2004-09-27 01:14:30

by Andrew Morton

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Subject: 2.6.9-rc2-mm4


ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.9-rc2/2.6.9-rc2-mm4/

- ppc64 builds are busted due to breakage in bk-pci.patch

- sparc64 builds are busted too. Also due to pci problems.

- Various updates to various things. In particular, a kswapd artifact which
could cause too much swapout was fixed.

- I shall be offline for most of this week.




Changes since 2.6.9-rc2-mm3:


linus.patch
bk-acpi.patch
bk-agpgart.patch
bk-alsa.patch
bk-cpufreq.patch
bk-driver-core.patch
bk-i2c.patch
bk-ia64.patch
bk-ide-dev.patch
bk-ieee1394.patch
bk-input.patch
bk-dtor-input.patch
bk-netdev.patch
bk-ntfs.patch
bk-pci.patch
bk-pnp.patch
bk-power.patch
bk-scsi.patch
bk-scsi-target.patch
bk-usb.patch
bk-watchdog.patch

External bk trees

-dio-fine-alignment-and-pages-in-io.patch
-m32r-upgrade-for-mm5-changes.patch
-m32r-support-ptrace_getregs-and-ptrace_setregs.patch
-vsxxxaac-fixups.patch
-allow-i8042-register-location-override-2.patch
-i8042-acpi-enumeration-update.patch
-mm-swsusp-make-sure-we-do-not-return-to-userspace-where-image-is-on-disk.patch
-mm-swsusp-copy_page-is-harmfull.patch
-swsusp-do-not-disable-platform-swsusp-because-s4bios-is-available.patch
-swsusp-fix-default-powerdown-mode.patch
-swsusp-error-do-not-oops-after-allocation-failure.patch
-swsusp-documentation-update.patch
-small-cleanups-for-swsusp.patch
-swsusp-kill-crash-when-too-much-memory-is-free.patch
-swsusp-another-simplification.patch
-ppc32-64-fix-warning-in-pmac-ide.patch
-hpt366c-wrong-timings-used-since-268.patch
-fbdev-add-iomem-annotations-to-cfbimgbltc.patch
-compile-fix-3c59x-for-eisa-without-pci.patch
-fix-generic-direct-io-code-for-xfs.patch
-preserve-irqs-in-time_resume.patch
-serial-driver-compile-fixes.patch
-gcc-4-build-fixes.patch
-uml-move-linker-script.patch
-uml-small-makefile-fixes.patch
-uml-free-wrapper-fixes.patch
-uml-remove-an-unused-header.patch
-uml-allow-uml-to-load-in-the-normal-location.patch
-uml-linker-script-cleanup.patch
-uml-implement-current_text_addr.patch
-uml-error-message-improvement.patch
-uml-fix-fencepost-errors-in-printks.patch
-uml-print-errno-before-resetting-it.patch
-uml-dont-trash-return-value.patch
-mmtimer-quietness.patch

Merged

+entry-s-cleanups.patch

i386 entry.S cleanup

+make-rlimit-settings-per-process-instead-of-per-thread.patch

per-process rather than per-thread rlimits

+fix-ptrace_attach-race-with-real-parents-wait-calls-2.patch

ptrace race fix

-network-packet-tracer-module-using-kprobes-interface.patch

Dropped - it was demo code only.

-tty-drivers-take-two.patch
-tty-driver-take-4-try-2.patch
-tty-locking-build-fix.patch

Drop these for now. They were causing a few problems and are being redone.

+dev-mem-restriction-patch-allow-reads.patch

Allow reading of kernel memory via /dev/mem. Unbreaks old X servers which
go for random walks through /dev/mem looking for device ROMs.

+perfctr-ppc32-mmcr0-handling-fixes.patch
+perfctr-ppc32-preliminary-interrupt-support.patch

perfctr ppc32 fixes

+fix-secure-tcp-sequence-number-generator.patch

Fix sched-fix-latency-in-random-driver.patch

+remove-the-bkl-by-turning-it-into-a-semaphore.patch

Ingo's make-the-BKL-a-semaphore patch

+packet-bio-init.patch
+packet-private-data.patch
+packet-open-comment.patch

CD/DVD packet writing fixes

+bits-to-make-the-key-management-api-more-usable.patch

key management updates

-keys-keyring-management-keyfs-patch.patch
-keyfs-build-fix.patch
-support-supplementary-information-for-request-key-keyfs.patch
-generic-acl-support-for-permission-fix.patch

Drop the keyfs filesystem. We don't need two interfaces to the same thing,
and this one didn't seem to fit well.

+fix-64-bit-problems-in-cachefs.patch

cachefs fix

-inconsistent-kallsyms-fix.patch
-kallsyms-correct-type-char-in-proc-kallsyms.patch
-kallsyms-fix-sparc-gibberish.patch

Folded into kallsyms-data-size-reduction--lookup-speedup.patch

+vga-console-font-problems-on-26-kernel.patch

VGA console font fix

-fix-for-fsync-ignoring-writing-errors-fat-fix.patch
+fat-merge-fix.patch
+fat-check-free_clusters-value.patch
+fat-removal-of-c_le_-macro.patch
+fat-remove-validity-check-of-fat-first-entry.patch

Another fatfs update

+enforce-a-gap-between-heap-and-stack.patch

Enforce a guard region between the stack and the heap.

+no-exec-i386-and-x86_64-fixes.patch

Consolidate x86 and x86_64 no-exec code

+select-cpio_list-or-source-directory-for-initramfs-image.patch
+select-cpio_list-or-source-directory-for-initramfs-image-fix.patch

initranfs preparation options

+taint-cleanup-mce.patch
+taint-fix-forced-rmmod.patch
+taint-on-bad_page.patch

Add a few more reasons for tainting the kernel

-xattr-reintroduce-sanity-checks.patch
+xattr-consolidation-v3-tmpfs-fix.patch
+xattr-reintroduce-sanity-checks-2.patch

Fix the EA consolidation code

-natsemi-remove-compilation-warnings.patch

Buggy, dropped.

-matroxfb-big-endian-update.patch
+remove-big-endian-mode-from-matroxfb.patch

matroxfb endianness fix

+rmmod-ohci1394-hangs.patch

1394 driver fix

+capabilities-issue-in-firmware-loader.patch

Check capabilities in the firmware loader

+introduce-remap_pfn_range-to-replace-remap_page_range.patch
+convert-references-to-remap_page_range-under-arch-and-documentation-to-remap_pfn_range.patch
+convert-users-of-remap_page_range-under-drivers-and-net-to-use-remap_pfn_range.patch
+convert-users-of-remap_page_range-under-include-asm--to-use-remap_pfn_range.patch
+convert-users-of-remap_page_range-under-sound-to-use-remap_pfn_range.patch
+for-mm-only-remove-remap_page_range-completely.patch

replace remap_page_range() with the more useful remap_pfn_range()

+vm-no-wild-kswapd.patch

Fix a problem wherein kswapd can do too much swapout

+add-wait_event_timeout.patch

Add wait_event_tineout()

+update-noapic-description.patch

Documentaiton fix

+mips-added-cpu-type-checking-to-interrupt-control-routines.patch
+mips-added-interrupt-control-routines-for-vrc4173.patch

MIPS update



number of patches in -mm: 569
number of changesets in external trees: 554
number of patches in -mm only: 549
total patches: 1103


All 569 patches:


linus.patch

bk-acpi.patch

acpi-compile-fix.patch
acpi-compile-fix

acpi-x86_64-build-fix.patch
acpi x86_64 build fix

bk-agpgart.patch

bk-alsa.patch

bk-cpufreq.patch

bk-driver-core.patch

module-h-build-fix.patch
module.h build fix

bk-i2c.patch

bk-ia64.patch

bk-ide-dev.patch

bk-ieee1394.patch

bk-input.patch

fix-smm-failures-on-e750x-systems.patch
fix SMM failures on E750x systems

bk-dtor-input.patch

bk-netdev.patch

e1000-dma_mapping-build-fix.patch
e1000 sparc64 dma_mapping build fix

bk-ntfs.patch

bk-pci.patch

bk-pnp.patch

bk-power.patch

bk-scsi.patch

bk-scsi-target.patch

qlogic-oops-fix.patch
qlogic oops fix

qlogic-isp2x00-remove-needless-busyloop.patch
QLogic ISP2x00: remove needless busyloop

scsi-qla-not-working-on-latest-mm-sn2.patch
SCSI QLA not working on latest *-mm SN2

qla2xxx-less-posting.patch
qla2xxx: less posting

tmscsim-build-fix.patch
tmscsim-build-fix

bk-usb.patch

bk-watchdog.patch

mm.patch
add -mmN to EXTRAVERSION

mark-old-power-managment-as-deprecated-and-clean-it-up.patch
Mark old power managment as deprecated and clean it up

use-global-system_state-to-avoid-system-state-confusion.patch
Use global system_state to avoid system-state confusion

swsusp-progress-in-percent.patch
swsusp: progress in percent

swsusp-clean-up-reading.patch
swsusp: clean up reading

swsusp-fix-highmem.patch
swsusp: fix highmem

radeon-do-not-blank-screen-during-suspend.patch
Radeon: do not blank screen during suspend

acpi-proc-simplify-error-handling.patch
acpi proc: error handling

entry-s-cleanups.patch
i386 entry.S cleanups

make-rlimit-settings-per-process-instead-of-per-thread.patch
make rlimit settings per-process instead of per-thread

fix-ptrace_attach-race-with-real-parents-wait-calls-2.patch
fix PTRACE_ATTACH race with real parent's wait calls

softirqs-fix-latency-of-softirq-processing.patch
softirqs: fix latency of softirq processing

softirqs-fix-latency-of-softirq-processing-fix.patch
softirqs-fix-latency-of-softirq-processing fix

x86_64-profiling-oops-workaround.patch
x86_64 profiling oops workaround

add-missing-linux-syscallsh-includes.patch
add missing linux/syscalls.h includes

add-missing-linux-syscallsh-includes-fix.patch
add-missing-linux-syscallsh-includes-fix

distinct-tgid-tid-cpu-usage.patch
distinct tgid/tid CPU usage

show-aggregate-per-process-counters-in-proc-pid-stat-2.patch
show aggregate per-process counters in /proc/PID/stat 2

exec-fix-posix-timers-leak-and-pending-signal-loss.patch
exec: fix posix-timers leak and pending signal loss

__set_page_dirty_nobuffers-mappings.patch
__set_page_dirty_nobuffers mappings

sysfs-backing-store-prepare-file_operations.patch
sysfs backing store - prepare sysfs_file_operations helpers

sysfs-backing-store-prepare-file_operations-fix.patch
fix oops with firmware loading

sysfs-backing-store-add-sysfs_dirent.patch
sysfs backing store - add sysfs_direct structure

sysfs-backing-store-use-sysfs_dirent-tree-in-removal.patch
sysfs backing store: use sysfs_dirent based tree in file removal

sysfs-backing-store-use-sysfs_dirent-tree-in-dir-file_operations.patch
sysfs backing store: use sysfs_dirent based tree in dir file operations

sysfs-backing-store-stop-pinning-dentries-inodes-for-leaves.patch
sysfs backing store: stop pinning dentries/inodes for leaf entries

kgdb-ga.patch
kgdb stub for ia32 (George Anzinger's one)
kgdbL warning fix
kgdb buffer overflow fix
kgdbL warning fix
kgdb: CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO fix
x86_64 fixes
correct kgdb.txt Documentation link (against 2.6.1-rc1-mm2)
kgdb: fix for recent gcc
kgdb warning fixes
THREAD_SIZE fixes for kgdb
Fix stack overflow test for non-8k stacks
kgdb-ga.patch fix for i386 single-step into sysenter
fix TRAP_BAD_SYSCALL_EXITS on i386
add TRAP_BAD_SYSCALL_EXITS config for i386

kgdb-is-incompatible-with-kprobes.patch
kgdb-is-incompatible-with-kprobes

kgdboe-netpoll.patch
kgdb-over-ethernet via netpoll
kgdboe: fix configuration of MAC address

kgdb-x86_64-support.patch
kgdb-x86_64-support.patch for 2.6.2-rc1-mm3
kgdb-x86_64-warning-fixes

kgdb-ia64-support.patch
IA64 kgdb support
ia64 kgdb repair and cleanup
ia64 kgdb fix

kgdb-ia64-fixes.patch
kgdb: ia64 fixes

invalidate-page-race-fix.patch
invalidate page race fix

make-tree_lock-an-rwlock.patch
make mapping->tree_lock an rwlock

must-fix.patch
must fix lists update
must fix list update
mustfix update
must-fix update
mustfix lists

ppc64-reloc_hide.patch

invalidate_inodes-speedup.patch
invalidate_inodes speedup
more invalidate_inodes speedup fixes

dev-mem-restriction-patch.patch
/dev/mem restriction patch

dev-mem-restriction-patch-allow-reads.patch
dev-mem-restriction-patch: allow reads

get_user_pages-handle-VM_IO.patch
fix get_user_pages() against mappings of /dev/mem

jbd-remove-livelock-avoidance.patch
JBD: remove livelock avoidance code in journal_dirty_data()

journal_add_journal_head-debug.patch
journal_add_journal_head-debug

list_del-debug.patch
list_del debug check

unplug-can-sleep.patch
unplug functions can sleep

firestream-warnings.patch
firestream warnings

ext3_rsv_cleanup.patch
ext3 block reservation patch set -- ext3 preallocation cleanup

ext3_rsv_base.patch
ext3 block reservation patch set -- ext3 block reservation
ext3 reservations: fix performance regression
ext3 block reservation patch set -- mount and ioctl feature
ext3 block reservation patch set -- dynamically increase reservation window
ext3 reservation ifdef cleanup patch
ext3 reservation max window size check patch
ext3 reservation file ioctl fix

ext3-reservation-default-on.patch
ext3 reservation: default to on

ext3-lazy-discard-reservation-window-patch.patch
ext3 lazy discard reservation window patch
ext3 discard reservation in last iput fix patch
Fix lazy reservation discard
ext3 reservations: bad_inode fix
ext3 reservation discard race fix

ext3-reservations-spelling-fixes.patch
ext3 reservations: Spelling fixes

ext3-reservations-renumber-the-ext3-reservations-ioctls.patch
ext3 reservations: Renumber the ext3 reservations ioctls

ext3-reservations-remove-unneeded-declaration.patch
ext3 reservations: Remove unneeded declaration.

ext3-reservations-turn-ext3-per-sb-reservations-list-into-an-rbtree.patch
ext3 reservations: Turn ext3 per-sb reservations list into an rbtree.

ext3-reservations-split-the-reserve_window-struct-into-two.patch
ext3 reservations: Split the "reserve_window" struct into two

ext3-reservations-smp-protect-the-reservation-during-allocation.patch
ext3 reservations: SMP-protect the reservation during allocation

ext3-rsv-use-before-initialise-fix.patch
ext3 reservations: use before initialised fix

ext3-reservations-window-allocation-fix.patch
ext3 reservations window allocation fix

ext3-reservation-window-size-increase-incorrectly-fix.patch
ext3 reservation window size increase incorrectly fix

perfctr-core.patch
From: Mikael Pettersson <[email protected]>
Subject: [PATCH][1/6] perfctr-2.7.3 for 2.6.7-rc1-mm1: core
CONFIG_PERFCTR=n build fix
From: Mikael Pettersson <[email protected]>
Subject: [PATCH][6/6] perfctr-2.7.3 for 2.6.7-rc1-mm1: misc

perfctr-i386.patch
From: Mikael Pettersson <[email protected]>
Subject: [PATCH][2/6] perfctr-2.7.3 for 2.6.7-rc1-mm1: i386
perfctr #if/#ifdef cleanup
perfctr Dothan support
perfctr x86_tests build fix
perfctr x86 init bug
perfctr: K8 fix for internal benchmarking code
perfctr x86 update

perfctr-prescott-fix.patch
Prescott fix for perfctr

perfctr-x86_64.patch
From: Mikael Pettersson <[email protected]>
Subject: [PATCH][3/6] perfctr-2.7.3 for 2.6.7-rc1-mm1: x86_64

perfctr-ppc.patch
From: Mikael Pettersson <[email protected]>
Subject: [PATCH][4/6] perfctr-2.7.3 for 2.6.7-rc1-mm1: PowerPC
perfctr ppc32 update
perfctr update 4/6: PPC32 cleanups
perfctr ppc32 buglet fix

perfctr-ppc32-mmcr0-handling-fixes.patch
perfctr ppc32 MMCR0 handling fixes

perfctr-virtualised-counters.patch
From: Mikael Pettersson <[email protected]>
Subject: [PATCH][5/6] perfctr-2.7.3 for 2.6.7-rc1-mm1: virtualised counters
perfctr update 6/6: misc minor cleanups
perfctr update 3/6: __user annotations
perfctr-cpus_complement-fix
perfctr cpumask cleanup
perfctr SMP hang fix

virtual-perfctr-illegal-sleep.patch
virtual perfctr illegal sleep

make-perfctr_virtual-default-in-kconfig-match-recommendation.patch
Make PERFCTR_VIRTUAL default in Kconfig match recommendation in help text

perfctr-ifdef-cleanup.patch
perfctr ifdef cleanup

perfctr-update-2-6-kconfig-related-updates.patch
perfctr update 2/6: Kconfig-related updates

perfctr-ppc32-preliminary-interrupt-support.patch
perfctr ppc32 preliminary interrupt support

perfctr-update-5-6-reduce-stack-usage.patch
perfctr update 5/6: reduce stack usage

perfctr-low-level-documentation.patch
perfctr low-level documentation
perfctr documentation update

perfctr-inheritance-1-3-driver-updates.patch
perfctr inheritance 1/3: driver updates
perfctr inheritance illegal sleep bug

perfctr-inheritance-2-3-kernel-updates.patch
perfctr inheritance 2/3: kernel updates

perfctr-inheritance-3-3-documentation-updates.patch
perfctr inheritance 3/3: documentation updates

perfctr-inheritance-locking-fix.patch
perfctr inheritance locking fix

ext3-online-resize-patch.patch
ext3: online resizing
ext3-online-resize-warning-fix

sched-trivial-sched-changes.patch
sched: trivial sched changes

sched-add-cpu_down_prepare-notifier.patch
sched: add CPU_DOWN_PREPARE notifier

sched-integrate-cpu-hotplug-and-sched-domains.patch
sched: integrate cpu hotplug and sched domains

sched-arch_destroy_sched_domains-warning-fix.patch
sched: arch_destroy_sched_domains warning fix

sched-sched-add-load-balance-flag.patch
sched: sched add load balance flag

sched-sched-add-load-balance-flag-fix.patch
sched: ia64 load balancing fix

sched-remove-disjoint-numa-domains-setup.patch
sched: remove disjoint NUMA domains setup

sched-make-domain-setup-overridable.patch
sched: make domain setup overridable

sched-make-domain-setup-overridable-rename.patch
sched-make-domain-setup-overridable: rename IDLE

sched-make-domain-setup-overridable-fix.patch
sched: make domain setup overridable fix

sched-ia64-add-disjoint-numa-domain-support.patch
sched: IA64 add disjoint NUMA domain support

ia64-non-numa-build-fix.patch
ia64 non numa build fix

sched-fix-domain-debug-for-isolcpus.patch
sched: fix domain debug for isolcpus

sched-enable-sd_load_balance.patch
sched: enable SD_LOAD_BALANCE

sched-hotplug-add-a-cpu_down_failed-notifier.patch
sched: hotplug add a CPU_DOWN_FAILED notifier

sched-use-cpu_down_failed-notifier.patch
sched: use CPU_DOWN_FAILED notifier

sched-fixes-for-ia64-domain-setup.patch
sched: fixes for ia64 domain setup

sched-print-preempt-count.patch
sched-print-preempt-count

zaphod-scheduler.patch
zaphod CPU scheduler

zaphod-build-fix.patch
zaphod-build-fix

preempt-smp.patch
improve preemption on SMP

preempt-cleanup.patch
preempt cleanup

preempt-cleanup-fix.patch
preempt-cleanup-fix

add-lock_need_resched.patch
add lock_need_resched()

sched-add-cond_resched_softirq.patch
sched: add cond_resched_softirq()

sched-fix-latency-in-random-driver.patch
sched: fix latency in random driver

fix-secure-tcp-sequence-number-generator.patch
fix secure tcp sequence number generator

sched-ext3-fix-scheduling-latencies-in-ext3.patch
sched: ext3: fix scheduling latencies in ext3

break-latency-in-invalidate_list.patch
break latency in invalidate_list()

sched-vfs-fix-scheduling-latencies-in-prune_dcache-and-select_parent.patch
sched: vfs: fix scheduling latencies in prune_dcache() and select_parent()

sched-vfs-fix-scheduling-latencies-in-prune_dcache-and-select_parent-fix.patch
sched-vfs-fix-scheduling-latencies-in-prune_dcache-and-select_parent fix

sched-net-fix-scheduling-latencies-in-netstat.patch
sched: net: fix scheduling latencies in netstat

sched-net-fix-scheduling-latencies-in-__release_sock.patch
sched: net: fix scheduling latencies in __release_sock

sched-mm-fix-scheduling-latencies-in-copy_page_range.patch
sched: mm: fix scheduling latencies in copy_page_range()

sched-mm-fix-scheduling-latencies-in-unmap_vmas.patch
sched: mm: fix scheduling latencies in unmap_vmas()

sched-mm-fix-scheduling-latencies-in-get_user_pages.patch
sched: mm: fix scheduling latencies in get_user_pages()

sched-mm-fix-scheduling-latencies-in-filemap_sync.patch
sched: mm: fix scheduling latencies in filemap_sync()

sched-pty-fix-scheduling-latencies-in-ptyc.patch
sched: pty: fix scheduling latencies in pty.c

fix-keventd-execution-dependency.patch
fix keventd execution dependency

sched-fix-scheduling-latencies-in-mttrc.patch
sched: fix scheduling latencies in mttr.c

sched-fix-scheduling-latencies-in-vgaconc.patch
sched: fix scheduling latencies in vgacon.c

sched-fix-scheduling-latencies-for-preempt-kernels.patch
sched: fix scheduling latencies for !PREEMPT kernels

remove-the-bkl-by-turning-it-into-a-semaphore.patch
remove the BKL by turning it into a semaphore

lockmeter-2.patch
lockmeter: lockmeter for out-of-line-spinlocks
ia64 CONFIG_LOCKMETER fix
lockmeter-build-fix
lockmeter for x86_64

lockmeter-lockmeter-fixes-for-preempt-case.patch
lockmeter: lockmeter fixes for preempt case

lockmeter2-build-fix.patch
lockmeter2-build-fix

lockmeter-in_lock_functions-fix.patch
lockmeter: in_lock_functions() fix

lockmeter-in_lock_functions-fix-2.patch
lockmeter-in_lock_functions-fix-2

lockmeter-build-fix-42.patch
lockmeter-build-fix-42

lockmeter-lockmeter-fix-for-generic_read_trylock.patch
lockmeter: lockmeter fix for generic_read_trylock

ext3_bread-cleanup.patch
ext3_bread() cleanup

pcmcia-implement-driver-model-support.patch
pcmcia: implement driver model support

pcmcia-update-network-drivers.patch
pcmcia: update network drivers

pcmcia-update-wireless-drivers.patch
pcmcia: update wireless drivers

pcmcia-fix-eject-lockup.patch
pcmcia: fix eject lockup

pcmcia-add-hotplug-support.patch
pcmcia: add *hotplug support

linux-2.6.8.1-49-rpc_workqueue.patch
nfs: RPC: Convert rpciod into a work queue for greater flexibility

linux-2.6.8.1-50-rpc_queue_lock.patch
nfs: RPC: Remove the rpc_queue_lock global spinlock

dvdrw-support-for-267-bk13.patch
DVD+RW support for 2.6.7-bk13
packet-writing: add credits
CDRW packet writing support
packet: remove #warning
packet writing: door unlocking fix
pkt_lock_door() warning fix
Fix race in pktcdvd kernel thread handling
Fix open/close races in pktcdvd
packet writing: review fixups
Remove pkt_dev from struct pktcdvd_device
packet writing: convert to seq_file
Packet writing support for DVD-RW and DVD+RW discs.
Get blockdev size right in pktcdvd after switching discs
packet writing documentation
Trivial CDRW packet writing doc update
Control pktcdvd with an auxiliary character device
Subject: Re: 2.6.8-rc2-mm2
control-pktcdvd-with-an-auxiliary-character-device-fix
Simplified request size handling in CDRW packet writing
Fix setting of maximum read speed in CDRW packet writing
Packet writing reporting fixes
Speed up the cdrw packet writing driver
packet writing: avoid BIO hackery
cdrom: buffer sizing fix

packet-writing-credits.patch
packet-writing: add credits

cdrw-packet-writing-support-for-267-bk13.patch
CDRW packet writing support
packet: remove #warning
packet writing: door unlocking fix
pkt_lock_door() warning fix
Fix race in pktcdvd kernel thread handling
Fix open/close races in pktcdvd
packet writing: review fixups
Remove pkt_dev from struct pktcdvd_device
packet writing: convert to seq_file

packet-bio-init.patch
packet-writing: use bio_init()

dvd-rw-packet-writing-update.patch
Packet writing support for DVD-RW and DVD+RW discs.
Get blockdev size right in pktcdvd after switching discs

packet-writing-docco.patch
packet writing documentation
Trivial CDRW packet writing doc update

control-pktcdvd-with-an-auxiliary-character-device.patch
Control pktcdvd with an auxiliary character device
Subject: Re: 2.6.8-rc2-mm2
control-pktcdvd-with-an-auxiliary-character-device-fix

packet-private-data.patch
packet-writing: use gendisk private data

simplified-request-size-handling-in-cdrw-packet-writing.patch
Simplified request size handling in CDRW packet writing

fix-setting-of-maximum-read-speed-in-cdrw-packet-writing.patch
Fix setting of maximum read speed in CDRW packet writing

packet-writing-reporting-fix.patch
Packet writing reporting fixes

speed-up-the-cdrw-packet-writing-driver.patch
Speed up the cdrw packet writing driver

packet-writing-avoid-bio-hackery.patch
packet writing: avoid BIO hackery

packet-open-comment.patch
packet-writing: remove useless search

cdrom-buffer-size-fix.patch
cdrom: buffer sizing fix

cpufreq-driver-for-nforce2-kernel-267.patch
cpufreq driver for nForce2

allow-modular-ide-pnp.patch
allow modular ide-pnp

create-nodemask_t.patch
Create nodemask_t
nodemask fix
nodemask build fix

allow-x86_64-to-reenable-interrupts-on-contention.patch
Allow x86_64 to reenable interrupts on contention

i386-hotplug-cpu.patch
i386 Hotplug CPU

hotplug-cpu-fix-apic-queued-timer-vector-race.patch
Hotplug cpu: Fix APIC queued timer vector race

hotplug-cpu-move-cpu_online_map-clear-to-__cpu_disable.patch
Hotplug cpu: Move cpu_online_map clear to __cpu_disable

igxb-speedup.patch
igxb speedup

serialize-access-to-ide-devices.patch
serialize access to ide devices

remove-unconditional-pci-acpi-irq-routing.patch
remove unconditional PCI ACPI IRQ routing

propagate-pci_enable_device-errors.patch
propagate pci_enable_device() errors

disable-atykb-warning.patch
disable atykb "too many keys pressed" warning

reiserfs-rename-struct-key.patch
reiserfs-rename-struct-key

add-some-key-management-specific-error-codes.patch
Add some key management specific error codes

keys-new-error-codes-for-alpha-mips-pa-risc-sparc-sparc64.patch
keys: new error codes for Alpha, MIPS, PA-RISC, Sparc & Sparc64

implement-in-kernel-keys-keyring-management.patch
implement in-kernel keys & keyring management
keys build fix
keys & keyring management update patch
implement-in-kernel-keys-keyring-management-update-build-fix
implement-in-kernel-keys-keyring-management-update-build-fix-2
key management patch cleanup

return-a-different-error-if-unavailable-keytype-is-used.patch
Return a different error if unavailable keytype is used

link-user-keyrings-together-correctly.patch
Link user keyrings together correctly

make-key-management-code-use-new-the-error-codes.patch
Make key management code use new the error codes

keys-permission-fix.patch
keys: permission fix

implement-in-kernel-keys-keyring-management-afs-workaround.patch
implement-in-kernel-keys-keyring-management afs workaround

support-supplementary-information-for-request-key.patch
Support supplementary information for request-key

make-key-management-use-syscalls-not-prctls.patch
Make key management use syscalls not prctls

move-syscall-declarations-from-linux-keyh-2.patch
Move syscall declarations from linux/key.h #2

bits-to-make-the-key-management-api-more-usable.patch
Bits to make the key management API more usable

make-key-management-use-syscalls-not-prctls-build-fix.patch
make-key-management-use-syscalls-not-prctls build fix

export-file_ra_state_init-again.patch
Export file_ra_state_init() again

cachefs-filesystem.patch
CacheFS filesystem

fix-64-bit-problems-in-cachefs.patch
Fix 64-bit problems in cachefs

cachefs-fixed-typos-that-cause-wrong-pointer-to-be-kunmapped.patch
cachefs: fixed typos that cause wrong pointer to be kunmapped

cachefs-return-the-right-error-upon-invalid-mount.patch
CacheFS: return the right error upon invalid mount

fix-cachefs-barrier-handling-and-other-kernel-discrepancies.patch
Fix CacheFS barrier handling and other kernel discrepancies

remove-error-from-linux-cachefsh.patch
Remove #error from linux/cachefs.h

cachefs-warning-fix-2.patch
cachefs warning fix 2

cachefs-linkage-fix-2.patch
cachefs linkage fix

cachefs-build-fix.patch
cachefs build fix

cachefs-documentation.patch
CacheFS documentation

add-page-becoming-writable-notification.patch
Add page becoming writable notification

provide-a-filesystem-specific-syncable-page-bit.patch
Provide a filesystem-specific sync'able page bit

provide-a-filesystem-specific-syncable-page-bit-fix.patch
provide-a-filesystem-specific-syncable-page-bit-fix

make-afs-use-cachefs.patch
Make AFS use CacheFS

afs-cachefs-dependency-fix.patch
afs-cachefs-dependency-fix

ide-probe.patch
ide probe

268-rc3-jffs2-unable-to-read-filesystems.patch
jffs2 unable to read filesystems

jffs2-mount-options-discarded.patch
JFFS2 mount options discarded

assign_irq_vector-section-fix.patch
assign_irq_vector __init section fix

find_isa_irq_pin-should-not-be-__init.patch
find_isa_irq_pin should not be __init

kexec-i8259-shutdowni386.patch
kexec: i8259-shutdown.i386

kexec-i8259-shutdown-x86_64.patch
kexec: x86_64 i8259 shutdown

kexec-apic-virtwire-on-shutdowni386patch.patch
kexec: apic-virtwire-on-shutdown.i386.patch

kexec-apic-virtwire-on-shutdownx86_64.patch
kexec: apic-virtwire-on-shutdown.x86_64

kexec-ioapic-virtwire-on-shutdowni386.patch
kexec: ioapic-virtwire-on-shutdown.i386

kexec-ioapic-virtwire-on-shutdownx86_64.patch
kexec: ioapic-virtwire-on-shutdown.x86_64

kexec-e820-64bit.patch
kexec: e820-64bit

kexec-kexec-generic.patch
kexec: kexec-generic

kexec-machine_shutdownx86_64.patch
kexec: machine_shutdown.x86_64

kexec-kexecx86_64.patch
kexec: kexec.x86_64

kexec-machine_shutdowni386.patch
kexec: machine_shutdown.i386

kexec-kexeci386.patch
kexec: kexec.i386

kexec-use_mm.patch
kexec: use_mm

crashdump-documentation.patch
crashdump: documentation

crashdump-memory-preserving-reboot-using-kexec.patch
crashdump: memory preserving reboot using kexec

crashdump-routines-for-copying-dump-pages.patch
crashdump: routines for copying dump pages

crashdump-kmap-build-fix.patch
crashdump kmap build fix

crashdump-register-snapshotting-before-kexec-boot.patch
crashdump: register snapshotting before kexec boot

crashdump-elf-format-dump-file-access.patch
crashdump: ELF format dump file access

crashdump-linear-raw-format-dump-file-access.patch
crashdump: linear/raw format dump file access

new-bitmap-list-format-for-cpusets.patch
new bitmap list format (for cpusets)

cpusets-big-numa-cpu-and-memory-placement.patch
cpusets - big numa cpu and memory placement

cpusets-fix-race-in-cpuset_add_file.patch
cpusets: fix race in cpuset_add_file()

cpusets-remove-more-casts.patch
cpusets: remove more casts

cpusets-make-config_cpusets-the-default-in-sn2_defconfig.patch
cpusets: make CONFIG_CPUSETS the default in sn2_defconfig

cpusets-document-proc-status-allowed-fields.patch
cpusets: document proc status allowed fields

cpusets-dont-export-proc_cpuset_operations.patch
Cpusets - Dont export proc_cpuset_operations

cpusets-display-allowed-masks-in-proc-status.patch
cpusets: display allowed masks in proc status

cpusets-simplify-cpus_allowed-setting-in-attach.patch
cpusets: simplify cpus_allowed setting in attach

cpusets-remove-useless-validation-check.patch
cpusets: remove useless validation check

cpusets-config_cpusets-depends-on-smp.patch
Cpusets: CONFIG_CPUSETS depends on SMP

cpusets-tasks-file-simplify-format-fixes.patch
Cpusets tasks file: simplify format, fixes

cpusets-simplify-memory-generation.patch
Cpusets: simplify memory generation

cpusets-interoperate-with-hotplug-online-maps.patch
cpusets: interoperate with hotplug online maps

cpusets-alternative-fix-for-possible-race-in.patch
cpusets: alternative fix for possible race in cpuset_tasks_read()

cpusets-remove-casts.patch
cpusets: remove void* typecasts

reiser4-sb_sync_inodes.patch
reiser4: vfs: add super_operations.sync_inodes()

reiser4-sb_sync_inodes-cleanup.patch
reiser4-sb_sync_inodes-cleanup

reiser4-allow-drop_inode-implementation.patch
reiser4: export vfs inode.c symbols

reiser4-allow-drop_inode-implementation-cleanup.patch
reiser4-allow-drop_inode-implementation-cleanup

reiser4-truncate_inode_pages_range.patch
reiser4: vfs: add truncate_inode_pages_range()

reiser4-truncate_inode_pages_range-cleanup.patch
reiser4-truncate_inode_pages_range-cleanup

reiser4-export-remove_from_page_cache.patch
reiser4: export pagecache add/remove functions to modules

reiser4-export-page_cache_readahead.patch
reiser4: export page_cache_readahead to modules

reiser4-reget-page-mapping.patch
reiser4: vfs: re-check page->mapping after calling try_to_release_page()

reiser4-rcu-barrier.patch
reiser4: add rcu_barrier() synchronization point

reiser4-rcu-barrier-fix.patch
reiser4-rcu-barrier fix

reiser4-export-inode_lock.patch
reiser4: export inode_lock to modules

reiser4-export-inode_lock-cleanup.patch
reiser4-export-inode_lock-cleanup

reiser4-export-pagevec-funcs.patch
reiser4: export pagevec functions to modules

reiser4-export-pagevec-funcs-cleanup.patch
reiser4-export-pagevec-funcs-cleanup

reiser4-export-radix_tree_preload.patch
reiser4: export radix_tree_preload() to modules

reiser4-radix-tree-tag.patch
reiser4: add new radix tree tag

reiser4-radix_tree_lookup_slot.patch
reiser4: add radix_tree_lookup_slot()

reiser4-aliased-dir.patch
reiser4: vfs: handle aliased directories

reiser4-kobject-umount-race.patch
reiser4: introduce filesystem kobjects

reiser4-kobject-umount-race-cleanup.patch
reiser4-kobject-umount-race-cleanup

reiser4-perthread-pages.patch
reiser4: per-thread page pools

reiser4-unstatic-kswapd.patch
reiser4: make kswapd() unstatic for debug

reiser4-include-reiser4.patch
reiser4: add to build system

reiser4-4kstacks-fix.patch
resier4-4kstacks-fix

stop-reiser4-from-turning-itself-on-by-default.patch
Stop reiser4 from turning itself on by default

reiser4-doc.patch
reiser4: documentation

reiser4-doc-update.patch
Update Documentation/Changes for reiser4

reiser4-only.patch
reiser4: main fs

reiser4-cond_resched-build-fix.patch
reiser4: cond_resched() build fix

reiser4-debug-build-fix.patch
reiser4-debug-build-fix

reiser4-prefetch-warning-fix.patch
reiser4: prefetch warning fix

reiser4-mode-fix.patch
reiser4: mode type fix

reiser4-get_context_ok-warning-fixes.patch
reiser4: get_context_ok() warning fixes

reiser4-remove-debug.patch
resier4: remove debug stuff

reiser4-spinlock-debugging-build-fix-2.patch
reiser4-spinlock-debugging-build-fix-2

reiser4-sparc64-build-fix.patch
reiser4 sparc64 build fix

sys_reiser4-sparc64-build-fix.patch
sys_reiser4 sparc64 build fix

reiser4-printk-warning-fixes.patch
reiser4 printk warning fixes

reiser4-generic_acl-fix.patch
reiser4: generic_acl fix

reiser4-plugin_set_done-memleak-fix.patch
reiser4 plugin_set_done-memleak-fix.patch

reiser4-init-max_atom_flusers.patch
reiser4 init-max_atom_flusers.patch

reiser4-parse-options-reduce-stack-usage.patch
reiser4 parse-options-reduce-stack-usage.patch

reiser4-sparce64-warning-fix.patch
reiser4 sparc64-warning-fix.patch

reiser4-hardirq-build-fix.patch
resiser4: hardirq.h build fix

reiser4-x86_64-warning-fix.patch
reiser4 x86_64-warning-fix.patch

reiser4-fix-mount-option-parsing.patch
reiser4 fix-mount-option-parsing.patch

reiser4-parse-option-cleanup.patch
reiser4 parse-option-cleanup.patch

reiser4-comment-fix.patch
reiser4 comment-fix.patch

reiser4-fill_super-improve-warning.patch
reiser4 fill_super-improve-warning.patch

reiser4-disable-pseudo.patch
reiser4 disable-pseudo.patch

reiser4-disable-repacker.patch
reiser4 disable-repacker.patch

add-acpi-based-floppy-controller-enumeration.patch
Add ACPI-based floppy controller enumeration.

add-acpi-based-floppy-controller-enumeration-fix.patch
add-acpi-based-floppy-controller-enumeration fix

update-acpi-floppy-enumeration.patch
update ACPI floppy enumeration

floppy-acpi-enumeration-update.patch
floppy ACPI enumeration update

possible-dcache-bug-debugging-patch.patch
Possible dcache BUG: debugging patch

kallsyms-data-size-reduction--lookup-speedup.patch
kallsyms data size reduction / lookup speedup

tioccons-security.patch
TIOCCONS security

fix-process-start-times.patch
Fix reporting of process start times

fix-comment-in-include-linux-nodemaskh.patch
Fix comment in include/linux/nodemask.h

x86-build-issue-with-software-suspend-code.patch
Fix x86 build issue with software suspend code

move-waitqueue-functions-to-kernel-waitc.patch
move waitqueue functions to kernel/wait.c

standardize-bit-waiting-data-type.patch
standardize bit waiting data type

provide-a-filesystem-specific-syncable-page-bit-fix-2.patch
provide-a-filesystem-specific-syncable-page-bit-fix-2

consolidate-bit-waiting-code-patterns.patch
consolidate bit waiting code patterns
consolidate-bit-waiting-code-patterns-cleanup
__wait_on_bit-fix

eliminate-bh-waitqueue-hashtable.patch
eliminate bh waitqueue hashtable

eliminate-bh-waitqueue-hashtable-fix.patch
wait_on_bit_lock() must test_and_set_bit(), not test_bit()

eliminate-inode-waitqueue-hashtable.patch
eliminate inode waitqueue hashtable

move-wait-ops-contention-case-completely-out-of-line.patch
move wait ops' contention case completely out of line

reduce-number-of-parameters-to-__wait_on_bit-and-__wait_on_bit_lock.patch
reduce number of parameters to __wait_on_bit() and __wait_on_bit_lock()

wait_on_bit-must-loop.patch
wait_on_bit() must loop

document-wake_up_bits-requirement-for-preceding-memory-barriers.patch
document wake_up_bit()'s requirement for preceding memory barriers

jbd-wakeup-fix.patch
jbd wakeup fix

3c59x-pm-fix.patch
3c59x: enable power management unconditionally

serial-mpsc-driver.patch
Serial MPSC driver

serial-add-support-for-non-standard-xtals-to-16c950-driver.patch
serial: add support for non-standard XTALs to 16c950 driver

serial-pick-nearest-baud-rate-divider.patch
serial: pick nearest baud rate divider

add-support-for-possio-gcc-aka-pcmcia-siemens-mc45.patch
Add support for Possio GCC AKA PCMCIA Siemens MC45

vm-pageout-throttling.patch
vm: pageout throttling

fix-race-in-sysfs_read_file-and-sysfs_write_file.patch
Fix race in sysfs_read_file() and sysfs_write_file()

possible-race-in-sysfs_read_file-and-sysfs_write_file-update.patch
Possible race in sysfs_read_file() and sysfs_write_file()

md-add-interface-for-userspace-monitoring-of-events.patch
md: add interface for userspace monitoring of events.

unreachable-code-in-ext3_direct_io.patch
unreachable code in ext3_direct_IO()

fix-for-nforce2-secondary-ide-getting-wrong-irq.patch
Fix for NForce2 secondary IDE getting wrong IRQ

revert-allow-oem-written-modules-to-make-calls-to-ia64-oem-sal-functions.patch
revert "allow OEM written modules to make calls to ia64 OEM SAL functions"

misrouted-irq-recovery-take-2.patch
Misrouted IRQ recovery, take 2

misrouted-irq-recovery-take-2-cleanup.patch
misrouted-irq-recovery-take-2 cleanup

misrouted-irq-recovery-take-2-fix.patch
misrouted-irq-recovery-take-2 fix

misrouted-irq-recovery-docs.patch
misrouted-irq-recovery documentation

enable_irq-backtrace.patch
enable_irq-backtrace

cfq-iosched-v2.patch
CFQ iosched v2

cfq-v2-update.patch
cfq v2 update

cfq-fix-allocated-counts.patch
cfq: fix allocated counts

cfq-warnings.patch
cfq warnings

dont-export-blkdev_open-and-def_blk_ops.patch
don't export blkdev_open and def_blk_ops

remove-dead-code-from-fs-mbcachec.patch
remove dead code from fs/mbcache.c

remove-posix_acl_masq_nfs_mode.patch
remove posix_acl_masq_nfs_mode

dont-export-shmem_file_setup.patch
don't export shmem_file_setup

remove-pm_find-unexport-pm_send.patch
remove pm_find, unexport pm_send

remove-dead-code-and-exports-from-signalc.patch
remove dead code and exports from signal.c

unexport-proc_sys_root.patch
unexport proc_sys_root

unexport-is_subdir-and-shrink_dcache_anon.patch
unexport is_subdir and shrink_dcache_anon

unexport-devfs_mk_symlink.patch
unexport devfs_mk_symlink

unexport-do_execve-do_select.patch
unexport do_execve/do_select

unexport-exit_mm.patch
unexport exit_mm

unexport-files_lock-and-put_filp.patch
unexport files_lock and put_filp

unexport-f_delown.patch
unexport f_delown

unexport-lookup_create.patch
unexport lookup_create

remove-wake_up_all_sync.patch
remove wake_up_all_sync

remove-set_fs_root-set_fs_pwd.patch
remove set_fs_root/set_fs_pwd

md-remove-md_flush_all.patch
md: remove md_flush_all

md-make-retry_list-non-global-in-raid1-and-multipath.patch
md: make retry_list non-global in raid1 and multipath

md-rationalise-issue_flush-function-in-md-personalities.patch
md: rationalise issue_flush function in md personalities

md-rationalise-unplug-functions-in-md.patch
md: rationalise unplug functions in md

md-make-sure-md-always-uses-rdev_dec_pending-properly.patch
md: make sure md always uses rdev_dec_pending properly

md-fix-two-little-bugs-in-raid10.patch
md: fix two little bugs in raid10

md-modify-locking-when-accessing-subdevices-in-md.patch
md: modify locking when accessing subdevices in md

generic-acl-support-for-permission.patch
generic acl support for ->permission

generic-acl-support-for-permission-fix.patch
generic acl support for ->permission fix

cacheline-align-pagevec-structure.patch
Adjust align pagevec structure

fbdev-remove-unnecessary-banshee_wait_idle-from-tdfxfb.patch
fbdev: remove unnecessary banshee_wait_idle from tdfxfb

fbdev-fix-logo-drawing-failure-for-vga16fb.patch
fbdev: fix logo drawing failure for vga16fb

fbcon-fix-setup-boot-options-of-fbcon.patch
fbcon: Fix setup boot options of fbcon

fbdev-pass-struct-device-to-class_simple_device_add.patch
fbdev: Pass struct device to class_simple_device_add

fbdev-add-tile-blitting-support.patch
fbdev: Add Tile Blitting support

fbdev-fix-scrolling-corruption.patch
fbdev: fix scrolling corruption

radeonfb-fix-warnings-about-uninitialized-variables.patch
radeonfb: Fix monitor probe logic

fbdev-remove-i810fb-explicit-agp-initialization-hack.patch
fbdev: Remove i810fb explicit agp initialization hack.

fbdev-add-iomem-annotations-to-fbmemc.patch
fbdev: Add iomem annotations to fbmem.c

fbdev-add-iomem-annotations-to-i810fb.patch
fbdev: Add iomem annotations to i810fb

fbdev-add-iomem-annotations-to-vga16fbc.patch
fbdev: Add iomem annotations to vga16fb.c

vga-console-font-problems-on-26-kernel.patch
VGA console font problems on 2.6 kernel

fix-for-spurious-interrupts-on-e100-resume-2.patch
Fix for spurious interrupts on e100 resume 2

atomic_inc_return-for-i386.patch
atomic_inc_return() for i386

atomic_inc_return-for-x86_64.patch
atomic_inc_return() for x86_64

atomic_inc_return-for-arm.patch
atomic_inc_return() for arm

atomic_inc_return-for-arm26.patch
atomic_inc_return() for arm26

atomic_inc_return-for-sparc64.patch
atomic_inc_return() for sparc64

remove-dead-exports-from-fs-fat.patch
remove dead exports from fs/fat/

fat-use-hlist_head-for-fat_inode_hashtable-1-6.patch
FAT: use hlist_head for fat_inode_hashtable

fat-rewrite-the-cache-for-file-allocation-table-lookup.patch
FAT: rewrite the cache for file allocation table lookup

fat-cache-lock-from-per-sb-to-per-inode-3-6.patch
FAT: cache lock from per sb to per inode

fat-the-inode-hash-from-per-module-to-per-sb-4-6.patch
FAT: the inode hash from per module to per sb

fat-fix-the-race-bitween-fat_free-and-fat_get_cluster.patch
FAT: Fix the race bitween fat_free() and fat_get_cluster()

fat-remove-debug_pr-6-6.patch
FAT: remove debug_pr()

fat-merge-fix.patch
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] FAT: merge fix

fat-check-free_clusters-value.patch
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] FAT: check free_clusters value

fat-removal-of-c_le_-macro.patch
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] FAT: removal of C[FT]_LE_[WL] macro

fat-remove-validity-check-of-fat-first-entry.patch
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] FAT: remove validity check of FAT first entry

thinkpad-fnfx-key-driver.patch
thinkpad fn+fx key driver

enforce-a-gap-between-heap-and-stack.patch
Enforce a gap between heap and stack

no-exec-i386-and-x86_64-fixes.patch
no exec: i386 and x86_64 cleanups

rewrite-alloc_pidmap.patch
pidhashing: rewrite alloc_pidmap()

pidhashing-retain-older-vendor-copyright.patch
From: William Lee Irwin III <[email protected]>
Subject: [pidhashing] [1/3] retain older vendor copyright

pidhashing-lower-pid_max_limit-for-32-bit-machines.patch
From: William Lee Irwin III <[email protected]>
Subject: [pidhashing] [2/3] lower PID_MAX_LIMIT for 32-bit machines

pidhashing-enforce-pid_max_limit-in-sysctls.patch
From: William Lee Irwin III <[email protected]>
Subject: [pidhashing] [3/3] enforce PID_MAX_LIMIT in sysctls

allow-multiple-inputs-in-alternative_input.patch
Allow multiple inputs in alternative_input

autofs4-allow-map-update-recognition.patch
autofs4: allow map update recognition

lighten-mmlist_lock.patch
lighten mmlist_lock

incorrect-pci-interrupt-assignment-on-es7000-for-platform-gsi.patch
Incorrect PCI interrupt assignment on ES7000 for platform GSI

fix-task_mmuc-text-size-reporting.patch
procfs: fix task_mmu.c text size reporting

sparc32-add-atomic_sub_and_test.patch
sparc32: add atomic_sub_and_test()

make-console_conditional_schedule-__sched-and-use-cond_resched.patch
make console_conditional_schedule() __sched and use cond_resched()

report-per-process-pagetable-usage.patch
report per-process pagetable usage

remove-lock_section-from-x86_64-spin_lock-asm.patch
remove LOCK_SECTION from x86_64 spin_lock asm

v4l-msp3400-cleanup.patch
v4l: msp3400 cleanup

v4l-tuner-update.patch
v4l: tuner update

v4l-bttv-update.patch
v4l: bttv update

v4l-dvb-cx88-driver-update.patch
v4l/dvb: cx88 driver update

v4l-dvb-cx88-driver-update-fix.patch
v4l-dvb-cx88-driver-update-fix

DVB-update-saa7146.patch
DVB: update saa7146

DVB-documentation-update.patch
DVB: documentation update

DVB-skystar2-dvb-bt8xx-update.patch
DVB: skystar2 dvb bt8xx update

DVB-dvb-core-update.patch
DVB: core update

DVB-frontend-conversion.patch
DVB: frontend conversion

DVB-frontend-conversion2.patch
DVB: frontend conversion #2

DVB-frontend-conversion3.patch
DVB: frontend conversion #3

DVB-frontend-conversion4.patch
DVB: frontend conversion #4

DVB-add-frontend-1-2.patch
DVB: add frontend

DVB-add-frontend-2-2.patch
DVB: add frontend #2

DVB-new-driver-dibusb.patch
DVB: new driver for mobile USB Budget DVB-T devices

DVB-misc-driver-updates.patch
DVB: misc driver updates

DVB-frontend-updates.patch
DVB: frontend updates

V4L-follow-changes-in-saa7146.patch
V4L: follow changes in saa7146

a-simple-fifo-implementation.patch
A simple FIFO implementation

add-hook-for-pci-resource-deallocation.patch
add hook for PCI resource deallocation

replace-hard-coded-modverdir-in-modpost.patch
Replace hard-coded MODVERDIR in modpost

via-velocity-kconfig-fix.patch
via-velocity Kconfig fix

gen_init_cpio-uses-external-file-list.patch
gen_init_cpio uses external file list

select-cpio_list-or-source-directory-for-initramfs-image.patch
Select cpio_list or source directory for initramfs image

select-cpio_list-or-source-directory-for-initramfs-image-fix.patch
select-cpio_list-or-source-directory-for-initramfs-image fix

ia64-alignment-error-stack-dump.patch
ia64-alignment-error-stack-dump

changed-pci_find_device-to-pci_get_device.patch
Changed pci_find_device to pci_get_device

3c59x-missing-pci_disable_device.patch
3c59x: missing pci_disable_device

remove-mod_inc_use_count-mod_dec_use_count.patch
remove MOD_INC_USE_COUNT/MOD_DEC_USE_COUNT

mark-inter_module_-deprecated.patch
mark inter_module_* deprecated

dont-include-linux-sysctlh-in-linux-securityh.patch
don't include <linux/sysctl.h> in <linux/security.h>

cleanup-move-call-to-update_process_times.patch
cleanup: move call to update_process_times.

cleanup-remove-unused-definitions-from-timexh.patch
cleanup: remove unused definitions from timex.h

cleanup-timeh-timesh-timexh-and-jiffiesh.patch
cleanup: time.h, times.h, timex.h and jiffies.h

fix-dcache-lookup.patch
Fix dcache lookup

remove-d_bucket.patch
Remove d_bucket

remove-d_bucket-warning-fix.patch
remove-d_bucket warning fix

document-rcu-based-dcache-lookup.patch
Document RCU based dcache lookup

via82xx-fix.patch
via82xx fix

add-tainted-bit-for-machine-checks.patch
Add tainted bit for machine checks

taint-cleanup-mce.patch
taint: cleanup mce

taint-fix-forced-rmmod.patch
taint: fix forced rmmod

taint-on-bad_page.patch
taint on bad_page

smbfs-do-not-honor-uid-gid-file_mode-and-dir_mode-supplied.patch
smbfs does not honor uid, gid, file_mode and dir_mode supplied by user mount

sort-generic-pci-fixups-after-specific-ones.patch
Sort generic PCI fixups after specific ones

kfree_skb-dump_stack.patch
kfree_skb-dump_stack

simplify-last-lib-idrc-change.patch
Simplify last lib/idr.c change

fix-typesh.patch
Fix types.h

xattr-consolidation-v3-generic-xattr-api.patch
xattr consolidation v3 - generic xattr API

xattr-consolidation-v3-lsm.patch
xattr consolidation v3 - LSM

xattr-consolidation-v3-ext3.patch
xattr consolidation v3 - ext3

xattr-consolidation-v3-ext2.patch
xattr consolidation v3 - ext2

xattr-consolidation-v3-devpts.patch
xattr consolidation v3 - devpts

xattr-consolidation-v3-tmpfs.patch
xattr consolidation v3 - tmpfs

xattr-consolidation-v3-tmpfs-fix.patch
xattr-consolidation-v3-tmpfs fix

xattr-reintroduce-sanity-checks-2.patch
xattr: re-introduce validity check before xattr cache insert

allow-all-filesystems-to-specify-fscreate-mount.patch
SELinux: allow all filesystems to specify fscreate mount option

512x-altix-timer-interrupt-livelock-fix-vs-269-rc2-mm2.patch
profile: 512x Altix timer interrupt livelock fix

sparc32-early-tick_ops.patch
sparc32: early tick_ops

smc91x-revert-11923358-m32r-modify-drivers-net-smc91xc.patch
smc91x: Revert 1.1923.3.58: "m32r: modify drivers/net/smc91x.c for m32r"

smc91x-assorted-minor-cleanups.patch
From: Nicolas Pitre <[email protected]>
Subject: [Patch 2/11] smc91x: Assorted minor cleanups

smc91x-set-the-mac-addr-from-the-smc_enable-function.patch
From: Nicolas Pitre <[email protected]>
Subject: [Patch 3/11] smc91x: set the MAC addr from the smc_enable function

smc91x-fold-smc_setmulticast-into-smc_set_multicast_list.patch
From: Nicolas Pitre <[email protected]>
Subject: [Patch 4/11] smc91x: fold smc_setmulticast() into smc_set_multicast_list()

smc91x-simplify-register-bank-usage.patch
From: Nicolas Pitre <[email protected]>
Subject: [Patch 5/11] smc91x: simplify register bank usage

smc91x-move-tx-processing-out-of-irq-context-entirely.patch
From: Nicolas Pitre <[email protected]>
Subject: [Patch 6/11] smc91x: move TX processing out of IRQ context entirely

smc91x-use-a-work-queue-to-reconfigure-the-phy-from.patch
From: Nicolas Pitre <[email protected]>
Subject: [Patch 7/11] smc91x: use a work queue to reconfigure the phy from smc_timeout()

smc91x-fix-possible-leak-of-the-skb-waiting-for-mem.patch
From: Nicolas Pitre <[email protected]>
Subject: [Patch 8/11] smc91x: fix possible leak of the skb waiting for mem allocation

smc91x-display-pertinent-register-values-from-the.patch
From: Nicolas Pitre <[email protected]>
Subject: [Patch 9/11] smc91x: display pertinent register values from the timeout function

smc91x-straighten-smp-locking.patch
From: Nicolas Pitre <[email protected]>
Subject: [Patch 10/11] smc91x: straighten SMP locking

smc91x-cosmetics.patch
From: Nicolas Pitre <[email protected]>
Subject: [Patch 11/11] smc91x: cosmetics

m32r-trivial-fix-of-smc91xh.patch
m32r: trivial fix of smc91x.h

remove-big-endian-mode-from-matroxfb.patch
Remove big-endian mode from matroxfb

assorted-matroxfb-fixes.patch
Assorted matroxfb fixes

janitor-cpqarray-remove-unused-include.patch
janitor: cpqarray remove unused include

janitor-remove-old-ifdefs-dmascc.patch
janitor: remove old ifdefs dmascc

janitor-remove-old-ifdefs-fasttimer.patch
janitor: remove old ifdefs fasttimer

janitor-use-list_for_each-drivers-pcmcia-rsrc_mgrc.patch
janitor: use list_for_each() drivers/pcmcia/rsrc_mgr.c

janitor-pcmcia-cs-replace-schedule_timeout-with-msleep.patch
janitor: pcmcia/cs: replace schedule_timeout() with msleep()

janitor-pcmcia-ds-replace-schedule_timeout-with-msleep.patch
janitor: pcmcia/ds: replace schedule_timeout() with msleep()

janitor-pcmcia-i82365-replace-schedule_timeout-with-msleep.patch
janitor: pcmcia/i82365: replace schedule_timeout() with msleep()

janitor-pcmcia-sa1100_h3600-replace-schedule_timeout-with-msleep.patch
janitor: pcmcia/sa1100_h3600: replace schedule_timeout() with msleep()

janitor-list_for_each-drivers-char-drm-radeon_memc.patch
janitor: list_for_each: drivers-char-drm-radeon_mem.c

janitor-char-rio_linux-replace-schedule_timeout-with-msleep-msleep_interruptible.patch
janitor: char/rio_linux: replace schedule_timeout() with msleep()/msleep_interruptible()

janitor-char-sis-agp-replace-schedule_timeout-with-msleep.patch
janitor: char/sis-agp: replace schedule_timeout() with msleep()

janitor-char-fdc-io-replace-direct-assignment-with-set_current_state.patch
janitor: char/fdc-io: replace direct assignment with set_current_state()

janitor-char-ipmi_si_intf-add-set_current_state.patch
janitor: char/ipmi_si_intf: add set_current_state()

janitor-char-sx-replace-direct-assignment-with-set_current_state.patch
janitor: char/sx: replace direct assignment with set_current_state()

drivers-char-replace-schedule_timeout-with-msleep_interruptible.patch
drivers/char: replace schedule_timeout() with msleep_interruptible()

janitor-removing-check_region-from-drivers-char-espc.patch

janitor-mark-__init-__exit-static-drivers-net-ppp_deflate.patch
janitor: mark __init/__exit static drivers/net/ppp_deflate

janitor-mark-__init-__exit-static-drivers-net-bsd_comp.patch
janitor: mark __init/__exit static drivers/net/bsd_comp

janitor-fix-typo-arm-dma-arch-arm26-machine-dmac.patch
janitor: fix-typo-arm-dma arch/arm26/machine/dma.c

kill-kernel_version-duplicate-in-videocodecc.patch
janitor: kill KERNEL_VERSION duplicate in videocodec.c

video-radeon_base-replace-ms_to_hz-with-msecs_to_jiffies.patch
janitor: video/radeon_base: replace MS_TO_HZ() with msecs_to_jiffies()

video-radeonfb-remove-ms_to_hz.patch
janitor: video/radeonfb: remove MS_TO_HZ()

drivers-media-replace-schedule_timeout-with-msleep.patch
janitor: drivers/media: replace schedule_timeout() with msleep()

drivers-message-replace-schedule_timeout-with-msleep_interruptible.patch
janitor: drivers/message: replace schedule_timeout() with msleep_interruptible()

drivers-md-replace-schedule_timeout-with-msleep_interruptible.patch
drivers/md: replace schedule_timeout() with msleep_interruptible()

mmc-replace-schedule_timeout-with-msleep_interruptible.patch
mmc: replace schedule_timeout() with msleep_interruptible()

drivers-ieee1394-replace-schedule_timeout-with-msleep_interruptible.patch
ieee1394: replace schedule_timeout() with msleep_interruptible()

janitor-replace-dprintk-with-pr_debug-in-drivers-scsi-tpam.patch
janitor: replace dprintk with pr_debug in drivers/scsi/tpam/

janitor-isdn-icn-change-units-of-icn_boot_timeout1.patch
janitor: isdn/icn: change units of ICN_BOOT_TIMEOUT1

drivers-isdn-replace-milliseconds-with-msecs_to_jiffies.patch
drivers/isdn: replace milliseconds() with msecs_to_jiffies()

__function__-string-concatenation-deprecated.patch
janitor: __FUNCTION__ string concatenation deprecated

janitor-replace-dprintk-with-pr_debug-in-microcodec.patch
janitor: replace dprintk with pr_debug in microcode.c

janitor-net-mac89x0-replace-schedule_timeout-with-msleep_interruptible.patch
net/mac89x0: replace schedule_timeout() with msleep_interruptible()

ia64-stab-in-the-dark.patch
ia64 maybefix

nfsd4-fix-nfsd-oopsed-when-encountering-a-conflict-with-a-local-lock.patch
nfsd4: nfsd oopsed when encountering a conflict with a local lock

nfsd-separate-a-little-of-logic-from-fh_verify-into-new-function.patch
nfsd: separate a little of logic from fh_verify into new function

nfsd4-dont-take-i_sem-around-call-to-getxattr.patch
nfsd4: don't take i_sem around call to ->getxattr

nfsd-make-sure-getxattr-inode-op-is-non-null-before-calling-it.patch
nfsd: make sure getxattr inode op is non-NULL before calling it

nfsd4-reference-count-stateowners.patch
nfsd4: reference count stateowners

nfsd4-take-a-reference-to-preserve-stateowner-through-xdr-replay-code.patch
nfsd4: take a reference to preserve stateowner through xdr replay code

nfsd4-revert-awkward-extension-of-state-lock-over-xdr-for-replay-encoding.patch
nfsd4: revert awkward extension of state lock over xdr for replay encoding

nfsd4-fix-race-in-xdr-encoding-of-lock_denied-response.patch
nfsd4: fix race in xdr encoding of lock_denied response.

nfsd-remove-incorrect-stateid-modification-in-nfsv4-open-upgrade.patch
nfsd: remove incorrect stateid modification in nfsv4 open upgrade

nfsd4-move-open-owner-checks-from-nfsd4_process_open2-into-new-function.patch
nfsd4: move open owner checks from nfsd4_process_open2 into new function

nfsd4-set-open_result_locktype_posix-in-open.patch
nfsd: set OPEN_RESULT_LOCKTYPE_POSIX in open()

nfsd4-move-seqid-decrement-on-reclaim-to-separate-function.patch
nfsd4: move seqid decrement on reclaim to separate function

nfsd4-reorganize-if-in-nfsd4_process_open2-to-make-test-clearer.patch
nfsd4: reorganize "if" in nfsd4_process_open2 to make test clearer

nfsd4-move-open_upgrade-code-into-a-separate-function.patch
nfsd4: move open_upgrade code into a separate function

nfsd4-move-some-nfsd4_process_open2-code-to-nfs4_new_open.patch
nfsd4: move some nfsd4_process_open2 code to nfs4_new_open

nfsd-clean-up-nfsd4_process_open2.patch
nfsd: clean up nfsd4_process_open2

nfsd4-fix-putrootfh-return.patch
nfsd4: fix putrootfh return

nfsd4-move-code-to-truncate-on-open-to-separate-function.patch
nfsd4: move code to truncate on open to separate function

rmmod-ohci1394-hangs.patch
rmmod ohci1394 hangs

capabilities-issue-in-firmware-loader.patch
Capabilities issue in firmware loader

introduce-remap_pfn_range-to-replace-remap_page_range.patch
vm: introduce remap_pfn_range() to replace remap_page_range()

convert-references-to-remap_page_range-under-arch-and-documentation-to-remap_pfn_range.patch
vm: convert references to remap_page_range() under arch/ and Documentation/ to remap_pfn_range()

convert-users-of-remap_page_range-under-drivers-and-net-to-use-remap_pfn_range.patch
vm: convert users of remap_page_range() under drivers/ and net/ to use remap_pfn_range()

convert-users-of-remap_page_range-under-include-asm--to-use-remap_pfn_range.patch
vm: convert users of remap_page_range() under include/asm-*/ to use remap_pfn_range()

convert-users-of-remap_page_range-under-sound-to-use-remap_pfn_range.patch
vm: convert users of remap_page_range() under sound/ to use remap_pfn_range()

for-mm-only-remove-remap_page_range-completely.patch
vm: for -mm only: remove remap_page_range() completely

vm-no-wild-kswapd.patch
vm: prevent kswapd pageout priority windup

add-wait_event_timeout.patch
Add wait_event_timeout()

update-noapic-description.patch
Update 'noapic' description

mips-added-cpu-type-checking-to-interrupt-control-routines.patch
mips: added CPU type checking to interrupt control routines

mips-added-interrupt-control-routines-for-vrc4173.patch
mips: added interrupt control routines for vrc4173




2004-09-27 04:53:26

by Gene Heskett

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Subject: Re: 2.6.9-rc2-mm4

On Sunday 26 September 2004 21:10, Andrew Morton wrote:
>ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.9-
>rc2/2.6.9-rc2-mm4/
>
>- ppc64 builds are busted due to breakage in bk-pci.patch
>
>- sparc64 builds are busted too. Also due to pci problems.
>
>- Various updates to various things. In particular, a kswapd
> artifact which could cause too much swapout was fixed.
>
>- I shall be offline for most of this week.
>

The bootup hangs, from dmesg after reboot to 2.6.9-rc2-mm3:

Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK.
-----
2.6.9-rc2-mm4 hangs here, and never gets to the next line
-----
NET: Registered protocol family 16

So I assume something in the next line hangs it. Sysrq-t has no
repsonse, must use the hardware reset button.

Ideas?

--
Cheers, Gene
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soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
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2004-09-27 05:15:29

by Andrew Morton

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Subject: Re: 2.6.9-rc2-mm4

Gene Heskett <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> The bootup hangs, from dmesg after reboot to 2.6.9-rc2-mm3:
>
> Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK.
> -----
> 2.6.9-rc2-mm4 hangs here, and never gets to the next line
> -----
> NET: Registered protocol family 16
>
> So I assume something in the next line hangs it. Sysrq-t has no
> repsonse, must use the hardware reset button.

Try booting with `acpi=off'

Try reverting allow-multiple-inputs-in-alternative_input.patch

2004-09-27 06:32:12

by Gene Heskett

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Subject: Re: 2.6.9-rc2-mm4

On Monday 27 September 2004 01:13, Andrew Morton wrote:
>Gene Heskett <[email protected]> wrote:
>> The bootup hangs, from dmesg after reboot to 2.6.9-rc2-mm3:
>>
>> Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK.
>> -----
>> 2.6.9-rc2-mm4 hangs here, and never gets to the next line
>> -----
>> NET: Registered protocol family 16
>>
>> So I assume something in the next line hangs it. Sysrq-t has no
>> repsonse, must use the hardware reset button.
>
>Try booting with `acpi=off'

Its already off in the .config, theres nothing there I need.

>Try reverting allow-multiple-inputs-in-alternative_input.patch

Ok, I?ll give that a shot. Thanks.

I also note that the agp, radeon & drm stuff is pretty noisy,
deprecated this and deprecated that warnings.
Also, amanda has started, so I?ll not be rebooting till morning to
test the reverted patch.

--
Cheers, Gene
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soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
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2004-09-27 07:02:44

by Gene Heskett

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Subject: Re: 2.6.9-rc2-mm4

On Monday 27 September 2004 02:31, Gene Heskett wrote:
>On Monday 27 September 2004 01:13, Andrew Morton wrote:
>>Gene Heskett <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> The bootup hangs, from dmesg after reboot to 2.6.9-rc2-mm3:
>>>
>>> Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK.
>>> -----
>>> 2.6.9-rc2-mm4 hangs here, and never gets to the next line
>>> -----
>>> NET: Registered protocol family 16
>>>
>>> So I assume something in the next line hangs it. Sysrq-t has no
>>> repsonse, must use the hardware reset button.
>>
>>Try booting with `acpi=off'
>
>Its already off in the .config, theres nothing there I need.
>
>>Try reverting allow-multiple-inputs-in-alternative_input.patch
>
>Ok, I?ll give that a shot. Thanks.
>
>I also note that the agp, radeon & drm stuff is pretty noisy,
>deprecated this and deprecated that warnings.
>Also, amanda has started, so I?ll not be rebooting till morning to
>test the reverted patch.

Amanda got done before I did, so I can report that reverting that
patch did not effect a fix for the hang noted above.

--
Cheers, Gene
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soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
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2004-09-27 15:31:40

by Gene Heskett

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Subject: Re: 2.6.9-rc2-mm4

On Monday 27 September 2004 10:06, Matt Heler wrote:
>I can confirm the same problem here.

So I not alone, thats comforting (I think)

I just woke up, and I think the next test compile will be done without
the pre-emptable bkl turned on. That was the only diff in the config
I saw when my script ran a make oldconfig, and it defaulted to a Y so
I accepted it when it ran.

Half an hour later (mount had to e2fsck a couple BIG partitions)

Ok, that fixed it and I'm running on it now.

That was the checkbox to make the big-kernel-lock pre-emptable that I
unchecked in a "make xconfig".

So I guess that particular patch still needs help.

I also took this back to the lkml for others to be made aware. But I
wonder whats so odd about our two systems, so far, we are the only
ones to be effected, so lets compare notes:

AMD Athlon 2800xp, biostar N7-NCD-Pro motherboard with an nforce2
chipset, and using the forcedeth driver for eth0. A gigabyte of
DDR400 rated ram running in DDR333 dual channel mode, the 2800xp
Athlon can't handle the DDR400 fsb correctly. No acpi is enabled, and
apm only for shutdown control & rtc handling.

>On Sunday 26 September 2004 9:53 pm, Gene Heskett wrote:
>> On Sunday 26 September 2004 21:10, Andrew Morton wrote:
>> >ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6
>> >.9- rc2/2.6.9-rc2-mm4/
>> >
>> >- ppc64 builds are busted due to breakage in bk-pci.patch
>> >
>> >- sparc64 builds are busted too. Also due to pci problems.
>> >
>> >- Various updates to various things. In particular, a kswapd
>> > artifact which could cause too much swapout was fixed.
>> >
>> >- I shall be offline for most of this week.
>>
>> The bootup hangs, from dmesg after reboot to 2.6.9-rc2-mm3:
>>
>> Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK.
>> -----
>> 2.6.9-rc2-mm4 hangs here, and never gets to the next line
>> -----
>> NET: Registered protocol family 16
>>
>> So I assume something in the next line hangs it. Sysrq-t has no
>> repsonse, must use the hardware reset button.
>>
>> Ideas?

--
Cheers, Gene
"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author)
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2004-09-27 15:32:41

by Matt Heler

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Subject: Re: 2.6.9-rc2-mm4

I can confirm the same problem here for 2.6.9-rc2-mm4. Right after the '
Checking 'hlt' instruction .. OK ' it hangs.

On Sunday 26 September 2004 9:53 pm, Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Sunday 26 September 2004 21:10, Andrew Morton wrote:
> >ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.9-
> >rc2/2.6.9-rc2-mm4/
> >
> >- ppc64 builds are busted due to breakage in bk-pci.patch
> >
> >- sparc64 builds are busted too. Also due to pci problems.
> >
> >- Various updates to various things. In particular, a kswapd
> > artifact which could cause too much swapout was fixed.
> >
> >- I shall be offline for most of this week.
>
> The bootup hangs, from dmesg after reboot to 2.6.9-rc2-mm3:
>
> Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK.
> -----
> 2.6.9-rc2-mm4 hangs here, and never gets to the next line
> -----
> NET: Registered protocol family 16
>
> So I assume something in the next line hangs it. Sysrq-t has no
> repsonse, must use the hardware reset button.
>
> Ideas?

2004-09-27 15:54:28

by Matt Heler

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Subject: Re: 2.6.9-rc2-mm4

On Monday 27 September 2004 8:31 am, Gene Heskett wrote:
> ones to be effected, so lets compare notes:
>
> AMD Athlon 2800xp, biostar N7-NCD-Pro motherboard with an nforce2
> chipset, and using the forcedeth driver for eth0. A gigabyte of
> DDR400 rated ram running in DDR333 dual channel mode, the 2800xp
> Athlon can't handle the DDR400 fsb correctly. No acpi is enabled, and
> apm only for shutdown control & rtc handling.
>

Simular system here. Athlon 3000xp , with nforce2 chipset.

2004-09-27 16:06:08

by Gene Heskett

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Subject: Re: 2.6.9-rc2-mm4

On Monday 27 September 2004 11:52, Matt Heler wrote:
>On Monday 27 September 2004 8:31 am, Gene Heskett wrote:
>> ones to be effected, so lets compare notes:
>>
>> AMD Athlon 2800xp, biostar N7-NCD-Pro motherboard with an nforce2
>> chipset, and using the forcedeth driver for eth0. A gigabyte of
>> DDR400 rated ram running in DDR333 dual channel mode, the 2800xp
>> Athlon can't handle the DDR400 fsb correctly. No acpi is enabled,
>> and apm only for shutdown control & rtc handling.
>
>Simular system here. Athlon 3000xp , with nforce2 chipset.

Can your athlon 3000xp do the DDR400 setting for the fsb?

For all the marketing hoopla, this 2800 is nowhere near twice as fast
the 1400xp it replaced, the 1400 was doing about 4.5 units of seti
per day, and this one is normally doing about 7.1. I expected to see
about 9/day.

--
Cheers, Gene
"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
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2004-09-27 16:27:46

by Geert Uytterhoeven

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Subject: Re: 2.6.9-rc2-mm4

On Mon, 27 Sep 2004, Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Monday 27 September 2004 11:52, Matt Heler wrote:
> >On Monday 27 September 2004 8:31 am, Gene Heskett wrote:
> >> ones to be effected, so lets compare notes:
> >>
> >> AMD Athlon 2800xp, biostar N7-NCD-Pro motherboard with an nforce2
> >> chipset, and using the forcedeth driver for eth0. A gigabyte of
> >> DDR400 rated ram running in DDR333 dual channel mode, the 2800xp
> >> Athlon can't handle the DDR400 fsb correctly. No acpi is enabled,
> >> and apm only for shutdown control & rtc handling.
> >
> >Simular system here. Athlon 3000xp , with nforce2 chipset.
>
> Can your athlon 3000xp do the DDR400 setting for the fsb?

JFYI, my XP2800+ with VIA KT600 cannot handle 2 DDR400 DIMMs neither, so I run
them at 333. But according to memtest86, the speed difference is small (< 4%).

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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2004-09-27 16:43:04

by Matt Heler

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Subject: Re: 2.6.9-rc2-mm4

Yup, turning opff pre-emptable bkl makes it boot up and work just fine.


On Monday 27 September 2004 8:31 am, Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Monday 27 September 2004 10:06, Matt Heler wrote:
> >I can confirm the same problem here.
>
> So I not alone, thats comforting (I think)
>
> I just woke up, and I think the next test compile will be done without
> the pre-emptable bkl turned on. That was the only diff in the config
> I saw when my script ran a make oldconfig, and it defaulted to a Y so
> I accepted it when it ran.
>
> Half an hour later (mount had to e2fsck a couple BIG partitions)
>
> Ok, that fixed it and I'm running on it now.
>
> That was the checkbox to make the big-kernel-lock pre-emptable that I
> unchecked in a "make xconfig".
>
> So I guess that particular patch still needs help.
>
> I also took this back to the lkml for others to be made aware. But I
> wonder whats so odd about our two systems, so far, we are the only
> ones to be effected, so lets compare notes:
>
> AMD Athlon 2800xp, biostar N7-NCD-Pro motherboard with an nforce2
> chipset, and using the forcedeth driver for eth0. A gigabyte of
> DDR400 rated ram running in DDR333 dual channel mode, the 2800xp
> Athlon can't handle the DDR400 fsb correctly. No acpi is enabled, and
> apm only for shutdown control & rtc handling.
>
> >On Sunday 26 September 2004 9:53 pm, Gene Heskett wrote:
> >> On Sunday 26 September 2004 21:10, Andrew Morton wrote:
> >> >ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6
> >> >.9- rc2/2.6.9-rc2-mm4/
> >> >
> >> >- ppc64 builds are busted due to breakage in bk-pci.patch
> >> >
> >> >- sparc64 builds are busted too. Also due to pci problems.
> >> >
> >> >- Various updates to various things. In particular, a kswapd
> >> > artifact which could cause too much swapout was fixed.
> >> >
> >> >- I shall be offline for most of this week.
> >>
> >> The bootup hangs, from dmesg after reboot to 2.6.9-rc2-mm3:
> >>
> >> Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK.
> >> -----
> >> 2.6.9-rc2-mm4 hangs here, and never gets to the next line
> >> -----
> >> NET: Registered protocol family 16
> >>
> >> So I assume something in the next line hangs it. Sysrq-t has no
> >> repsonse, must use the hardware reset button.
> >>
> >> Ideas?

2004-09-27 20:18:03

by Ingo Molnar

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Subject: Re: 2.6.9-rc2-mm4


* Matt Heler <[email protected]> wrote:

> Yup, turning opff pre-emptable bkl makes it boot up and work just fine.

do you know which particular subsystem broke (by comparing the failed
and the successful bootlogs)? Could you boot with 'debug' on the boot
command line - do you get more messages around the hang that could
pinpoint the breakage?

Ingo

2004-09-27 20:18:39

by Ingo Molnar

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Subject: Re: 2.6.9-rc2-mm4


* Gene Heskett <[email protected]> wrote:

> The bootup hangs, from dmesg after reboot to 2.6.9-rc2-mm3:
>
> Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK.
> -----
> 2.6.9-rc2-mm4 hangs here, and never gets to the next line
> -----
> NET: Registered protocol family 16
>
> So I assume something in the next line hangs it. Sysrq-t has no
> repsonse, must use the hardware reset button.

could you send me your .config?

Ingo

2004-09-27 20:42:24

by Paul Fulghum

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Subject: Re: 2.6.9-rc2-mm4

On Mon, 2004-09-27 at 15:19, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Gene Heskett <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > The bootup hangs, from dmesg after reboot to 2.6.9-rc2-mm3:
> >
> > Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK.
> > -----
> > 2.6.9-rc2-mm4 hangs here, and never gets to the next line
> > -----
> > NET: Registered protocol family 16
> >
> > So I assume something in the next line hangs it. Sysrq-t has no
> > repsonse, must use the hardware reset button.
>
> could you send me your .config?

I'm seeing the exact same thing at the same point.
Removing pre-emptable bkl option allows boot.
.config is attached

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2004-09-27 20:48:27

by Ingo Molnar

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Subject: Re: 2.6.9-rc2-mm4


* Paul Fulghum <[email protected]> wrote:

> I'm seeing the exact same thing at the same point.
> Removing pre-emptable bkl option allows boot.
> .config is attached

great - i can reproduce the hang with your .config:

Intel machine check reporting enabled on CPU#0.
Enabling fast FPU save and restore... done.
Enabling unmasked SIMD FPU exception support... done.
Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK.
<hang>

Investigating.

Ingo

2004-09-27 21:16:04

by Ingo Molnar

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Subject: Re: 2.6.9-rc2-mm4


* Paul Fulghum <[email protected]> wrote:

> > > Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK.
> > > -----
> > > 2.6.9-rc2-mm4 hangs here, and never gets to the next line

> > could you send me your .config?
>
> I'm seeing the exact same thing at the same point.
> Removing pre-emptable bkl option allows boot.
> .config is attached

ok, could you re-enable bkl preemption but also enable SCHED_SMT - does
that fix the hang too?

Ingo

2004-09-27 21:54:16

by Felipe Alfaro Solana

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Subject: Re: 2.6.9-rc2-mm4

On Sep 27, 2004, at 22:34, Paul Fulghum wrote:

> On Mon, 2004-09-27 at 15:19, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>> * Gene Heskett <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> The bootup hangs, from dmesg after reboot to 2.6.9-rc2-mm3:
>>>
>>> Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK.
>>> -----
>>> 2.6.9-rc2-mm4 hangs here, and never gets to the next line
>>> -----
>>> NET: Registered protocol family 16
>>>
>>> So I assume something in the next line hangs it. Sysrq-t has no
>>> repsonse, must use the hardware reset button.
>>
>> could you send me your .config?
>
> I'm seeing the exact same thing at the same point.
> Removing pre-emptable bkl option allows boot.
> .config is attached

Me too.
Config attached.


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config (25.06 kB)

2004-09-27 22:00:42

by Paul Fulghum

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Subject: Re: 2.6.9-rc2-mm4

On Mon, 2004-09-27 at 16:14, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> ok, could you re-enable bkl preemption but also enable SCHED_SMT - does
> that fix the hang too?

Now that my hamster powered machine
(dual hamsters actually)
has *finally* finished compiling...

Having both options enabled does allow
the machine to boot properly.

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2004-09-27 23:00:07

by Ingo Molnar

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Subject: Re: 2.6.9-rc2-mm4


could you try the patch below ontop of -mm4 and try again the .config
that failed before? Does the bootup still hang?

The early bootup stage is pretty fragile because the idle thread is not
yet functioning as such and so we need preemption disabled. Whether the
bootup fails or not seems to depend on timing details so e.g. the
presence of SCHED_SMT makes it go away.

disabling preemption explicitly has another advantage: the atomicity
check in schedule() will catch early-bootup schedule() calls from now
on.

the patch also fixes another preempt-bkl buglet: interrupt-driven
forced-preemption didnt go through preempt_schedule() so it resulted in
auto-dropping of the BKL. Now we go through preempt_schedule() which
properly deals with the BKL.

Ingo

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]>

--- linux/init/main.c.orig
+++ linux/init/main.c
@@ -435,6 +435,12 @@ static void noinline rest_init(void)
{
kernel_thread(init, NULL, CLONE_FS | CLONE_SIGHAND);
numa_default_policy();
+ /*
+ * Re-enable preemption but disable interrupts to make sure
+ * we dont get preempted until we schedule() in cpu_idle().
+ */
+ local_irq_disable();
+ preempt_enable_no_resched();
unlock_kernel();
cpu_idle();
}
@@ -501,6 +507,7 @@ asmlinkage void __init start_kernel(void
* time - but meanwhile we still have a functioning scheduler.
*/
sched_init();
+ preempt_disable();
build_all_zonelists();
page_alloc_init();
trap_init();
--- linux/arch/i386/kernel/entry.S.orig
+++ linux/arch/i386/kernel/entry.S
@@ -197,10 +197,8 @@ need_resched:
jz restore_all
testl $IF_MASK,EFLAGS(%esp) # interrupts off (exception path) ?
jz restore_all
- movl $PREEMPT_ACTIVE,TI_preempt_count(%ebp)
sti
- call schedule
- movl $0,TI_preempt_count(%ebp)
+ call preempt_schedule
cli
jmp need_resched
#endif

2004-09-27 23:05:20

by J.A. Magallon

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Subject: Re: 2.6.9-rc2-mm4


On 2004.09.27, Andrew Morton wrote:
>
> ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.9-rc2/2.6.9-rc2-mm4/
>

Just a small problem with usb:

irq 11: nobody cared!
[<c0108474>] __report_bad_irq+0x24/0x90
[<c01086e2>] note_interrupt+0x92/0x160
[<c011970d>] finish_task_switch+0x3d/0x90
[<c0108b22>] do_IRQ+0x162/0x1a0
[<c010653c>] common_interrupt+0x18/0x20
[<c0103ad0>] default_idle+0x0/0x40
[<c0103afc>] default_idle+0x2c/0x40
[<c0103b84>] cpu_idle+0x34/0x50
handlers:
[<c03329a0>] (usb_hcd_irq+0x0/0x70)
[<c03329a0>] (usb_hcd_irq+0x0/0x70)
[<c03329a0>] (usb_hcd_irq+0x0/0x70)
Disabling IRQ #11

nada:/var/log# cat /proc/interrupts
CPU0 CPU1
0: 27920320 24 IO-APIC-edge timer
1: 11 0 IO-APIC-edge i8042
8: 0 1 IO-APIC-edge rtc
9: 0 0 IO-APIC-level acpi
11: 19380 80620 IO-APIC-level uhci_hcd, uhci_hcd, uhci_hcd
12: 463 0 IO-APIC-edge i8042
14: 5984 0 IO-APIC-edge ide2
15: 14 0 IO-APIC-edge ide3
169: 2636025 1 IO-APIC-level libata
177: 3317638 0 IO-APIC-level libata
185: 3453700 1 IO-APIC-level eth0
NMI: 0 0
LOC: 27923546 27923680
ERR: 0
MIS: 0
nada:/var/log# cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 8
model name : Pentium III (Coppermine)
stepping : 6
cpu MHz : 933.139
...
processor : 1
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 8
model name : Pentium III (Coppermine)
stepping : 6
cpu MHz : 933.139

nada:/var/log# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8633 [Apollo Pro266] (rev 01)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8633 [Apollo Pro266 AGP]
00:07.0 RAID bus controller: Promise Technology, Inc. PDC20319 (FastTrak S150 TX4) (rev 02)
00:08.0 RAID bus controller: Promise Technology, Inc. PDC20319 (FastTrak S150 TX4) (rev 02)
00:0b.0 Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq 5880 AudioPCI (rev 02)
00:0c.0 RAID bus controller: Promise Technology, Inc. PDC20267 (FastTrak100/Ultra100) (rev 02)
00:0d.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82557/8/9 [Ethernet Pro 100] (rev 08)
00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233 PCI to ISA Bridge
00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
00:11.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 1b)
00:11.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 1b)
00:11.4 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 1b)
00:12.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] (rev 62)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV11 [GeForce2 MX/MX 400] (rev b2)

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2004-09-28 01:42:57

by Gene Heskett

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Subject: Re: 2.6.9-rc2-mm4

On Monday 27 September 2004 16:17, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>* Matt Heler <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Yup, turning opff pre-emptable bkl makes it boot up and work just
>> fine.
>
>do you know which particular subsystem broke (by comparing the
> failed and the successful bootlogs)?

How do we save the broken bootlog when the machines only response is
to the reset key?

> Could you boot with 'debug' on
> the boot command line - do you get more messages around the hang
> that could pinpoint the breakage?
>
> Ingo

I could rebuild it and try, but the best capture is gonna be my
digital camera off the screen, whose output is about 750KB per frame.
Tommorrow maybe, I spent the afternoon warming a seat in the Dr's
reception room.


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2004-09-28 01:46:50

by Gene Heskett

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Subject: Re: 2.6.9-rc2-mm4

On Monday 27 September 2004 16:19, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>* Gene Heskett <[email protected]> wrote:
>> The bootup hangs, from dmesg after reboot to 2.6.9-rc2-mm3:
>>
>> Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK.
>> -----
>> 2.6.9-rc2-mm4 hangs here, and never gets to the next line
>> -----
>> NET: Registered protocol family 16
>>
>> So I assume something in the next line hangs it. Sysrq-t has no
>> repsonse, must use the hardware reset button.
>
>could you send me your .config?
>
> Ingo

It would be the attached one, but with the pre-emptable BKL turned on.
Unchecking it is the only change I made to get it to work.

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2004-09-28 02:12:37

by Gene Heskett

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Subject: Re: 2.6.9-rc2-mm4

On Monday 27 September 2004 19:01, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>could you try the patch below ontop of -mm4 and try again the
> .config that failed before? Does the bootup still hang?
>
>The early bootup stage is pretty fragile because the idle thread is
> not yet functioning as such and so we need preemption disabled.
> Whether the bootup fails or not seems to depend on timing details
> so e.g. the presence of SCHED_SMT makes it go away.
>
>disabling preemption explicitly has another advantage: the atomicity
>check in schedule() will catch early-bootup schedule() calls from
> now on.
>
>the patch also fixes another preempt-bkl buglet: interrupt-driven
>forced-preemption didnt go through preempt_schedule() so it resulted
> in auto-dropping of the BKL. Now we go through preempt_schedule()
> which properly deals with the BKL.
>
> Ingo
>

You talked me into it Ingo, and it works with the bkl preempt turned
on now. And nothing unusual in the dmesg log. Make this one part of
-mm5.

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2004-09-28 06:59:37

by Ingo Molnar

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Subject: Re: 2.6.9-rc2-mm4


* Gene Heskett <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Monday 27 September 2004 16:17, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> >* Matt Heler <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> Yup, turning opff pre-emptable bkl makes it boot up and work just
> >> fine.
> >
> >do you know which particular subsystem broke (by comparing the
> > failed and the successful bootlogs)?
>
> How do we save the broken bootlog when the machines only response is
> to the reset key?

what i use is serial logging to another machine. A digital camera is
fine too, if the problem area is still visible on the screen.
(Netconsole is useful too for other type of hangs but it's not active at
such an early stage yet.)

Ingo

2004-09-28 10:27:14

by Gene Heskett

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Subject: Re: 2.6.9-rc2-mm4

On Tuesday 28 September 2004 03:01, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>* Gene Heskett <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On Monday 27 September 2004 16:17, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>> >* Matt Heler <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >> Yup, turning opff pre-emptable bkl makes it boot up and work
>> >> just fine.
>> >
>> >do you know which particular subsystem broke (by comparing the
>> > failed and the successful bootlogs)?
>>
>> How do we save the broken bootlog when the machines only response
>> is to the reset key?
>
>what i use is serial logging to another machine. A digital camera is
>fine too, if the problem area is still visible on the screen.
>(Netconsole is useful too for other type of hangs but it's not
> active at such an early stage yet.)
>
> Ingo

Unforch, I don't have a spare seriel port Ingo. One is running my x10
stuffs, and the other is monitoring my belkin ups. The ups has a usb
connection too, but belkins monitor soft doesn't support it... They
don't have a real strong support linux attitude, and they apparently
do their linux development on a board with a broken usb1.0 interface,
like my firewall box's Tyan Trinity S-1590 has. It does mice ok, but
hook up anything that can output more than a 5 byte packet and the
machine is locked up instantly.

--
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2004-09-28 10:32:16

by Ingo Molnar

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Subject: Re: 2.6.9-rc2-mm4


* Gene Heskett <[email protected]> wrote:

> >what i use is serial logging to another machine. A digital camera is
> >fine too, if the problem area is still visible on the screen.
> >(Netconsole is useful too for other type of hangs but it's not
> > active at such an early stage yet.)
> >
> > Ingo
>
> Unforch, I don't have a spare seriel port Ingo. One is running my x10

fortunately with the patch applied your box works now (so does mine) so
the bug appears to be fixed.

early-bootup debugging was never easy, and breakage there doesnt happen
all that often. Hopefully this was the last one related to remove-BKL.

(If such a early-bootup lockup happens in the future then you sure could
temporarily unplug the ups serial connection and use that as the serial
console - for the narrow and temporary purpose of debugging that
boot-time hang.)

Ingo

2004-09-28 11:01:14

by Gene Heskett

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Subject: Re: 2.6.9-rc2-mm4

On Tuesday 28 September 2004 06:33, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>* Gene Heskett <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >what i use is serial logging to another machine. A digital camera
>> > is fine too, if the problem area is still visible on the screen.
>> > (Netconsole is useful too for other type of hangs but it's not
>> > active at such an early stage yet.)
>> >
>> > Ingo
>>
>> Unforch, I don't have a spare seriel port Ingo. One is running my
>> x10
>
>fortunately with the patch applied your box works now (so does mine)
> so the bug appears to be fixed.

I just built a kernel with that latest stack-fix patch in it too, but
haven't rebooted to it yet. I read that as being moderately
important in some cases although I don't think I've encountered that
particular case yet. Was this in fact a good idea for me?

>early-bootup debugging was never easy, and breakage there doesnt
> happen all that often. Hopefully this was the last one related to
> remove-BKL.
>
>(If such a early-bootup lockup happens in the future then you sure
> could temporarily unplug the ups serial connection and use that as
> the serial console - for the narrow and temporary purpose of
> debugging that boot-time hang.)

That would I assume need a null modem cable, and what do I run on the
firewall? Minicom? Or is there something better that can just grab
and log without being interactive? Its a rh7.3 box with a 2.4.18 era
kernel. I'd update that, but its not broken. :)
>
> Ingo

--
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2004-09-28 11:04:29

by Ingo Molnar

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Subject: Re: 2.6.9-rc2-mm4


* Gene Heskett <[email protected]> wrote:

> That would I assume need a null modem cable, and what do I run on the
> firewall? Minicom? Or is there something better that can just grab
> and log without being interactive? Its a rh7.3 box with a 2.4.18 era
> kernel. I'd update that, but its not broken. :)

here's a mini-howto:

to set up serial logging:
-------------------------

install a null modem cable to one of the serial ports of the server,
connect the cable to another box, run a terminal program on that other
box (e.g. "minicom -m" - do Alt-L to switch on logging after starting it
up) and set up the server's kernel to do serial logging: enable
CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_CONSOLE and CONFIG_SERIAL_CORE_CONSOLE, recompile &
reinstall the kernel, add "console=ttyS0,38400 console=tty0" to your
/etc/grub.conf or /etc/lilo.conf kernel boot line, reboot the server
with the new kernel command line - and configure minicom to run with
that speed (Alt-S).

e.g. my /etc/grub.conf has:

title test-2.6 (test-2.6)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/bzImage root=/dev/sda1 console=ttyS0,38400 console=tty0 nmi_watchdog=1 kernel_preempt=1

if everything is set up correctly then you should see kernel messages
showing up in the minicom session when you boot up.

When the messages do not show up then typical errors are mismatch
between the serial port (or speed) and the device names used - if it's
COM2 then use ttyS1, and dont forget to set up the serial speed option
of minicom, etc. You can test the serial connection by doing:

echo x > /dev/ttyS0

and that should show up in the minicom session on the other box.

to set up the NMI watchdog:
---------------------------

add nmi_watchdog=1 to your boot parameters and reboot - that should be
all to get it active. If all CPU's NMI count increases in
/proc/interrupts then it's working fine. If the counts do not increase
(or only one CPU increases it) then try nmi_watchdog=2 - this is another
type of NMI that might work better. (Very rarely there are boxes that
dont have reliable NMI counts with 1 and 2 either - but i dont think
your box is one of those.)

once the NMI watchdog is up and running it should catch all hard lockups
and print backtraces to the serial console - even if you are within X
while the lockup happens. You can test hard lockups by running the
attached 'lockupcli' userspace code as root - it turns off interrupts
and goes into an infinite loop => instant lockup. The NMI watchdog
should notice this condition after a couple of seconds and should abort
the task, printing a kernel trace as well. Your box should be back in
working order after that point.

now for the real lockup your box wont be 'fixed' by the NMI watchdog, it
will likely stay locked up, but you should get messages on the serial
console, giving us an idea where the kernel locked up and why. (Very
rarely it happens that not even the NMI watchdog prints anything for a
hard lockup - this is often the sign of hardware problems.)

Ingo

--- lockupcli.c

main ()
{
iopl(3);
for (;;) asm("cli");
}

2004-09-28 11:36:44

by Gene Heskett

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Subject: Re: 2.6.9-rc2-mm4

On Tuesday 28 September 2004 07:05, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>* Gene Heskett <[email protected]> wrote:
>> That would I assume need a null modem cable, and what do I run on
>> the firewall? Minicom? Or is there something better that can
>> just grab and log without being interactive? Its a rh7.3 box with
>> a 2.4.18 era kernel. I'd update that, but its not broken. :)
>
>here's a mini-howto:
>
Printed for future reference, thanks

>to set up serial logging:
>-------------------------
>
>install a null modem cable to one of the serial ports of the server,
>connect the cable to another box, run a terminal program on that
> other box (e.g. "minicom -m" - do Alt-L to switch on logging after
> starting it up) and set up the server's kernel to do serial
> logging: enable CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_CONSOLE and
> CONFIG_SERIAL_CORE_CONSOLE, recompile & reinstall the kernel, add
> "console=ttyS0,38400 console=tty0" to your /etc/grub.conf or
> /etc/lilo.conf kernel boot line, reboot the server with the new
> kernel command line - and configure minicom to run with that speed
> (Alt-S).
>
>e.g. my /etc/grub.conf has:
>
>title test-2.6 (test-2.6)
> root (hd0,0)
> kernel /boot/bzImage root=/dev/sda1 console=ttyS0,38400
> console=tty0 nmi_watchdog=1 kernel_preempt=1
>
>if everything is set up correctly then you should see kernel
> messages showing up in the minicom session when you boot up.
>
>When the messages do not show up then typical errors are mismatch
>between the serial port (or speed) and the device names used - if
> it's COM2 then use ttyS1, and dont forget to set up the serial
> speed option of minicom, etc. You can test the serial connection by
> doing:
>
> echo x > /dev/ttyS0
>
>and that should show up in the minicom session on the other box.
>
>to set up the NMI watchdog:
>---------------------------
>
>add nmi_watchdog=1 to your boot parameters and reboot - that should
> be all to get it active. If all CPU's NMI count increases in
>/proc/interrupts then it's working fine. If the counts do not
> increase (or only one CPU increases it) then try nmi_watchdog=2 -
> this is another type of NMI that might work better. (Very rarely
> there are boxes that dont have reliable NMI counts with 1 and 2
> either - but i dont think your box is one of those.)
>
>once the NMI watchdog is up and running it should catch all hard
> lockups and print backtraces to the serial console - even if you
> are within X while the lockup happens. You can test hard lockups by
> running the attached 'lockupcli' userspace code as root - it turns
> off interrupts and goes into an infinite loop => instant lockup.
> The NMI watchdog should notice this condition after a couple of
> seconds and should abort the task, printing a kernel trace as well.
> Your box should be back in working order after that point.
>
>now for the real lockup your box wont be 'fixed' by the NMI
> watchdog, it will likely stay locked up, but you should get
> messages on the serial console, giving us an idea where the kernel
> locked up and why. (Very rarely it happens that not even the NMI
> watchdog prints anything for a hard lockup - this is often the sign
> of hardware problems.)
>
> Ingo
>
>--- lockupcli.c
>
>main ()
>{
> iopl(3);
> for (;;) asm("cli");
>}

--
Cheers, Gene
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2004-09-28 13:07:40

by Paul Fulghum

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Subject: Re: 2.6.9-rc2-mm4

On Mon, 2004-09-27 at 18:01, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> could you try the patch below ontop of -mm4 and try again the .config
> that failed before? Does the bootup still hang?

The patch fixes the boot hang.

Thanks

--
Paul Fulghum
[email protected]

2004-09-29 08:08:20

by Geert Uytterhoeven

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Subject: Re: 2.6.9-rc2-mm4

On Tue, 28 Sep 2004, Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Tuesday 28 September 2004 06:33, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> >(If such a early-bootup lockup happens in the future then you sure
> > could temporarily unplug the ups serial connection and use that as
> > the serial console - for the narrow and temporary purpose of
> > debugging that boot-time hang.)
>
> That would I assume need a null modem cable, and what do I run on the
> firewall? Minicom? Or is there something better that can just grab
> and log without being interactive? Its a rh7.3 box with a 2.4.18 era
> kernel. I'd update that, but its not broken. :)

I hate minicom. But cu works fine!

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

--
Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- [email protected]

In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that.
-- Linus Torvalds

2004-09-29 08:43:59

by Andreas Schwab

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Subject: Re: 2.6.9-rc2-mm4

Geert Uytterhoeven <[email protected]> writes:

> On Tue, 28 Sep 2004, Gene Heskett wrote:
>> That would I assume need a null modem cable, and what do I run on the
>> firewall? Minicom? Or is there something better that can just grab
>> and log without being interactive? Its a rh7.3 box with a 2.4.18 era
>> kernel. I'd update that, but its not broken. :)
>
> I hate minicom. But cu works fine!

Try screen. It's the best thing since sliced bread. :-)

Andreas.

--
Andreas Schwab, SuSE Labs, [email protected]
SuSE Linux AG, Maxfeldstra?e 5, 90409 N?rnberg, Germany
Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5
"And now for something completely different."

2004-09-29 10:46:12

by Borislav Petkov

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Subject: Re: 2.6.9-rc2-mm4

<snip>

Hello,
I've already posted about problems with audio extraction but it went
unnoticed. Here's a recount: When I attempt to read an audio cd into wavs
with cdda2wav, the process starts but after a while the completion meter
freezes and klogd says "hdc: lost interrupt" and cdda2wav hangs itself.
Disabling DMA doesn't help as well as the boot option "pci=routeirq" too.
Older kernels like 2.6.7 do not show such behavior and there audio extraction
runs fine. Sysinfo attached.

Regards,
Boris.


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2004-09-30 16:47:53

by Bill Davidsen

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Subject: Re: 2.6.9-rc2-mm4

Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Tuesday 28 September 2004 06:33, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>
>>* Gene Heskett <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>>what i use is serial logging to another machine. A digital camera
>>>>is fine too, if the problem area is still visible on the screen.
>>>>(Netconsole is useful too for other type of hangs but it's not
>>>>active at such an early stage yet.)
>>>>
>>>>Ingo
>>>
>>>Unforch, I don't have a spare seriel port Ingo. One is running my
>>>x10
>>
>>fortunately with the patch applied your box works now (so does mine)
>>so the bug appears to be fixed.
>
>
> I just built a kernel with that latest stack-fix patch in it too, but
> haven't rebooted to it yet. I read that as being moderately
> important in some cases although I don't think I've encountered that
> particular case yet. Was this in fact a good idea for me?
>
>
>>early-bootup debugging was never easy, and breakage there doesnt
>>happen all that often. Hopefully this was the last one related to
>>remove-BKL.
>>
>>(If such a early-bootup lockup happens in the future then you sure
>>could temporarily unplug the ups serial connection and use that as
>>the serial console - for the narrow and temporary purpose of
>>debugging that boot-time hang.)
>
>
> That would I assume need a null modem cable, and what do I run on the
> firewall? Minicom? Or is there something better that can just grab
> and log without being interactive? Its a rh7.3 box with a 2.4.18 era
> kernel. I'd update that, but its not broken. :)

I use Kermit, it will do about everything you could ask and gives a
single interface for serial and network console connections.

--
-bill davidsen ([email protected])
"The secret to procrastination is to put things off until the
last possible moment - but no longer" -me

2004-09-30 23:26:18

by J.A. Magallon

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Subject: Re: 2.6.9-rc2-mm4


On 2004.09.27, Andrew Morton wrote:
>
> ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.9-rc2/2.6.9-rc2-mm4/
>
> - ppc64 builds are busted due to breakage in bk-pci.patch
>
> - sparc64 builds are busted too. Also due to pci problems.
>
> - Various updates to various things. In particular, a kswapd artifact which
> could cause too much swapout was fixed.
>
> - I shall be offline for most of this week.
>

I have a 'little' problem. PS2 mouse is jerky as hell, an when you mismatch
the protocol in X. Both in console and X.
I'm lucky I have an usb mouse.

One other question. Isn't /dev/input/mice supposed to be a multiplexor
for mice ? I think I remember some time when I could have both a PS2 and
a USB mouse connected and X pointer followed both. Now if I boot with the
USB mouse plugged, the PS2 one does not work. If I boot with usb unplugged
and plug it after boot, both work; usb mouse works fine, and PS2 just
jumps half screen each time I move it, and with big delays.

Something is broken in PS2 handling ?

NOTE: they are not really standard protocol mice, but trackballs; PS2 one is
a Logitech TrackMan Marble FX, and the other a Cordless Trackman FX, usb.

TIA

--
J.A. Magallon <jamagallon()able!es> \ Software is like sex:
werewolf!able!es \ It's better when it's free
Mandrakelinux release 10.1 (Community) for i586
Linux 2.6.9-rc2-mm4 (gcc 3.4.1 (Mandrakelinux (Alpha 3.4.1-3mdk)) #1


2004-10-01 00:01:24

by Andrew Morton

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Subject: Re: 2.6.9-rc2-mm4

"J.A. Magallon" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
> On 2004.09.27, Andrew Morton wrote:
> >
> > ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.9-rc2/2.6.9-rc2-mm4/
> >
> > - ppc64 builds are busted due to breakage in bk-pci.patch
> >
> > - sparc64 builds are busted too. Also due to pci problems.
> >
> > - Various updates to various things. In particular, a kswapd artifact which
> > could cause too much swapout was fixed.
> >
> > - I shall be offline for most of this week.
> >
>
> I have a 'little' problem. PS2 mouse is jerky as hell, an when you mismatch
> the protocol in X. Both in console and X.

The above sentence is a bit hard to decrypt. Want to try again?

Is this new behaviour? Is current -linus OK? Was 2.6.9-rc2-mm3 OK?

> I'm lucky I have an usb mouse.
>
> One other question. Isn't /dev/input/mice supposed to be a multiplexor
> for mice ? I think I remember some time when I could have both a PS2 and
> a USB mouse connected and X pointer followed both. Now if I boot with the
> USB mouse plugged, the PS2 one does not work. If I boot with usb unplugged
> and plug it after boot, both work; usb mouse works fine, and PS2 just
> jumps half screen each time I move it, and with big delays.
>
> Something is broken in PS2 handling ?
>
> NOTE: they are not really standard protocol mice, but trackballs; PS2 one is
> a Logitech TrackMan Marble FX, and the other a Cordless Trackman FX, usb.

Suitable people added to Cc: ;)

2004-10-01 00:17:25

by J.A. Magallon

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Subject: Re: 2.6.9-rc2-mm4


On 2004.10.01, Andrew Morton wrote:
> "J.A. Magallon" <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >
> > On 2004.09.27, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > >
> > > ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.9-rc2/2.6.9-rc2-mm4/
> > >
> > > - ppc64 builds are busted due to breakage in bk-pci.patch
> > >
> > > - sparc64 builds are busted too. Also due to pci problems.
> > >
> > > - Various updates to various things. In particular, a kswapd artifact which
> > > could cause too much swapout was fixed.
> > >
> > > - I shall be offline for most of this week.
> > >
> >
> > I have a 'little' problem. PS2 mouse is jerky as hell, an when you mismatch
> > the protocol in X. Both in console and X.
>
> The above sentence is a bit hard to decrypt. Want to try again?
>

Sorry, it is late and I try to type faster than I think...

Problem: my PS2 trackball is not working. When I move it, the cursor (both
in console and in X) jumps, instead of smoothly following the ball. The
behavior is similar as when (in old days) you tried to use a mouse in X and
put the wrong 'Protocol' in XF86Config. Or as if the driver was only
getting one interrupt out of each hundred. Now with /dev/input/mice you don't.
have to explicitly say the protocol.

The USB ball works fine, so I think it is not a problem of the input drivers,
but of the PS2 one.

I can easily go back till -rc2-mm1 and check. I still have in my /boot
-mm[123]. I will post the results.

TIA

--
J.A. Magallon <jamagallon()able!es> \ Software is like sex:
werewolf!able!es \ It's better when it's free
Mandrakelinux release 10.1 (Community) for i586
Linux 2.6.9-rc2-mm4 (gcc 3.4.1 (Mandrakelinux (Alpha 3.4.1-3mdk)) #1


2004-10-01 00:22:16

by J.A. Magallon

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Subject: Re: 2.6.9-rc2-mm4


On 2004.10.01, J.A. Magallon wrote:
>
> On 2004.10.01, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > "J.A. Magallon" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > On 2004.09.27, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > > >
> > > > ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.9-rc2/2.6.9-rc2-mm4/
> > > >
> > > > - ppc64 builds are busted due to breakage in bk-pci.patch
> > > >
> > > > - sparc64 builds are busted too. Also due to pci problems.
> > > >
> > > > - Various updates to various things. In particular, a kswapd artifact which
> > > > could cause too much swapout was fixed.
> > > >
> > > > - I shall be offline for most of this week.
> > > >
> > >
> > > I have a 'little' problem. PS2 mouse is jerky as hell, an when you mismatch
> > > the protocol in X. Both in console and X.
> >
> > The above sentence is a bit hard to decrypt. Want to try again?
> >
>
> Sorry, it is late and I try to type faster than I think...
>
> Problem: my PS2 trackball is not working. When I move it, the cursor (both
> in console and in X) jumps, instead of smoothly following the ball. The
> behavior is similar as when (in old days) you tried to use a mouse in X and
> put the wrong 'Protocol' in XF86Config. Or as if the driver was only
> getting one interrupt out of each hundred. Now with /dev/input/mice you don't.
> have to explicitly say the protocol.
>

I have found this on dmesg. Is it correct ?

mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard on isa0060/serio0
input: ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse on isa0060/serio1

If not, how can I change the protocol ? A kernel bootparam ?
In old X, i used 'Option "Protocol" "MouseManPlusPS/2"'.

TIA

--
J.A. Magallon <jamagallon()able!es> \ Software is like sex:
werewolf!able!es \ It's better when it's free
Mandrakelinux release 10.1 (Community) for i586
Linux 2.6.9-rc2-mm4 (gcc 3.4.1 (Mandrakelinux (Alpha 3.4.1-3mdk)) #1


2004-10-01 00:33:37

by Randy.Dunlap

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Subject: Re: 2.6.9-rc2-mm4

On Fri, 01 Oct 2004 00:22:11 +0000 J.A. Magallon wrote:

|
| On 2004.10.01, J.A. Magallon wrote:
| >
| > On 2004.10.01, Andrew Morton wrote:
| > > "J.A. Magallon" <[email protected]> wrote:
| > > >
| > > >
| > > > On 2004.09.27, Andrew Morton wrote:
| > > > >
| > > > > ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.9-rc2/2.6.9-rc2-mm4/
| > > > >
| > > > > - ppc64 builds are busted due to breakage in bk-pci.patch
| > > > >
| > > > > - sparc64 builds are busted too. Also due to pci problems.
| > > > >
| > > > > - Various updates to various things. In particular, a kswapd artifact which
| > > > > could cause too much swapout was fixed.
| > > > >
| > > > > - I shall be offline for most of this week.
| > > > >
| > > >
| > > > I have a 'little' problem. PS2 mouse is jerky as hell, an when you mismatch
| > > > the protocol in X. Both in console and X.
| > >
| > > The above sentence is a bit hard to decrypt. Want to try again?
| > >
| >
| > Sorry, it is late and I try to type faster than I think...
| >
| > Problem: my PS2 trackball is not working. When I move it, the cursor (both
| > in console and in X) jumps, instead of smoothly following the ball. The
| > behavior is similar as when (in old days) you tried to use a mouse in X and
| > put the wrong 'Protocol' in XF86Config. Or as if the driver was only
| > getting one interrupt out of each hundred. Now with /dev/input/mice you don't.
| > have to explicitly say the protocol.
| >
|
| I have found this on dmesg. Is it correct ?
|
| mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
| input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard on isa0060/serio0
| input: ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse on isa0060/serio1
|
| If not, how can I change the protocol ? A kernel bootparam ?
| In old X, i used 'Option "Protocol" "MouseManPlusPS/2"'.

>From Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt:

psmouse.proto= [HW,MOUSE] Highest PS2 mouse protocol extension to
probe for (bare|imps|exps).

so for builtin mouse driver (not a loadable module), use:
psmouse.proto=bare|imps|exps

However, it read/sounds like the protocol is probed/detected.
Moreover, it also sounds like MouseManPlusPS/2 isn't listed/supported.
The known protocols according to psmouse-base.c are:

static char *psmouse_protocols[] = {
"None", "PS/2", "PS2++", "PS2T++", "GenPS/2", "ImPS/2", "ImExPS/2", "SynPS/2"};

I guess that you can test: psmouse.proto=bare
or each listed option to see what helps.

--
~Randy

2004-10-01 05:30:43

by Dmitry Torokhov

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Subject: Re: 2.6.9-rc2-mm4

On Thursday 30 September 2004 07:05 pm, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > One other question. Isn't /dev/input/mice supposed to be a multiplexor
> > for mice ? I think I remember some time when I could have both a PS2 and
> > a USB mouse connected and X pointer followed both. Now if I boot with the
> > USB mouse plugged, the PS2 one does not work. If I boot with usb unplugged
> > and plug it after boot, both work; usb mouse works fine, and PS2 just
> > jumps half screen each time I move it, and with big delays.
> >
>

I bet it's USB legacy emulation topic again. Try loading USB modules first
and then psmouse, should help.

Vojtech, what is the status of USB handoff patches. I have seen several
variants and so far heard only success stories from people using them. Can
we have them in kernel proper?

--
Dmitry

2004-10-01 05:51:41

by Dmitry Torokhov

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Subject: Re: 2.6.9-rc2-mm4

On Thursday 30 September 2004 07:31 pm, Randy.Dunlap wrote:
> On Fri, 01 Oct 2004 00:22:11 +0000 J.A. Magallon wrote:
>
> | mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
> | input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard on isa0060/serio0
> | input: ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse on isa0060/serio1
> |
> | If not, how can I change the protocol ? A kernel bootparam ?
> | In old X, i used 'Option "Protocol" "MouseManPlusPS/2"'.
>
> From Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt:
>
> psmouse.proto= [HW,MOUSE] Highest PS2 mouse protocol extension to
> probe for (bare|imps|exps).
>
> so for builtin mouse driver (not a loadable module), use:
> psmouse.proto=bare|imps|exps
>
> However, it read/sounds like the protocol is probed/detected.
> Moreover, it also sounds like MouseManPlusPS/2 isn't listed/supported.
> The known protocols according to psmouse-base.c are:
>
> static char *psmouse_protocols[] = {
> "None", "PS/2", "PS2++", "PS2T++", "GenPS/2", "ImPS/2", "ImExPS/2", "SynPS/2"};
>
> I guess that you can test: psmouse.proto=bare
> or each listed option to see what helps.
>

As far as userspace and 2.6. goes the "only true protocol" that you should
use when getting data from /dev/input/mice or /dev/input/mouseX is
ExplorerPS/2. That's because kernel translates events from input devices
into cooked PS/2 protocol and an application can request either bare PS/2,
IMPS/2 or ExplorerPS/2 flavor regardless of what kind of device is behind
/dev/input/mice

Mouseman is not supported as far as userspace goes. If you need more than 5
buttons look for "evdev" patches for X.

--
Dmitry

2004-10-01 18:08:58

by Greg KH

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Subject: Re: 2.6.9-rc2-mm4

On Fri, Oct 01, 2004 at 12:30:39AM -0500, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> On Thursday 30 September 2004 07:05 pm, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > > One other question. Isn't /dev/input/mice supposed to be a multiplexor
> > > for mice ? I think I remember some time when I could have both a PS2 and
> > > a USB mouse connected and X pointer followed both. Now if I boot with the
> > > USB mouse plugged, the PS2 one does not work. If I boot with usb unplugged
> > > and plug it after boot, both work; usb mouse works fine, and PS2 just
> > > jumps half screen each time I move it, and with big delays.
> > >
> >
>
> I bet it's USB legacy emulation topic again. Try loading USB modules first
> and then psmouse, should help.
>
> Vojtech, what is the status of USB handoff patches. I have seen several
> variants and so far heard only success stories from people using them. Can
> we have them in kernel proper?

They are already in the -mm tree, but they need to be explicitly enabled
with a boot command line option to have the handoff happen.

thanks,

greg k-h

2004-10-01 18:26:36

by Vojtech Pavlik

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Subject: Re: 2.6.9-rc2-mm4

On Fri, Oct 01, 2004 at 11:01:01AM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 01, 2004 at 12:30:39AM -0500, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> > On Thursday 30 September 2004 07:05 pm, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > > > One other question. Isn't /dev/input/mice supposed to be a multiplexor
> > > > for mice ? I think I remember some time when I could have both a PS2 and
> > > > a USB mouse connected and X pointer followed both. Now if I boot with the
> > > > USB mouse plugged, the PS2 one does not work. If I boot with usb unplugged
> > > > and plug it after boot, both work; usb mouse works fine, and PS2 just
> > > > jumps half screen each time I move it, and with big delays.
> > > >
> > >
> >
> > I bet it's USB legacy emulation topic again. Try loading USB modules first
> > and then psmouse, should help.
> >
> > Vojtech, what is the status of USB handoff patches. I have seen several
> > variants and so far heard only success stories from people using them. Can
> > we have them in kernel proper?
>
> They are already in the -mm tree, but they need to be explicitly enabled
> with a boot command line option to have the handoff happen.

I think we really need them by default. I had seven bugs with touchpads,
lost synchronization with PS/2 mice and similar fixed just by enabling
this patch unconditionally in the SuSE tree.

As far as I know, there are only a few nForce boards where enabling the
patch hurts - we should be able to do a DMI exception for those. Anyway,
those boards have bigger problems, as USB reportedly doesn't work there
(because the USB drivers do the same handoff).

--
Vojtech Pavlik
SuSE Labs, SuSE CR

2004-10-01 23:47:59

by Greg KH

[permalink] [raw]
Subject: Re: 2.6.9-rc2-mm4

On Fri, Oct 01, 2004 at 08:26:02PM +0200, Vojtech Pavlik wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 01, 2004 at 11:01:01AM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Fri, Oct 01, 2004 at 12:30:39AM -0500, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> > > On Thursday 30 September 2004 07:05 pm, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > > > > One other question. Isn't /dev/input/mice supposed to be a multiplexor
> > > > > for mice ? I think I remember some time when I could have both a PS2 and
> > > > > a USB mouse connected and X pointer followed both. Now if I boot with the
> > > > > USB mouse plugged, the PS2 one does not work. If I boot with usb unplugged
> > > > > and plug it after boot, both work; usb mouse works fine, and PS2 just
> > > > > jumps half screen each time I move it, and with big delays.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > I bet it's USB legacy emulation topic again. Try loading USB modules first
> > > and then psmouse, should help.
> > >
> > > Vojtech, what is the status of USB handoff patches. I have seen several
> > > variants and so far heard only success stories from people using them. Can
> > > we have them in kernel proper?
> >
> > They are already in the -mm tree, but they need to be explicitly enabled
> > with a boot command line option to have the handoff happen.
>
> I think we really need them by default. I had seven bugs with touchpads,
> lost synchronization with PS/2 mice and similar fixed just by enabling
> this patch unconditionally in the SuSE tree.

Hm, let's let the patch make it into mainline and they I'll consider
making it the default. Ok?

thanks,

greg k-h

2004-10-02 05:31:40

by Vojtech Pavlik

[permalink] [raw]
Subject: Re: 2.6.9-rc2-mm4

On Fri, Oct 01, 2004 at 04:41:56PM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 01, 2004 at 08:26:02PM +0200, Vojtech Pavlik wrote:
> > On Fri, Oct 01, 2004 at 11:01:01AM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> > > On Fri, Oct 01, 2004 at 12:30:39AM -0500, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> > > > On Thursday 30 September 2004 07:05 pm, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > > > > > One other question. Isn't /dev/input/mice supposed to be a multiplexor
> > > > > > for mice ? I think I remember some time when I could have both a PS2 and
> > > > > > a USB mouse connected and X pointer followed both. Now if I boot with the
> > > > > > USB mouse plugged, the PS2 one does not work. If I boot with usb unplugged
> > > > > > and plug it after boot, both work; usb mouse works fine, and PS2 just
> > > > > > jumps half screen each time I move it, and with big delays.
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > I bet it's USB legacy emulation topic again. Try loading USB modules first
> > > > and then psmouse, should help.
> > > >
> > > > Vojtech, what is the status of USB handoff patches. I have seen several
> > > > variants and so far heard only success stories from people using them. Can
> > > > we have them in kernel proper?
> > >
> > > They are already in the -mm tree, but they need to be explicitly enabled
> > > with a boot command line option to have the handoff happen.
> >
> > I think we really need them by default. I had seven bugs with touchpads,
> > lost synchronization with PS/2 mice and similar fixed just by enabling
> > this patch unconditionally in the SuSE tree.
>
> Hm, let's let the patch make it into mainline and they I'll consider
> making it the default. Ok?

OK.

--
Vojtech Pavlik
SuSE Labs, SuSE CR