Bug#928989: linux-image-4.19.0-4-amd64: CVE-2019-11815

2019-05-14 Thread Jeff Cliff
Package: src:linux Version: 4.19.28-2 Severity: grave Tags: security Justification: user security hole Dear Maintainer, An issue was discovered in rds_tcp_kill_sock in net/rds/tcp.c in the Linux kernel before 5.0.8. There is a race condition leading to a use-after-free, related to net namespace

Bug#831014: Debian bug #831014, iptables performance issue

2016-09-28 Thread Jeff Wu
Yes, we revert that commit and build our own kernel. The fix was available upstream, but debian haven't picked up yet. Jeff On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 3:59 AM, Thomas Martin wrote: > Hello Jeff, > > I'm having the same issue you had [1], could you please tell me if you fixed &g

Bug#831014: linux-image-3.16.0-4-amd64: iptables performance issue introduced by "netfilter: x_tables: validate targets of jumps"

2016-07-13 Thread Jeff Wu
ttps://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/647778/ Thanks a lot! Jeff Wu -- Package-specific info: ** Version: Linux version 3.16.0-4-amd64 (debian-kernel@lists.debian.org) (gcc version 4.8.4 (Debian 4.8.4-1) ) #1 SMP Debian 3.16.7-ckt25-2+deb8u3 (2016-07-02) ** Command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.16.0-4-amd64 root=

Bug#763966: linux-image-3.16-2-amd64: Fail to write on ext3 filesystem of an external USB hard drive

2014-11-15 Thread Jeff DeFouw
issue to linux-scsi to start. I'm thinking this will end up as a USB storage quirk. -- Jeff DeFouw -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org

Bug#695492: CIFS mount fails if I ctrl-c a long-running find process (Linux mounting Windows share)

2013-01-13 Thread Jeff Layton
On Sat, 12 Jan 2013 10:28:01 -0800 John Darrah wrote: > On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 08:27:16AM -0500, Jeff Layton wrote: > > On Thu, 10 Jan 2013 20:29:43 -0800 > > John Darrah wrote: > > > > > On Fri, Jan 04, 2013 at 07:09:33AM -0500, Jeff Layton wrote: > > &

Bug#695492: CIFS mount fails if I ctrl-c a long-running find process (Linux mounting Windows share)

2013-01-11 Thread Jeff Layton
On Thu, 10 Jan 2013 20:29:43 -0800 John Darrah wrote: > On Fri, Jan 04, 2013 at 07:09:33AM -0500, Jeff Layton wrote: > > On Thu, 3 Jan 2013 21:29:22 -0800 > > John Darrah wrote: > > > > > On Sat, Dec 29, 2012 at 12:26:07PM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > &

Bug#695492: CIFS mount fails if I ctrl-c a long-running find process (Linux mounting Windows share)

2012-12-28 Thread Jeff Layton
On Sat, 29 Dec 2012 01:24:36 +0100 Ben Hutchings wrote: > On Mon, 2012-12-24 at 09:14 -0500, Jeff Layton wrote: > > On Sun, 23 Dec 2012 09:10:34 -0500 > > Jeff Layton wrote: > [...] > > > I had a look at the code today and suspect that I know what the problem > &

Bug#657078: patches to reduce the footprint of the nfs4 idmapper

2012-04-25 Thread Jeff Layton
On Wed, 25 Apr 2012 11:20:44 +0200 Rik Theys wrote: > Hi, > > On 04/24/2012 11:16 PM, Jeff Layton wrote: > > On Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:35:13 -0700 > > Greg KH wrote: > > > >> On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 10:22:50PM +0200, Rik Theys wrote: > >>> Hi, &g

Bug#657078: patches to reduce the footprint of the nfs4 idmapper

2012-04-24 Thread Jeff Layton
attempt to do an NFS mount after memory is already heavily fragmented. This allocation was fricking huge before those patches... That said, I'm not sure that really qualifies as stable-kernel fodder... -- Jeff Layton -- 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.org/20120424171641.6cb6b...@tlielax.poochiereds.net

Bug#642409: linux-2.6: "suspend" from gnome shutdown fails when krb5/nfs4 user logged in

2011-09-28 Thread Jeff Layton
On Wed, 28 Sep 2011 11:09:33 +0200 John Hughes wrote: > On 27/09/11 20:27, Jeff Layton wrote: > > On Mon, 26 Sep 2011 14:31:32 -0400 > > Jeff Layton wrote: > > > > > >> > >> Not sure what happened here. Looks like the "freeze phase"

Bug#642409: linux-2.6: "suspend" from gnome shutdown fails when krb5/nfs4 user logged in

2011-09-27 Thread Jeff Layton
On Mon, 26 Sep 2011 14:31:32 -0400 Jeff Layton wrote: > On Mon, 26 Sep 2011 17:52:58 +0200 > John Hughes wrote: > > > On 23/09/11 17:09, Jeff Layton wrote: > > > I went ahead and attached the latest one to the RHBZ above. If you can > > > grab it from there

Bug#642409: linux-2.6: "suspend" from gnome shutdown fails when krb5/nfs4 user logged in

2011-09-26 Thread Jeff Layton
On Mon, 26 Sep 2011 17:52:58 +0200 John Hughes wrote: > On 23/09/11 17:09, Jeff Layton wrote: > > I went ahead and attached the latest one to the RHBZ above. If you can > > grab it from there and test it, that would be great. > > > > Ok, I'm now testing th

Bug#642409: linux-2.6: "suspend" from gnome shutdown fails when krb5/nfs4 user logged in

2011-09-24 Thread Jeff Layton
On Fri, 23 Sep 2011 19:58:45 -0500 Jonathan Nieder wrote: > found 642409 linux-2.6/2.6.32-35squeeze2 > found 642409 linux-2.6/3.0.0-4 > found 642409 linux-2.6/3.1.0~rc4-1~experimental.1 > tags 642409 + upstream > quit > > Hi Jeff and John, > > John Hughes wrot

Bug#642409: linux-2.6: "suspend" from gnome shutdown fails when krb5/nfs4 user logged in

2011-09-23 Thread Jeff Layton
On Fri, 23 Sep 2011 17:01:20 +0200 John Hughes wrote: > On 23/09/11 16:40, Jeff Layton wrote: > > On Fri, 23 Sep 2011 16:30:36 +0200 > > John Hughes wrote: > > > > > >> Well, after minor modifications (needed to include freezer.h in > >> fs/nfs/i

Bug#642409: linux-2.6: "suspend" from gnome shutdown fails when krb5/nfs4 user logged in

2011-09-23 Thread Jeff Layton
On Fri, 23 Sep 2011 16:30:36 +0200 John Hughes wrote: > Well, after minor modifications (needed to include freezer.h in > fs/nfs/inode.c and net/sunrpc/sched.c) I've installed Jeff Layton's > patch from https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=717735 in my > 3.1-rc7

Re: e1000e update for Debian 6.0 'squeeze'

2011-08-30 Thread Jeff Kirsher
t; > The changes start after tag debian/2.6.32-35squeeze1. > > The kernel configuration files we use are at > <http://kernel.alioth.debian.org/config/2.6.32-33/>. > > Full source and binary packages containing these and other backported > drivers can now be found at: > >

Re: git tree of svn://svn.debian.org/svn/kernel/dists/*/linux-2.6

2010-08-18 Thread Jeff Carr
On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 15:07, Ben Hutchings wrote: > I doubt it. I thought there was a chance it was something like the change below (not that change, but you get the idea). > The kernel configuration for each flavour is are made by combining > multiple files.  There is no simple way to view t

Re: Kernel 2.6.35

2010-08-18 Thread Jeff Carr
On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 20:26, Ben Hutchings wrote: > The kernel team (in conjunction with the security team) decided that one > kernel per release is less trouble. Is there information available anywhere about this? (Maybe some thoughts on things of this nature could be added to the debian kern

Re: git tree of svn://svn.debian.org/svn/kernel/dists/*/linux-2.6

2010-08-18 Thread Jeff Carr
On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 19:04, Ben Hutchings wrote: > This is an experimental repository that hopefully makes it easier to see > the patches we apply.  You can build packages from it using 'make > deb-pkg', but that's not what we do. It would be helpful if you could include a config file. I tried

Re: Kernel 2.6.35

2010-08-11 Thread Jeff Carr
. This might benefit kernel development in general. Lots of users are aware of apt-cache search & would try them on a wider array of machines. Particularly in sid where users are a bit more savvy. -- Jeff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a

Re: Kernel 2.6.35

2010-08-10 Thread Jeff Carr
On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 05:48, Ben Hutchings wrote: > Once squeeze is released we'll upload the latest kernel to unstable, > whether that's 2.6.35 or .36. It would be helpful to me if there was a way to make newer kernels available in sid. Is there anything we could do to help? I seem to remembe

git tree of svn://svn.debian.org/svn/kernel/dists/*/linux-2.6

2010-08-09 Thread Jeff Carr
ork on a lenovo T61p. -- Jeff -- 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.org/aanlktin+ud2tqlli7=jxtp_9ru+flyu3n0rz0ppxt...@mail.gmail.com

Re: [DRAFT v2] Policy for Linux kernel, initramfs, boot loader update process

2010-08-09 Thread Jeff Carr
-handbook.alioth.debian.org/) is very helpful. I never knew about it until today because it wasn't referenced anywhere in the kernel-image package (that I could find). In other regards, thanks for maintaining this helpful information, Jeff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@li

A way to get 2.6.33 or 34 (or head)?

2010-06-21 Thread Jeff Carr
Is there a way to pull down newer versions of the kernels? I put sid on a new laptop, but the wireless is flaky. It's of course worth trying newer kernels with something like this. I'd try the stock deb packages if there was a apt repository for them. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-re

Bug#580894: linux-image-2.6.32-5-amd65: linux-image-2.6.32-5-amd64 crashes at boot

2010-05-11 Thread Jeff Ratliff
Workaround is to blacklist the nouveau driver. In /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf insert the line: blacklist nouveau However, recent updates in Sid fix this for me. Packages are libdrm-nouveau1 2.4.18-5 xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.15+git20100329+7858345-3 On my system, this is no longer

Bug#573490: drbd-connector.patch works

2010-03-12 Thread Jeff Jansen
The "drbd-connector.patch" worked for us. Our DRBD system is back up and running correctly again. Thanks! -- 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.org/4b99ef22.

Bug#561843: [PATCH] ethtool: Do not report link partner advertising flags if set to 0

2009-12-20 Thread Jeff Garzik
On 12/20/2009 02:12 PM, Ben Hutchings wrote: Only some drivers (and none before kernel version 2.6.31) currently set these flags. When the flags are equal to 0 and so we don't know what the link partner advertised, don't report anything. Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings --- ethtool.c |4 +++-

Bug#524699: e1000e NVM mutex contention warnings

2009-04-23 Thread Jeff Kirsher
sh to -stable too? > > If you now have the information you need about contention, then it seems > to me that it would be worthwhile to remove the unnecessary warnings. > If you don't want to submit a stable update then I can patch it out in > the Debian kernel package. > >

Bug#518961: linux-kbuild-2.6.26: Typo in modpost wrapper src/mod/modpost.c

2009-03-09 Thread Jeff Hansen
I'm actually just running a debootstrapped Debian on a Fedora box. Nevertheless, I've confirmed this bug on a full-blown Debian box as well. Attached is a patch to fix the bug: -Jeff -- System Information: Debian Release: 5.0 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable'

Bug#508374: Oops at startup: linux-image-2.6.26-1-powerpc

2008-12-10 Thread Jeff Green
c e7841f70 c03751a0kernel_init e7841ff0 c00136d4kernel_thread Let me know if any numbers need to be check or added. I can reboot and report fairly quickly. -jeff -- Package-specific info: -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid Architecture: powerpc (ppc) Kernel: Linux 2.6.24

Bug#481063: linux-image-2.6.25-1-686: vga=791 gets 'undefined video mode number'

2008-09-04 Thread Jeff Spicoli
I had the same problem, here is what worked for me: apt-get install hwinfo hwinfo --framebuffer Look at the Mode lines, find the one I want: Mode 0x0323: 1024x768 (+4096), 24 bits convert 0323 from base 16 to base 10 put result into menu.lst kernel line: vga=803 You don't need hwinfo to get

Bug#490694: linux-image-2.6.25-2-powerpc: OOPS on startup after upgrade 2.6.25-2-powerpc

2008-07-13 Thread Jeff Green
Package: linux-image-2.6.25-2-powerpc Version: 2.6.25-6 Severity: grave Justification: renders package unusable Here's the OOPS data that I wrote down: NIP: c013abac LR: c013af18 CTR: REGS: e7841c(e?)50 TRAP: 0200 Not tainted MSR: 00049030 CR: 8422 XER: 2000 TASK: e783

Bug#341152: initrd-tools: unable to boot after replacing, devfs with udev: kernel panic, unable to create null, no console

2008-04-18 Thread Jeff Bailey
ols will go away forever. Tks, Jeff Bailey On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 9:21 AM, Tomasz Chmielewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sounds like this bug could have been avoided if /dev/null and /dev/console > were provided as static entries in udev package? > > > > Tomasz Chmielewsk

Bug#430646: ipw3945-modules-2.6.21-1-686: module missing from package

2007-06-26 Thread Jeff King
Package: ipw3945-modules-2.6.21-1-686 Version: 2.6.21+1.2.1-1 Severity: grave Justification: renders package unusable The package is missing the module file: $ dpkg -L ipw3945-modules-2.6.21-1-686 /. /usr /usr/share /usr/share/doc /usr/share/doc/ipw3945-modules-2.6.21-1-686 /usr/share/doc/ipw3945

Bug#427841: linux-image-2.6.21-1-amd64: Kernel version 2.6.21-4 breaks USB permissions

2007-06-06 Thread Jeff Stanich
Get me off of this stupid list. Thank you Jeff Stanich Simix Reactive Solutions, LLC http://www.simixsolutions.com -Original Message- From: Matthew Wakeling [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 3:16 PM To: Debian Bug Tracking System Subject: Bug#427841: linux-image

A suggested patch for update-initramfs: rm update-initramfs

2007-02-09 Thread Jeff Carr
Unpacking linux-image-2.6.18-4-xen-686 (from .../linux-image-2.6.18-4-xen-686_2.6.18.dfsg.1-10_i386.deb) ... Setting up linux-image-2.6.18-4-xen-686 (2.6.18.dfsg.1-10) ... /boot/initrd.img-2.6.18-4-xen-686 does not exist. Cannot update. That it's even possible for this script to exit like this is

initrd-tools removed from unstable

2007-01-24 Thread Jeff Carr
I just installed a new machine and noticed I couldn't apt-get initrd-tools. It looks like it might have been accidentally deleted by an automated script: http://packages.qa.debian.org/i/initrd-tools/news/20070103T061312Z.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsu

Re: Solving the linux-2.6 firmware issue

2007-01-10 Thread Jeff Carr
On 01/09/07 14:57, dann frazier wrote: > my Keyspan device. I'm not a lawyer, but its also questionable to me > whether or not the license permits us to distribute it an the the > non-free modules package. It's probably best to assume that IBM's legal team knows what they are doing on this one :)

Re: Solving the linux-2.6 firmware issue

2007-01-09 Thread Jeff Carr
On 01/09/07 11:50, dann frazier wrote: > On Mon, Jan 08, 2007 at 07:49:19PM -0800, Jeff Carr wrote: >> I've not seen conclusive evidence that the keyspan firmware file is >> not the best effort of freeness. > > "This firmware may not be modified and may only b

Re: Solving the linux-2.6 firmware issue

2007-01-08 Thread Jeff Carr
On 01/08/07 17:47, Sam Morris wrote: > On Mon, 08 Jan 2007 19:49:19 -0800, Jeff Carr wrote: >> On 01/06/07 10:13, Marco d'Itri wrote: >>> In linux.debian.devel.release Marc Haber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> So keyspan USB devices will be useless with De

Re: Solving the linux-2.6 firmware issue

2007-01-08 Thread Jeff Carr
ans binary firmware files. It's either we pull them out or hide them inside like is done today. Happy hacking, Jeff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Solving the linux-2.6 firmware issue

2007-01-06 Thread Jeff Carr
http://www.debian.org/vote/2006/vote_007 What legal advice did you receive that made you determine that it is illegal to distribute them? Regards, Jeff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#394392: Alternative msync() fix for 2.6.18?

2007-01-04 Thread Jeff Licquia
On Wed, 2007-01-03 at 09:32 -0500, Jeff Licquia wrote: > I am running the complete lsb-runtime-test suite against the new kernels > (as installed yesterday from the sid apt repo at > http://kernel-archive.buildserver.net/debian-kernel), but I also did a > run with just the msync test,

Bug#394392: Alternative msync() fix for 2.6.18?

2007-01-03 Thread Jeff Licquia
On Fri, 2006-12-29 at 15:01 +0100, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > Yes, I agree. I'm CCing the linux-mm list in hope that someone can > review your patch. In the meantime, I've asked the Debian LSB folks to > verify that your patch fixes the LSB problem. I am running the complete lsb-runtime-test suit

Bug#394392: msync() in recent kernels fails LSB

2006-12-19 Thread Jeff Licquia
On Tue, 2006-12-19 at 17:08 +0100, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > So it seems that the patches needed for msync() conformance we applied > from 2.6.19 to our 2.6.18 cause filesystem corruption, see the current > discussion on this on lkml. From what I understand it, plain 2.6.18 > is not LSB 3.1 confor

Re: LSB 3.1 status for etch

2006-10-20 Thread Jeff Licquia
I have more news on the LSB test regressions I reported on earlier. On Sun, 2006-10-15 at 18:22 -0400, Jeff Licquia wrote: > The two tests are: > > /tset/LSB.os/mfiles/msync_P/T.msync_P 7 FAIL As far as I can tell, the test is correct. The test does an mmap() of three pages from a l

Bug#394392: msync() in recent kernels fails LSB

2006-10-20 Thread Jeff Licquia
Package: linux-image-2.6.17-2-686 Version: 2.6.17-9 Severity: important >From a recent run of the LSB 3.1 tests: 10|852 /tset/LSB.os/mfiles/msync_P/T.msync_P 22:58:49|TC Start, scenario ref 858-0 15|852 3.6-lite 9|TCM Start 400|852 7 1 22:59:13|IC Start 200|852 7 22:59:13|TP Start 520|852 7

Re: Etch timeline is unrealistic because non-free firmware is NOT being dealt with

2006-08-09 Thread Jeff Carr
code. What do you think should be done if source code doesn't make sense or can't be made? Jeff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: initramfs-tools 0.7x pending changes - klibc only initramfs

2006-07-21 Thread Jeff Bailey
out that it was almost immeasurably fast on a tmpfs. =) While it's generally true that it's important not to optimise without test data to measure against, many of the things that I expected to take alot of time just don't because everything is already in memory. Tks, Jeff Bailey --

Bug#362064: udev: udev tries to write to an installed, working initrd without asking

2006-04-14 Thread Jeff Bailey
ing to get support, why should this support *not* be available everywhere?  Requiring the user to do a step that a computer ought to have done doesn't make sense. tks, Jeff Bailey -- Although when you're in the situation that RMS is telling you that you're being too ideologi

Bug#360353: kernel 2.6.16 breaks mga drm

2006-04-01 Thread Jeff King
Package: kernel Severity: normal After upgrading from 2.6.15 to 2.6.16 (both Debian stock kernels -k7-smp), X's mga drm failed to initialize (using xserver-xorg 6.9.0.dfsg.1-5). This was due to the 'OldDmaInit' workaround necessary for 2.6.15. Once I disabled that, drm was initialized. However, w

Bug#317258: Status of this bug?

2005-11-27 Thread jeff
I have a NetRAID-1M and have been trying to use it in a 2.6.11 or greater kernel. Google has not helped, and neither has the linux-scsi ml. Is this patch ready or is more modification still needed? Thanks for any pointers! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubs

Re: [D-I] Supporting 2.6.14 kernels in base-installer

2005-11-13 Thread Jeff Bailey
d while you are at it > - - you can also subscribe to the page, to get notified each time it is > updated). *lol* I'm clearly tired. I hadn't noticed that it was the wiki. =) I'll update it tomorrow or so. Tks, Jeff Bailey -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a

Re: [D-I] Supporting 2.6.14 kernels in base-installer

2005-11-13 Thread Jeff Bailey
just a trace from the glibc dynamic linker. Tks, Jeff Bailey -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [D-I] Supporting 2.6.14 kernels in base-installer

2005-11-13 Thread Jeff Bailey
to be happy about, and not only from a d-i point of view. > waldi: Why is mklibs-copy needed? In Ubuntu we're not using mklibs, we use ldd and sed instead. If this behaviour can be restored, we can drop the python dep. Tks, Jeff Bailey -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [D-I] Supporting 2.6.14 kernels in base-installer

2005-11-13 Thread Jeff Bailey
, since this is basically a ramdisk, once the > boot is over, what happens to the memory used to hold it ? It gets freed as part of run-init, which goes through and rm's everything on the ramdisk to cause it to be returned to the system. Tks, Jeff Bailey -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [D-I] Supporting 2.6.14 kernels in base-installer

2005-11-13 Thread Jeff Bailey
aren't in my tree. If this is considered a negative thing, just roll the changes back. =) initramfs-tools maintained by, please add Adam Conrad to the list of names there. Scott James Remnant is also a major contributor to the Ubuntu package. Tks, Jeff Bailey -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [

Re: [D-I] Supporting 2.6.14 kernels in base-installer

2005-11-13 Thread Jeff Bailey
On dim, 2005-11-13 at 20:34 +0100, Frans Pop wrote: > On Sunday 13 November 2005 18:32, Jeff Bailey wrote: > > On dim, 2005-11-13 at 12:46 +0100, Bastian Blank wrote: > > > I think it is possible at least for initramfs-tools to run without > > > sysfs on the building

Re: [D-I] Supporting 2.6.14 kernels in base-installer

2005-11-13 Thread Jeff Bailey
at you're likely interested in booting with in the initramfs and detecting which ones to use at boot time. If you ask it to detect which modules are needed, it needs a valid sysfs tree to scan (although it is resiliant in that case against module name changes) Tks, Jeff Bailey -- To UNSUBSC

Re: 2.6.13, experimental and 2.6.14-rc ...

2005-10-12 Thread Jeff Bailey
s -u" and have it regenerated. If it has been altered by the user, it will say so, and refuse to touch it. This is key to the strategy of pushing as many of the add-on bits out to other packages as possible. For those that haven't looked at the initramfs-tools code, please consider doing so. It's written in shell. =) If you have questions, lemme know. I'm subscribed to this list, but don't check the folder often, so cc:'ing me is usually good if you need a fast response. Tks, Jeff Bailey signature.asc Description: Ceci est une partie de message numériquement signée

Re: 2.6.13, experimental and 2.6.14-rc ...

2005-10-08 Thread Jeff Bailey
Le samedi 08 octobre 2005 à 09:48 +0200, Sven Luther a écrit : On Fri, Oct 07, 2005 at 06:10:17PM -0400, Jeff Bailey wrote: > Le jeudi 06 octobre 2005 à 18:07 +0200, Sven Luther a écrit : > > > initrd-tool can do either ext2 or cramfs, but not really initramfs, altough i > &g

Re: 2.6.13, experimental and 2.6.14-rc ...

2005-10-07 Thread Jeff Bailey
on 2.6 ones, i believe. initramfs-tools and yaird default to initramfs format, but could probably generate cramfs or ext2 just as well. And initrd requires pivot_root to chain to the root system.  On an initramfs, a pivot_root will crash it.  You need to do a move mount instead. Tks, Jeff

Re: 2.6.13, experimental and 2.6.14-rc ...

2005-10-07 Thread Jeff Bailey
ere with no d-i changes is zero. Colin would be best to poll about that, I guess.  Ubuntu is using initramfs-tools, so Debian could just inherit those changes. Tks, Jeff Bailey signature.asc Description: Ceci est une partie de message numériquement signée

Re: 2.6.13, experimental and 2.6.14-rc ...

2005-10-04 Thread Jeff Bailey
workaround for the compile error for sparc. The ports that I listed as known-working above are using initramfs-tools for the Breezy release.  So I generally *hope* they're well enough tested.  I'll let you know in a week ;) Tks, Jeff Bailey signature.asc Description: Ceci

Bug#319659: #undef ATA_ENABLE_PATA

2005-08-26 Thread Jeff Garzik
these are ready for prime time, with known problems. Move them to Kconfig, and I have to deal with the bug reports. No thanks... Jeff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#319659: #undef ATA_ENABLE_PATA

2005-08-25 Thread Jeff Garzik
Horms wrote: Hi Jeff, Hi All, In the cause of debuging a problem with a DVD burner[1] Brett Smith brought to my attention that there are several variables in ./include/linux/libata.h, that when changed from #undef to #define, enable features in the ATA subsystem. Is there any interest in a

Bug#315654: mkinitrd tries to use devfs in 2.6 series kernel

2005-06-24 Thread Jeff Bailey
On Fri, Jun 24, 2005 at 02:01:13PM +0200, Klaus Fuerstberger wrote: > Package: initrd-tools > Version: 0.1.81.1 > Severity: normal > File: /usr/sbin/mkinitrd > > Hi all, > > found this bug Subject archived as #299103 when searching for devfs and > mkinitrd. > The Bug that was fixed was for the

Re: Debian Suspend2 patch, mkinitrd / mkinitramfs ?

2005-06-12 Thread Jeff Bailey
should be provided externally.  I'd appreciate any feedback.  I don't think I've committed this work yet, since I finised it yesterday and then went out drinking. =)  Look for it in the next 24 hours, though. Tks, Jeff Bailey

Bug#308495: iBook display still on while asleep

2005-05-14 Thread Jeff Green
oes *not* need to be added to the boot process, an error on my part due to confusion (or ignorance...take your pick). jeff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

/home/dilinger/src/kernel/kernel-image/2.6.11-2

2005-04-25 Thread Jeff Carr
-detected if you wanted a .rpm or .deb. Thanks for any pointers to the "correct" methods of doing things, Jeff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Kernel 2.6.11.7 and sarge.

2005-04-25 Thread Jeff Carr
be someone knows why this is happening. Lots of problem potentially. It's better to make an initrd and include all the modules you need to support your hard disk. Jeff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

spca5xx -- Device driver for USB webcams based on the spca5xx chips

2005-04-20 Thread Jeff Carr
uot; in that it uses `uname -r` to determine the kernel headers. So, one can just go into the dir and type make;make install and spca5xx.ko will automatically be loaded the next time the user boots. So I guess I should start by looking at the files in /usr/src/kernel-patches/all/2.6.11/debian/ ? Jeff --

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

2005-04-07 Thread Jeff Garzik
broadcom driver for the tg3 which I think is gpl'd. So the firmware may legitimately be under the GPL. It is. Jeff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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

2005-04-05 Thread Jeff Garzik
h. * Firmwares such as tg3 should be shipped with the kernel tarball. In short, there are plenty of technical problems to resolve before this is even a reasonable request. Currently, a user upgrading to a tg3 sans firmware will simply get tg3 sans firmware. Jeff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

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

2005-04-05 Thread Jeff Garzik
We do not add comments to the kernel source code which simply state the obvious. Jeff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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

2005-04-05 Thread Jeff Garzik
rt addr, image size, ...). The current interface is complete crap for this sort of setup. The firmware loader really needs to be loading -archives- not individual files. We are a -long- way from moving the firmware out of the tg3 source code. Jeff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTE

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

2005-04-04 Thread Jeff Garzik
Sven Luther wrote: On Mon, Apr 04, 2005 at 03:55:55PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote: Matthew Wilcox wrote: 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

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

2005-04-04 Thread Jeff Garzik
this came up, the Acenic firmware was mentioned: http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2004/12/msg00078.html Seems to me that situation is still not resolved. And it looks like no one cares enough to make the effort to resolve this... I would love an open source acenic firmware. Jeff

Bug#287189: #287189 still a bug?

2005-02-07 Thread Jeff Licquia
reopen 287189 reassign 287189 initrd-tools thanks On Mon, 2005-02-07 at 10:36 +0100, Thomas Hood wrote: > Was #287189 closed by mistake? The original report (now reassigned to > initrd-tools) is that mkinitrd looks for /bin/discover. According to > the changelog, the discover program is now at /

Bug#287189: reassign initrd-tools

2005-02-03 Thread Jeff Licquia
On Thu, 2005-02-03 at 10:30 +0100, Thomas Hood wrote: > The current executables in discover are: > > /sbin/discover-modprobe > /bin/discover-static > /usr/bin/discover > /usr/bin/discover-config > > In discover1 there is only: > > /sbin/discover > > Where does the faulty dis

Fixed in upload of initrd-tools 0.1.75 to experimental

2004-12-07 Thread Jeff Bailey
file follows. -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Format: 1.7 Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2004 21:12:02 -0500 Source: initrd-tools Binary: initrd-tools Architecture: source all Version: 0.1.75 Distribution: experimental Urgency: low Maintainer: Debian kernel team Changed-By: Jeff Bailey <[EM

Re: Please apply this patch to 2.6.9 kernel.

2004-11-02 Thread Jeff Bailey
absolute minimum needed for userspace applications to use. We (the glibc folks) will probably update it after Sarge releases, though. Tks, Jeff Bailey signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Bug#271038: boot time initrd bugs

2004-09-18 Thread Jeff Bailey
I can't reproduce this on any of my hardware here, Can someone who can please email me, and we'll work out a time we can both sit on IRC and fix this? It would be helpful if you had two machines, so that we can IRC on the one that's not booting. Tks, Jeff Bailey -- I do not ag

Bug#256871: problem is leak in kernel, patch is available

2004-08-18 Thread Jeff King
This kernel patch solved my problem: http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0408.2/0538.html

Re: initrd on installed kernels

2004-06-24 Thread Jeff Bailey
e differences to work from, but also where it's taking the time would be useful to know. It really shouldn't spend a significant amount of time in the initrd at all. Tks, Jeff Bailey -- I never know what to expect when you respond to my postings. No insult intended, you are merely

Wiki

2004-06-23 Thread Jeff Bailey
th working from, but I'm not picky about it. =) Tks, Jeff Bailey

Re: [Prism54-devel] Re: [PATCH 0/14] prism54: bring up to sync with prism54.org cvs rep

2004-05-27 Thread Jeff Garzik
Andrew Morton wrote: Jeff Garzik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Luis, you, or somebody should create a new patch series with just the critical fixes, NO WHITESPACE/FORMATTING CHANGES mixed in, and send those first. Whitespace changes are often nice, but they should be the very first patch[

Re: [Prism54-devel] Re: [PATCH 0/14] prism54: bring up to sync with prism54.org cvs rep

2004-05-27 Thread Jeff Garzik
/14" patch, because without them the driver is unusable on big-endian architectures. The entire patch series was dropped. Luis, you, or somebody should create a new patch series with just the critical fixes, NO WHITESPACE/FORMATTING CHANGES mixed in, and send those first. Jeff