Re: Request for review of adjtimex(2) man page

2016-03-04 Thread Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
Hello John, Following up, long after the fact First of all, a belated thanks for your comments. On 01/09/2015 11:51 PM, John Stultz wrote: > On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 4:53 AM, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) > wrote: >> Hello all, >> >> Recently, I made made a number of changes to the adjtimex(2)

Re: Request for review of adjtimex(2) man page

2015-01-09 Thread John Stultz
On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 4:53 AM, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote: > Hello all, > > Recently, I made made a number of changes to the adjtimex(2) > man page, to try and add a bit more detail, since the page > was formerly in a very sorry state. Yes. My apologies for some of that. Its been on my to

Re: Request for review of adjtimex(2) man page

2015-01-09 Thread Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
Hi Laurent, On 7 January 2015 at 14:37, Laurent Georget wrote: > Hello, > > >>I've added a large number >> of FIXMEs in the draft below, and would be happy if anyone can supply >> some content to fill any of the gaps. > > Isn't the man page going to be very long and hard to read if we explain all

Re: Request for review of adjtimex(2) man page

2015-01-07 Thread Laurent Georget
Hello, >I've added a large number > of FIXMEs in the draft below, and would be happy if anyone can supply > some content to fill any of the gaps. Isn't the man page going to be very long and hard to read if we explain all the NTP internals in adjtimex.2? I think we could create a second man pag

Request for review of adjtimex(2) man page

2015-01-07 Thread Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
Hello all, Recently, I made made a number of changes to the adjtimex(2) man page, to try and add a bit more detail, since the page was formerly in a very sorry state. I would be happy if some NTP/time-knowledgeable folk (John, Richard, I'm kind of hoping you) would review the page to see if I've

Re: [Request for review] Revised delete_module(2) manual page

2012-10-24 Thread Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
Lucas, On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 7:27 AM, Lucas De Marchi wrote: > Hi Michael, > > > On Sun, Oct 21, 2012 at 5:36 AM, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) > wrote: >> Ping! >> >> Rusty (et al.) I'm pretty sure the new page text is okay, but I would >> like someone knowledgeable to confirm. > > One more thi

Re: [Request for review] Revised delete_module(2) manual page

2012-10-24 Thread Rusty Russell
"Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" writes: > Ping! > > Rusty (et al.) I'm pretty sure the new page text is okay, but I would > like someone knowledgeable to confirm. Yes, sorry, I did read it, and had nothing to add. Ack, Rusty. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kern

Re: [Request for review] Revised delete_module(2) manual page

2012-10-23 Thread Lucas De Marchi
Hi Michael, On Sun, Oct 21, 2012 at 5:36 AM, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote: > Ping! > > Rusty (et al.) I'm pretty sure the new page text is okay, but I would > like someone knowledgeable to confirm. One more thing: > .SH "SEE ALSO" > .BR create_module (2), > .BR init_module (2), > .BR quer

Re: [Request for review] Revised delete_module(2) manual page

2012-10-21 Thread Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
Ping! Rusty (et al.) I'm pretty sure the new page text is okay, but I would like someone knowledgeable to confirm. Thanks, Michael -- Forwarded message -- From: Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) Date: Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 10:47 AM Subject: Re: [Request for review] Re

Re: [Request for review] Revised delete_module(2) manual page

2012-10-12 Thread Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
Hi Rusty, Thanks for taking a look at this page. In the light of your comments, I've substantially reworked the page, and further review would not go amiss, in case I made a misstep along the way. On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 5:02 AM, Rusty Russell wrote: > "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" writes: > >>

Re: [Request for review] Revised delete_module(2) manual page

2012-10-11 Thread Rusty Russell
Lucas De Marchi writes: > What do you think? Mark as deprecated now and remove when kernel > removes it? Or remove now? Complain now, and I'll queue the removal in two merge windows. Thats gives us a chance just in case someone actually uses this; if so I want to talk to them about what it is th

Re: [Request for review] Revised delete_module(2) manual page

2012-10-11 Thread Lucas De Marchi
Hi, On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 12:02 AM, Rusty Russell wrote: > "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" writes: > >> Hello Kees, Rusty, >> >> The current delete_module(2) page is severely out of date (basically, >> its content corresponds to 2.4 days, and was even pretty thin in >> covering that). So, I took

Re: [Request for review] Revised delete_module(2) manual page

2012-10-10 Thread Rusty Russell
"Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" writes: > Hello Kees, Rusty, > > The current delete_module(2) page is severely out of date (basically, > its content corresponds to 2.4 days, and was even pretty thin in > covering that). So, I took a shot at revising the page to Linux 2.6+ > reality. Would it be pos

Re: [ATMSAR] Request for review - update #1

2005-09-05 Thread Duncan Sands
Hi Alistair, > > The instalation is currently (with firmware loader instead of modem_run) > > very simple: USE="atm" emerge ppp, download firmware and place it in > > /lib/firmware, compile the kernel with speedtch support. > > Compared to "place the firmware in /lib/firmware" on many other distr

Re: [ATMSAR] Request for review - update #1

2005-09-05 Thread Duncan Sands
Hi Alistair, > Just out of curiosity, is there ANY reason why this has to be done in the > kernel? The PPPoATM module for pppd implements (via linux-atm) a completely > userspace ATM decoder.. if anything, now redundant ATM stack code should be > REMOVED from Linux! the main advantage of the k

Re: [ATMSAR] Request for review - update #1

2005-09-05 Thread David Woodhouse
On Mon, 2005-09-05 at 15:18 +0100, Alistair John Strachan wrote: > Still, I don't feel this detracts from the point that client ATM DSL > device "drivers" can exist happily in userspace. Indeed they can. There's been lots of academic research into microkernels which supports your assertion. -- d

Re: [ATMSAR] Request for review - update #1

2005-09-05 Thread Alistair John Strachan
On Monday 05 September 2005 14:56, David Woodhouse wrote: > On Mon, 2005-09-05 at 14:52 +0100, Alistair John Strachan wrote: > > I'm not sure which module you're referring to, but the patch recommended > > by the speedtouch people links to linux-atm, and does not require kernel > > ATM or kernel pp

Re: [ATMSAR] Request for review - update #1

2005-09-05 Thread David Woodhouse
On Mon, 2005-09-05 at 14:52 +0100, Alistair John Strachan wrote: > I'm not sure which module you're referring to, but the patch recommended by > the speedtouch people links to linux-atm, and does not require kernel ATM or > kernel pppoatm functionality, or use any kernel modules. I do notice it d

Re: [ATMSAR] Request for review - update #1

2005-09-05 Thread Alistair John Strachan
On Monday 05 September 2005 10:36, David Woodhouse wrote: > On Sun, 2005-09-04 at 17:20 +0100, Alistair John Strachan wrote: > > Just out of curiosity, is there ANY reason why this has to be done in the > > kernel? The PPPoATM module for pppd implements (via linux-atm) a > > completely userspace AT

R: R: [Linux-ATM-General] [ATMSAR] Request for review - update #1

2005-09-04 Thread Giampaolo Tomassoni
> Giampaolo, > > Should read: ...even if the ATMSAR actually lacks of AAL1, AAL2 > and AAL3/4 [where AAL3/4 is obsolete] capabilities... > > Just wanted to make it more precise according to the ATM > standards, this was the only intention of my "patch". You're right. Sorry about that. Thanks,

Re: R: [Linux-ATM-General] [ATMSAR] Request for review - update #1

2005-09-04 Thread Zoran Stojsavljevic
Giampaolo Tomassoni wrote: Also, I believe that adsl will carry much more services then just AAL5 for internet connection in the future. Even if the ATMSAR actually lacks of AAL1 and AAL2/3 capabilities, adding them in a single, specialized module is much easier than swimming in a usb+atm mid

R: R: R: [Linux-ATM-General] [ATMSAR] Request for review - update #1

2005-09-04 Thread Giampaolo Tomassoni
> -Messaggio originale- > Da: matthieu castet [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Inviato: domenica 4 settembre 2005 21.11 > > ...omissis... > > The problem is that lot's of new devices implement part of their dsp > function in the kernel space instead of in the device. > And as company don't wan

R: R: R: [Linux-ATM-General] [ATMSAR] Request for review - update #1

2005-09-04 Thread Giampaolo Tomassoni
> -Messaggio originale- > Da: matthieu castet [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Inviato: domenica 4 settembre 2005 21.11 > > ...omissis... > > The problem is that lot's of new devices implement part of their dsp > function in the kernel space instead of in the device. > And as company don't wan

Re: R: R: [Linux-ATM-General] [ATMSAR] Request for review - update #1

2005-09-04 Thread matthieu castet
Giampaolo Tomassoni wrote: -Messaggio originale- Da: Francois Romieu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Inviato: domenica 4 settembre 2005 17.33 A: Giampaolo Tomassoni Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Oggetto: Re: R: [Linux-ATM-General] [ATMSAR] Request for review - update #1

Re: R: [ATMSAR] Request for review - update #1

2005-09-04 Thread Alistair John Strachan
On Sunday 04 September 2005 19:36, Giampaolo Tomassoni wrote: [snip] > > This may be true for AAL5 support, which is the way by which data is > actually transferred between ADSL DSLAMs and CPE equipment. > > This may not be generally true, however: most providers are already > delivering internet+v

R: R: [Linux-ATM-General] [ATMSAR] Request for review - update #1

2005-09-04 Thread Giampaolo Tomassoni
> -Messaggio originale- > Da: Francois Romieu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Inviato: domenica 4 settembre 2005 17.33 > A: Giampaolo Tomassoni > Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Oggetto: Re: R: [Linux-ATM-General] [ATMSAR] Request for review - upda

R: [ATMSAR] Request for review - update #1

2005-09-04 Thread Giampaolo Tomassoni
> -Messaggio originale- > Da: Alistair John Strachan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Inviato: domenica 4 settembre 2005 18.21 > > ...omissis... > > Just out of curiosity, is there ANY reason why this has to be done in the > kernel? The PPPoATM module for pppd implements (via linux-atm) a >

Re: [ATMSAR] Request for review - update #1

2005-09-04 Thread Grzegorz Kulewski
On Sun, 4 Sep 2005, Alistair John Strachan wrote: On Sunday 04 September 2005 17:41, Grzegorz Kulewski wrote: On Sun, 4 Sep 2005, Alistair John Strachan wrote: On Sunday 04 September 2005 12:05, Giampaolo Tomassoni wrote: Dears, thanks to Jiri Slaby who found a bug in the AAL0 handling of th

Re: [ATMSAR] Request for review - update #1

2005-09-04 Thread Jiri Slaby
Giampaolo Tomassoni napsal(a): I attach a fixed version of the atmsar patch as a diff against the 2.6.13 kernel tree. static inline void dump_skb (char * prefix, unsigned int vc, struct sk_buff * skb) { what's this? 81+ chars on line { on a newline, please ' * ' --> ' *' spin_lock_irqsav

Re: [ATMSAR] Request for review - update #1

2005-09-04 Thread Alistair John Strachan
On Sunday 04 September 2005 17:41, Grzegorz Kulewski wrote: > On Sun, 4 Sep 2005, Alistair John Strachan wrote: > > On Sunday 04 September 2005 12:05, Giampaolo Tomassoni wrote: > >> Dears, > >> > >> thanks to Jiri Slaby who found a bug in the AAL0 handling of the ATMSAR > >> module. > >> > >> I at

Re: [ATMSAR] Request for review - update #1

2005-09-04 Thread Grzegorz Kulewski
On Sun, 4 Sep 2005, Alistair John Strachan wrote: On Sunday 04 September 2005 12:05, Giampaolo Tomassoni wrote: Dears, thanks to Jiri Slaby who found a bug in the AAL0 handling of the ATMSAR module. I attach a fixed version of the atmsar patch as a diff against the 2.6.13 kernel tree. [snip

Re: [ATMSAR] Request for review - update #1

2005-09-04 Thread Alistair John Strachan
On Sunday 04 September 2005 12:05, Giampaolo Tomassoni wrote: > Dears, > > thanks to Jiri Slaby who found a bug in the AAL0 handling of the ATMSAR > module. > > I attach a fixed version of the atmsar patch as a diff against the 2.6.13 > kernel tree. > [snip] Just out of curiosity, is there ANY rea

Re: R: [Linux-ATM-General] [ATMSAR] Request for review - update #1

2005-09-04 Thread Francois Romieu
Giampaolo Tomassoni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : [...] > Well, the idea is that more pci devices may appear, as adsl-enabled > embedded systems will begin to appear in the market. > > Also, I believe that adsl will carry much more services then just AAL5 for > internet connection in the future. I'd be h

R: [Linux-ATM-General] [ATMSAR] Request for review - update #1

2005-09-04 Thread Giampaolo Tomassoni
> -Messaggio originale- > Da: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] conto di > Francois Romieu > Inviato: domenica 4 settembre 2005 14.01 > A: Giampaolo Tomassoni > Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Oggetto: Re: [Linux-ATM-General]

Re: [Linux-ATM-General] [ATMSAR] Request for review - update #1

2005-09-04 Thread Francois Romieu
Giampaolo Tomassoni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : [...] > However, I'm still hearing for your comments about the usefulness of an > ATMSAR layer. Afaik all but one pci ADSL modems are out of tree drivers and include various level of proprietary code. If Duncan is not interested in changing its code, the u

Re: Request for review

2005-09-03 Thread Patrizio Bassi
Giampaolo Tomassoni ha scritto: Dears, I wrote a first release of a SAR helper module for Linux 2.6.x. It is conceptually similar to the Duncan Sands' usb_atm module, but it is not constrained to usb devices and is a bit different from it in its implementation details. It seems to me that sc

Re: Request for review

2005-09-03 Thread Jiri Slaby
Giampaolo Tomassoni napsal(a): Dears, I wrote a first release of a SAR helper module for Linux 2.6.x. It is conceptually similar to the Duncan Sands' usb_atm module, but it is not constrained to usb devices and is a bit different from it in its implementation details. It seems to me that sc