Building free firmware

2009-07-12 Thread Ben Hutchings
Some firmware used with Linux drivers has source included or otherwise available under a DFSG-free licence. The examples I am aware of are: - av7110 (http://www.linuxtv.org/downloads/firmware/Boot.S) - dsp56k (firmware/dsp56k/bootstrap.asm) - keyspan_pda (keyspan_pda/*.S) The firmware blobs surel

Bug#533885: Stops booting with message that it cannot load av7110/bootcode.bin

2009-07-12 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Sun, 2009-07-12 at 18:45 +0200, Laurent Grawet wrote: > Package: linux-image-2.6.30-1-amd64 > Followup-For: Bug #533885 > > Hello, > > Hum, I tried vanilla 2.6.30.1 kernel and got the same problem + multiple > "BUG: soft lockup - CPU#0 stuck for 61s! [work_for_cpu:2730]" > These lockups are re

Processed: reassign 536644 to mdadm, notfound 536644 in 0.92o, found 536644 in 2.6.7.2-3, tagging 536644

2009-07-12 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org: > reassign 536644 mdadm Bug#536644: initramfs-tools: Boot failure from software-RAID1 with debian Lenny Bug reassigned from package `initramfs-tools' to `mdadm'. > notfound 536644 0.92o Bug#536644: initramfs-tools: Boot failure from software-RAID1

Bug#536455: [PATCH 1/2] netdev: restore MAC address set and validate operations

2009-07-12 Thread David Miller
From: Ben Hutchings Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 04:54:35 +0100 > alloc_etherdev() used to install default implementations of these > operations, but they must now be explicitly installed in struct > net_device_ops. > > Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings Applied. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-ker

Re: Bug#536644: initramfs-tools: Boot failure from software-RAID1 with debian Lenny

2009-07-12 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach D. North [2009.07.12.2309 +0200]: > Also - somewhere along the line today, the UUIDs of the /dev/md0 > members have changed. I am not aware of anything I did to change > them, and I do not know exactly WHEN they changed. It concerns me > quite a bit that the lower half of the uuid's no

Bug#536644: initramfs-tools: Boot failure from software-RAID1 with debian Lenny

2009-07-12 Thread D. North
Thus spake martin f krafft (madd...@d.o): > also sprach D. North [2009.07.12.0535 +0200]: > > mdadm: no devices found for /dev/md0 > > Segmentation fault > > I suggest you run a hardware and memory check. Thank you for your reply Following your suggestion, I ran several memtest86 passes wit

Re: linux-image-2.6.31-rc2-686 no media modules - why?

2009-07-12 Thread Bastian Blank
On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 11:44:00AM +0200, Mike and Willi Knuth wrote: > Is there any good reason to castrate a kernel this way? Please fix your attitude. It is unacceptable to incriminate the maintainer of a package for unnoticed or unfixed bugs, especially in highly expermental software. Bastian

Bug#533885: Stops booting with message that it cannot load av7110/bootcode.bin

2009-07-12 Thread Laurent Grawet
Package: linux-image-2.6.30-1-amd64 Followup-For: Bug #533885 Hello, Hum, I tried vanilla 2.6.30.1 kernel and got the same problem + multiple "BUG: soft lockup - CPU#0 stuck for 61s! [work_for_cpu:2730]" These lockups are related to the inability to load av7110/bootcode.bin. I used make-kpkg to b

Bug#517748: linux-image-2.6.26-1-686 System locks up under heavy disk load (MD Resync e.g.)

2009-07-12 Thread Rudi Daemen
Giulio, I am not using the VIA boards IDE/SATA controller, only a PCI based HostRaid controller from promise. The onboard controller is actually a SATA and IDE controller: I just set it up to not use SATA due to boot problems with the Promise card if the onboard SATA support is enabled. As of tod

linux-image-2.6.31-rc2-686 no media modules - why?

2009-07-12 Thread Mike and Willi Knuth
Hi there, just testing this kernel above I see that all "media" stuff is eliminated from that kernel. Is there any good reason to castrate a kernel this way? cheers Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listma

Re: Coordinating efforts to get a new kernel in testing?

2009-07-12 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Paul Wise [2009-07-12 09:57]: > > Like FTBFS of linux-modules-extra-2.6 on 3 architectures I guess? That > > seemed to me like a valid reason not to want to migrate .29 to testing. > > Also the armel linux-2.6 FTBFS: > > https://buildd.debian.org/fetch.cgi?pkg=linux-2.6;ver=2.6.30-2;arch=armel

Bug#536644: initramfs-tools: Boot failure from software-RAID1 with debian Lenny

2009-07-12 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach D. North [2009.07.12.0535 +0200]: > mdadm: no devices found for /dev/md0 > Segmentation fault I suggest you run a hardware and memory check. -- .''`. martin f. krafft Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://pe