Re: possible /dev/random compromise (misplaced trust in RDRAND / Padlock entropy sources)

2014-01-14 Thread Robert Millan
ndom_yarrow; /* Then go looking for hardware */ #if defined(__i386__) && !defined(PC98) if (via_feature_rng & VIA_HAS_RNG) { *systat = random_nehemiah; } #endif } -- Robert Millan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debia

Re: Bug#733376: ctfutils: FTBFS: elf.h:22:3: error: #error This header is unsupported on x86-64.

2013-12-28 Thread Robert Millan
On 28/12/2013 18:29, David Suárez wrote: >> /usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/sys/elf.h:22:3: error: #error This header is >> unsupported on x86-64. >> # error This header is unsupported on x86-64. If is not supported on amd64, why is this header even present? -- Robe

Re: possible /dev/random compromise (misplaced trust in RDRAND / Padlock entropy sources)

2013-12-15 Thread Robert Millan
detected, >> unless hw.nehemiah_rng_enable or hw.ivy_rng_enable are set to zero >> to disable them. > > Remove, switch to kfreebsd 10. Either that, or backport the fix from > kfreebsd 10. I tend to favour removal. Releasing with two kernels is a PITA. What does everyone else t

Fwd: Re: Fwd: possible /dev/random compromise (misplaced trust in RDRAND / Padlock entropy sources)

2013-12-15 Thread Robert Millan
Forwarding to the other lists from original thread... Original Message Subject: Re: Fwd: possible /dev/random compromise (misplaced trust in RDRAND / Padlock entropy sources) Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2013 20:53:19 +0100 From: Yves-Alexis Perez To: Robert Millan CC: t

possible /dev/random compromise (misplaced trust in RDRAND / Padlock entropy sources)

2013-12-13 Thread Robert Millan
(sid): All versions in Debian already have the fixed code, which replaces random_adaptor_register() with live_entropy_source_register(), thereby registering Via and Intel chips as "entropy sources" to be post processed by Yarrow, rather than directly as &

Bug#522773: possible solutions for __unused problem

2011-07-29 Thread Robert Millan
2011/7/29 Moritz Mühlenhoff : > We already asked you back in September 2009 to report this upstream. He did, precisely in September 2009: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14186 He still got no response though. -- Robert Millan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-r

Bug#522773: possible solutions for __unused problem

2011-06-18 Thread Robert Millan
2011/6/18 Jonathan Nieder : > Hi Robert, > > Robert Millan wrote: > >> When it comes to __attibute__((__unused__)), it's just a matter of >> agreeing on whether to call it __attribute_unused__ or __unused. > > I don't agree.  It's perfectly fine f

Bug#522773: possible solutions for __unused problem

2011-06-18 Thread Robert Millan
ersuade Drepper to remove __unused from Glibc or Linux developers to remove __unused from Linux. -- Robert Millan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.o

Bug#629410: please Recommend libc6-loongson2f

2011-06-06 Thread Robert Millan
Package: linux-image-2.6.38-2-loongson-2f Version: 2.6.38-5 Severity: wishlist Please Recommend libc6-loongson2f (see #601419). -- System Information: Debian Release: 6.0.1 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU c

Bug#528094: smc911x -> smc91x

2009-05-10 Thread Robert Millan
Package: initramfs-tools Version: 0.92o Severity: normal The "smc911x" in /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hook-functions looks like a typo. I think it should be smc91x: http://packages.debian.org/lenny/armel/linux-image-2.6.26-2-versatile/filelist (or at least smc91x should be present in the list)

Bug#494007: closed by Bastian Blank (Bug#494007: fixed in linux-2.6 2.6.29-1)

2009-03-24 Thread Robert Millan
501153) > - typhoon (closes: #502669) Better late than never. Thanks. -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we still allow you to remove your dat

Bug#494010: closed by maximilian attems (Bug#494010: fixed in linux-2.6 2.6.28-1)

2009-02-21 Thread Robert Millan
packaged separately? -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all." -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, emai

Bug#502668: WhiteHEAT driver and firmware distribution for Linux

2009-01-21 Thread Robert Millan
you. Thanks for considering, -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all." -- To UNSUBSCRI

Bug#494010: patch for building dsp56k firmware

2008-10-27 Thread Robert Millan
tags 494010 patch thanks Hi, I'm attaching a patch for building the dsp56k firmware from source. Note: the dsp56k_bootstrap.asm in this patch includes fixes provided separately (and explained) in this bug log. I will send them to upstream as well. -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fa

Bug#494010: a56 package

2008-10-20 Thread Robert Millan
Hi, I just uploaded the a56 package. I'll provide a patch for this bug soon. -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we still allow you to remove yo

Bug#494010: Source for dsp56k firmware

2008-10-17 Thread Robert Millan
On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 08:45:06AM +0200, Robert Millan wrote: > > I can live without knowing why the code needs to run in that address; but > I'm still puzzled by how is the code supposed to tell the assembler that the > 0x7ea9 chunk really should be saved to 0x4f. We can&#

Bug#494010: ITP: a52 -- Motorola DSP56001 assembler (Re: Bug#494010: Source for dsp56k firmware)

2008-10-17 Thread Robert Millan
compiling the firmware used in Linux' dsp56k.c driver. -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we still allow you to remove your data and not access it at

Bug#494010: Source for dsp56k firmware

2008-10-16 Thread Robert Millan
On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 04:50:11PM +0200, Robert Millan wrote: > > Ok, fixed that. I got a 100% code match now. The only remaining question is > what's the deal with this section that's supposed to start at 0x7ea9 but > actually starts at 0x4f (0xed in the file). My code

Bug#494010: Source for dsp56k firmware

2008-10-16 Thread Robert Millan
a9 but actually starts at 0x4f (0xed in the file). My code adds a workaround for that: if (offset > 0x7000) offset -= 0x7e5a; which is really nasty. Anyone knows better? -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you

Bug#494010: Source for dsp56k firmware

2008-10-15 Thread Robert Millan
> assemble. I found an assembler, "a56" (see http://www.zdomain.com/a56.html), which seems to be DFSG-free (BSD-style license). I'll see about packaging it. -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may acces

Bug#494010: Source for dsp56k firmware

2008-10-12 Thread Robert Millan
. AFAICT this is for an m68k processor. I suppose we have a command to assemble this code in binutils-multiarch or so? -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: w

Bug#501153: binary firmware in drivers/net/tehuti_fw.h

2008-10-04 Thread Robert Millan
Package: linux-2.6 Version: 2.6.26-5 Severity: serious Hi, drivers/net/tehuti_fw.h (licensed under GPLv2+) is entirely composed of binary firmware, such as: static u32 s_firmLoad[] = { 0x000f0002, 0x40718000, [...] Since this file is licensed under GPL, this could make i

Bug#501152: binary firmware in drivers/net/starfire_firmware.h

2008-10-04 Thread Robert Millan
Package: linux-2.6 Version: 2.6.26-5 Severity: serious Hi, drivers/net/starfire_firmware.h (licensed under GPLv2) is entirely composed of binary firmware, such as: static const u32 firmware_rx[] = { 0x010003dc, 0x, 0x04000421, 0x0086, [...] It's worth noting that the last chun

Bug#498631: binary firmware in drivers/net/cassini.h

2008-09-11 Thread Robert Millan
Package: linux-2.6 Version: 2.6.26-5 Severity: serious Hi, drivers/net/cassini.h (licensed under GPLv2+) contains two chunks of binary firmware, such as: /* firmware patch for NS_DP83065 */ typedef struct cas_saturn_patch { u16 addr; u16 val; } cas_saturn_patch_t; #if 1 cas_satu

Bug#493925: binary firmware in drivers/char/drm/mga_ucode.h

2008-09-05 Thread Robert Millan
It's unfortunate that we couldn't had a reasonable discussion over this. I swear I tried. -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we still allow you

Bug#493925: binary firmware in drivers/char/drm/mga_ucode.h

2008-09-04 Thread Robert Millan
low redistribution, shipping it is not illegal > > but > > is a DFSG violation. > > why? DFSG #2. -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom:

Bug#494422: It IS a bug somewhere that installing 2 bootloader packages breaks booting

2008-08-27 Thread Robert Millan
respect this flagging I'd have to see the details, but I'm not very fond of the extra burden this could mean to bootloader maintainers. -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's thre

Bug#494007: old patch for drivers/char/drm/r128_cce.c

2008-08-09 Thread Robert Millan
if someone has more information about them, and whether they have been fixed or not (Nathanael mentions in the bug log that he was going to try). Or, if someone has access to the affected hardware and can test things, I'd like to know about that too. Thanks -- Robert Millan The DRM o

Bug#494308: patch for e100

2008-08-09 Thread Robert Millan
On Sat, Aug 09, 2008 at 02:29:31PM +0200, Bastian Blank wrote: > On Sat, Aug 09, 2008 at 01:18:10PM +0200, Robert Millan wrote: > > I'll be working on a patch for this one today. > > Some advices: > - Please make a minimal fix. As the firmwares are fix-only it may just

Bug#494308: patch for e100

2008-08-09 Thread Robert Millan
Hi, I'll be working on a patch for this one today. -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we still allow you to remove your data and not a

Bug#494308: binary firmware in drivers/net/e100.c

2008-08-08 Thread Robert Millan
On Fri, Aug 08, 2008 at 04:03:32PM +0200, Frederik Schueler wrote: > Hi, > > I already waited for this. > > On Fri, Aug 08, 2008 at 12:21:45PM +, Robert Millan wrote: > > drivers/net/e100.c (licensed under GPLv2) contains three chunks of binary > > firmware, s

Bug#494308: binary firmware in drivers/net/e100.c

2008-08-08 Thread Robert Millan
Package: linux-2.6 Version: 2.6.26-2 Severity: serious Hi, drivers/net/e100.c (licensed under GPLv2) contains three chunks of binary firmware, such as: // /* Micro code for 8086:1229 Rev 8 */ /*

Bug#494120: binary firmware in drivers/media/dvb/frontends/tda10021.c

2008-08-08 Thread Robert Millan
DFSG interpretation; -kernel sounds like the right place to discuss a specific application of that interpretation, once a consensus is built on it. -release does AFAICT have nothing to do with either of these things. -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We wil

Bug#494120: binary firmware in drivers/media/dvb/frontends/tda10021.c

2008-08-07 Thread Robert Millan
wishlist bug... but we don't need to spend time nitpicking about such things. I'll proceed my inspection, and exclude problems that appear to fall in the cathegory of "small chunk of non-code" from being filed as bugs. Thanks, -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: &qu

Bug#494120: binary firmware in drivers/media/dvb/frontends/tda10021.c

2008-08-07 Thread Robert Millan
nel; I think it'd be good if you participate in the discussion in that thread: http://lists.debian.org/debian-kernel/2008/08/msg00112.html > than by unilaterally declaring them to be release-critical > bugs. As usual, my assesment of severities is "best-effort". If a severity is

Bug#494007: binary firmware in drivers/char/drm/r128_cce.c

2008-08-07 Thread Robert Millan
stuff and are now full of confusion and (fortunately) closed. -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we still allow you to remove your data and not access

Bug#494122: binary firmware in drivers/media/dvb/frontends/tda8083.c

2008-08-07 Thread Robert Millan
Package: linux-2.6 Version: 2.6.26-1 Severity: serious Hi, drivers/media/dvb/frontends/tda8083.c (licensed under GPLv2+) contains a small chunk of binary code: static u8 tda8083_init_tab [] = { 0x04, 0x00, 0x4a, 0x79, 0x04, 0x00, 0xff, 0xea, 0x48, 0x42, 0x79, 0x60, 0x70, 0x52, 0x

Bug#494119: binary firmware in drivers/media/dvb/dvb-usb/af9005-script.h

2008-08-07 Thread Robert Millan
Package: linux-2.6 Version: 2.6.26-1 Severity: serious Hi, drivers/char/drm/mga_ucode.h is entirely composed of binary code: RegDesc script[] = { [...] There's no copyright header in this file. The comments say it's been generated from "AF05BDA.sys (windows driver)", but they don't sp

Bug#494120: binary firmware in drivers/media/dvb/frontends/tda10021.c

2008-08-07 Thread Robert Millan
Package: linux-2.6 Version: 2.6.26-1 Severity: serious Hi, drivers/media/dvb/frontends/tda10021.c (licensed under GPLv2+) contains a small chunk of binary code: static u8 tda10021_inittab[0x40]= { 0x73, 0x6a, 0x23, 0x0a, 0x02, 0x37, 0x77, 0x1a, 0x37, 0x6a, 0x17, 0x8a, 0x1e, 0x86,

Re: binary firmware (Re: Processed: tagging 493925, tagging 494007, tagging 494009, tagging 494010)

2008-08-07 Thread Robert Millan
On Wed, Aug 06, 2008 at 08:16:44PM +0200, Robert Millan wrote: > > > > If you think one of the remaining firmwares is licensed in a way not > > acceptable for main, please send in tested patches against the driver in > > linux-2.6 fixing it to request the firmwar

Re: binary firmware (Re: Processed: tagging 493925, tagging 494007, tagging 494009, tagging 494010)

2008-08-06 Thread Robert Millan
es and (most specialy!) finding the hardware to test them. My concern here is different (less important IMO, but still significant): Would the release have to be delayed in case this approach is taken? -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when

binary firmware (Re: Processed: tagging 493925, tagging 494007, tagging 494009, tagging 494010)

2008-08-06 Thread Robert Millan
technically challenging to provide this solution, but if you feel like help is needed, I'm willing to contribute to archieve it. Thanks for listening -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nob

Bug#494010: binary firmware in drivers/char/dsp56k.c

2008-08-06 Thread Robert Millan
Package: linux-2.6 Version: 2.6.26-1 Severity: serious Hi, drivers/char/dsp56k.c (licensed under GPL2) includes a small section of binary code: /* DSP56001 bootstrap code */ static char bootstrap[] = { 0x0c, 0x00, 0x40, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, [...] Since the l

Bug#494009: binary firmware in drivers/char/drm/radeon_microcode.h

2008-08-06 Thread Robert Millan
Package: linux-2.6 Version: 2.6.26-1 Severity: serious drivers/char/drm/radeon_microcode.h (licensed under BSD-style terms) is entirely composed of binary code, such as: /* production radeon ucode r1xx-r6xx */ static const u32 R100_cp_microcode[][2] = { { 0x21007000, 00 }, { 0x200

Bug#494007: binary firmware in drivers/char/drm/r128_cce.c

2008-08-06 Thread Robert Millan
Package: linux-2.6 Version: 2.6.26-1 Severity: serious Hi, drivers/char/drm/r128_cce.c (licensed under BSD-style terms) contains a small buffer with code in binary form: /* CCE microcode (from ATI) */ static u32 r128_cce_microcode[] = { [...] As per the comment, it appears to be copyrig

Bug#493925: binary firmware in drivers/char/drm/mga_ucode.h

2008-08-05 Thread Robert Millan
Package: linux-2.6 Version: 2.6.26-1 Severity: serious Hi, Now that it seems clear 2.6.26 will be the version used for the release, I'd like to bring back attention on pruning it from code under DFSG violation, GPL-incompatible, or unlicensed blobs. Based on maks mail in: http://bugs.debian.o

Bug#485192: SDHCI hacks used on OLPC

2008-06-26 Thread Robert Millan
objections, of course). -- Robert Millan I know my rights; I want my phone call! What good is a phone call… if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.) http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/936294 >From 23a46157c15badacb23332abb8f489a515d7733f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 Fro

Bug#483431: ping

2008-06-22 Thread Robert Millan
Hi, Any comments on this one? -- Robert Millan I know my rights; I want my phone call! What good is a phone call… if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

UUIDs in GRUB

2008-06-19 Thread Robert Millan
ing the default root parameter, before grub 0.97-40 migrates to testing (if that is the case, I suggest you file an RC bug to stop it). OTOH, I expect this will significantly reduce very common problems like the one described in #475958. [1] I mean initramfs-tools maintainers -- Robert Millan I

Bug#485192: SDHCI hacks used on OLPC

2008-06-08 Thread Robert Millan
Package: linux-2.6 Version: 2.6.26~rc4-1~experimental.1 Severity: normal This diff was extracted from OLPC branch. Without it, MMC cards are not detected. I'm not setting the patch tag since the last hunks look like a kludge (specially the off-by-one thing). Putting Andres Salomon on CC, as he

Bug#483431: initrd size

2008-06-08 Thread Robert Millan
ware: 16K mmc/card/sdio_uart.ko 16K mmc/host/mmc_spi.ko 8,0Kmmc/host/ricoh_mmc.ko 16K mmc/host/tifm_sd.ko 20K mmc/host/wbsd.ko Thanks -- Robert Millan I know my rights; I want my phone call! What good is a phone call… if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.) -- To U

Bug#485063: OLPC / XO support

2008-06-07 Thread Robert Millan
GOANY supports OLPC Previously, one would have to specifically choose CONFIG_OLPC and CONFIG_PCI_GOOLPC in order to enable PCI_OLPC. That doesn't really work for distro kernels, so this patch allows one to choose CONFIG_OLPC and CONFIG_PCI_GOANY in order to build in OLPC support in a generic kernel

Bug#483431: please include drivers for mtd and mmc devices

2008-05-28 Thread Robert Millan
Package: initramfs-tools Version: 0.85h Severity: normal Tags: patch Please include drivers for mtd and mmc devices, to make it possible setting up a root filesystem in them. Patch attached. -- System Information: Debian Release: 4.0 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable') Architectur

Re: Processed: info that it has *not* been dealt with

2008-05-17 Thread Robert Millan
iolations right now that need fixing? > > What does it gain to close the bug that contains the history of the > problem ? My guess is that this makes it easier to track the problems, by closing stuff in changelog when a partial fix is done. -- Robert Millan I know my rights; I wa

Re: Processed: info that it has *not* been dealt with

2008-05-17 Thread Robert Millan
On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 09:13:34AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 12:30:58AM +0200, Robert Millan wrote: > > On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 12:03:39AM +0200, Robert Millan wrote: > > > On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 08:31:40PM +0300, Markus Laire wrote: > > > >

Re: Processed: info that it has *not* been dealt with

2008-05-16 Thread Robert Millan
On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 12:03:39AM +0200, Robert Millan wrote: > On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 08:31:40PM +0300, Markus Laire wrote: > > > > I'm not a maintainer, but I did have info that bug had not been > > dealt with, so I reopened the bug with that info. > > I see

Re: Processed: info that it has *not* been dealt with

2008-05-16 Thread Robert Millan
in the bug log. I suggest you re-send it. -- Robert Millan I know my rights; I want my phone call! What use is a phone call… if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#462529: linux-2.6: Add config file support for efika and PS3 (preliminary)

2008-05-15 Thread Robert Millan
retitle 462529 please enable PS3 support in -powerpc64 build thanks On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 04:46:10PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 04:25:40PM +0200, Robert Millan wrote: > > > > Please provide a patch if you can. > > I already provided a patch, which

Bug#462529: linux-2.6: Add config file support for efika and PS3 (preliminary)

2008-05-15 Thread Robert Millan
e provide a patch if you can. -- Robert Millan I know my rights; I want my phone call! What use is a phone call… if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#481358: intended for floppies but won't fit on a floppy

2008-05-15 Thread Robert Millan
Package: linux-image-2.6.25-2-powerpc-miboot Version: 2.6.25-2 Severity: grave According to the description, this build is intended to be used with floppy images. However, it doesn't seem to fit on a floppy. From: http://people.debian.org/~wouter/d-i/powerpc-miboot/20080512-06:18/build_power

Bug#480910: missing UDF 2.50 support

2008-05-12 Thread Robert Millan
Package: linux-2.6 Severity: normal Tags: patch The UDF driver doesn't support revision 2.50, which is commonly used in blu-ray disks. A patch is available at: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=295&atid=300295 (I tested the 2.6.25rc1 one with linux-2.6-2.6.25 from debian) and is in

Bug#455899: damned ADMtek junk

2008-05-08 Thread Robert Millan
On Thu, May 08, 2008 at 10:56:53PM +0200, maximilian attems wrote: > On Wed, 09 Jan 2008, Robert Millan wrote: > > > > > Sorry for the delay in repliing, but I was expecting a proper solution could > > be found. Right now I find the situation hopeless. > >

Bug#462529: ps3 support

2008-05-06 Thread Robert Millan
lding, and how could one help getting it done. Thanks! -- Robert Millan I know my rights; I want my phone call! What use is a phone call… if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#467454: some modules unnecessarily built-in

2008-02-27 Thread Robert Millan
mage (because of this bug). Aurelien, does this address your concern wrt removing the extra modules from kernel image? -- Robert Millan I know my rights; I want my phone call! What use is a phone call… if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTE

Bug#467454: some modules unnecessarily built-in

2008-02-26 Thread Robert Millan
rt. I can ping this bug when it's done if you want. -- Robert Millan I know my rights; I want my phone call! What use is a phone call… if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#467454: some modules unnecessarily built-in

2008-02-26 Thread Robert Millan
hp Perhaps it's better to wait untill D-I support is complete (soon, I expect), although in the end there's no way to avoid a short timeframe in which this hack doesn't work. So maybe the best would be to wait for current package to propagate to testing instead? Not a big deal anyw

Bug#467454: some modules unnecessarily built-in

2008-02-25 Thread Robert Millan
Package: linux-image-2.6.24-1-versatile Version: 2.6.24-4 Severity: normal The following modules are built into the core image and probably shouldn't be: scsi_mod sd_mod ext3 ext2 jbd SMC91X driver (don't know the module name, but config option is CONFIG_SMC91X) -- System Information: Debian Rel

Bug#433527: closed by Daniel Baumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Bug#433527: fixed in linux-modules-extra-2.6 2.6.24-1)

2008-01-31 Thread Robert Millan
h, ironicaly, was the arch whose requirements couldn't be specified correctly (and still aren't). -- Robert Millan I know my rights; I want my phone call! What use is a phone call… if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a s

Bug#455899: damned ADMtek junk

2008-01-09 Thread Robert Millan
. Perhaps it'd be a good idea to document it or leave it open + wontfix or similar, so that others can avoid (some of) the hassle. -- Robert Millan I know my rights; I want my phone call! What use is a phone call, if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Bug#455899: USB IDs for buggy Pegasus chips

2007-12-12 Thread Robert Millan
On Wed, Dec 12, 2007 at 02:45:11PM +0100, Robert Millan wrote: > Package: linux-2.6 > Severity: wishlist > Tags: patch > > It seems that ADMtek ADM8515 chips report broken USB IDs under certain > conditions. When I plug my usb-ethernet adaptor before the computer is >

Bug#455899: USB IDs for buggy Pegasus chips

2007-12-12 Thread Robert Millan
Package: linux-2.6 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch It seems that ADMtek ADM8515 chips report broken USB IDs under certain conditions. When I plug my usb-ethernet adaptor before the computer is powered on, it often reports a broken ID; at which point unplugging/replugging would solve it. I reprodu

check for non-free firmware (Re: Debian's Linux kernel continues to regress on freedom)

2007-09-14 Thread Robert Millan
nesday 12 September 2007 15:37, Robert Millan wrote: > > > There isn't any patch that should be required here. There is already a > > > script in the kernel team repo to be used for pruning non-free firmware > > > from the tarball, and it appears that whoever produce

Re: Debian's Linux kernel continues to regress on freedom

2007-09-12 Thread Robert Millan
that actually degrade > the user experience? No, choosing what to spend your time on is every volunteer's option. You get to spend your time ranting about this just like Nathanael gets to spend his time ranting about that. And I get to send a mail saying obvious things. Everyone is hap

Re: Debian's Linux kernel continues to regress on freedom

2007-09-12 Thread Robert Millan
t in the kernel team repo to be used for pruning non-free firmware from > the tarball, and it appears that whoever produced the initial uploads of > 2.6.21 and 2.6.22 for Debian omitted this step. Why not running this script in debian/rules, causing builds to abort when the non-free files a

Bug#433527: new kqemu patch

2007-09-06 Thread Robert Millan
tersection of i386 arch and amd64 flavour has to be disabled (without disabling amd64, that is), so I left i386 disabled for now. -- Robert Millan I know my rights; I want my phone call! What use is a phone call, if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.) diff -Nur -x debian linux-modu

Bug#438736: intel driver produces kernel crash in a variety of situations

2007-08-20 Thread Robert Millan
On Mon, Aug 20, 2007 at 08:24:18AM +0200, Robert Millan wrote: > > In the meanwhile try to use the generic vesa driver to see if the > > crashes still happens. If they will not occur anymore, you can try with > > the intel driver from unstable or experimental. Btw, tried the

Bug#438736: intel driver produces kernel crash in a variety of situations

2007-08-19 Thread Robert Millan
On Mon, Aug 20, 2007 at 12:21:12AM +0200, Cesare Leonardi wrote: > Robert Millan wrote: > >I've recently upgraded my hardware (motherboard + cpu + ram) and am now > >getting Linux crashes in a variety of situations. I've detected them > >when any of t

Bug#438736: intel driver produces kernel crash in a variety of situations

2007-08-19 Thread Robert Millan
Package: linux-image-2.6.18-5-amd64 Version: 2.6.18.dfsg.1-13etch1 Severity: important I've recently upgraded my hardware (motherboard + cpu + ram) and am now getting Linux crashes in a variety of situations. I've detected them when any of the following conditions are met: - When starting a se

Bug#433527: add kqemu modules

2007-07-24 Thread Robert Millan
On Tue, Jul 24, 2007 at 08:13:33PM +0200, Daniel Baumann wrote: > Robert Millan [ackstorm] wrote: > > Ok, but #433525 seems to be a blocker for this. Will you include that fix > > in next kqemu-source upload? > > the patch seems flawed, it did not build at all once i ap

Bug#433527: add kqemu modules

2007-07-24 Thread Robert Millan [ackstorm]
ded... Ok, but #433525 seems to be a blocker for this. Will you include that fix in next kqemu-source upload? -- Robert Millan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#433527: add kqemu modules

2007-07-17 Thread Robert Millan
Package: linux-modules-extra-2.6 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch Attached patch adds kqemu modules. Note: kqemu-source needed fixes to get this building, check its BTS entry. -- System Information: Debian Release: 4.0 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Bug#401006: fixed upstream

2007-01-17 Thread Robert Millan
tags 401006 fixed-upstream thanks #401006: mm/msync leading to filesystem corruption This has been fixed in Linux 2.6.19.2. -- Robert Millan My spam trap is [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note: this address is only intended for spam harvesters. Writing to it will get you added to my black list. -- To

Bug#398362: please enable backwards compatibility

2006-11-13 Thread Robert Millan [ackstorm]
compatibility with older filesystems? I think the following options will do: CONFIG_SQUASHFS_1_0_COMPATIBILITY CONFIG_SQUASHFS_2_0_COMPATIBILITY Thanks! -- Robert Millan ACK STORM, S.L. - http://www.ackstorm.es/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of

Bug#396522: please include BadRAM patch (on i386/amd64)

2006-11-01 Thread Robert Millan
Package: linux-2.6 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch Please could you include BadRAM patch ? I missed it *a lot* when my RAM blew up and I couldn't boot the system from disk or d-i CD because they all hang. :) http://rick.vanrein.org/linux/badram/ Thanks! -- System Information: Debian Release:

Bug#384737: supports Sempron but doesn't list it

2006-08-26 Thread Robert Millan
Package: linux-image-2.6.17-2-k7 Severity: normal Tags: patch I've verified this image supports Sempron (in fact, 32-bit sempron can do up to -march=athlon-xp). Could you add it to the description? --- linux-2.6-2.6.17/debian/arch/i386/defines~ 2006-08-26 13:18:05.0 +0200 +++ linux-2.6

Bug#384318: missing OSS drivers

2006-08-23 Thread Robert Millan
tags 384318 wontfix thanks On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 08:03:41PM +0200, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > * Robert Millan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-08-23 19:28]: > > > fyi, the plan is to move etch to 2.6.17, so linux-2.6.16 will probably > > > not be updated much, if at al

Bug#384318: missing OSS drivers

2006-08-23 Thread Robert Millan
On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 11:11:48AM -0600, dann frazier wrote: > On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 03:19:50PM +0200, Robert Millan wrote: > > Package: linux-2.6.16 > > Severity: normal > > > > It seems that all OSS drivers have been disabled in this version. 2.6.17 > > bro

Bug#384318: missing OSS drivers

2006-08-23 Thread Robert Millan
Package: linux-2.6.16 Severity: normal It seems that all OSS drivers have been disabled in this version. 2.6.17 brought them back, but they're still missing in 2.6.16. Please could you reenable them? -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers testing APT policy: (50

Bug#378324: local root hole (race condition in /proc)

2006-07-15 Thread Robert Millan
Package: kernel-image-2.6.8-3-686 Version: 2.6.8-16sarge3 Severity: critical Tags: security See: http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-July/047907.html Workaround is simple: mount /proc as nosuid The linux-2.6 packages in unstable are not affected (since they don't include a.ou

Bug#374611: Upgrades from Linux 2.4 might break boot when hda becomes sda

2006-06-20 Thread Robert Millan [ackstorm]
On Tue, Jun 20, 2006 at 11:46:36AM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > On Tuesday 20 June 2006 10:55, Robert Millan [ackstorm] wrote: > > Upgrading from kernel-image-2.4.27-3-686 to linux-image-2.6.15-1-686 > > might break boot if /dev/hdb becomes /dev/sda. As fstab and menu.lst > >

Bug#374611: Upgrades from Linux 2.4 might break boot when hda becomes sda

2006-06-20 Thread Robert Millan [ackstorm]
this? Or at least gracefuly report that the root param is wrong (currently it just hangs on "Waiting for root device"). -- Robert Millan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Departamento de Asistencia Técnica Oficina central: (+34) 902 888 345 Asistencia técnica: (+34) 902 888 408 ACK STORM, S.L. http://

Bug#318120: patch for /dev/i2o/hdX

2006-06-06 Thread Robert Millan [ackstorm]
tags 318120 patch thanks Hi, It seems someone sent a patch for this bug, but it wasn't CCed to the BTS and remained unnoticed: http://lists.debian.org/debian-kernel/2006/04/msg00445.html I've tested it and seems to work fine. -- Robert Millan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Departamento de

Bug#272029: acknowledged by developer (Re: Bug#272029: FATX filesystem support)

2004-10-06 Thread Robert Millan
On Wed, Oct 06, 2004 at 08:20:13AM +0200, maks attems wrote: > > Then please reopen and add wontfix tags. Note, however, that #272063 and > > #272067 (specialy #272067) are unrelated to the first one and a refusal from > > the team to fix #272029 doesn't imply a refusal to fix the latter. I would

Bug#272067: Bug#272029: acknowledged by developer (Re: Bug#272029: FATX filesystem support)

2004-10-04 Thread Robert Millan
[ Delayed due to MTA problems ] On Wed, Sep 29, 2004 at 06:53:52PM +0200, maks attems wrote: > On Wed, 29 Sep 2004, Robert Millan wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 29, 2004 at 05:36:30PM +0200, maks attems wrote: > > > > Have you read the bug reports? I haven't sent ANY patch fo

Fwd: posixtestsuite_1.4.3-1_i386.changes ACCEPTED

2004-10-04 Thread Robert Millan
FYI. The POSIX Test Suite is a free (as in speech) test suite with the goal of performing conformance, functional, and stress testing of the IEEE 1003.1-2001 System Interfaces specification in a manner that is agnostic to any given implementation. On Fri, Oct 01, 2004 at 11:09:54PM -0400, De

Bug#272029: acknowledged by developer (Re: Bug#272029: FATX filesystem support)

2004-09-29 Thread Robert Millan
On Wed, Sep 29, 2004 at 05:36:30PM +0200, maks attems wrote: > retitle 272029 add xbox support to debians kernel > thanks > > [...] > > well so keep 1 "bug" not 3. > retitled, and i'll close the other 2. Have you read the bug reports? I haven't sent ANY patch for Xbox support. Why do you close

Bug#272029: acknowledged by developer (Re: Bug#272029: FATX filesystem support)

2004-09-27 Thread Robert Millan
On Sat, Sep 25, 2004 at 12:16:55PM +0900, Horms wrote: > tag 272029 +wontfix > > > It's not fixed. Add a wontfix and/or upstream tags if you like. > > This is not a bug in the kernel. > It is a random feature request. It is a wishlist request and is perfectly legitimate. > We have offered the

Bug#272029: acknowledged by developer (Re: Bug#272029: FATX filesystem support)

2004-09-24 Thread Robert Millan
reopen 272029 thanks On Thu, Sep 23, 2004 at 10:03:06PM -0700, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote: > On Wed, Sep 22, 2004 at 12:31:37PM +0100, Matthew Wilcox wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 22, 2004 at 06:25:23PM +0900, Horms wrote: > > > On Sun, Sep 19, 2004 at 09:21:12AM +0200, R

Re: Bug#271269: grub: /etc/kernel-img.conf hooks should be added by package's post-install script

2004-09-20 Thread Robert Millan
reassign 271269 kernel thanks Good point, although this bug doesn't belong to grub. I'm reassigning it.. On Sun, Sep 12, 2004 at 12:23:32PM +0300, Martin-?ric Racine wrote: > Package: grub > Severity: important > > I have been wondering for a long time why the menu.lst gets automatically > upd

Bug#272029: FATX filesystem support

2004-09-19 Thread Robert Millan
On Fri, Sep 17, 2004 at 08:38:56AM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > tags 272029 +upstream > thanks > > Please get feature-patches merged upstream before bugging us, thanks. Upstream rejected them untill they're "a lot more commonly used", which can also be read as "supported in major distributio

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