Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261695AbTIBM6P (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Sep 2003 08:58:15 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261641AbTIBM6P (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Sep 2003 08:58:15 -0400 Received: from chaos.analogic.com ([204.178.40.224]:42115 "EHLO chaos.analogic.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261620AbTIBMzi (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Sep 2003 08:55:38 -0400 Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2003 08:57:12 -0400 (EDT) From: "Richard B. Johnson" X-X-Sender: root@chaos Reply-To: root@chaos.analogic.com To: Marcelo Tosatti cc: Linux kernel Subject: Re: Linux-2.4.22 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: 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: 4934 Lines: 142 On Mon, 1 Sep 2003, Marcelo Tosatti wrote: > > > On Tue, 26 Aug 2003, Richard B. Johnson wrote: > > > > > I configured, built and booted Linux-2.4.22. There are > > some problems. > > > > (1) `dmesg` fails to read the first part of the buffered > > kernel log. I have attached two files, dmesg-20 (normal) > > and dmesg-22 (bad). File dmesg-22 is from Linux-2.4.22 > > and dmesg-20 is from Linux-2.4.20. To save space, I > > snip everything after 'NET4'. > > > > (2) The ipx module fails to load with undefined symbols. > > This module loads fine in Linux-2.4.20. > > > > depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.4.22/kernel/net/ipx/ipx.o > > depmod: unregister_8022_client > > depmod: make_EII_client > > depmod: register_8022_client > > depmod: register_snap_client > > depmod: make_8023_client > > depmod: destroy_8023_client > > depmod: destroy_EII_client > > depmod: unregister_snap_client > > > (3) When umounting the root file-system, the machine usually > > hangs. The result is a long `fsck` on the next boot. The problem > > seems to be that sendmail doesn't get killed during the `init 0` > > sequence. It remains with a file open and the root file-system isn't > > unmounted. A temporary work-round is to `ifconfig eth0 down` before > > starting shutdown. Otherwise, sendmail remains stuck in the 'D' state. > > Which previous kernel didnt show this behaviour? > Previous kernel was linux-2.4.20. Linux-2.4.21 would never complete a boot on my system so I gave up on that one. > > > > (4) When mounting the DOS file-systems during startup, the echo > > on the screen shows about 15 lines of white-space. This never > > happened before. When mounting /proc, there are 6 lines of > > white-space, also strange. > > Again, which kernel doesnt show that behaviour? > Also, I replaced linux-2.4.22/kernel/prink.c with the one from linux-2.4.21 and it did not help the missing boot data problem. I also changed the buffer size to 131,072 and it didn't help either so the problem is not in printk.c, but somewhere else, perhaps klogd. > Thanks > Cheers, Dick Johnson Penguin : Linux version 2.4.22 on an i686 machine (794.73 BogoMips). Note 96.31% of all statistics are fiction. - 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/ On Mon, 1 Sep 2003, Marcelo Tosatti wrote: > > > On Tue, 26 Aug 2003, Richard B. Johnson wrote: > > > > > I configured, built and booted Linux-2.4.22. There are > > some problems. > > > > (1) `dmesg` fails to read the first part of the buffered > > kernel log. I have attached two files, dmesg-20 (normal) > > and dmesg-22 (bad). File dmesg-22 is from Linux-2.4.22 > > and dmesg-20 is from Linux-2.4.20. To save space, I > > snip everything after 'NET4'. > > > > (2) The ipx module fails to load with undefined symbols. > > This module loads fine in Linux-2.4.20. > > > > depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.4.22/kernel/net/ipx/ipx.o > > depmod: unregister_8022_client > > depmod: make_EII_client > > depmod: register_8022_client > > depmod: register_snap_client > > depmod: make_8023_client > > depmod: destroy_8023_client > > depmod: destroy_EII_client > > depmod: unregister_snap_client > > > (3) When umounting the root file-system, the machine usually > > hangs. The result is a long `fsck` on the next boot. The problem > > seems to be that sendmail doesn't get killed during the `init 0` > > sequence. It remains with a file open and the root file-system isn't > > unmounted. A temporary work-round is to `ifconfig eth0 down` before > > starting shutdown. Otherwise, sendmail remains stuck in the 'D' state. > > Which previous kernel didnt show this behaviour? > Previous kernel was linux-2.4.20. Linux-2.4.21 would never complete a boot on my system so I gave up on that one. > > > > (4) When mounting the DOS file-systems during startup, the echo > > on the screen shows about 15 lines of white-space. This never > > happened before. When mounting /proc, there are 6 lines of > > white-space, also strange. > > Again, which kernel doesnt show that behaviour? > Also, I replaced linux-2.4.22/kernel/prink.c with the one from linux-2.4.21 and it did not help the missing boot data problem. I also changed the buffer size to 131,072 and it didn't help either so the problem is not in printk.c, but somewhere else, perhaps klogd. > Thanks > Cheers, Dick Johnson Penguin : Linux version 2.4.22 on an i686 machine (794.73 BogoMips). 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