[PATCH] docbook: rapidio: fix fatal filename error

2008-01-31 Thread Randy.Dunlap
From: Randy Dunlap <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Fix docbook fatal error (files were renamed): docproc: linux-2.6.24-git9/arch/ppc/kernel/rio.c: No such file or directory Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- Documentation/DocBook/rapidio.tmpl |6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+),

[PATCH 1/8] kernel-doc: fix audit warnings

2008-02-03 Thread Randy.Dunlap
From: Randy Dunlap <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Fix kernel-doc warnings in audit.c. Warning(linux-2.6.24-git12//kernel/audit.c:1268): No description found for parameter 'string' Warning(linux-2.6.24-git12//kernel/audit.c:1268): No description found for parameter 'len'` Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <[EM

[PATCH 2/8] kernel-doc: fix block params and docbook

2008-02-03 Thread Randy.Dunlap
From: Randy Dunlap <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> kernel-doc for block/: - add missing parameters - fix one function's parameter list (remove blank line) - add 2 source files to docbook for non-exported kernel-doc functions Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- Documentation/DocBook/kernel-a

[PATCH 3/8] kernel-doc: fix mtrr warning

2008-02-03 Thread Randy.Dunlap
From: Randy Dunlap <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Fix mtrr kernel-doc warning: Warning(linux-2.6.24-git12//arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/main.c:677): No description found for parameter 'end_pfn' Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/main.c |1 + 1 file changed, 1 ins

[PATCH 4/8] kernel-doc: fix drivers/base/ warnings

2008-02-03 Thread Randy.Dunlap
From: Randy Dunlap <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Fix drivers/base/ missing kernel-doc parameters: Warning(linux-2.6.24-git12//drivers/base/driver.c:133): No description found for parameter 'drv' Warning(linux-2.6.24-git12//drivers/base/driver.c:133): No description found for parameter 'kobj' Warning(linu

[PATCH 5/8] kernel-doc: fix pci-acpi warning

2008-02-03 Thread Randy.Dunlap
From: Randy Dunlap <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Fix PCI kernel-doc warning: Warning(linux-2.6.24-git12//drivers/pci/pci-acpi.c:166): No description found for parameter 'hid' Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- drivers/pci/pci-acpi.c |1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) --- linux-2.

Re: int. assignment on SMP + ServerWorks chipset

2001-01-22 Thread Randy.Dunlap
Duncan Laurie wrote: > ... > > The output you are looking for should look something like this: > > Device 00:0f.0 (slot 0): ISA bridge > INTA: link 0x01, irq mask 0x0400 [10] ... > Good luck, and feel free to send me the output from "dump_pirq" > and "mptable" if it doesn't work.. Hi Dunc

Re: [patch 1/3] pnpbios eliminate bad section references

2005-04-04 Thread Randy.Dunlap
maximilian attems wrote: one of the last buildcheck errors on i386, thanks Randy again for double checking. Fix pnpbios section references: make dmi_system_id pnpbios_dmi_table __initdata Error: ./drivers/pnp/pnpbios/core.o .data refers to 0100 R_386_32 .init.text Error: ./drivers/pnp/pnpbios/c

Re: [PATCH] network configs: disconnect network options from drivers

2005-04-04 Thread Randy.Dunlap
Hi Sam- Sam Ravnborg wrote: On Sun, Apr 03, 2005 at 08:30:13PM -0700, Randy.Dunlap wrote: Any comments on this new version? The new Networking menu looks unstructured. And the net/Kconfig file contains a lot of config snippets that does not belong there. So I took a stamp on it with focus on

Re: [patch 3/3] efi eliminate bad section references

2005-04-04 Thread Randy.Dunlap
(adding Matt Domsch to cc:) maximilian attems wrote: Randy please double check especially this one. there may be a better solution. Fix efi section references: remove __initdata for struct efi efi_phys and struct efi_memory_map memmap 'memmap' can be used after init, so remove __initdata from it

Re: [patch 2/3] hd eliminate bad section references

2005-04-04 Thread Randy.Dunlap
maximilian attems wrote: Fix hd section references: make parse_hd_setup() __init Error: ./drivers/ide/legacy/hd.o .text refers to 0943 R_386_PC32 .init.text Signed-off-by: maximilian attems <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- linux-2.6.12-rc1-bk5/drivers/ide/legacy/hd.c.orig 2005-04-04 18:39:04.0 +

Re: [PATCH] network configs: disconnect network options from drivers

2005-04-04 Thread Randy.Dunlap
Sam Ravnborg wrote: - Move submenu to the top - Rename top menu to "Networking" and located it just before "File systems" I still prefer Networking to come before Device Drivers FWIW. Just makes some kind of hierarchical sense to me. Moved up as suggested. I propose that the new file net/atm/Kcon

Re: [PATCH] network configs: disconnect network options from drivers

2005-04-05 Thread Randy.Dunlap
Sam Ravnborg wrote: On Mon, Apr 04, 2005 at 04:11:33PM -0700, Randy.Dunlap wrote: - in Networking support, move Network testing and Netpoll support to the end of the menu (basically put the devel. tools toward the bottom of the menu) Done - I would rather not "hide" Amateur Radio,

Re: [RFC/Patch 2.6.11] Take control of PCI Master Abort Mode

2005-04-05 Thread Randy.Dunlap
Ross Biro wrote: Currently Linux 2.6 assumes the BIOS (or firmware) sets the master abort mode flag on PCI bridge chips in a coherent fashion. This is not always the case and the consequences of getting this flag incorrect can cause hardware to fail or silent data corruption. This patch lets t

Re: [03/08] fix ia64 syscall auditing

2005-04-05 Thread Randy.Dunlap
Greg KH wrote: On Tue, 2005-04-05 at 13:27 -0700, David Mosberger wrote: On Tue, 5 Apr 2005 09:46:48 -0700, Greg KH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: Greg> -stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please Greg> let us know. Nitpick: the patch introduces trailing whitespace. Sorry about that,

Re: [PATCH] kernel 2.6.11.6 - I2C adaptor for ColdFire 5282 CPU

2005-04-05 Thread Randy.Dunlap
Derek Cheung wrote: Below please find the patch file I "diff" against Linux 2.6.11.6. It contains the I2C adaptor for ColdFire 5282 CPU. Since most ColdFire CPU shares the same I2C register set, the code can be easily adopted for other ColdFire CPUs for I2C operations. I have tested the code on a

Re: [PATCH] kernel 2.6.11.6 - I2C adaptor for ColdFire 5282 CPU

2005-04-05 Thread Randy.Dunlap
Derek Cheung wrote: Below please find the patch file I "diff" against Linux 2.6.11.6. It contains the I2C adaptor for ColdFire 5282 CPU. Since most ColdFire CPU shares the same I2C register set, the code can be easily adopted for other ColdFire CPUs for I2C operations. I have tested the code on a

Re: [PATCH][RFC] disable built-in modules V2

2005-04-07 Thread Randy.Dunlap
On Thu, 7 Apr 2005 10:23:32 +0200 Magnus Damm wrote: | On Apr 7, 2005 4:23 AM, Roland Dreier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | > > > -#define module_init(x) __initcall(x); | > > > +#define module_init(x) __initcall(x); __module_init_disable(x); | > > | > > It would be better if there is brackets ar

Re: [PATCH][RFC] disable built-in modules V2

2005-04-07 Thread Randy.Dunlap
On Thu, 7 Apr 2005 13:22:57 -0400 (EDT) Richard B. Johnson wrote: | On Thu, 7 Apr 2005, Randy.Dunlap wrote: | | > On Thu, 7 Apr 2005 10:23:32 +0200 Magnus Damm wrote: | > | > | On Apr 7, 2005 4:23 AM, Roland Dreier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | > | > > > -#define

Re: Linux-2.6.11 can't disable CAD

2005-04-07 Thread Randy.Dunlap
On Thu, 7 Apr 2005 11:16:14 -0400 (EDT) Richard B. Johnson wrote: | | In the not-too distant past, one could disable Ctl-Alt-DEL. | Can't do it anymore. What should disabling C_A_D do? | Script started on Thu 07 Apr 2005 10:58:11 AM EDT | [SNIPPED leading stuff...] | | mprotect(0xb7fe4000, 286

Re: Linux-2.6.11 can't disable CAD

2005-04-07 Thread Randy.Dunlap
On Thu, 7 Apr 2005 15:46:20 -0400 (EDT) Richard B. Johnson wrote: | On Thu, 7 Apr 2005, Randy.Dunlap wrote: | | > On Thu, 7 Apr 2005 11:16:14 -0400 (EDT) Richard B. Johnson wrote: | > | > | | > | In the not-too distant past, one could disable Ctl-Alt-DEL. | > | Can't do it a

[PATCH] Add dontdiff file

2005-04-07 Thread Randy.Dunlap
On Thu, 7 Apr 2005 15:37:51 -0700 Matt Mackall wrote: | On Tue, Apr 05, 2005 at 08:10:27PM -0700, Randy.Dunlap wrote: | > There is a fairly up-to-date dontdiff file available at | > http://developer.osdl.org/rddunlap/doc/dontdiff-osdl | | Can we stash a copy in Documentation? certainly.

Re: RFC: turn kmalloc+memset(,0,) into kcalloc

2005-04-08 Thread Randy.Dunlap
On Fri, 8 Apr 2005 21:43:55 +0200 Adrian Bunk wrote: | On Fri, Apr 08, 2005 at 05:24:42PM +0100, Paulo Marques wrote: | > Adrian Bunk wrote: | > >[...] | > >>>On Tue, Apr 05, 2005 at 05:26:31PM +0100, Paulo Marques wrote: | > >> | > >>Hi Adrian, | > > | >... | > >Joerg's list of recursions should

Re: Kernel SCM saga..

2005-04-09 Thread Randy.Dunlap
On Sat, 9 Apr 2005 04:53:57 +0200 Petr Baudis wrote: | Hello, | | Dear diary, on Fri, Apr 08, 2005 at 05:50:21PM CEST, I got a letter | where Linus Torvalds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> told me that... | > | > | > On Fri, 8 Apr 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | > > | > > Here's a partial solution. It

Re: [ANNOUNCE] git-pasky-0.1

2005-04-10 Thread Randy.Dunlap
On Sun, 10 Apr 2005 16:23:11 -0700 Paul Jackson wrote: | Petr wrote: | > That reminds me, is there any | > tool which will take .rej files and throw them into the file to create | > rcsmerge-like conflicts? | | Check out 'wiggle' | http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~neilb/source/wiggle/ or Chris

Re: increasing scsi_max_sg / max_segments for scsi writes/reads

2005-04-10 Thread Randy.Dunlap
On Sat, 9 Apr 2005 19:35:52 -0700 (PDT) sai narasimhamurthy wrote: | Hi, | I had posted a question on increasing the scsi | read/write sectors per command. I figured out some of | the things, but many questions still exist. | | I was wondering why the maximum writes I could get | from a single

Re: [PATCH] kernel 2.6.11.6 - I2C adaptor for ColdFire 5282 CPU

2005-04-10 Thread Randy.Dunlap
On Sun, 10 Apr 2005 12:47:42 -0400 Derek Cheung wrote: | Enclosed please find the updated patch that incorporates changes for all | the comments I received. (yes, almost all) | The volatile declaration in the m528xsim.h is needed because the | declaration refers to the ColdFire 5282 register map

Re: more git updates..

2005-04-11 Thread Randy.Dunlap
On Sun, 10 Apr 2005 16:38:00 -0700 (PDT) Linus Torvalds wrote: | | | On Sun, 10 Apr 2005, Paul Jackson wrote: | > | > Useful explanation - thanks, Linus. | | Hey. You're welcome. Especially when you create good documentation for | this thing. | | Because: | | > Is this picture and descriptio

[PATCH] scripts/patch-kernel: EXTRAVERSION patches are not incremental

2005-04-11 Thread Randy.Dunlap
On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 16:15:54 + David Greaves wrote: | Old thread (!) but this is the last time I could find patch-kernel updated. I found a little time to update patch-kernel if anyone wants to use it. OTOH, using Matt Mackall's "ketchup" is OK too. I also use 'kcurrent' to keep up with the

Re: read failed EINVAL with O_DIRECT flag

2005-04-11 Thread Randy.Dunlap
On Mon, 11 Apr 2005 21:14:17 +0200 Yves Crespin wrote: | Hello, | | Using O_DIRECT flag, read() failed and errno is EINVAL. | kernel 2.4.22 | Filesystem Ext3 mount on /home | What's wrong ? | Thanks In fs/buffer.c, it wants the buffer & the length (size) to be aligned: function: brw_kiovec()

Re: read failed EINVAL with O_DIRECT flag

2005-04-12 Thread Randy.Dunlap
s to posix_memalign(). That's not what I used to test it, but if it works, it should be a good choice. | Randy.Dunlap wrote: | | >On Mon, 11 Apr 2005 21:14:17 +0200 Yves Crespin wrote: | > | >| Hello, | >| | >| Using O_DIRECT flag, read() failed and errno is EINVAL.

Re: read failed EINVAL with O_DIRECT flag

2005-04-13 Thread Randy.Dunlap
On Wed, 13 Apr 2005 15:15:47 +0200 Yves Crespin wrote: | | >| How can I obtains an buffer alignement from a "user program" ? | > | >I actually left that as an exercise (after I did it at home | >last night). Did you read the hint (below)? | | Well ... either with malloc() and alignement or

Re: [PATCH] reiserfs: fix a few 'empty body in an if-statement' warnings.

2005-04-14 Thread Randy.Dunlap
On Fri, 15 Apr 2005 02:58:54 +0200 (CEST) Jesper Juhl wrote: | When building with gcc -W fs/reiserfs/namei.c:602 has a few warnings | about 'empty body in an if-statement'. This patch silences those warnings. So fix include/linux/reiserfs_xattr.h: change #define reiserfs_mark_inode_private(ino

Re: 2.6.12-rc2: >100% memory usage

2005-04-14 Thread Randy.Dunlap
On Fri, 15 Apr 2005 14:59:05 +1000 Nick Piggin wrote: | On Fri, 2005-04-15 at 12:48 +0800, Michael Deegan wrote: | > Hi folks, | > | > I noticed something unusual on my home desktop machine (K6II, 448M RAM, runs | > KDE, samba, nfsd. 2.6.12-rc2 on Debian sarge). The machine seems to feel | > slig

Re: intercepting syscalls

2005-04-15 Thread Randy.Dunlap
On Fri, 15 Apr 2005 15:41:34 -0400 Igor Shmukler wrote: | Hello, | | Thanks to everyone for replying. | It is surprising to me that linux-kernel people decided to disallow | interception of system calls. | I don't really see any upside to this. Upside ? | I guess if there is no clean way to do

Re: [PATCH] videodev_init() -> initcall

2001-05-18 Thread Randy.Dunlap
Al's patch gives me: videodev.c:550: warning: static declaration for `videodev_init' follows non-static videodev.c: In function `videodev_exit': videodev.c:579: warning: implicit declaration of function `videodev_proc_destroy' Patch to use after Al's patch is attached. ~Randy Alexander Viro w

Re: PROC under 2.4

2001-06-08 Thread Randy.Dunlap
http://www.kernelnewbies.org/documents/ then ProcFS guide. ~Randy sebastien person wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm trying to port a driver to 2.4, but it seem that proc use has changed. > Is somebody have any docs about ? > > Thanks > > sebastien person > - - To unsubscribe from this list: send the l

Re: 2.6.13-rc5-git4 __handle_mm_fault

2005-08-06 Thread Randy.Dunlap
On Sat, 6 Aug 2005 12:28:53 +0200 Elimar Riesebieter wrote: > Hi, > > tried to build mol-modules on my powerbook: > MODPOST > *** Warning: "__handle_mm_fault" > [/usr/src/modules/mol/src/kmod/Linux/../build/mol.ko] undefined! > > please cc me as I am not subscribed. http://marc.theaimsgroup.

Re: Freeing a dynamic struct cdev

2005-08-06 Thread Randy.Dunlap
On Sat, 06 Aug 2005 09:26:15 -0400 James C. Georgas wrote: > If I allocate a struct cdev using cdev_alloc(), what function do I call > to free it when I'm done with it? Should be cdev_put(), which calls kobject_put(), which implements ref counting (using krefs), so that when the last reference is

Re: Freeing a dynamic struct cdev

2005-08-06 Thread Randy.Dunlap
On Sat, 06 Aug 2005 15:26:18 -0400 James C. Georgas wrote: > On Sat, 2005-08-06 at 12:21 -0700, Randy.Dunlap wrote: > > On Sat, 06 Aug 2005 09:26:15 -0400 James C. Georgas wrote: > > > > > If I allocate a struct cdev using cdev_alloc(), what function do I call > > &

Re: [RFC: 2.6 patch] the big Documentation/Changes change

2005-08-09 Thread Randy.Dunlap
On Wed, 10 Aug 2005 03:17:40 +0200 Adrian Bunk wrote: > I edited Documentation/Changes: > - remove obsolete information > - point to feature-list-2.6.txt instead of providing similar information > - removed the URLs of the software packages (people compiling their own > kernel usually know where

Re: compiling only one module in kernel version 2.6?

2005-08-16 Thread Randy.Dunlap
On Tue, 16 Aug 2005 23:18:49 -0400 Steven Rostedt wrote: > On Tue, 2005-08-16 at 19:09 -0700, Fong Vang wrote: > > What's the easiest way to compile just one module in the Linux 2.6 kernel > > tree? > > > > This no longer seem to work: > > > > $ cd /usr/src/linux > > $ make SUBDIRS=fs/reise

Re: compiling only one module in kernel version 2.6?

2005-08-16 Thread Randy.Dunlap
On Wed, 17 Aug 2005 01:54:50 -0400 Steven Rostedt wrote: > On Wed, 2005-08-17 at 01:48 -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote: > > On Tue, 2005-08-16 at 22:41 -0700, Randy.Dunlap wrote: > > > > > > Sam only added make .ko build support very recently, > > > so it could

Re: intercepting syscalls

2005-04-18 Thread Randy.Dunlap
On Mon, 18 Apr 2005 10:48:03 -0400 Igor Shmukler wrote: | Rik, (and everyone), | | Everything is IMHO only. | | It all boils down to whether: | 1. it is hard to correctly implement such LKM so that it can be safely | loaded and unloaded and when these modules are combined they may not | work tog

Re: [PATCH 2.6.12-rc2] aoe [1/6]: improve allowed interfaces configuration

2005-04-20 Thread Randy.Dunlap
On Wed, 20 Apr 2005 13:02:12 -0400 Ed L Cashin wrote: Just a nit/typo: | +modprobe aoe_iflist="eth1 eth3" | static char aoe_iflist[IFLISTSZ]; | +module_param_string(aoe_iflist, aoe_iflist, IFLISTSZ, 0600); | +MODULE_PARM_DESC(aoe_iflist, " aoe_iflist=\"dev1 [dev2 ...]\n"); No leading space

Re: [PATCH 2.6.12-rc2] aoe [5/6]: add firmware version to info in sysfs

2005-04-20 Thread Randy.Dunlap
| add firmware version to info in sysfs | | +static struct disk_attribute disk_attr_fwver = { | + .attr = {.name = "fwver", .mode = S_IRUGO }, | + .show = aoedisk_show_fwver | +}; | @@ -64,6 +76,7 @@ aoedisk_rm_sysfs(struct aoedev *d) | sysfs_remove_link(&d->gd->kobj, "state"); |

Re: [2.6 patch] drivers/net/skfp/: fix LITTLE_ENDIAN

2005-04-20 Thread Randy.Dunlap
On Wed, 20 Apr 2005 04:17:08 +0200 Adrian Bunk wrote: | This patch fixes the LITTLE_ENDIAN #define. and a function prototype. | Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | | --- | | drivers/net/skfp/h/osdef1st.h |2 ++ | drivers/net/skfp/smt.c|2 +- | 2 files changed, 3

Re: Linux 2.6.12-rc3

2005-04-21 Thread Randy.Dunlap
On Thu, 21 Apr 2005 14:19:10 +0200 Ralf Hildebrandt wrote: | > It's available both as a patch (against 2.6.11) and as a tar-ball, and | Where IS the tarball? Not on www.kernel.org, that's for sure. in http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ --- ~Randy - To unsubscribe from this lis

Re: [PATCH 2.6.12-rc2] aoe [1/6]: improve allowed interfaces configuration

2005-04-21 Thread Randy.Dunlap
On Thu, 21 Apr 2005 11:30:06 -0400 Ed L Cashin wrote: | Greg KH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | | > On Thu, Apr 21, 2005 at 09:36:17AM -0400, Ed L Cashin wrote: | >> "Bodo Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | >> | >> > Ed L Cashin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | >> > | >> >> +++

Re: [Gelato-technical] Re: Serious performance degradation on a RAID with kernel 2.6.10-bk7 and later

2005-04-21 Thread Randy.Dunlap
On Thu, 21 Apr 2005 10:33:29 -0700 David Mosberger wrote: | > On Thu, 21 Apr 2005 10:19:28 -0700, "Luck, Tony" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: | | >> I just checked 2.6.12-rc3 and the fls() fix is indeed missing. | >> Do you know what happened? | | Tony> If BitKeeper were still in use, I'd

Re: [PATCH 2.6.11] Documentation: correct minor mistake and remove redundant info from SubmittingPatches

2005-04-21 Thread Randy.Dunlap
On Thu, 21 Apr 2005 14:51:09 -0400 Cosmin Nicolaescu wrote: | The first fix is to reverse the order of the files being diffed. Since | we make the change in $MYFILE (and not $MYFILE.orig}, the diff should | have the .orig file first followed by $MYFILE (which has been | modified). But the patch b

Re: netdev watchdog

2005-04-21 Thread Randy.Dunlap
On Thu, 21 Apr 2005 15:21:30 -0700 Shaun Jackman wrote: | Upon booting my system, the boot fails and the following message is | displayed repeatedly: | | NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out | eth0: transmit timed out, tx_status 00 status eb01. | diagnostics: net 0cfa media 88c0 dma 003a

Re: [openib-general] Re: [PATCH] arch/xx/pci: remap_pfn_range -> io_remap_pfn_range

2005-07-28 Thread Randy.Dunlap
On Thu, 28 Jul 2005 12:57:51 +0100 Ian Pratt wrote: > > > Greg> Hm, you do realize that io_remap_pfn_range() is the same > > > Greg> thing as remap_pfn_range() on i386, right? > > > > > > Greg> So, why would this patch change anything? > > > > > > It's not the same thing under Xen.

Re: file kernel/signal.c, 2 * array subscript out of range

2005-07-30 Thread Randy.Dunlap
On Sat, 30 Jul 2005 08:17:48 + d binderman wrote: > Hello there, > > I just tried to compile Redhat Fedora package > kernel-2.6.12-1.1435_FC5 with the Intel C compiler version 8.1 > > The compiler said > > kernel/signal.c(196): warning #175: subscript out of range > > The source code is >

Re: 2.6.13-rc4-mm1

2005-07-31 Thread Randy.Dunlap
On Sun, 31 Jul 2005 02:05:52 -0700 Andrew Morton wrote: > > ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.13-rc4/2.6.13-rc4-mm1/ > > - Dropped the connector patches: turns out that we no longer have a netlink > slot available for them anyway. I don't feel strongly pro or

Re: Documentation - how to apply patches for various trees

2005-08-02 Thread Randy.Dunlap
On Tue, 2 Aug 2005, Jesper Juhl wrote: > Hi, > > Looking forward to your feedback (and possible inclusion). > > I guess this document could also be placed somewhere on kernel.org and linked > to from the front page so that people downloading the various patches will > have this information availab

Re: Testing RC kernels [KORG]

2005-08-02 Thread Randy.Dunlap
On Tue, 02 Aug 2005 22:04:16 -0400 Gene Heskett wrote: > On Tuesday 02 August 2005 15:21, Steven Rostedt wrote: > >On Tue, 2005-08-02 at 14:54 -0400, Lee Revell wrote: > >> On Tue, 2005-08-02 at 11:36 -0700, Sean Bruno wrote: > >> > On Tue, 2005-08-02 at 14:36 -0400, Lee Revell wrote: > >> > > On

Re: Documentation - how to apply patches for various trees

2005-08-03 Thread Randy.Dunlap
On Wed, 3 Aug 2005, Rolf Eike Beer wrote: > Jesper Juhl wrote: > > >+Where can I download the patches? > > Maybe it would be useful to once again mention that local mirrors should be > used at least for stable releases and */testing/*. > > >+The 2.6.x kernels > [...] > >+# moving from 2.6.11 to 2.

Re: make modules Segfault

2005-08-04 Thread Randy.Dunlap
On Thu, 04 Aug 2005 21:20:22 -0600 George Van Tuyl wrote: > > To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > > > > [1.] One line summary of the problem: > >make modules failed Segfault (program cpp0) > > [2.] Full description of the problem/report: > > gcc: Internal error: Segmentation fault (prog

Re: compiling only one module in kernel version 2.6?

2005-08-18 Thread Randy.Dunlap
On Thu, 18 Aug 2005, Steven Rostedt wrote: > On Thu, 2005-08-18 at 19:42 +0200, Sam Ravnborg wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 17, 2005 at 01:54:50AM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote: > > > On Wed, 2005-08-17 at 01:48 -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote: > > > > On Tue, 2005-08-16 at 2

Re: kernel compile error in bootsplash.c

2005-08-27 Thread Randy.Dunlap
On Sat, 27 Aug 2005 19:53:35 +0200 (CEST) J. B. wrote: > I try to compile a 2.6.10 kernel but it stops with an error > in bootsplash.c. I have everything set in my .config file in /usr/src/linux > for bootsplash support. > > Anybody an idea. Where should i start to look? I am a newbie in kernel

Re: help

2005-08-28 Thread Randy.Dunlap
On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 09:31:31 +0530 raja wrote: > I have subscribed in kernel newbie group.can anyone you please tell me > how can i post a question please. send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to

Re: USB EHCI Problem with Low Speed Devices on kernel 2.6.11+

2005-08-29 Thread Randy.Dunlap
On Mon, 29 Aug 2005, Jan De Luyck wrote: > On Monday 29 August 2005 01:16, James Courtier-Dutton wrote: > > Dominik Wezel wrote: > > > Problem > > > === > > > When turning on the laptop and during POST and GrUB loading, all ports > > > on the hub are enabled. During the USB initialization pha

Re: Linux-2.6.13 : __check_region is deprecated

2005-08-29 Thread Randy.Dunlap
On Tue, 30 Aug 2005, Stephane Wirtel wrote: > Hi, > > By compiling my kernel, I can see that the __check_region function (in > kernel/resource.c) is deprecated. > > With a grep on the source code of the last release, I get this result. > > drivers/pnp/resource.c:255: if (__check_region

Re: Linux-2.6.13 : __check_region is deprecated

2005-08-30 Thread Randy.Dunlap
On Tue, 30 Aug 2005, David Hollis wrote: > On Tue, 2005-08-30 at 01:55 +0200, Diego Calleja wrote: > > El Tue, 30 Aug 2005 01:34:25 +0200, > > Jesper Juhl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > > > > > I don't see why we should break a bunch of drivers by doing that. > > > Much better, in my oppinion, t

Re: Kernel 2.6.13: TCP (libnet?)

2005-08-30 Thread Randy.Dunlap
On Tue, 30 Aug 2005, Alan Cox wrote: > On Maw, 2005-08-30 at 15:41 -0400, John McGowan wrote: > > Kernel 2.6.13: TCP (libnet?) > > > > Broken libnet? > > > > KERNEL: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > > LIBNET 1.1 (c) 1998 - 2004 Mike D. Schiffman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > network bugs are best reported

Re: GDT initialization and location question.

2005-08-30 Thread Randy.Dunlap
On Tue, 30 Aug 2005, Chris Wright wrote: > * Pritesh Shah ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > I was wondering as to where is the GDT initialized during the boot > > sequence? I will need the filename and the name of the routine that > > does this. Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > Search for c

Re: sr device can be written?

2005-08-31 Thread Randy.Dunlap
On Tue, 30 Aug 2005 19:07:55 +0800 jeff shia wrote: > but It seems that I can not open sr0 with openflags O_RDWR,why? > open("/dev/sr0",O_RDWR); > > It says:sr0 is a read only file sytem. > why? What media did you have in the drive? For me, with a CD-ROM, I get the same that you reported, but w

Re: 2.6.13 git snapshot patches still empty

2005-09-01 Thread Randy.Dunlap
On Fri, 02 Sep 2005 02:19:51 +0100 Sid Boyce wrote: > For both -git1.gz/.bz2 and -git2.gz/.bz2. Yep, I think this is the fourth message about this. It would be nice to get it fixed - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PRO

Re: 2.6.13 git snapshot patches still empty

2005-09-01 Thread Randy.Dunlap
On Thu, 1 Sep 2005 20:17:37 -0700 Randy.Dunlap wrote: > On Fri, 02 Sep 2005 02:19:51 +0100 Sid Boyce wrote: > > > For both -git1.gz/.bz2 and -git2.gz/.bz2. > > Yep, I think this is the fourth message about this. > It would be nice to get it fixed I suppose as a tempo

Re: [PATCH 2.6.13] Unhandled error condition in aic7xxx

2005-09-01 Thread Randy.Dunlap
On Thu, 01 Sep 2005 12:38:24 -0700 Daniel Walker wrote: > > This patch should handle the case when scsi_add_host() fails. > > Signed-Off-By: Daniel Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Index: linux-2.6.13/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7xxx_osm.c > ===

Re: www.linux1394.org - ???

2005-09-02 Thread Randy.Dunlap
On Fri, 2 Sep 2005 23:35:14 -0500 art wrote: > www.linux1394.org - is this server/project dead ? The server is known dead and being worked on or replaced. News on linux1394 mailing list indicates that it should be back soon (or should have been back soon)... Stefan Richter has tarballs of his s

Re: nfs4 client bug

2005-09-06 Thread Randy.Dunlap
On Tue, 6 Sep 2005, J. Bruce Fields wrote: > On Mon, Sep 05, 2005 at 08:40:53PM -0700, Bret Towe wrote: > > Pid: 14169, comm: xmms Tainted: G M 2.6.13 > > Hm, can someone explain what that means? A proprietary module was > loaded then unloaded, maybe? 'M' means Machine Check, which sets the T

Re: nfs4 client bug

2005-09-06 Thread Randy.Dunlap
On Tue, 6 Sep 2005, J. Bruce Fields wrote: > On Tue, Sep 06, 2005 at 11:21:09AM -0700, Randy.Dunlap wrote: > > On Tue, 6 Sep 2005, J. Bruce Fields wrote: > > > > > On Mon, Sep 05, 2005 at 08:40:53PM -0700, Bret Towe wrote: > > > > Pid: 14169, comm: xmms Tainte

Re: wakeup on lan enable without compiling as module

2005-09-06 Thread Randy.Dunlap
On Wed, 7 Sep 2005, Tony Breeds wrote: > On Tue, Sep 06, 2005 at 08:53:38PM +0200, Thomas Glanzmann wrote: > > Hello, > > I would like to build the 3c59x vortex module into the kernel (not as > > module) but don't loose the ability to use wakeup-on-lan. Because it > > seems to be impossible to spe

Re: kbuild & C++

2005-09-06 Thread Randy.Dunlap
On Wed, 7 Sep 2005, Esben Nielsen wrote: > On Tue, 6 Sep 2005, Jesper Juhl wrote: > > > On 9/6/05, Budde, Marco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > for one of our customers I have to port a Windows driver to > > > Linux. Large parts of the driver's backend code consists of > > > C++.

[PATCH] Doc: update oops-tracing.txt (Tainted flags)

2005-09-08 Thread Randy.Dunlap
From: Randy Dunlap <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Update Documentation/oops-tracing.txt: - add descriptions of 3 more "Tainted" flags; - fix some typos; Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- Documentation/oops-tracing.txt | 25 + 1 files changed, 17 insertions(+),

Re: Debugging

2005-09-09 Thread Randy.Dunlap
On Fri, 9 Sep 2005, Lares Moreau wrote: > OKay this is a noobie question, > > I have all the kernel debugging options turned. Now how do I change the > kernel logging level from prompt? Or do I? > > I have 'loglevel=7' appended to my kernel line in grub. Is that all I > need or is there more to

Re: [PATCH 2.6.13-stable] cpuset semaphore double trip fix

2005-09-09 Thread Randy.Dunlap
On Fri, 9 Sep 2005 17:44:03 -0700 (PDT) Paul Jackson wrote: > Code reading uncovered a potential deadlock on the global cpuset > semaphore, cpuset_sem. > > ==> This patch is only useful in the 2.6.13-stable series. Paul, stable patch candidates should be sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Chris/Greg, m

Re: [PATCH 1/6] PCI Express Advanced Error Reporting Driver

2005-03-14 Thread Randy.Dunlap
Nguyen, Tom L wrote: Monday, March 14, 2005 3:01 AM David Vrabel wrote: This patch includes PCIEAER-HOWTO.txt, which describes how the PCI Express Advanced Error Reporting Root driver works. --- linux-2.6.11-rc5/Documentation/PCIEAER-HOWTO.txt Could this be placed in a sub-system subdirectory (cre

[PATCH] buildcheck: reduce DEBUG_INFO noise from reference* scripts

2005-03-14 Thread Randy.Dunlap
Reduce noise in 'make buildcheck' that is caused by CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO=y. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> diffstat:= scripts/reference_discarded.pl |3 +++ scripts/reference_init.pl |1 + 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+) diff -Naurp ./scripts/reference_discarded.pl~

Re: Devices/Partitions over 2TB

2005-03-14 Thread Randy.Dunlap
Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote: In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Berkley Shands <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I have not found any documentation of efforts to overcome the 2TB partition limit, config LBD bool "Support for Large Block Devices" depends on X86 || MIPS32 || PPC32 || ARCH_S3

Re: [PATCH] buildcheck: reduce DEBUG_INFO noise from reference* scripts

2005-03-14 Thread Randy.Dunlap
Keith Owens wrote: On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 11:02:09 -0800, "Randy.Dunlap" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Reduce noise in 'make buildcheck' that is caused by CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO=y. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> diffstat:= scripts/reference_discarded.pl |

Re: [PATCH] buildcheck: reduce DEBUG_INFO noise from reference* scripts

2005-03-14 Thread Randy.Dunlap
Sam Ravnborg wrote: On Mon, Mar 14, 2005 at 01:38:11PM -0800, Randy.Dunlap wrote: Indeed, it's actually much worse with that patch section added. :( I don't know how I got there. Sam, can you drop the very first patch section here, or shall I send a new patch for this? Incremental pa

Re: [patch] teles3 eliminate bad section references

2005-03-14 Thread Randy.Dunlap
maximilian attems wrote: Fix teles3 section references: convert __initdata to __devinitdata. Error: ./drivers/isdn/hisax/teles3.o .text refers to 11ab R_386_32 .init.data Error: ./drivers/isdn/hisax/teles3.o .text refers to 11ba R_386_32 .init.data Error: ./drivers/isdn/hisax/teles3.o .te

Re: [patch] w6692 eliminate bad section references

2005-03-14 Thread Randy.Dunlap
maximilian attems wrote: Fix w6692 section references: convert __initdata to __devinitdata. Error: ./drivers/isdn/hisax/w6692.o .text refers to 002f R_386_32 .init.data Signed-off-by: maximilian attems <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> diff -pruN -X dontdiff linux-2.6.11-bk8/drivers/isdn/hisax/w6692.c lin

Re: [patch] sedlbauer eliminate bad section references

2005-03-14 Thread Randy.Dunlap
maximilian attems wrote: Fix sedlbauer section references: convert __initdata to __devinitdata. Error: ./drivers/isdn/hisax/sedlbauer.o .text refers to 235f R_386_32 .init.data Error: ./drivers/isdn/hisax/sedlbauer.o .text refers to 236e R_386_32 .init.data Error: ./drivers/isdn/hisax/sed

Re: [patch] elsa eliminate bad section references

2005-03-14 Thread Randy.Dunlap
maximilian attems wrote: Fix elsa section references: convert __initdata to __devinitdata. Error: ./drivers/isdn/hisax/elsa.o .text refers to 3d28 R_386_32 .init.data Error: ./drivers/isdn/hisax/elsa.o .text refers to 3d37 R_386_32 .init.data Error: ./drivers/isdn/hisax/elsa.o .text refer

Re: [patch] hfc_sx eliminate bad section references

2005-03-14 Thread Randy.Dunlap
maximilian attems wrote: Fix hfc_sx section references: convert __initdata to __devinitdata. Error: ./drivers/isdn/hisax/hfc_sx.o .text refers to 204d R_386_32 .init.data Error: ./drivers/isdn/hisax/hfc_sx.o .text refers to 205c R_386_32 .init.data Error: ./drivers/isdn/hisax/hfc_sx.o .te

[PATCH] tpm: fix gcc printk warnings

2005-03-14 Thread Randy.Dunlap
(Kylene, please add TPM info to MAINTAINERS or CREDITS) Fix gcc printk arg type warnings: drivers/char/tpm/tpm.c:145: warning: unsigned int format, different type arg (arg 5) drivers/char/tpm/tpm.c:153: warning: int format, different type arg (arg 4) drivers/char/tpm/tpm.c:190: warning: int for

Re: [PATCH] tpm: fix gcc printk warnings

2005-03-14 Thread Randy.Dunlap
Andrew Morton wrote: "Randy.Dunlap" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Nope. Please use %Z for size_t args. Yeps. Here it is. -- ~Randy Fix gcc printk arg type warnings: drivers/char/tpm/tpm.c:145: warning: unsigned int format, different type arg (arg 5) drivers/char/tpm/tpm.c:1

[PATCH] procfs: convert to C99 inits.

2005-03-14 Thread Randy.Dunlap
(resend) Use C99 struct inits as requested by sparse: fs/proc/base.c:738:2: warning: obsolete struct initializer, use C99 syntax fs/proc/base.c:739:2: warning: obsolete struct initializer, use C99 syntax Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> diffstat:= fs/proc/base.c |4 ++-- 1 fi

[PATCH] mtd: use unsigned 1-bit fields

2005-03-14 Thread Randy.Dunlap
(resend) Fix (22) bitfield/boolean sparse warnings: include/linux/mtd/flashchip.h:65:23: warning: dubious one-bit signed bitfield include/linux/mtd/flashchip.h:66:23: warning: dubious one-bit signed bitfield Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> diffstat:= include/linux/mtd/flashchip.

[PATCH] x86-64: add memcpy/memset prototypes

2005-03-14 Thread Randy.Dunlap
(resend) Put function prototypes for memset() and memcpy() ahead of where there are used, to kill sparse warnings: arch/x86_64/boot/compressed/../../../../lib/inflate.c:317:3: warning: undefined identifier 'memset' arch/x86_64/boot/compressed/../../../../lib/inflate.c:601:11: warning: undefined

Re: [PATCH] procfs: convert to C99 inits.

2005-03-14 Thread Randy.Dunlap
Ben Dooks wrote: On Mon, Mar 14, 2005 at 04:03:29PM -0800, Randy.Dunlap wrote: (resend) Use C99 struct inits as requested by sparse: fs/proc/base.c:738:2: warning: obsolete struct initializer, use C99 syntax fs/proc/base.c:739:2: warning: obsolete struct initializer, use C99 syntax I posted a

Re: [PATCH] mtd: use unsigned 1-bit fields

2005-03-14 Thread Randy.Dunlap
Ben Dooks wrote: On Mon, Mar 14, 2005 at 04:07:01PM -0800, Randy.Dunlap wrote: (resend) Fix (22) bitfield/boolean sparse warnings: include/linux/mtd/flashchip.h:65:23: warning: dubious one-bit signed bitfield include/linux/mtd/flashchip.h:66:23: warning: dubious one-bit signed bitfield caught in

[PATCH] reiserfs: use NULL instead of 0

2005-03-14 Thread Randy.Dunlap
(resend) Use NULL instead of 0 for pointer (sparse warning): fs/reiserfs/namei.c:611:50: warning: Using plain integer as NULL pointer Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> diffstat:= fs/reiserfs/namei.c |2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -Naurp ./fs/reiser

Re: [patch] w6692 eliminate bad section references

2005-03-15 Thread Randy.Dunlap
maximilian attems wrote: thanks a lot for your review! you are right much better, added __init to W6692Version(). #Signed-off-by: maximilian attems <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> diff -pruN -X dontdiff linux-2.6.11-bk8/drivers/isdn/hisax/w6692.c linux-2.6.11-bk8-max/

Re: Intel Ethernet PRO 100

2005-03-15 Thread Randy.Dunlap
Laurent CARON wrote: shafa.hidee wrote: Hi All, Where we can find specs for writing driver for Intel PRO 100 card. Regards Shafahidee already supported. isn't it? Yes, it is. You can find a developer's manual for the 8255x NIC at http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=42302

Re: [11/many] acrypto: crypto_main.c

2005-03-15 Thread Randy.Dunlap
Evgeniy Polyakov wrote: --- /tmp/empty/crypto_main.c 1970-01-01 03:00:00.0 +0300 +++ ./acrypto/crypto_main.c 2005-03-07 20:35:36.0 +0300 @@ -0,0 +1,374 @@ +/* + * crypto_main.c + * + * Copyright (c) 2004 Evgeniy Polyakov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> + * + */ +struct crypto_session *crypto

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