Re: Happy new year^H^H^H^Hkernel..

2001-01-04 Thread Eric W. Biederman
Russell King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Kai Germaschewski writes: > > The patch is right, the explanation was wrong. Sorry, I didn't CC l-k when > > I found what was really going on. Other source files used a global > > initialized variable "divert_if" as well, so this became the same one as

Re: Happy new year^H^H^H^Hkernel..

2001-01-04 Thread Eric W. Biederman
Russell King [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Kai Germaschewski writes: The patch is right, the explanation was wrong. Sorry, I didn't CC l-k when I found what was really going on. Other source files used a global initialized variable "divert_if" as well, so this became the same one as the one

Re: Happy new year^H^H^H^Hkernel..

2001-01-03 Thread Russell King
Kai Germaschewski writes: > The patch is right, the explanation was wrong. Sorry, I didn't CC l-k when > I found what was really going on. Other source files used a global > initialized variable "divert_if" as well, so this became the same one as > the one referenced in isdn_common.c. That's why

Re: Happy new year^H^H^H^Hkernel..

2001-01-03 Thread Kai Germaschewski
On 3 Jan 2001, Eric W. Biederman wrote: > Kai Germaschewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I think the problem was that we relied on divert_if being initialized to > > zero automatically, which didn't happen because it was not declared static > > and therefore not in .bss (*is this true?*). >

Re: Happy new year^H^H^H^Hkernel..

2001-01-03 Thread Eric W. Biederman
Kai Germaschewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, 2 Jan 2001, Gerold Jury wrote: > > > I have reversed the patches part by part, the only thing that makes a > > difference is the diversion services. > > The reason for this remains unknown for me. > > I think I found it. Could everybody

Re: Happy new year^H^H^H^Hkernel..

2001-01-03 Thread Hugh Dickins
On Tue, 2 Jan 2001, Kai Germaschewski wrote: > I think the problem was that we relied on divert_if being initialized to > zero automatically, which didn't happen because it was not declared static > and therefore not in .bss (*is this true?*). This is true in this particular case, and your

Re: Happy new year^H^H^H^Hkernel..

2001-01-03 Thread Hugh Dickins
On Tue, 2 Jan 2001, Kai Germaschewski wrote: I think the problem was that we relied on divert_if being initialized to zero automatically, which didn't happen because it was not declared static and therefore not in .bss (*is this true?*). This is true in this particular case, and your added

Re: Happy new year^H^H^H^Hkernel..

2001-01-03 Thread Eric W. Biederman
Kai Germaschewski [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Tue, 2 Jan 2001, Gerold Jury wrote: I have reversed the patches part by part, the only thing that makes a difference is the diversion services. The reason for this remains unknown for me. I think I found it. Could everybody who was

Re: Happy new year^H^H^H^Hkernel..

2001-01-03 Thread Kai Germaschewski
On 3 Jan 2001, Eric W. Biederman wrote: Kai Germaschewski [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I think the problem was that we relied on divert_if being initialized to zero automatically, which didn't happen because it was not declared static and therefore not in .bss (*is this true?*). All

Re: Happy new year^H^H^H^Hkernel..

2001-01-03 Thread Russell King
Kai Germaschewski writes: The patch is right, the explanation was wrong. Sorry, I didn't CC l-k when I found what was really going on. Other source files used a global initialized variable "divert_if" as well, so this became the same one as the one referenced in isdn_common.c. That's why it

Re: Happy new year^H^H^H^Hkernel..

2001-01-02 Thread David Woodhouse
On Tue, 2 Jan 2001, Gerold Jury wrote (in a private message, sorry): > The machine is single CPU no SMP. > It hangs with or without X when i hangup the ippp0 interface. > One of the scripts that run when the line is hung up may do a ifconfig > ippp0 down afterwards which could be the actual

Re: Happy new year^H^H^H^Hkernel..

2001-01-02 Thread Gerold Jury
It works for me. With and without the divert module loaded. Thanks a lot Gerold Kai Germaschewski wrote: > I think I found it. Could everybody who was getting the crash on ISDN line > hangup try if the following patch fixes the problem? > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line

Re: Happy new year^H^H^H^Hkernel..

2001-01-02 Thread Adam Sampson
Linus Torvalds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > [...] the drm modules have unresolved symbols: > > Does this fix it for you (do a "make clean" before re-building your tree)? Yep, that works for a modular mga.o (although it also results in drmlib.a being installed into /lib/modules, which makes

Re: Happy new year^H^H^H^Hkernel..

2001-01-02 Thread Kai Germaschewski
On Tue, 2 Jan 2001, Gerold Jury wrote: > I have reversed the patches part by part, the only thing that makes a > difference is the diversion services. > The reason for this remains unknown for me. I think I found it. Could everybody who was getting the crash on ISDN line hangup try if the

Re: Happy new year^H^H^H^Hkernel..

2001-01-02 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
> > On Sun, 31 Dec 2000, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > > Ok. I didn't make 2.4.0 in 2000. Tough. I tried, but we had some > > last-minute stuff that needed fixing (ie the dirty page lists etc), and > > the best I can do is make a prerelease. > > I just compiled that one into a 1032 kB kernel, and

Re: Happy new year^H^H^H^Hkernel..

2001-01-02 Thread Gerold Jury
Sorry for that stupid mistake. The patches to the isdn part do not make a difference to the kernel hang that i experienced lately. When i reversed the patch for the mentioned files i checked the kernel configuration and noticed that the "diversion services for isdn" where on, a feature that i

Re: Happy new year^H^H^H^Hkernel..

2001-01-02 Thread Alan Cox
> haven't finished this work yet. With this new work, however, the > end-user will still load a single module (e.g., tdfx.o), just like now. > (Loading a single kernel module is a significant win when dealing with > end users: there is no possibility of version skew or of having two > modules

Re: Happy new year^H^H^H^Hkernel..

2001-01-02 Thread Rik Faith
On Tue 2 Jan 2001 08:32:45 +1100, Keith Owens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 1 Jan 2001 09:39:38 -0800 (PST), > Linus Torvalds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >On 1 Jan 2001, Adam Sampson wrote: > >> > >> It appears to work (even with the reiserfs patch with the obvious > >> Makefile

Re: Happy new year^H^H^H^Hkernel..

2001-01-02 Thread Kai Germaschewski
On Tue, 2 Jan 2001, Thorsten Kranzkowski wrote: > On Tue, Jan 02, 2001 at 03:51:34AM +0100, Gerold Jury wrote: > > The ISDN changes for the HISAX drivers > > that came in since test12 have introduced a bug that causes a > > AIEE-something and a complete kernel hang when i hangup the isdn line. >

Re: Happy new year^H^H^H^Hkernel..

2001-01-02 Thread Richard B. Johnson
On Tue, 2 Jan 2001, Matthias Andree wrote: > On Sun, 31 Dec 2000, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > > Ok. I didn't make 2.4.0 in 2000. Tough. I tried, but we had some > > last-minute stuff that needed fixing (ie the dirty page lists etc), and > > the best I can do is make a prerelease. > > I just

Re: Happy new year^H^H^H^Hkernel..

2001-01-02 Thread Matthias Andree
On Sun, 31 Dec 2000, Linus Torvalds wrote: > Ok. I didn't make 2.4.0 in 2000. Tough. I tried, but we had some > last-minute stuff that needed fixing (ie the dirty page lists etc), and > the best I can do is make a prerelease. I just compiled that one into a 1032 kB kernel, and it failed to be

Re: Happy new year^H^H^H^Hkernel..

2001-01-02 Thread David Woodhouse
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > I'm using the hisax driver too (build in), and it works perfectly for > me. I've also seen my machine die on taking down the ippp0 interface ("service isdn stop") - not on hanging up ("isdnctrl hangup ippp0"). I keep forgetting to investigate, because it's extremely

Re: Happy new year^H^H^H^Hkernel..

2001-01-02 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Tue, Jan 02, 2001 at 03:51:34AM +0100, Gerold Jury wrote: > The ISDN changes for the HISAX drivers > that came in since test12 have introduced a bug that causes a > AIEE-something and a complete kernel hang when i hangup the isdn line. > I have reversed the patch for all occurences of

Re: Happy new year^H^H^H^Hkernel..

2001-01-02 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Tue, Jan 02, 2001 at 03:51:34AM +0100, Gerold Jury wrote: The ISDN changes for the HISAX drivers that came in since test12 have introduced a bug that causes a AIEE-something and a complete kernel hang when i hangup the isdn line. I have reversed the patch for all occurences of

Re: Happy new year^H^H^H^Hkernel..

2001-01-02 Thread David Woodhouse
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I'm using the hisax driver too (build in), and it works perfectly for me. I've also seen my machine die on taking down the ippp0 interface ("service isdn stop") - not on hanging up ("isdnctrl hangup ippp0"). I keep forgetting to investigate, because it's extremely

Re: Happy new year^H^H^H^Hkernel..

2001-01-02 Thread Matthias Andree
On Sun, 31 Dec 2000, Linus Torvalds wrote: Ok. I didn't make 2.4.0 in 2000. Tough. I tried, but we had some last-minute stuff that needed fixing (ie the dirty page lists etc), and the best I can do is make a prerelease. I just compiled that one into a 1032 kB kernel, and it failed to be

Re: Happy new year^H^H^H^Hkernel..

2001-01-02 Thread Richard B. Johnson
On Tue, 2 Jan 2001, Matthias Andree wrote: On Sun, 31 Dec 2000, Linus Torvalds wrote: Ok. I didn't make 2.4.0 in 2000. Tough. I tried, but we had some last-minute stuff that needed fixing (ie the dirty page lists etc), and the best I can do is make a prerelease. I just compiled that

Re: Happy new year^H^H^H^Hkernel..

2001-01-02 Thread Kai Germaschewski
On Tue, 2 Jan 2001, Thorsten Kranzkowski wrote: On Tue, Jan 02, 2001 at 03:51:34AM +0100, Gerold Jury wrote: The ISDN changes for the HISAX drivers that came in since test12 have introduced a bug that causes a AIEE-something and a complete kernel hang when i hangup the isdn line. I also

Re: Happy new year^H^H^H^Hkernel..

2001-01-02 Thread Rik Faith
On Tue 2 Jan 2001 08:32:45 +1100, Keith Owens [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 1 Jan 2001 09:39:38 -0800 (PST), Linus Torvalds [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 1 Jan 2001, Adam Sampson wrote: It appears to work (even with the reiserfs patch with the obvious Makefile tweak), but the drm

Re: Happy new year^H^H^H^Hkernel..

2001-01-02 Thread Alan Cox
haven't finished this work yet. With this new work, however, the end-user will still load a single module (e.g., tdfx.o), just like now. (Loading a single kernel module is a significant win when dealing with end users: there is no possibility of version skew or of having two modules that

Re: Happy new year^H^H^H^Hkernel..

2001-01-02 Thread Gerold Jury
Sorry for that stupid mistake. The patches to the isdn part do not make a difference to the kernel hang that i experienced lately. When i reversed the patch for the mentioned files i checked the kernel configuration and noticed that the "diversion services for isdn" where on, a feature that i

Re: Happy new year^H^H^H^Hkernel..

2001-01-02 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
On Sun, 31 Dec 2000, Linus Torvalds wrote: Ok. I didn't make 2.4.0 in 2000. Tough. I tried, but we had some last-minute stuff that needed fixing (ie the dirty page lists etc), and the best I can do is make a prerelease. I just compiled that one into a 1032 kB kernel, and it failed

Re: Happy new year^H^H^H^Hkernel..

2001-01-02 Thread Kai Germaschewski
On Tue, 2 Jan 2001, Gerold Jury wrote: I have reversed the patches part by part, the only thing that makes a difference is the diversion services. The reason for this remains unknown for me. I think I found it. Could everybody who was getting the crash on ISDN line hangup try if the

Re: Happy new year^H^H^H^Hkernel..

2001-01-02 Thread Adam Sampson
Linus Torvalds [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [...] the drm modules have unresolved symbols: Does this fix it for you (do a "make clean" before re-building your tree)? Yep, that works for a modular mga.o (although it also results in drmlib.a being installed into /lib/modules, which makes depmod

Re: Happy new year^H^H^H^Hkernel..

2001-01-02 Thread Gerold Jury
It works for me. With and without the divert module loaded. Thanks a lot Gerold Kai Germaschewski wrote: I think I found it. Could everybody who was getting the crash on ISDN line hangup try if the following patch fixes the problem? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line

Re: Happy new year^H^H^H^Hkernel..

2001-01-02 Thread David Woodhouse
On Tue, 2 Jan 2001, Gerold Jury wrote (in a private message, sorry): The machine is single CPU no SMP. It hangs with or without X when i hangup the ippp0 interface. One of the scripts that run when the line is hung up may do a ifconfig ippp0 down afterwards which could be the actual reason.

Re: Happy new year^H^H^H^Hkernel..

2001-01-01 Thread Gerold Jury
The ISDN changes for the HISAX drivers that came in since test12 have introduced a bug that causes a AIEE-something and a complete kernel hang when i hangup the isdn line. I have reversed the patch for all occurences of INIT_LIST_HEAD in the isdn patch part and it works for me now. The

Re: Happy new year^H^H^H^Hkernel..

2001-01-01 Thread Keith Owens
On Mon, 1 Jan 2001 09:39:38 -0800 (PST), Linus Torvalds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On 1 Jan 2001, Adam Sampson wrote: >> >> It appears to work (even with the reiserfs patch with the obvious >> Makefile tweak), but the drm modules have unresolved symbols: > >Does this fix it for you (do a "make

Re: Happy new year^H^H^H^Hkernel..

2001-01-01 Thread Frank Jacobberger
Linus Torvalds wrote: > On 1 Jan 2001, Adam Sampson wrote: > > > > It appears to work (even with the reiserfs patch with the obvious > > Makefile tweak), but the drm modules have unresolved symbols: > > Does this fix it for you (do a "make clean" before re-building your tree)? > >

Re: Happy new year^H^H^H^Hkernel..

2001-01-01 Thread Daniel Phillips
Linus Torvalds wrote: > Ok. I didn't make 2.4.0 in 2000. Tough. I tried, but we had some > last-minute stuff that needed fixing (ie the dirty page lists etc), and > the best I can do is make a prerelease. It's even better this way. Now we kick off the new millenium with a new kernel. :-) --

Re: Happy new year^H^H^H^Hkernel..

2001-01-01 Thread Linus Torvalds
On 1 Jan 2001, Adam Sampson wrote: > > It appears to work (even with the reiserfs patch with the obvious > Makefile tweak), but the drm modules have unresolved symbols: Does this fix it for you (do a "make clean" before re-building your tree)? Linus ---

Re: Happy new year^H^H^H^Hkernel..

2001-01-01 Thread Linus Torvalds
On 1 Jan 2001, Adam Sampson wrote: It appears to work (even with the reiserfs patch with the obvious Makefile tweak), but the drm modules have unresolved symbols: Does this fix it for you (do a "make clean" before re-building your tree)? Linus ---

Re: Happy new year^H^H^H^Hkernel..

2001-01-01 Thread Daniel Phillips
Linus Torvalds wrote: Ok. I didn't make 2.4.0 in 2000. Tough. I tried, but we had some last-minute stuff that needed fixing (ie the dirty page lists etc), and the best I can do is make a prerelease. It's even better this way. Now we kick off the new millenium with a new kernel. :-) --

Re: Happy new year^H^H^H^Hkernel..

2001-01-01 Thread Frank Jacobberger
Linus Torvalds wrote: On 1 Jan 2001, Adam Sampson wrote: It appears to work (even with the reiserfs patch with the obvious Makefile tweak), but the drm modules have unresolved symbols: Does this fix it for you (do a "make clean" before re-building your tree)? Linus

Re: Happy new year^H^H^H^Hkernel..

2001-01-01 Thread Keith Owens
On Mon, 1 Jan 2001 09:39:38 -0800 (PST), Linus Torvalds [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 1 Jan 2001, Adam Sampson wrote: It appears to work (even with the reiserfs patch with the obvious Makefile tweak), but the drm modules have unresolved symbols: Does this fix it for you (do a "make clean"

Re: Happy new year^H^H^H^Hkernel..

2001-01-01 Thread Gerold Jury
The ISDN changes for the HISAX drivers that came in since test12 have introduced a bug that causes a AIEE-something and a complete kernel hang when i hangup the isdn line. I have reversed the patch for all occurences of INIT_LIST_HEAD in the isdn patch part and it works for me now. The

Re: Happy new year^H^H^H^Hkernel..

2000-12-31 Thread Ray Strode
Eric W. Biederman writes, >Some arches have separate maintenance but I don't believe alpha is. >Though I do believe it has a separate mailing list for alpha specific things, >to get better signal to noise ratio. Great! Do you know where I can find more info about it? --Ray - To unsubscribe from

Re: Happy new year^H^H^H^Hkernel..

2000-12-31 Thread Adam Sampson
Linus Torvalds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Ok. I didn't make 2.4.0 in 2000. Tough. I tried, but we had some > last-minute stuff that needed fixing (ie the dirty page lists etc), and > the best I can do is make a prerelease. It appears to work (even with the reiserfs patch with the obvious

Re: Happy new year^H^H^H^Hkernel..

2000-12-31 Thread Adam Sampson
Linus Torvalds [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Ok. I didn't make 2.4.0 in 2000. Tough. I tried, but we had some last-minute stuff that needed fixing (ie the dirty page lists etc), and the best I can do is make a prerelease. It appears to work (even with the reiserfs patch with the obvious Makefile

Re: Happy new year^H^H^H^Hkernel..

2000-12-31 Thread Ray Strode
Eric W. Biederman writes, Some arches have separate maintenance but I don't believe alpha is. Though I do believe it has a separate mailing list for alpha specific things, to get better signal to noise ratio. Great! Do you know where I can find more info about it? --Ray - To unsubscribe from