problem in drivers/block/Config.in

2001-03-30 Thread Herbert Rosmanith
ARPORT y else define_bool CONFIG_PARIDE_PARPORT m fi so, as you can see, CONFIG_PARIDE_PARPORT will be set to "yes" even if CONFIG_PARPORT="no". why not simply write: define_bool CONFIG_PARIDE_PARPORT $CONFIG_PARPORT instead? regards, herbert rosmanith [EMAIL PROTECT

patch: af_netlink rmmod problem

2001-06-26 Thread Herbert Rosmanith
hello, when doing a series of insmod/rmmod of af_netlink, I noticed /proc/net/netlink entries being added each time. this small patch addresses the problem: --- snip --- bash-2.03# diff -u linux-2.4.5.orig/net/netlink/af_netlink.c linux-2.4.5.new/net/netlink/af_netlink.c --- linux-2.4.5.orig/

kernel panic w/ 2.6.22.1, VIA EPIA Mini ITX

2007-07-28 Thread Herbert Rosmanith
good day, when setting up a more or less old board, 2.6.22.1 crashes during an "emerge --sync" (gentoo installation). first, the screen will start funny - like a crashed C64 (from the "good" old days). I made a photo, you can look at it here: http://wildsau.enemy.org/~kernel/epia-crash.

Re: kernel panic w/ 2.6.22.1, VIA EPIA Mini ITX

2007-07-28 Thread Herbert Rosmanith
> Checked the RAM on the box? Kinda weird if you're getting VRAM corruption, I > wonder if this is due to the RAM failing at the point where the framebuffer > is mapped? you are probably right... I removed one of the RAMs, no crash anymore. This is not ... nice. The manual says, that the board c

VIA EPIA EK: strange eth dev numbering

2007-08-02 Thread Herbert Rosmanith
hi, I see a strange numbering of ethernet devices with a VIA EPIA EK board. This board has two ethernet connectors, you can see it here: http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/mainboards/motherboards.jsp?motherboard_id=420 I configured the system such that via-rhine is loaded as a module. When doing

Re: VIA EPIA EK: strange eth dev numbering

2007-08-02 Thread Herbert Rosmanith
> > Strange or not, correct or not - depends on the point of view. > > The key word here is "udev" - check your udev rules. Since some time > ago udev on some distros comes with rules to give persistent device > names for network interfaces. Some time ago you had eth0 and eth1 > with different

Re: VIA EPIA EK: strange eth dev numbering

2007-08-02 Thread Herbert Rosmanith
> > On Aug 2 2007 12:42, Herbert Rosmanith wrote: > There never *were* days when eth0 remained eth0 across such changes. but there *were* days when eth0 was eth0, if the kernel reports it as such. now there is no eth0 at all. if I see an "eth0" from dmesg, I expect it to b

Re: VIA EPIA EK: strange eth dev numbering

2007-08-02 Thread Herbert Rosmanith
> > cards around), eth0 would also suddenly become a different one. There never > > *were* days when eth0 remained eth0 across such changes. > > but there *were* days when eth0 was eth0, if the kernel reports it as such. > now there is no eth0 at all. if I see an "eth0" from dmesg, I expect > it

Re: VIA EPIA EK: strange eth dev numbering

2007-08-02 Thread Herbert Rosmanith
> Wait, you forget that something may change the name. That dmesg message > from 1 second ago does not need to be valid anymore, just as anything > else in this world. there are many things in this world which are usually very persistent, and people rely on their persistence. e.g. in my office,

Re: renaming kernel devices [was: VIA EPIA EK: strange eth dev numbering]

2007-08-02 Thread Herbert Rosmanith
> >And now tell me please how can I connect two messages from dmesg: > >eth0: Tigon3 [partno(BCM95721) rev 4201 PHY(5750)] (PCI Express) > >10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet 00:14:5e:5d:18:26 > >nic10: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex. > > Generally, the "link is xyz" message comes directly after loa

3.11.10: rtl8192cu device name, kernel crash

2014-01-04 Thread Herbert Rosmanith
hello list, this afternoon I bought a new usb/wlan adapter, which identifies itself as: # lsusb ... Bus 001 Device 017: ID 0bda:8178 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8192CU 802.11n WLAN Adapter the first thing I noticed is that the device name is renamed: [ .688299] systemd-u