraris) o Fix type error in buz driver(Pete Zaitcev) o Resnchronize Apple PowerMac codebase(Paul Mackerras co) o Merge powermac tree fixes into usb o Powermac input device handling changes o Fix console switch fonts o S/390 merge (IBM S/390 folks) (Merge grunt work done by Kurt Roeckx) o Make knfsd TCP an option(me) o Drop cisco info packets (0x2000)(Ivan Passos) o Add belkin USB serial cable (William Greathouse) 2.2.18pre20 o Fix ide-probe SMP build error (Ian Morgan) o Fix appletalk physical layer ioctl handling (Andi Kleen) o
