[Cooker] for Andrej.Borsenkow
Andrej,
This is getting a bit more involved than I planned. First question I
have for you is: do you work for Mandrake? Richard is asking for
details which I don't know . . . the answers can only come from
Mandrake developers. As for responding to your posts, when I hit the reply button (in
Evolution) it tries to send to your return address of
[EMAIL PROTECTED] whcih always bounces back - so I have to post here in
Cooker to reach you!
Below is the response from Richard - he's asking for a bunch of detail I
can't provide (especially about the kernel and patches). Also,
compiling a kernel on a PII/400 with 256 Meg of memory is not the most
fun.
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Mail from Richard:
Well, that's really strange. Could you please move the printk() call
down a few lines, to just before the lines:
if (!devfs_handle)
devfs_handle = devfs_mk_dir (NULL, "discs", NULL);
and also put in a \n at the end of the string, so that it looks like:
printk ("Constructed: \"%s\"\n", dirname + 3 + pos);
Recompile, install and reboot. Can you please send me the boot
messages obtained with the dmesg, rather than copying from your log
files? The output from dmesg is more reliable and doesn't have
extraneous information.
Be prepared that this may take a while to track down. The behaviour is
quite strange. Some questions:
- what compiler and binutils are you using
- exactly which kernel version are you using
- have you applied any patches to the kernel (if so, what are they)
- are you loading any proprietary drivers?
Regards,
Richard..
---
Cheers,
R.Fox
On Wed, 2002-02-20 at 07:09, Borsenkow Andrej wrote:
> >
> > Ok - compiled the new kernel with Richard Gooch's recommended patch
> for
> > check.c
> >
> > Rebooted and checked /var/messages
> >
> > Here's the output snip of messages:
> >
>
> Robert, please - send it to devfs list as reply to previous mails. Doing
> it this way makes it impossible to thread discussions. I hope, now, when
> kernel problem is solved, you could just follow Richard direction
> directly, because now he will request you to recompile devfs with
> debugging and enable full debugging :-) And he's right :(
>
> -andrej
[Cooker] for Andrej.Borsenkow
Ok - compiled the new kernel with Richard Gooch's recommended patch for check.c Rebooted and checked /var/messages Here's the output snip of messages: Feb 19 19:33:26 foxbase kernel: PIIX4: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 39 Feb 19 19:33:26 foxbase kernel: PIIX4: chipset revision 1 Feb 19 19:33:26 foxbase kernel: PIIX4: not 100%% native mode: will probe irqs later Feb 19 19:33:26 foxbase kernel: ide0: BM-DMA at 0x1840-0x1847, BIOS settings: hda:pio, hdb:pio Feb 19 19:33:26 foxbase kernel: ide1: BM-DMA at 0x1848-0x184f, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:pio Feb 19 19:33:26 foxbase kernel: hda: LS-120 CSMO 05 UHD Floppy, ATAPI FLOPPY drive Feb 19 19:33:26 foxbase kernel: hdc: IBM-DTTA-371440, ATA DISK drive Feb 19 19:33:26 foxbase kernel: ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14 Feb 19 19:33:26 foxbase kernel: ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15 Feb 19 19:33:26 foxbase kernel: hdc: 28229040 sectors (14453 MB) w/462KiB Cache, CHS=28005/16/63, UDMA(33) Feb 19 19:33:26 foxbase kernel: hda: No disk in drive Feb 19 19:33:26 foxbase kernel: hda: 123264kB, 963/8/32 CHS, 533 kBps, 512 sector size, 720 rpm --> Feb 19 19:33:26 foxbase kernel: Constructed: "ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0"<3>devfs_register(disc): could not append to parent, err: -17 Feb 19 19:33:26 foxbase kernel: Partition check: Feb 19 19:33:26 foxbase kernel: /dev/ide/host0/bus1/target0/lun0: [PTBL] [1757/255/63] p3 < p5 p6 p7 p8 > Feb 19 19:33:26 foxbase kernel: Constructed: "ide/host0/bus1/target0/lun0"floppy0: no floppy controllers found Feb 19 19:33:26 foxbase kernel: md: md driver 0.90.0 MAX_MD_DEVS=256, MD_SB_DISKS=27 Feb 19 19:33:26 foxbase kernel: md: Autodetecting RAID arrays. Feb 19 19:33:26 foxbase kernel: md: autorun ... Does that help? Anything else I can do? Thanks, Robert Fox
[Cooker] for Andrej.Borsenkow
Sorry - doesn't work - something is seriously broken in trying to do a kernel rebuild! I followed your advice and did the "make distclean" - but things failed during "make dep". Has anyone successfully compiled a new kernel in the latest Cooker? Here's the snip: make[4]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.17-18mdk/net/x25' /usr/src/linux-2.4.17-18mdk/scripts/mkdep -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux-2.4.17-18mdk/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -- af_x25.c sysctl_net_x25.c x25_dev.c x25_facilities.c x25_in.c x25_link.c x25_out.c x25_route.c x25_subr.c x25_timer.c > .depend make[4]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.17-18mdk/net/x25' make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.17-18mdk/net' make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.17-18mdk/net' make -C ipc fastdep make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.17-18mdk/ipc' /usr/src/linux-2.4.17-18mdk/scripts/mkdep -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux-2.4.17-18mdk/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -- msg.c sem.c shm.c util.c util.h > .depend make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.17-18mdk/ipc' make -C lib fastdep make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.17-18mdk/lib' /usr/src/linux-2.4.17-18mdk/scripts/mkdep -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux-2.4.17-18mdk/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -- brlock.c bust_spinlocks.c cmdline.c ctype.c dec_and_lock.c errno.c inflate.c rbtree.c rwsem.c rwsem-spinlock.c string.c vsprintf.c > .depend make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.17-18mdk/lib' make -C 3rdparty fastdep make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.17-18mdk/3rdparty' make[2]: *** No rule to make target `fastdep'. Stop. make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.17-18mdk/3rdparty' make[1]: *** [_sfdep_3rdparty] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.17-18mdk' make: *** [dep-files] Error 2 [root@foxbase linux]# Thx, R.Fox
Re: [Cooker] for Andrej.Borsenkow
Borsenkow Andrej <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > I tried e-mailing you directly - but it gets bounced back with errors. > > Strange. You seem to be the only one having problems :-) he'sn't the only one; i've a score of undelivered messages with your mailbox. > What errors exactly? From: System Administrator <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Undeliverable: Re: mkinitrd and devfs To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed Feb 13 21:43:34 2002 +0100 Your message To: Borsenkow Andrej Cc: Chmouel Boudjnah; Mandrake Internal; Guillaume Cottenceau Subject: Re: mkinitrd and devfs Sent:Wed, 13 Feb 2002 23:31:18 +0300 did not reach the following recipient(s): Borsenkow Andrej on Wed, 13 Feb 2002 23:40:13 +0300 The recipient could not be processed due to congestion in the message transfer service The MTS-ID of the original message is: c=de;a=dbp;p=scn;l=MOWP002A020213204016ZYPPJX MSEXCH:MSExchangeMTA:RUMOWP001E:MOWP002A
RE: [Cooker] for Andrej.Borsenkow
> > I tried e-mailing you directly - but it gets bounced back with errors. Strange. You seem to be the only one having problems :-) What errors exactly? > How can I contact you directly (another e-mail address?) > You can mail to but I do not look there very often. And you can just mail devfs list, but of course they probably do not want to see Mandrake-specific things. > I applied the patch and tried to compile a new kernel, but got errors > and the compile failed (see snip below) > > The question is - after a fresh install - do I need to do a "make > mrproper" before I begin - or just start with "make deps" > make mrproper cp /boot/config .config edit Makefile and change EXTRAVERSION to e.g. 18mdkcustom make dep make make modules make modules_install make install Should run lilo at the end but running lilo once more won't harm :) I must admit I have not tried build 18mdk as yet. > In file included from /usr/src/linux-2.4.17-18mdk/include/linux/mm.h:4, > from zftape-compress.c:35: > /usr/src/linux-2.4.17-18mdk/include/linux/sched.h:6: nondigits in number > and not hexadecimal Sure. Make mrproper (or distclean if you like it more) then as above. -andrej
[Cooker] for Andrej.Borsenkow
I tried e-mailing you directly - but it gets bounced back with errors. How can I contact you directly (another e-mail address?) I applied the patch and tried to compile a new kernel, but got errors and the compile failed (see snip below) The question is - after a fresh install - do I need to do a "make mrproper" before I begin - or just start with "make deps" I also did no do the "make xconfig" step assuming that it's already configured. Here's the snip: i830_dma.c:939: warning: unused variable `_i' i830_dma.c: In function `i830_dma_dispatch_vertex': i830_dma.c:1020: warning: unused variable `_i' i830_dma.c:1030: warning: unused variable `_i' i830_dma.c:1041: warning: unused variable `_i' i830_dma.c: In function `i830_dma_emit_flush': i830_dma.c:1093: warning: unused variable `_i' i830_dma.c: In function `i830_dma_quiescent_emit': i830_dma.c:1110: warning: unused variable `_i' ld -m elf_i386 -r -o i830.o i830_drv.o i830_dma.o make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.17-18mdk/drivers/char/drm' make -C ftape modules make[3]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.17-18mdk/drivers/char/ftape' make -C compressor modules make[4]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.17-18mdk/drivers/char/ftape/compressor' gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux-2.4.17-18mdk/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i586 -DMODULE -DMODVERSIONS -include /usr/src/linux-2.4.17-18mdk/include/linux/modversions.h -DKBUILD_BASENAME=zftape_compress -c -o zftape-compress.o zftape-compress.c In file included from /usr/src/linux-2.4.17-18mdk/include/linux/mm.h:4, from zftape-compress.c:35: /usr/src/linux-2.4.17-18mdk/include/linux/sched.h:6: nondigits in number and not hexadecimal /usr/src/linux-2.4.17-18mdk/include/linux/sched.h:6: nondigits in number and not hexadecimal /usr/src/linux-2.4.17-18mdk/include/linux/sched.h:6: parse error before `7b16c344' /usr/src/linux-2.4.17-18mdk/include/linux/sched.h:6: warning: function declaration isn't a prototype make[4]: *** [zftape-compress.o] Error 1 make[4]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.17-18mdk/drivers/char/ftape/compressor' make[3]: *** [_modsubdir_compressor] Error 2 make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.17-18mdk/drivers/char/ftape' make[2]: *** [_modsubdir_ftape] Error 2 make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.17-18mdk/drivers/char' make[1]: *** [_modsubdir_char] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.17-18mdk/drivers' make: *** [_mod_drivers] Error 2 [root@foxbase linux]#
