Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 29 Sep 2002 12:39:34 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 29 Sep 2002 12:39:34 -0400 Received: from transport.cksoft.de ([62.111.66.27]:19986 "EHLO transport.cksoft.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 29 Sep 2002 12:39:32 -0400 Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2002 18:42:46 +0200 (CEST) From: "Bjoern A. Zeeb" X-X-Sender: bz@e0-0.zab2.int.zabbadoz.net To: Jens Axboe Cc: Alan Cox , , Subject: Re: v2.6 vs v3.0 In-Reply-To: <20020929153817.GC1014@suse.de> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 3903 Lines: 109 On Sun, 29 Sep 2002, Jens Axboe wrote: Hi, > On Sun, Sep 29 2002, Alan Cox wrote: > > On Sun, 2002-09-29 at 10:12, Jens Axboe wrote: > > > 2.5 is definitely desktop stable, so please test it if you can. Until > > > recently there was a personal show stopper for me, the tasklist > > > deadlock. Now 2.5 is happily running on my desktop as well. > > > > Its very hard to make that assessment when the audio layer still doesnt > > work, most scsi drivers havent been ported, most other drivers are full > > of 2.4 fixed problems and so on. > > I can only talk for myself, 2.5 works fine here on my boxes. Dunno what > you mean about audio layer, emu10k works for me. > > SCSI drivers can be a real problem. Not the porting of them, most of [snip] simply replying to one of you all ... Most important problem I currently see is that one of two kernels do not boot on my MP machine I use as a workstation. Apart from that and after early 2.5.3x probs were sorted out I already had 2.5-bk-kernels running and did the following on that MP machine: - compiled linux-2.5-bks - compiled X (runs with multi head) - listend to music (emu10k) - watched TV (bttv) - burned CDs (SCSI) - ran amanda: dumped multiple input streams from network to IDE disks before writing to SCSI tape - ran vmware (after patchwork to compile ;-) - started looking at sym53c416 cli() removal and had the scanner doing his work (started to debug some pnp things there too, results to be posted) - changed to devfs - printing and serial are fine too - the new input stuff now behaves properly too often did multiple things in parallel (watching tv while compiling a new kernel, ...) had really few crashes (~4-6 since 2.5.34) had some compilation probs with modules and MP but they got either fixed too fast or patches went into bk within 1-2 days :-) Going to check JFS (and XFS) in the near future... So I think I am either one almost happy person with a lotta luck or you all (did) do a very excellent job!!! ... but please get those MP (boot) probs sorted out ;-) Before you start asking what probs: this time it's around ACPI init. --- snipp --- PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xfdb91, last bus=1 PCI: Using configuration type 1 ACPI: Subsystem revision 20020918 tbxface-0099 [03] Acpi_load_tables : ACPI Tables successfully loaded Parsing Methods:...................................................................................................... Table [DSDT] - 309 Objects with 22 Devices 102 Methods 19 Regions ACPI Namespace successfully loaded at root c03a741c --- dead end where no keyboard or serial console sysreqs are answered --- so it must be around ... and I assume it's mp_config_ioapic_for_sci() but still have to trace ... --- drivers/acpi/bus.c:606 --- /* * Get a separate copy of the FADT for use by other drivers. */ status = acpi_get_table(ACPI_TABLE_FADT, 1, &buffer); if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) { printk(KERN_ERR PREFIX "Unable to get the FADT\n"); goto error1; } #ifdef CONFIG_X86 /* Ensure the SCI is set to level-triggered, active-low */ if (acpi_ioapic) mp_config_ioapic_for_sci(acpi_fadt.sci_int); else eisa_set_level_irq(acpi_fadt.sci_int); #endif status = acpi_enable_subsystem(ACPI_FULL_INITIALIZATION); if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) { printk(KERN_ERR PREFIX "Unable to start the ACPI Interpreter\n"); goto error1; } --- end --- -- Greetings Bjoern A. Zeeb bzeeb at Zabbadoz dot NeT 56 69 73 69 74 http://www.zabbadoz.net/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/