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Problem Title Status Discussion
1. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103166646702935&w=2
BUG at kernel/sched.c closed 15 Sep 2002
2. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103184045102066&w=2
closed 13 Sep 2002
3. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103220232808356&w=2
closed 18 Sep 2002
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4. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103170969316930&w=2
lockups under X open 21 Sep 2002
5. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103237870212293&w=2
additional reports 18 Sep 2002
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6. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103260318814826&w=2
2.5.37 won't run X closed 23 Sep 2002
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7. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103170969316930&w=2
mouse locks up X open 11 Sep 2002
8. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103274064128049&w=2
additional reports 23 Sep 2002
9. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103170259412602&w=2
KVM/Mouse problem open 20 Sep 2002
10. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103299680529254&w=2
Mouse/keyboard problems open 27 Sep 2002
Are any of the above problems related? At least the last one appears to
be related to the recent input layer changes.
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11. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103250741229189&w=2
AIC7XXX boot failure open 20 Sep 2002
This was reported by Lukasz Trabinski <[email protected]>, but never
responded to, and was never followed up. Should this be kept open?
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12. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103238248416900&w=2
Dead loop on virtual device lo open 18 Sep 2002
This was reported by Marc-Christian Petersen <[email protected]>, but
never responded to, and was never followed up. Should this be kept open?
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13. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103241914811779&w=2
nmi_watchdog problem open 19 Sep 2002
This was reported by Jordan Breeding <[email protected]>, but
never responded to, and was never followed up. Should this be kept open?
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14. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103236777430692&w=2
JFS software suspend problem possible fix in bk 18 Sep 2002
15. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103255645120076&w=2
preempt related lockup closed 21 Sep 2002
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16. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103238121815285&w=2
DRM/XFree issue open 18 Sep 2002
This was reported by Marc-Christian Petersen <[email protected]>, but
never responded to, and was never followed up. Should this be kept open?
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17. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103237662509801&w=2
oops in lock_get_status open 18 Sep 2002
18. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103244657605155&w=2
additional reports 20 Sep 2002
Matthew Wilcox <[email protected]> requested debugging data and was working
on a fix. What is the status of this?
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19. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103270005902896&w=2
scheduling while atomic oops open 22 Sep 2002
20. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103298586617966&w=2
another report 25 Sep 2002
Robert Love <[email protected]> says this is known, won't hurt anything, but
needs fixed. Should this be kept open?
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21. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103264945210526&w=2
broken floppy driver open 23 Sep 2002
I was able to duplicate the broken behaviour prior to 2.5.39 but haven't
been able to test the latest bk revision. I will test it further this
weekend.
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22. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103269067030835&w=2
IDE oopses on vmware closed 23 Sep 2002
23. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103267794124788&w=2
ide-scsi problem open 22 Sep 2002
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24. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103277899317468&w=2
IDE problems on prePCI open 23 Sep 2002
This was reported by Mikael Pettersson <[email protected]>, but never
responded to, and never followed up. Should this be kept open?
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25. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103242818519195&w=2
ide double init open 19 Sep 2002
Several developers seem to have an idea where the breakage may be, but an
update hasn't been posted. What is the status?
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26. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103281667726673&w=2
modular IDE broken open 24 Sep 2002
Alan Cox rightly points out that fixing modular IDE should wait until IDE
support has been cleaned up and works reliably. I haven't been able to
break IDE since the "new" IDE layer was implemented. I'm inclined to keep
this around unless there is an objection.
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27. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103278825525479&w=2
Oops in 2.5.38-mm2 open 23 Sep 2002
Andrew Morton <[email protected]> says this is not an oops, it's a warning.
Should this be kept open?
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28. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103282505101823&w=2
oops in vsnprintf (2.5-bk) open 23 Sep 2002
29. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103055061028368&w=2
loadlin boot failure open 27 Sep 2002
30. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103282695403237&w=2
semaphore.c calls sleeping function open 23 Sep 2002
31. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103296031616858&w=2
2.5.38-mm2 aha152x module fails open 25 Sep 2002
32. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103296919327682&w=2
oops with kernel LLC open 25 Sep 2002
33. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103315199307542&w=2
loop trying to go beyond end of device open 27 Sep 2002
Thomas Molina wrote:
>
> This report can be accessed at
> http://members.cox.net/tmolina/kernprobs/020927-status.html
>
> The latest update can always be accessed at
> http://members.cox.net/tmolina/kernprobs/status.html
>
> I've changed the format somewhat for posting to lkml based on feedback and
> included comments and references. I'm also cc'ing those mentioned
> requesting feedback. Please let me know if this works.
>
> Problem Title Status Discussion
>
> 1. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103166646702935&w=2
> BUG at kernel/sched.c closed 15 Sep 2002
>
> 2. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103184045102066&w=2
> closed 13 Sep 2002
>
> 3. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103220232808356&w=2
> closed 18 Sep 2002
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 4. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103170969316930&w=2
> lockups under X open 21 Sep 2002
That's the tasklist_lock thing. Should be fixed now.
> 5. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103237870212293&w=2
> additional reports 18 Sep 2002
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 6. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103260318814826&w=2
> 2.5.37 won't run X closed 23 Sep 2002
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 7. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103170969316930&w=2
> mouse locks up X open 11 Sep 2002
Duplicate of 4.
> 8. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103274064128049&w=2
> additional reports 23 Sep 2002
tasklist_lock again, probably.
> 9. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103170259412602&w=2
> KVM/Mouse problem open 20 Sep 2002
>
> 10. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103299680529254&w=2
> Mouse/keyboard problems open 27 Sep 2002
>
> Are any of the above problems related? At least the last one appears to
> be related to the recent input layer changes.
Yes, mice and keyboards are flakey things; it'll take some time to
get everything working right I expect. Mine are doing weird and
faintly irritating things wrt key rollover.
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 11. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103250741229189&w=2
> AIC7XXX boot failure open 20 Sep 2002
>
> This was reported by Lukasz Trabinski <[email protected]>, but never
> responded to, and was never followed up. Should this be kept open?
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 12. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103238248416900&w=2
> Dead loop on virtual device lo open 18 Sep 2002
>
> This was reported by Marc-Christian Petersen <[email protected]>, but
> never responded to, and was never followed up. Should this be kept open?
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> 13. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103241914811779&w=2
> nmi_watchdog problem open 19 Sep 2002
>
> This was reported by Jordan Breeding <[email protected]>, but
> never responded to, and was never followed up. Should this be kept open?
Ingo submitted a patch since then which fixed nmi_watchdog (although
I haven't tested it - I switched to nmi_watchdog=2 when it broke ;))
So "probably fixed"
> ...
>
> 27. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103278825525479&w=2
> Oops in 2.5.38-mm2 open 23 Sep 2002
>
> Andrew Morton <[email protected]> says this is not an oops, it's a warning.
> Should this be kept open?
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 28. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103282505101823&w=2
> oops in vsnprintf (2.5-bk) open 23 Sep 2002
>
> 29. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103055061028368&w=2
> loadlin boot failure open 27 Sep 2002
>
> 30. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103282695403237&w=2
> semaphore.c calls sleeping function open 23 Sep 2002
This one's odd, and I think Bill makes them up to taunt me.
> 31. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103296031616858&w=2
> 2.5.38-mm2 aha152x module fails open 25 Sep 2002
>
> 32. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103296919327682&w=2
> oops with kernel LLC open 25 Sep 2002
>
> 33. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103315199307542&w=2
> loop trying to go beyond end of device open 27 Sep 2002
On Fri, Sep 27, 2002 at 07:54:16PM -0500, Thomas Molina wrote:
> 17. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103237662509801&w=2
> oops in lock_get_status open 18 Sep 2002
>
> 18. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103244657605155&w=2
> additional reports 20 Sep 2002
>
> Matthew Wilcox <[email protected]> requested debugging data and was working
> on a fix. What is the status of this?
I've been able to reproduce it (with ntop). I think I know which change
broke it. What I haven't been able to do is write a testcase which
reliably provokes it. Help appreciated.
--
Revolutions do not require corporate support.
On Fri, 27 Sep 2002 19:54:16 -0500 (CDT), Thomas Molina wrote:
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> 24. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103277899317468&w=2
> IDE problems on prePCI open 23 Sep 2002
>
>This was reported by Mikael Pettersson <[email protected]>, but never
>responded to, and never followed up. Should this be kept open?
The hang in INIT with 2.5.38 is gone with 2.5.39, but the instant
reboot when I pass the "ide0=qd65xx" kernel option is still there.
/Mikael
On Mon, 2002-09-30 at 01:10, Mikael Pettersson wrote:
> On Fri, 27 Sep 2002 19:54:16 -0500 (CDT), Thomas Molina wrote:
> >------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > 24. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103277899317468&w=2
> > IDE problems on prePCI open 23 Sep 2002
> >
> >This was reported by Mikael Pettersson <[email protected]>, but never
> >responded to, and never followed up. Should this be kept open?
>
> The hang in INIT with 2.5.38 is gone with 2.5.39, but the instant
> reboot when I pass the "ide0=qd65xx" kernel option is still there.
This seems to be working ok on the 2.4.20pre8-ac IDE branch.
On 30 Sep 2002, Alan Cox wrote:
> On Mon, 2002-09-30 at 01:10, Mikael Pettersson wrote:
> > On Fri, 27 Sep 2002 19:54:16 -0500 (CDT), Thomas Molina wrote:
> > >------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > 24. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103277899317468&w=2
> > > IDE problems on prePCI open 23 Sep 2002
> > >
> > >This was reported by Mikael Pettersson <[email protected]>, but never
> > >responded to, and never followed up. Should this be kept open?
> >
> > The hang in INIT with 2.5.38 is gone with 2.5.39, but the instant
> > reboot when I pass the "ide0=qd65xx" kernel option is still there.
>
> This seems to be working ok on the 2.4.20pre8-ac IDE branch.
The concern in the original message was specifically with 2.5 stuff, not
2.4. Has anyone looked at his patch for pci-less systems?