Re: [PATCH v2] builddeb: Support signing kernels with the module signing key

2022-02-08 Thread Matthew Wilcox
On Tue, Feb 08, 2022 at 12:01:22PM +0100, Julian Andres Klode wrote: > It's worth pointing out that in Ubuntu, the generated MOK key > is for module signing only (extended key usage 1.3.6.1.4.1.2312.16.1.2), > kernels signed with it will NOT be bootable. Why should these be separate keys? There's

Re: [PATCH v2] builddeb: Support signing kernels with the module signing key

2022-02-07 Thread Matthew Wilcox
On Mon, Feb 07, 2022 at 09:33:46PM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote: > Added "Ben Hutchings " > > On Wed, Jan 5, 2022 at 3:13 AM Matthew Wilcox wrote: > > > > On Wed, Jan 05, 2022 at 12:39:57AM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote: > > > > +vmlinux=$($MAKE -s -f

Re: [PATCH v2] builddeb: Support signing kernels with the module signing key

2022-02-04 Thread Matthew Wilcox
On Wed, Jan 05, 2022 at 12:39:57AM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote: > +CC the maintainers of CERTIFICATE HANDLING > M: David Howells > M: David Woodhouse > L: keyri...@vger.kernel.org Davids, can one of you respond to this? > On Sat, Dec 18, 2021 at 12:11 PM Matthew

Re: [PATCH v2] builddeb: Support signing kernels with the module signing key

2022-01-04 Thread Matthew Wilcox
On Wed, Jan 05, 2022 at 12:39:57AM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote: > > +vmlinux=$($MAKE -s -f $srctree/Makefile image_name) > > +key= > > +if is_enabled CONFIG_EFI_STUB && is_enabled CONFIG_MODULE_SIG; then > > + cert=$(grep ^CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_KEY= include/config/auto.conf | cut > > -d\" -f2)

[PATCH v2] builddeb: Support signing kernels with the module signing key

2021-12-17 Thread Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)
If the config file specifies a signing key, use it to sign the kernel so that machines with SecureBoot enabled can boot. See https://wiki.debian.org/SecureBoot Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) --- v2: - Handle private keys stored in the pem file as well as adjacent to the certificate

Re: [PATCH] builddeb: Support signing kernels with a Machine Owner Key

2021-12-16 Thread Matthew Wilcox
On Thu, Nov 04, 2021 at 06:28:40PM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote: > On Thu, Oct 14, 2021 at 6:47 PM Ard Biesheuvel wrote: > > > > On Wed, 13 Oct 2021 at 22:07, Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) > > wrote: > > > > > > If the config file specifies a signing key,

[PATCH] builddeb: Support signing kernels with a Machine Owner Key

2021-10-13 Thread Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)
If the config file specifies a signing key, use it to sign the kernel so that machines with SecureBoot enabled can boot. See https://wiki.debian.org/SecureBoot Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) --- scripts/package/builddeb | 10 +- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion

Re: [PATCH] builddeb: Support signing kernels with a Machine Owner Key

2021-05-06 Thread Matthew Wilcox
On Thu, May 06, 2021 at 02:01:53PM +0200, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: > On Thu, 6 May 2021 at 14:00, Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) > wrote: > > > > If the config file specifies a signing key, use it to sign > > the kernel so that machines with SecureBoot enabled can boot. > &g

[PATCH] builddeb: Support signing kernels with a Machine Owner Key

2021-05-06 Thread Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)
If the config file specifies a signing key, use it to sign the kernel so that machines with SecureBoot enabled can boot. See https://wiki.debian.org/SecureBoot Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) --- scripts/package/builddeb | 10 +- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion

Bug#625224: xhci-hcd has the wrong module name

2011-05-02 Thread Matthew Wilcox
Package: initramfs-tools Version: 0.98.8 In /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hook-functions, xhci-hcd is spelled simply xhci. It was renamed to xhci-hcd in 2.6.34-rc2. Please update this script. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Tro

Re: Debian parisc config for 2.6.26 broke the real time clock

2008-09-09 Thread Matthew Wilcox
his I2C bus is not acessible by the operating system (as far as I know). -- Matthew Wilcox Intel Open Source Technology Centre "Bill, look, we understand that you're interested in selling us this operating system, but compare it to ours. We can't possi

Bug#422713: [Pkg-pciutils-discuss] Bug#422713: lspci does not list anything (etch and dailies)

2007-05-08 Thread Matthew Wilcox
On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 12:43:26AM +0300, Eddy Petri??or wrote: > On 08/05/07, Geert Stappers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >reassign 422713 pciutils > >tags 422713 d-i > > Probably I would have assigned this to the kernel than to pciutils. > > (OTOH, taking into account that (probably) due to thi

Bug#385754: rwlocks can deadlock

2006-09-02 Thread Matthew Wilcox
Package: linux-image-2.6.17-2-parisc Version: 2.6.17-6 I found about 4 different ways to deadlock the current implementation of rwlocks on parisc. I've committed a patch to our git tree which should improve the situation, although it's obviously not had a lot of testing yet, and is subject to bei

Re: [parisc-linux] Re: 2.6.14 has been released, please all checks build and configs, we upload today :)

2005-10-28 Thread Matthew Wilcox
On Fri, Oct 28, 2005 at 05:34:06PM +0900, Horms wrote: > Also, can someone look into HPPA, or point me at which patch to use? > http://packages.vergenet.net/testing/linux-2.6-2.6.14/linux-2.6_2.6.14-1-hppa.log.gz I know I *said* not to use the -pa0 kernel, but it's booted fine for me on a K460 and

Re: [parisc-linux] Re: Debian's 2.6.14-rc5 fails to build on hppa

2005-10-26 Thread Matthew Wilcox
On Thu, Oct 27, 2005 at 02:39:24PM +0900, Horms wrote: > On Wed, Oct 26, 2005 at 10:52:02PM -0600, Matthew Wilcox wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 27, 2005 at 01:35:14PM +0900, Horms wrote: > > > That looks a lot like the error I was seeing last week. > > > Is anyone looking into

Re: [parisc-linux] Re: Debian's 2.6.14-rc5 fails to build on hppa

2005-10-26 Thread Matthew Wilcox
On Thu, Oct 27, 2005 at 01:35:14PM +0900, Horms wrote: > That looks a lot like the error I was seeing last week. > Is anyone looking into it? It's fixed in CVS. I blame the person who took a snapshot before we went to -pa1 ;-) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "un

Re: Should we drop non-SMP ia64 kernel images?

2005-09-27 Thread Matthew Wilcox
On Tue, Sep 27, 2005 at 08:52:26AM -0700, Christoph Lameter wrote: > On Mon, 26 Sep 2005, dann frazier wrote: > > > The biggest headache with maintaining the ia64 kernel has probably been > > with the non-SMP flavours. Generic/non-SMP configs seem to not get much > > attention upstream. This mak

Re: config.gz files

2005-05-06 Thread Matthew Wilcox
On Fri, May 06, 2005 at 10:42:25AM +0200, Nico Golde wrote: > Hi, > why the debian kernel-packages don't provide the config file > via /proc? It's in /boot instead -- "Next the statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting the blame upon the nation that is attacked, and every man will be glad of th

Re: non-free firmware in kernel modules, aggregation and unclear copyright notice.

2005-04-04 Thread Matthew Wilcox
On Mon, Apr 04, 2005 at 10:51:30AM -0700, Greg KH wrote: > Then let's see some acts. We (lkml) are not the ones with the percieved > problem, or the ones discussing it. Actually, there are some legitimate problems with some of the files in the Linux source base. Last time this came up, the Aceni

Re: a kernel plan for sarge and beyond ... (Was Re: ABI-changing kernel security fixes for sarge)

2005-03-24 Thread Matthew Wilcox
On Thu, Mar 24, 2005 at 04:31:24AM -0500, Andres Salomon wrote: > The way that arch/subarch specific patches are handled needs to be thought > out. There are architectures that are close to linus kernels, and there > are those that aren't. The preferred way to do things is to have > something sim

Bug#241497: RFC and status report: Kernel upgrades for woody->sarge upgrades

2005-03-24 Thread Matthew Wilcox
On Thu, Mar 24, 2005 at 02:31:55PM +0100, Frank Lichtenheld wrote: > As many of you may know on some machines users will need to install > a current kernel before they will be able to upgrade woody to sarge > (or better: glibc of woody to glibc of sarge). I've tried to use the > available informati

Re: ABI-changing kernel security fixes for sarge

2005-03-23 Thread Matthew Wilcox
On Wed, Mar 23, 2005 at 04:09:42PM +0100, Frank Lichtenheld wrote: > How big is the chance that we will have another ABI change during > sarge's lifetime (100%?). So it can't hurd to figure out the problems > with that now independently of our decision in this matter... Absolutely. It's bound to

Re: RFC: Updating hppa kernel-image packages

2005-03-22 Thread Matthew Wilcox
On Tue, Mar 22, 2005 at 03:47:51PM -0500, Kyle McMartin wrote: > This is basically a call for suggestions for what I should backmerge > to 2.6.8 from recent CVS. I will go through the parisc-linux-cvs archive > again and try to pull what I can see, but I'd like a bit of help. In case it wasn't alr

Re: NEW handling: About rejects, and kernels (Was: Re: NEW handling ...)

2005-03-22 Thread Matthew Wilcox
On Tue, Mar 22, 2005 at 09:06:19AM -0300, Humberto Massa wrote: > And I believe that the Vancouver proposal, if implemented as intended up > to now, will not only affect what Debian really *is*, but in some ways > will *destroy* what Debian is. Debian has already decided to destroy what it is by g

Re: *** SPAM *** Re: NEW handling: About rejects, and kernels (Was: Re: NEW handling ...)

2005-03-21 Thread Matthew Wilcox
On Mon, Mar 21, 2005 at 04:08:19PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > Thanks. Maybe i should resign from my debian duties then since i am not > wanted. Do you volunteer to take over my packages ? Please handle parted for > which i am searching a co-maintainer since > 6 month, and take over the > powerpc k

Re: NEW handling: About rejects, and kernels (Was: Re: NEW handling ...)

2005-03-21 Thread Matthew Wilcox
On Mon, Mar 21, 2005 at 03:20:29PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > > Anyway, regarding kernels: I can imagine sometimes, especially with the > > backlog we have currently, a swift processing of some kernel package > > might be warranted and help Sarge. If there is such a case, it would > > help if some

Re: Debugging linux Kernel

2005-03-14 Thread Matthew Wilcox
On Mon, Mar 14, 2005 at 09:16:46AM -, linay long wrote: > I am new to debugging linux kernel. I have an mpc8540 based board with > BDI2000. Now I am trying to debug Linux kernel.u-boot is the bootloader.The > steps I followed listed below.The problem I am facing is debian-kernel really isn't

Re: base: de4x5.ko generates endless loop of errors with phobos p430tx

2005-02-14 Thread Matthew Wilcox
On Mon, Feb 14, 2005 at 01:09:43PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote: > Matthew Wilcox wrote: > > I think de4x5 should be a driver of last resort. Tulip should always > > be preferred to drive a given piece of hardware. I wouldn't shed any > > tears if we stopped shipping de4x5 by

Re: base: de4x5.ko generates endless loop of errors with phobos p430tx

2005-02-14 Thread Matthew Wilcox
On Mon, Feb 14, 2005 at 06:21:24PM +0100, Marco d'Itri wrote: > reassign 294867 kernel-image-2.6.8-i386 > thanks > > If a driver hangs the system when loaded, it is a good hint of a kernel > bug. I think de4x5 should be a driver of last resort. Tulip should always be preferred to drive a given p

Re: irc meeting regarding kernel status d-i RC3

2005-02-02 Thread Matthew Wilcox
On Wed, Feb 02, 2005 at 07:43:36AM +0100, Christian Perrier wrote: > So, please please please, people who will attend this meeting, only > focus on that one topic and have all your discussions driven by it and > only it. Unfortunately, your comments seemed to get held up in your mailsystem, so did

Re: irc meeting regarding kernel status d-i RC3

2005-01-31 Thread Matthew Wilcox
On Mon, Jan 31, 2005 at 05:20:56PM +0100, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > [Matthew Wilcox] > > I will not subject myself to the whims of Rob Levin. > > Why do you believe others are interested in your conflict with some > (to me at least) unknown person Rob Levin? He runs

Re: irc meeting regarding kernel status d-i RC3

2005-01-31 Thread Matthew Wilcox
On Mon, Jan 31, 2005 at 04:12:06PM +0100, maximilian attems wrote: > arch Maintainer please attend, to have your opinion voiced. I will only attend if the meeting is hosted on a different IRC network. I will not subject myself to the whims of Rob Levin. -- "Next the statesmen will invent cheap l

Re: [Fwd: [Full-Disclosure] [grsec] grsecurity 2.1.0 release / 5 Linux kernel advisories]

2005-01-12 Thread Matthew Wilcox
On Fri, Jan 07, 2005 at 02:32:19PM -0500, Andres Salomon wrote: > 3) 2.4/2.6 random poolsize sysctl handler integer overflow > 4) 2.6 scsi ioctl integer overflow and information leak Fix for this one: http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.5/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > 5) 2.2/2.4/2.6 moxa serial driver bss

Re: Classification scheme for 2.6 kernel patches

2005-01-09 Thread Matthew Wilcox
On Sun, Jan 09, 2005 at 08:33:51PM +0100, Marc Haber wrote: > Actually, the kernel of my dreams is more near to the vanilla > kernel.org kernel, so I'd like to be able to throw out patches that > you need to apply because of your _much_ broader user base. > > otoh, I would like to run a 2.6.10 ker

Re: kernel-panic not syncing : VFS : unable to mount boot fs on unknown-block

2005-01-06 Thread Matthew Wilcox
On Thu, Jan 06, 2005 at 06:08:29PM +0100, Robin Bultot wrote: > BUT when I rebooted in 2.6.9 I get an error: > VFS: Cannot open root device "hde3" or unknown-block(0,0) > Please append a correct "root=" boot option > Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0) > > My motherboa

Bug#284221: acenic firmware situation summary

2004-12-13 Thread Matthew Wilcox
On Mon, Dec 13, 2004 at 12:15:57PM -0500, Christopher Priest wrote: > Is this helpful > http://web.archive.org/web/2711071330/sanjose.alteon.com/license-agree.shtml Not really. That licence doesn't allow Debian to distribute whatever it is that's being licenced. There's only permission for p

Re: Bug#283133: Please close - problem resolved

2004-12-13 Thread Matthew Wilcox
On Mon, Dec 13, 2004 at 03:04:34PM +, HÃ¥vard Dahle wrote: > I am sorry. As it turns out, this is now resolved, and I suspect that eth1394 > never was the culprit. > > I am not sure what was the real fix. I am tracking debian sid, and updates to > discover (I think) made the problem go away.

Re: input core

2004-12-13 Thread Matthew Wilcox
On Mon, Dec 13, 2004 at 04:17:17PM +0900, Horms wrote: > On Wed, Dec 08, 2004 at 06:29:34PM +0000, Matthew Wilcox wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 08, 2004 at 07:26:40PM +0100, Paul Akkermans wrote: > > > Hello everyone, > > > > HEY! RETARD!! This is the third time this we

Bug#284221: acenic firmware situation summary

2004-12-12 Thread Matthew Wilcox
On Sun, Dec 12, 2004 at 03:17:31PM -0500, Nathanael Nerode wrote: > Warning: long. CC'ed to debian-legal in case anyone there knows anything more. How about cc'ing the author of the driver? He might know the answer. > The source for the acenic driver is in fact in the source package for > the k

Re: input core

2004-12-08 Thread Matthew Wilcox
On Wed, Dec 08, 2004 at 07:26:40PM +0100, Paul Akkermans wrote: > Hello everyone, HEY! RETARD!! This is the third time this week you've posted to debian-kernel. This is the third time I'm telling you to fuck off. I was polite before. But now you've made me angry. GO AWAY. -- "Next the state

Re: input core

2004-12-07 Thread Matthew Wilcox
On Tue, Dec 07, 2004 at 09:51:30PM +0100, Paul Akkermans wrote: > Hi group, > > I have a compicated question. I am analysing the input core. My question is > if it is so that the functions and procedures which are defined and exported > in input.c can be overridden in other modules (other than i

Bug#284221: utter lack of acenic drivers on i386, hppa

2004-12-04 Thread Matthew Wilcox
On Sat, Dec 04, 2004 at 01:01:33PM -0500, Kyle McMartin wrote: > * ACENIC firwmare, driver disabled: > . drivers/net/acenic_firmware.h > > So there's a good reason why you're unable to use these cards. ITYM "good reason to switch to Ubuntu, Gentoo or Fedora". HTH. -- "Next the statesmen will i

Bug#284221: utter lack of acenic drivers on i386, hppa

2004-12-04 Thread Matthew Wilcox
On Sat, Dec 04, 2004 at 12:18:01PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote: > Discover says to use the acenic driver for these, but it does not seem > to be available in the 2.4 or 2.6 kernels for hppa or i386. I do see the > driver the the kernel source so please turn it on. I thought the anti-firmware fanatics h

Re: simple function question

2004-12-03 Thread Matthew Wilcox
On Fri, Dec 03, 2004 at 02:57:24PM +0100, Paul Akkermans wrote: > I am analysing the input layer of the kernel 2.6.7 and I came across this > function and I have no idea what it is for. Can anybody help me? I suggest you ask kernelnewbies at http://www.kernelnewbies.org/mailinglist.php3 This lis

Re: How to use the 2nd CPU?

2004-10-06 Thread Matthew Wilcox
On Wed, Oct 06, 2004 at 11:33:38PM +0530, Rishi wrote: > After re-booting... the top program shows only one CPU. press '1'. -- "Next the statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting the blame upon the nation that is attacked, and every man will be glad of those conscience-soothing falsities, and w

Re: IKCONFIG for kernel-images ?

2004-10-01 Thread Matthew Wilcox
On Fri, Oct 01, 2004 at 03:36:36PM -0600, Jim Cromie wrote: > having /proc/config.gz available would be a nice default, > Ive been having some difficulty building a working kernel, > and the kernel-image-2.6.8.1-k7 works. It would be handy > as a starting point. What's wrong with /boot/config? -

Bug#272029: FATX filesystem support

2004-09-22 Thread Matthew Wilcox
On Wed, Sep 22, 2004 at 06:25:23PM +0900, Horms wrote: > On Sun, Sep 19, 2004 at 09:21:12AM +0200, Robert Millan wrote: > > On Fri, Sep 17, 2004 at 08:38:56AM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > > > tags 272029 +upstream > > > thanks > > > > > > Please get feature-patches merged upstream before bugg

Re: CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX_IOMAPPED

2004-09-16 Thread Matthew Wilcox
On Thu, Sep 16, 2004 at 08:34:38PM +0200, Jens Schmalzing wrote: > Sorry. I got the message completely wrong. I really was: > > | PCI: Enabling device :00:0c.0 ( -> 0003) > | sym.0.12.0: MMIO base address disabled. OK, so that's entirely different. That happens if we read 0 directly fr

Re: CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX_IOMAPPED

2004-09-16 Thread Matthew Wilcox
On Thu, Sep 16, 2004 at 04:22:54PM +0200, Jens Schmalzing wrote: > > As upstream maintainer, I'd like more information about it please ... > > > - How does it "not work properly"? Does it hang on first access to > >the chip, or does it suffer data corruption? > > It outputs a "can't map PCI

Re: CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX_IOMAPPED

2004-09-16 Thread Matthew Wilcox
On Thu, Sep 16, 2004 at 11:51:31AM +0200, Jens Schmalzing wrote: > I recently encountered a machine (a Thinkpad 860) with a NCR 53C810 > SCSI controller that would not work properly unless the config option > CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX_IOMAPPED was set. Under these circumstances, > installation was a r

Bug#271396: Kernel help typo

2004-09-14 Thread Matthew Wilcox
On Mon, Sep 13, 2004 at 11:10:11PM +0200, maks attems wrote: > Use the CPUFreq governor 'userspace' as default. This allows > you to set the CPU frequency manually or when an userspace > - programm shall be able to set the CPU dynamically without having > + programme sh

Re: USB Problem in 2.6.8

2004-09-06 Thread Matthew Wilcox
On Mon, Sep 06, 2004 at 05:39:20PM +0200, eolyte wrote: > It seems that only the devices that are plugged before the uhci_hcd module is > loaded are detected. These are working properly, but if I plug another device > after, it doesn't even appear in /proc/bus/usb/devices, and idem if i > unplug

Re: Debian Installation

2004-09-06 Thread Matthew Wilcox
On Sun, Sep 05, 2004 at 11:53:13PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello All > > I am a recent convert to Debian. have installed Debian in my old machine > i386 machine at 300 Mhz with 256 MB RAM.and 30GB HDD. > It connects to the internet via a router. I would like to know if there is > a

Bug#267006: Bug#267014: I think it's a hardware bug

2004-08-21 Thread Matthew Wilcox
On Fri, Aug 20, 2004 at 05:15:36PM -0700, Mike Fedyk wrote: > Matthew Wilcox wrote: > >32-bit PCI cards should work without problems in 64-bit slots, though. > > > That's what I thought, but I have an Adaptec 2940UW card that causes > instability reliably in 64bit pci

Bug#267006: Bug#267014: I think it's a hardware bug

2004-08-20 Thread Matthew Wilcox
On Fri, Aug 20, 2004 at 02:29:50PM -0700, Mike Fedyk wrote: > Hi, > > Sorry for the premature bug report, but it looks like the problem was > caused by a 32-bit PCI SCSI card in a 64-bit slot. 32-bit PCI cards should work without problems in 64-bit slots, though. -- "Next the statesmen will in

Re: 2.6.8 release

2004-08-13 Thread Matthew Wilcox
On Fri, Aug 13, 2004 at 03:22:14PM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > On Tue, Aug 03, 2004 at 11:12:20AM -0600, dann frazier wrote: > > The only ones that aren't already upstream, afaict, are: > > sym53c8xx_revert.patch - The new domain validation stuff mysteriously > >

Re: ppc kernel size reduction

2004-07-11 Thread Matthew Wilcox
On Sun, Jul 11, 2004 at 01:04:59PM +0200, Bastian Blank wrote: > On Sun, Jul 11, 2004 at 11:43:57AM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > > CONFIG_SYN_COOKIES > > > > Syn cookies are bad idea in these day's internet, no need to > > waste space for support. > > Err, you want to make any machin

Re: Fw: Kernel fault

2004-07-05 Thread Matthew Wilcox
On Mon, Jul 05, 2004 at 10:29:34PM +0200, Kim wrote: > eax: 014c ebx: c130aaf0 ecx: 1000 edx: 0001038f Single bit set. > Does anyone know what this is? Bad RAM. Run memtest86 to confirm, but you've got all the classic symptoms of a

Bug#256482: kernel-source-2.6.6: make menuconfig fails with compiler error

2004-06-27 Thread Matthew Wilcox
On Sun, Jun 27, 2004 at 01:27:09PM +0200, Alexander Reinholdt wrote: > Configuring the kernel sources fails with an compiler error: > > dustpuppy:/usr/src/kernel-source-2.6.6# make menuconfig > HOSTCC scripts/basic/fixdep > cc1: internal compiler error: Speicherzugriffsfehler > Please submit a fu

Re: How long is it acceptable to leave *undistributable* files in the kernel package?

2004-06-18 Thread Matthew Wilcox
On Fri, Jun 18, 2004 at 09:02:25AM -0400, Brian Thomas Sniffen wrote: > I would be much more convinced if I saw an argument from the > GPL-incompatible-firmware-is-OK side as to why the GPL prohibits > distributing linkages of GPL'd and GPL-incompatible code. The interpretation favoured by kernel

Re: How long is it acceptable to leave *undistributable* files in the kernel package?

2004-06-17 Thread Matthew Wilcox
On Thu, Jun 17, 2004 at 06:03:16PM +, Jim Marhaus wrote: > Traditionally people have erred on the side of caution in interpreting free > licenses, following the wishes of the copyright holder and looking to the > license's author for guidance. In this case the FSF indicates the binary > firmwar

Re: How long is it acceptable to leave *undistributable* files in the kernel package?

2004-06-16 Thread Matthew Wilcox
On Tue, Jun 15, 2004 at 09:01:52PM -0500, Joe Wreschnig wrote: > At best that solves a third of the problem. It solves the problem at hand -- that Debian has no permission to distribute the file. You can now go back to wanking about firmware all you like. I shan't bother with that. -- "Next th

Re: How long is it acceptable to leave *undistributable* files in the kernel package?

2004-06-15 Thread Matthew Wilcox
On Tue, Jun 15, 2004 at 05:51:03PM -0500, Joe Wreschnig wrote: > On Tue, 2004-06-15 at 14:38, Andreas Schuldei wrote: > > * Nathanael Nerode ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [040615 21:27]: > > > I request that the people planning to take over kernel maintenance comment > > > ASAP on their plans regarding this

Re: How long is it acceptable to leave *undistributable* files in the kernel package?

2004-06-15 Thread Matthew Wilcox
On Mon, Jun 14, 2004 at 12:57:15PM -0400, Nathanael Nerode wrote: > I ask because such a file is present in Debian's Linux kernel sources and > there seems to have been no attempt to remove it, despite the upload of > new versions since the bug report. > > drivers/usb/misc/emi26_fw.h: > > * The

Re: current firmware blacklist

2004-06-13 Thread Matthew Wilcox
On Sun, Jun 13, 2004 at 06:35:40PM -0700, William Lee Irwin III wrote: > Please, no debates on the firmware subject. > > Here is the current blacklist of tainted files that need to be > sanitized and/or removed from virgin mainline. Why is drivers/scsi/qlogicisp_asm.c not on this list? -- "Next

Re: broadcom BCM5700 2.6 kernel (tg3 module)

2004-06-01 Thread Matthew Wilcox
Try booting with "pci=noacpi". I bet the devices will show up in lspci then. There's a known bug with broken BIOSes. -- "Next the statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting the blame upon the nation that is attacked, and every man will be glad of those conscience-soothing falsities, and will d

Re: Problems with SATA and >15 partitions

2004-05-30 Thread Matthew Wilcox
On Sun, May 30, 2004 at 05:37:05PM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > Christoph Hellwig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > No, theres lots of code in kernelspace that assumes a partitioned disk > > has a block of minors. Use a volume manager instead of traditional > > partitions if you need more th