Re: [TEST] PREEMPT on PPC

2004-04-05 Thread Michael Schmitz
> How recent of a 2.6.x kernel does this patch require? I tried applying > it to a 2.6.5-rc2-ben0 did fine with minimal rejects. Apparently -rc3 is more tricky. Can you supply a new patch, Ben? Michael

Re: [TEST] PREEMPT on PPC

2004-04-02 Thread Wes Morgan
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 How recent of a 2.6.x kernel does this patch require? I tried applying it to a Gentoo ppc-development-sources kernel, both versions 2.6.3-benh2 and 2.6.4-pegasos0. I realize it could have failed due to Gentoo modifications to those kernels, but shou

Re: [TEST] PREEMPT on PPC

2004-03-28 Thread Michael Schmitz
> Michel Dänzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Fri, 2004-03-26 at 18:48, Michael Schmitz wrote: > >> > >> Works fine here on 2.6.5-rc2-ben0 . Including disk suspend. > > > > Have you hit swap with it? The problems with preempt usually only > > started at that point here. > > > > here I hit sw

Re: [TEST] PREEMPT on PPC

2004-03-27 Thread Sven Luther
On Thu, Mar 25, 2004 at 05:47:20PM +1100, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > Hi ! > > I've start looking into the various issues of running > CONFIG_PREEMPT on ppc32. I found some problems, there > may be more, but here's a first patch that should apply on a > recent 2.6.x. BTW, on non-pmac powerpc

Re: [TEST] PREEMPT on PPC

2004-03-27 Thread Mathieu Segaud
Michel Dänzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, 2004-03-26 at 18:48, Michael Schmitz wrote: >> >> Works fine here on 2.6.5-rc2-ben0 . Including disk suspend. > > Have you hit swap with it? The problems with preempt usually only > started at that point here. > here I hit swap on my iBook2.2,

Re: [TEST] PREEMPT on PPC

2004-03-26 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Fri, 2004-03-26 at 18:48, Michael Schmitz wrote: > > Works fine here on 2.6.5-rc2-ben0 . Including disk suspend. Have you hit swap with it? The problems with preempt usually only started at that point here. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer | Debian (powerpc), X and DRI developer Libre so

Re: [TEST] PREEMPT on PPC

2004-03-26 Thread Michael Schmitz
> > I've start looking into the various issues of running > > CONFIG_PREEMPT on ppc32. I found some problems, there > > may be more, but here's a first patch that should apply on a > > recent 2.6.x. > > > > I suggest if you want to try this out that you run with the > > various kernel debugging opt

Re: [TEST] PREEMPT on PPC

2004-03-25 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
On Thu, 2004-03-25 at 17:47, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > Hi ! > > I've start looking into the various issues of running > CONFIG_PREEMPT on ppc32. I found some problems, there > may be more, but here's a first patch that should apply on a > recent 2.6.x. > > I suggest if you want to try this

[TEST] PREEMPT on PPC

2004-03-25 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
Hi ! I've start looking into the various issues of running CONFIG_PREEMPT on ppc32. I found some problems, there may be more, but here's a first patch that should apply on a recent 2.6.x. I suggest if you want to try this out that you run with the various kernel debugging options enabled. Report