Re: UMSDOS Problem with test10-pre2

2000-10-17 Thread Wayne . Brown
PROTECTED] To: Wayne Brown/Corporate/Altec@Altec cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: UMSDOS Problem with test10-pre2 UMSDOS is broken in 2.4 in few places. You can try to change link sequence by placing umsdos.o before msdos.o in fs/Makefile. Then you'll get UMSDOS being register

Re: test10-pre2

2000-10-15 Thread Richard Henderson
On Fri, Oct 13, 2000 at 02:23:44PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > Note that it would be nicer to _not_ do the page fault case anyway, and > just extend on the current special case of one PGD entry - just make that > one PGD entry be two, and pre-allocate the (one) PMD entry that you use > for SRM

Re: UMSDOS Problem with test10-pre2

2000-10-14 Thread Alan Cox
> (Certainly it did not work in test7 and I did not notice any patch for > it since that time) > > Seems that it is unmaintained at the moment... Im getting patches for 2.2 from people. I think it may just be they've not bothered with the 2.4test tree. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the

Re: UMSDOS Problem with test10-pre2

2000-10-14 Thread Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
"[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:" [...] > Yenta IRQ list 06f8, PCI irq11 > Socket status: 3006 > Intel PCIC probe: not found. > 3c574_cs.c v1.08 9/24/98 Donald Becker/David Hinds, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > At this point with 2.3.51 I get these lines: > > UMSDOS 0.86 (compatibility level 0.4, fast msdos

Re: test10-pre2

2000-10-13 Thread David S. Miller
Date:Fri, 13 Oct 2000 20:49:08 -0400 From: Wakko Warner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Doesn't boot on alpha systems with pci-pci bridges. I sent a report about this a couple days ago and noone responds. Richard Henderson knows about this bug and it requires quite a bit of painful surg

Re: test10-pre2

2000-10-13 Thread Wakko Warner
Doesn't boot on alpha systems with pci-pci bridges. I sent a report about this a couple days ago and noone responds. > There's a test10-2 out there. > > Notable change to people Cc'd on this mail: this contains the fix for the > vmalloc() and ioremap() race condition, which deletes the set_pgdi

UMSDOS Problem with test10-pre2

2000-10-13 Thread Wayne . Brown
Apologies in advance if this is a known problem. I've been away from kernel hacking for about three years and just re-subscribed to lkml a couple of weeks ago, so I may have missed something about this. But I haven't been able to find anything in the documentation or on lkml about it. If it's

Re: test10-pre2

2000-10-13 Thread Richard Henderson
On Fri, Oct 13, 2000 at 02:23:44PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > ... but on a 3-level page table (whether with PAE on x86 or on alpha), > you could easily just decide to limit the vmalloc() area to a a gigabyte > or two and handle it with just one PGD entry.. I'm undecided. For normal usage, ce

Re: test10-pre2

2000-10-13 Thread Linus Torvalds
On Fri, 13 Oct 2000, Richard Henderson wrote: > On Fri, Oct 13, 2000 at 12:22:35PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > The PGD is 1024 entries, and the last one is used by the self-mapping > > stuff. But the VMALLOC area is NOT there ... > > Ok, I was slightly confused. Yes, the vptb is at 0xfff

[PATCH] 2.4.0-test10-pre2 - drivers/net/rcpci45.c - conflicting types

2000-10-13 Thread Francois Romieu
gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/tmp/romieu/tmp/linux-2.4.0-test10-pre2/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -march=i686 -fno-strict-aliasing -DMODULE -DMODVERSIONS -include /tmp/romieu/tmp/linux-2.4.0-test10-pre2/include/linux/modversions.h -c -o rcpci45.o rcpci45.c In

Re: test10-pre2

2000-10-13 Thread Richard Henderson
On Fri, Oct 13, 2000 at 12:22:35PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > The PGD is 1024 entries, and the last one is used by the self-mapping > stuff. But the VMALLOC area is NOT there ... Ok, I was slightly confused. Yes, the vptb is at 0xfffe not 0xfe00. The bit I was rememb

Re: test10-pre2

2000-10-13 Thread Linus Torvalds
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Richard Henderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Fri, Oct 13, 2000 at 08:15:46PM +0400, Ivan Kokshaysky wrote: >> On Thu, Oct 12, 2000 at 01:18:53PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: >> > See the arch/x86/mm/fault.c changes to see what arch-specific changes this >> > ca

Re: test10-pre2

2000-10-13 Thread Ivan Kokshaysky
On Fri, Oct 13, 2000 at 09:54:14AM -0700, Richard Henderson wrote: > You shouldn't have needed any changes at all to work. But without that change I've got oopses (fortunately not fatal) in swapon and modprobe. > The synchronization we already do for the vptb also > takes care of vmalloc. > Pr

[PATCH] drivers/net/starfire.c - ioremap return typr - 2.4.0-test10-pre2

2000-10-13 Thread Francois Romieu
- the cast on the return value of ioremap can be avoided; - we want to print pci_resource_start(pdev, 0) instead of ioaddr when ioaddr is NULL (tail of the patch). diff -u --recursive linux-2.4.0-test10-pre2.orig/drivers/net/starfire.c linux-2.4.0-test10-pre2/drivers/net/starfire.c --- linux

Re: vfat problems in 2.4.0-test10-pre2

2000-10-13 Thread Petr Vandrovec
On 13 Oct 00 at 20:01, Andris Pavenis wrote: > On Friday 13 October 2000 19:55, Petr Vandrovec wrote: > > > > If it works for you, either forward it to Linus, or tell me and I'll > > send it - but I do not send patches during weekend ;-) . I do not use > > VFAT to much personally, so more eyes...

Re: vfat problems in 2.4.0-test10-pre2

2000-10-13 Thread Andris Pavenis
On Friday 13 October 2000 19:55, Petr Vandrovec wrote: > I missed original problem, but what about this one? Fixes extension > in MSDOS namespace when filename is longer than 12 chars... Someone > familiar with VFAT should look whether VFAT multibyte code cannot be > cleaned up a bit... When I wa

Re: test10-pre2

2000-10-13 Thread Richard Henderson
On Fri, Oct 13, 2000 at 08:15:46PM +0400, Ivan Kokshaysky wrote: > On Thu, Oct 12, 2000 at 01:18:53PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > See the arch/x86/mm/fault.c changes to see what arch-specific changes this > > can entail. > > > This patch works for me... You shouldn't have needed any changes

Re: test10-pre2

2000-10-13 Thread Ivan Kokshaysky
On Thu, Oct 12, 2000 at 01:18:53PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > See the arch/x86/mm/fault.c changes to see what arch-specific changes this > can entail. > This patch works for me... Ivan. --- linux/include/asm-alpha/bitops.h.orig Wed Oct 4 17:06:59 2000 +++ linux/include/asm-alpha/bito

Re: vfat problems in 2.4.0-test10-pre2

2000-10-13 Thread Petr Vandrovec
> I have the same problem. > > As far as I remeber it appeared most likely beginning with 2.4.0-test7 > (or maybe test6) I missed original problem, but what about this one? Fixes extension in MSDOS namespace when filename is longer than 12 chars... Someone familiar with VFAT should look whether

Re: vfat problems in 2.4.0-test10-pre2

2000-10-13 Thread Andris Pavenis
I have the same problem. As far as I remeber it appeared most likely beginning with 2.4.0-test7 (or maybe test6) Andris - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Re: [PATCH] USB wacom driver fix for test10-pre2

2000-10-13 Thread Erik Mouw
On Thu, Oct 12, 2000 at 11:28:12PM -0700, Greg KH wrote: > On Thu, Oct 12, 2000 at 08:06:46AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > * USB: fix setting urb->dev in plusb, wacom, mdc800) (Greg KH) > >{CRITICAL} > > Attached is a patch against 2.4

vfat problems in 2.4.0-test10-pre2

2000-10-13 Thread Rich Baum
When I copy a file from my linux partition to my windows partition and the filename is not in 8.3 format I get an error when I check my disk for errors saying that the long filename is no longer associated with a file. After fixing this the filename is in 8.3 format. Files already wine 8.3 f

Re: [PATCH] USB mdc800 driver fix for test10-pre2

2000-10-13 Thread Henning Zabel
Greg KH wrote: > On Thu, Oct 12, 2000 at 08:06:46AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > * USB: fix setting urb->dev in plusb, wacom, mdc800) (Greg KH) > >{CRITICAL} > > Attached is a patch against 2.4.0-test10-pre2 for the mdc800.c driver to > f

[PATCH] USB plusb driver fix for test10-pre2

2000-10-13 Thread Greg KH
On Thu, Oct 12, 2000 at 08:06:46AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > * USB: fix setting urb->dev in plusb, wacom, mdc800) (Greg KH) >{CRITICAL} Attached is a patch against 2.4.0-test10-pre2 for the plusb.c driver to fix this problem. Could anyone who has this device,

[PATCH] USB wacom driver fix for test10-pre2

2000-10-13 Thread Greg KH
On Thu, Oct 12, 2000 at 08:06:46AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > * USB: fix setting urb->dev in plusb, wacom, mdc800) (Greg KH) >{CRITICAL} Attached is a patch against 2.4.0-test10-pre2 for the wacom.c driver to fix this problem. Could anyone who has this device,

[PATCH] USB mdc800 driver fix for test10-pre2

2000-10-13 Thread Greg KH
On Thu, Oct 12, 2000 at 08:06:46AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > * USB: fix setting urb->dev in plusb, wacom, mdc800) (Greg KH) >{CRITICAL} Attached is a patch against 2.4.0-test10-pre2 for the mdc800.c driver to fix this problem. Could anyone who has this de

test10-pre2

2000-10-12 Thread Linus Torvalds
There's a test10-2 out there. Notable change to people Cc'd on this mail: this contains the fix for the vmalloc() and ioremap() race condition, which deletes the set_pgdir() function and instead depends on the page table entries being distributed to the other page directories automatically. Some