These are patches designed to improve system responsiveness. It is
configurable to any workload but the default ck* patch is aimed at the
desktop and ck*-server is available with more emphasis on serverspace.
Apply to 2.6.11 (already contains latest 4 point stable release):
http://ck.kolivas.org/patches/2.6/2.6.11/2.6.11-ck6/patch-2.6.11-ck6.bz2
or
http://ck.kolivas.org/patches/2.6/2.6.11/2.6.11-ck6/patch-2.6.11-ck6-server.bz2
web:
http://kernel.kolivas.org
all patches:
http://ck.kolivas.org/patches/
Split patches available.
Changes since 2.6.11-ck4 (last public announcement):
Added:
+2.6.11-ck4_to_staircase11.diff
Update to new version of staircase announced on mailing list
+s11_s11.1.diff
New staircase specific scalability improvements
+scsi-dead-device.diff
A fix for a scsi related hang that seems to hit many -ck users
+patch-2.6.11.8
Latest stable tree
+2611ck6-version.diff
Reinstate the Australian animal that's woozy from cognac
Removed:
-patch-2.6.11.7
-2611ck4-version.diff
And don't forget to pour one of these before booting this kernel:
http://ck.kolivas.org/patches/2.6/2.6.11/cognac.JPG
Cheers,
Con
On Sun, May 01 2005, Con Kolivas wrote:
> +scsi-dead-device.diff
> A fix for a scsi related hang that seems to hit many -ck users
This looks strange, like a fix and a half. You should just apply the
patch I sent you originally, weeks ago, changing sdev->sdev_lock to
&q->__queue_lock.
--
Jens Axboe
On Sun, 1 May 2005 06:13, Jens Axboe wrote:
> On Sun, May 01 2005, Con Kolivas wrote:
> > +scsi-dead-device.diff
> > A fix for a scsi related hang that seems to hit many -ck users
>
> This looks strange, like a fix and a half. You should just apply the
> patch I sent you originally, weeks ago, changing sdev->sdev_lock to
> &q->__queue_lock.
rarrgh
Thanks for keeping an eye out on for this. Unfortunately you sent more than
one patch at different times and it looks like I included the wrong one then?
This is the patch I (tried to) include.
Con
On Sun, 1 May 2005 10:14, Con Kolivas wrote:
> On Sun, 1 May 2005 06:13, Jens Axboe wrote:
> > On Sun, May 01 2005, Con Kolivas wrote:
> > > +scsi-dead-device.diff
> > > A fix for a scsi related hang that seems to hit many -ck users
> >
> > This looks strange, like a fix and a half. You should just apply the
> > patch I sent you originally, weeks ago, changing sdev->sdev_lock to
> > &q->__queue_lock.
>
> rarrgh
>
> Thanks for keeping an eye out on for this. Unfortunately you sent more than
> one patch at different times and it looks like I included the wrong one
> then? This is the patch I (tried to) include.
I guess from your description this was the one I should have included... Looks
like a ck7 should come out instead since that other patch was more likely
harmful than not :\
Con
Small update from ck6 for wrong scsi patch merge
http://ck.kolivas.org/patches/2.6/2.6.11/2.6.11-ck7/patch-2.6.11-ck7.bz2
or
http://ck.kolivas.org/patches/2.6/2.6.11/2.6.11-ck7/patch-2.6.11-ck7-server.bz2
Changes since 2.6.11-ck6:
-scsi-dead-device.diff
+2.6.11-ck-scsifix.diff
Apply the _correct_ scsci fix.
-2611ck6-version.diff
+2611ck7-version.diff
Cheers,
Con
On Sun, May 01 2005, Con Kolivas wrote:
> On Sun, 1 May 2005 10:14, Con Kolivas wrote:
> > On Sun, 1 May 2005 06:13, Jens Axboe wrote:
> > > On Sun, May 01 2005, Con Kolivas wrote:
> > > > +scsi-dead-device.diff
> > > > A fix for a scsi related hang that seems to hit many -ck users
> > >
> > > This looks strange, like a fix and a half. You should just apply the
> > > patch I sent you originally, weeks ago, changing sdev->sdev_lock to
> > > &q->__queue_lock.
> >
> > rarrgh
> >
> > Thanks for keeping an eye out on for this. Unfortunately you sent more than
> > one patch at different times and it looks like I included the wrong one
> > then? This is the patch I (tried to) include.
>
> I guess from your description this was the one I should have
> included... Looks like a ck7 should come out instead since that other
> patch was more likely harmful than not :\
Yep, that is the correct patch. The other one wont do any further harm,
it just wont fix the problem fully.
--
Jens Axboe
