Re: [PATCH] Force UNIX domain sockets to be built in

2007-12-31 Thread Theodore Tso
On Tue, Jan 01, 2008 at 04:45:21AM +0100, Bodo Eggert wrote: > > udev-free != embedded. > > But UNIX=m == waste RAM and have an effectively b0rken system until the > module is loaded. Well, the system isn't necessarily totally broken. If you don't use udev, then system will be crippled, but no

Re: [BUG] New Kernel Bugs

2007-11-15 Thread Theodore Tso
On Wed, Nov 14, 2007 at 06:23:34PM -0500, Daniel Barkalow wrote: > I don't see any reason that we couldn't have a tool accessible to Ubuntu > users that does a real "git bisect". Git is really good at being scripted > by fancy GUIs. It should be easy enough to have a drop down with all of > the

Re: [BUG] New Kernel Bugs

2007-11-13 Thread Theodore Tso
On Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 11:33:44AM -0600, Larry Finger wrote: > I'm very encouraged to read of your expanded testing efforts. As a > bcm43xx developer, Ubuntu has been our problem distro, mostly > because your standard kernels have debugging turned off for bcm43xx. > When a Ubuntu user reports a pr

Re: [BUG] New Kernel Bugs

2007-11-13 Thread Theodore Tso
On Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 04:52:32PM +0100, Benoit Boissinot wrote: > Btw, I used to test every -mm kernel. But since I've switched distros > (gentoo->ubuntu) > and I have less time, I feel it's harder to test -rc or -mm kernels (I > know this isn't a lkml problem > but more a distro problem, but I w

Re: Recent wireless breakage (ipw2200, iwconfig, NetworkManager)

2007-03-05 Thread Theodore Tso
On Mon, Mar 05, 2007 at 04:37:15PM -0800, Greg KH wrote: > But I AM TRYING TO MAKE IT COMPATIBLE!!! > > That's what that config option is there for. If you happen to be > running a newer userspace, a different distro than what is in Debian > right now, or don't use HAL and Networkmanager, then di

Re: Recent wireless breakage (ipw2200, iwconfig, NetworkManager)

2007-03-05 Thread Theodore Tso
On Sun, Mar 04, 2007 at 05:17:29PM -0800, Greg KH wrote: > I should not have broken any userspace if CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED is > enabled with that patch. If that is enabled, and that patch still > causes problems, please let me know. But we still need to update the help text for CONFIG_SYS_DEPRE

Re: [ANNOUNCE] d80211 based driver for Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG

2007-02-10 Thread Theodore Tso
On Fri, Feb 09, 2007 at 01:12:42PM -0800, James Ketrenos wrote: > Please hold all questions until I am done with this email. Thank you. > > We are pleased to announce the availability of a new driver for the > Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection adapter. This new driver > uses the ne

Re: [PATCH -rt DO NOT APPLY] Fix for tg3 networking lockup

2006-08-05 Thread Theodore Tso
On Thu, Aug 03, 2006 at 08:45:31PM -0700, Michael Chan wrote: > ASF is firmware that monitors the system and sends out alerts whenever > certain events happen. So it needs to run before the OS boots or after > it has crashed. When the driver is up and running, the driver and ASF > run independent

Re: [PATCH -rt DO NOT APPLY] Fix for tg3 networking lockup

2006-08-03 Thread Theodore Tso
On Thu, Aug 03, 2006 at 04:28:19PM -0700, Michael Chan wrote: > True. But they also have ASF enabled which requires tg3_timer() to send > the heartbeat periodically. If the heartbeat is late, ASF may reset the > chip believing that the system has crashed. Parden me for asking a dumb question, bu

Re: [PATCH -rt DO NOT APPLY] Fix for tg3 networking lockup

2006-08-03 Thread Theodore Tso
On Thu, Aug 03, 2006 at 04:43:11PM -0700, David Miller wrote: > From: "Michael Chan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2006 16:28:19 -0700 > > > > eth0: RXcsums[1] LinkChgREG[0] MIirq[0] ASF[1] Split[0] WireSpeed[0] > > > TSOcap[0] > > > > We'll see if we can do away with the timer-based h

Re: [PATCH -rt DO NOT APPLY] Fix for tg3 networking lockup

2006-08-03 Thread Theodore Tso
On Thu, Aug 03, 2006 at 02:48:45PM -0700, David Miller wrote: > > eth0: Tigon3 [partno(BCM95704s) rev 2100 PHY(serdes)] (PCIX:100MHz:64-bit) > > 10/100/1000BaseT Ethernet 00:14:5e:86:44:24 > > The 5704 chip will set TG3_FLAG_TAGGED_STATUS, and therefore > doesn't need the periodic poking done by

Re: [PATCH -rt DO NOT APPLY] Fix for tg3 networking lockup

2006-08-03 Thread Theodore Tso
On Thu, Aug 03, 2006 at 11:36:47AM -0700, Michael Chan wrote: > On Thu, 2006-08-03 at 20:00 +1000, Herbert Xu wrote: > > Theodore Tso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > I'm sending this on mostly because it was a bit of a pain to track down, > >

Re: [PATCH -rt DO NOT APPLY] Fix for tg3 networking lockup

2006-08-03 Thread Theodore Tso
On Thu, Aug 03, 2006 at 09:49:17AM -0700, Randy.Dunlap wrote: > Interesting. On my Dell D610 notebook with tg3 and vpn, > I have to ping a server on the vpn to keep it alive, otherwise > it disappears soon and I have to restart the vpn. Of course, > this could just be the vpn or some other softwa

Re: [PATCH -rt DO NOT APPLY] Fix for tg3 networking lockup

2006-08-03 Thread Theodore Tso
On Thu, Aug 03, 2006 at 09:46:37AM -0700, Daniel Walker wrote: > There is some form of priority inheritance on the timer softirq. It said > in the patch header that the right fix was for the timer softirq to > change priorities. Which Real Time patch are you using? Or is the > current system not su

Re: [PATCH -rt DO NOT APPLY] Fix for tg3 networking lockup

2006-08-03 Thread Theodore Tso
On Thu, Aug 03, 2006 at 08:00:35PM +1000, Herbert Xu wrote: > Theodore Tso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I'm sending this on mostly because it was a bit of a pain to track down, > > and hopefully it will save time if anyone else hits this while playing > &g

Re: e1000: "fix" it on thinkpad x60 / eeprom checksum read fails

2006-07-21 Thread Theodore Tso
On Fri, Jul 21, 2006 at 06:41:05AM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > > It's completely not acceptable to run when the EEPROM checksum fails - you > > might even be running with the wrong MAC address, or worse. Lets fix this > > the > > right way instead. > > A printk which helps the user to underst

Re: [RFC/PATCH 1/2] in-kernel sockets API

2006-06-14 Thread Theodore Tso
On Tue, Jun 13, 2006 at 07:53:19PM -0500, Chase Venters wrote: > > It is the lack of an ABI that is most frustrating to these users. > > And the presence of an ABI would be _very_ frustrating to core > developers. Not only would these people suffer, everyone would -- > developer time would be wast