[RFC] [PATCH] Fix b43 driver build for arm

2008-02-18 Thread Gordon Farquharson
[2] http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=7492d4a416d68ab4bd254b36ffcc4e0138daa8ff -- Gordon Farquharson GnuPG Key ID: 32D6D676 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTE

Re: [RFC] [PATCH] Fix b43 driver build for arm

2008-02-18 Thread Gordon Farquharson
> * on actual size which is a bug. > > So it seems what this check _wants_ to compare the sizeof the structure > in the kernel to the size of the stucture in the userland of the target > system. > But it does _not_ do that. > It does compare the size of the structure in the k

Re: [RFC] [PATCH] Fix b43 driver build for arm

2008-02-19 Thread Gordon Farquharson
to how to fix the problem. Do you have any suggestions? Could we temporarily apply the patch, so that people can build a kernel with the b43 driver with a cross compiler, until a more permanent solution is found? Gordon -- Gordon Farquharson GnuPG Key ID: 32D6D676 -- To unsubscribe from this list

Re: [RFC] [PATCH] Fix b43 driver build for arm

2008-02-21 Thread Gordon Farquharson
y I do not > know a reliable way to detech when we do cross builds anyway. > > Leaving us with option 2) that is simple, strighforward and harmless. Are you willing to sign off on and commit the patch? Gordon -- Gordon Farquharson GnuPG Key ID: 32D6D676 -- To unsubscribe fr

Re: [RFC] [PATCH] Fix b43 driver build for arm

2008-02-22 Thread Gordon Farquharson
On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 9:24 PM, Gordon Farquharson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Sam > > > On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 12:37 PM, Sam Ravnborg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Option 1) is the worst of the three as that can cost > > of many hours bug-hu

Re: [RFC] [PATCH] Fix b43 driver build for arm

2008-02-22 Thread Gordon Farquharson
On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 7:07 AM, Michael Buesch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Friday 22 February 2008 05:24:32 Gordon Farquharson wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 12:37 PM, Sam Ravnborg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Option 1) is the worst of t

Re: [RFC] [PATCH] Fix b43 driver build for arm

2008-02-23 Thread Gordon Farquharson
ent is required so that the test in scripts/mod/file2alias.c that checks that the size of the device ID type against the size of the section in the object file succeeds (see comment and http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/2/18/481 for explanation). Signed-off-by: Gordon Farquharson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: [RFC] [PATCH] Fix b43 driver build for arm

2008-02-26 Thread Gordon Farquharson
to Andrew's -mm tree. http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg35079.html Gordon -- Gordon Farquharson GnuPG Key ID: 32D6D676 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://

Re: [PATCH] mm: fix page_mkclean_one (was: 2.6.19 file content corruption on ext3)

2006-12-20 Thread Gordon Farquharson
l have better luck at testing this patch than I have had. Gordon -- Gordon Farquharson - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Re: [PATCH] mm: fix page_mkclean_one (was: 2.6.19 file content corruption on ext3)

2006-12-21 Thread Gordon Farquharson
esn't seem to have the task I/O accounting) ? Gordon -- Gordon Farquharson - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Re: [PATCH] mm: fix page_mkclean_one (was: 2.6.19 file content corruption on ext3)

2006-12-21 Thread Gordon Farquharson
irty) - set_page_dirty(page); + if (!invalidate_complete_page2(mapping, page)) ret = -EIO; - } unlock_page(page); } pagevec_release(&pvec); -- Gordon Farq

Re: [PATCH] mm: fix page_mkclean_one (was: 2.6.19 file content corruption on ext3)

2006-12-22 Thread Gordon Farquharson
? We are also using ordered. /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 /target ext3 rw,data=ordered 0 0 Gordon -- Gordon Farquharson - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.

Re: [PATCH] mm: fix page_mkclean_one (was: 2.6.19 file content corruption on ext3)

2006-12-22 Thread Gordon Farquharson
el to install. I have seen this failure mde before, and as you have previously pointed out, is probably the same problem (corrupted apt cache files), just a different manifestation. Gordon -- Gordon Farquharson - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in

Re: [PATCH] mm: fix page_mkclean_one (was: 2.6.19 file content corruption on ext3)

2006-12-22 Thread Gordon Farquharson
at the same point in a file, or is it possible that the corruption could occur at different points on successive Debian installer attempts on a UP, non PREEMPT system ? Gordon -- Gordon Farquharson - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body o

Re: [PATCH] mm: fix page_mkclean_one (was: 2.6.19 file content corruption on ext3)

2006-12-24 Thread Gordon Farquharson
if (!invalidate_complete_page2(mapping, page)) ret = -EIO; - } unlock_page(page); } pagevec_release(&pvec); -- Gordon Farquharson - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Re: [PATCH] mm: fix page_mkclean_one (was: 2.6.19 file content corruption on ext3)

2006-12-24 Thread Gordon Farquharson
{ - if (was_dirty) - set_page_dirty(page); + if (!invalidate_complete_page2(mapping, page)) ret = -EIO; - } unlock_page(page); } pag

Re: [PATCH] mm: fix page_mkclean_one (was: 2.6.19 file content corruption on ext3)

2006-12-24 Thread Gordon Farquharson
Sorry Linus, no early Christmas present :-( Gordon -- Gordon Farquharson - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Re: [PATCH] mm: fix page_mkclean_one

2006-12-27 Thread Gordon Farquharson
Chunk 274 corrupted (1-1455) (2729-87) Expected 18, got 19 Written as (154)11(85) Chunk 276 corrupted (1-1455) (1553-3007) Expected 20, got 21 Written as (85)230(134) Chunk 278 corrupted (1-1455) (377-1831) Expected 22, got 23 Written as (134)233(103) Checking chunk 279/280 (99%) Gordon --

Re: [PATCH] mm: fix page_mkclean_one

2006-12-27 Thread Gordon Farquharson
munmap(mapping, SIZE); -posix_fadvise(fd, 0, SIZE, POSIX_FADV_DONTNEED); +posix_fadvise(fd, 0, SIZE, 4); } return mmap(NULL, SIZE, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED, fd, 0); Gordon -- Gordon Farquharson - To unsubscribe from this list: send the

Re: [PATCH] mm: fix page_mkclean_one

2006-12-27 Thread Gordon Farquharson
On 12/27/06, Linus Torvalds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Wed, 27 Dec 2006, Gordon Farquharson wrote: > > I don't think so. I did reduce the target size > > #define TARGETSIZE (100 << 12) That's just 400kB! There's no way you should see corruption with

Re: [PATCH] mm: fix page_mkclean_one

2006-12-27 Thread Gordon Farquharson
Hi David On 12/27/06, David Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Me too, I added "-D_POSIX_C_SOURCE=200112" to "fix" this. That works for me. Thanks for the tip. Gordon -- Gordon Farquharson - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kern

Re: [PATCH] mm: fix page_mkclean_one

2006-12-27 Thread Gordon Farquharson
84652 Gordon -- Gordon Farquharson - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Re: [PATCH] mm: fix page_mkclean_one

2006-12-28 Thread Gordon Farquharson
195, got 0 Written as (14472)14767(11426) Checking chunk 17954/17955 (99%) Gordon -- Gordon Farquharson - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.ht

Re: [PATCH] Intel IXP4xx network drivers v.2 - Ethernet and HSS

2007-05-08 Thread Gordon Farquharson
m/news/NS3535328630.html Gordon -- Gordon Farquharson - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/