RE: PLEASE UPDATE DEVFS! RE: [Cooker] Yes, yes, YES! devfs v196 available
> > > "borsenkow" == Borsenkow Andrej <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > writes: > > >> > >> - Avoid deadlock in by using temporary buffer > >> > >> ^ > > borsenkow> Yesterday I had perfect lockup doing > > borsenkow> ll -L /dev/sg0 > > borsenkow> PLEASE update devfs. It can't be worse than it is currently. > > it is there in -7mdk. > Yep looks like it fixed those lockups I have been having. Thank you -andrej
Re: PLEASE UPDATE DEVFS! RE: [Cooker] Yes, yes, YES! devfs v196 available
> "j" == J A Magallon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: j> On 2002 Borsenkow Andrej wrote: >>> > >>> when after a week or two you notice your mbox isn't full of [CHRPM]s, >>> ever get the feeling something is up? >> >> Kernel was updated three days ago. Devfs version in question was >> released more than a week ago. And I have been reporting lockups in >> devfs for more than a month at least. >> j> As I have read in LKML, after the latest 'release' of devfs, it was still j> broken. So the mantainer (see the state of the beast...) finally decided j> to drop the current implementation and start feeding Linus-Alan a new j> fully reworked devfs (that is supposed to have not locking-race problems). j> But the problem is that the patches are leakin' in pieces to the list, j> I have not seen a full patch...so wait until it is complete. I'm j> sure Juan is tracking the list. He sent several patches, and I tried to make work the last one, but they are work in progress and they don't work (TM), don't work as in the film "They are unable to boot a machine that only has IDE", i.e. my normal test machine. Later, Juan. -- In theory, practice and theory are the same, but in practice they are different -- Larry McVoy
Re: PLEASE UPDATE DEVFS! RE: [Cooker] Yes, yes, YES! devfs v196 available
> "blue" == Blue Lizard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: blue> Borsenkow Andrej wrote: >>> when after a week or two you notice your mbox isn't full of [CHRPM]s, >>> ever get the feeling something is up? >>> >> >> Kernel was updated three days ago. Devfs version in question was >> blue> Yes Juan is our friend :) there was a still new version of devfs a WIP patch that I tried to get working, but that thing don't work at all :( then I decided to go back to v196 :( >> devfs for more than a month at least. >> blue> Patience lad (/me *hypocrit*) Perhaps there have been several changes in the kernel in the medium time? :p Later, Juan. -- In theory, practice and theory are the same, but in practice they are different -- Larry McVoy
Re: PLEASE UPDATE DEVFS! RE: [Cooker] Yes, yes, YES! devfs v196 available
> "borsenkow" == Borsenkow Andrej <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> - Avoid deadlock in by using temporary buffer >> >> ^ borsenkow> Yesterday I had perfect lockup doing borsenkow> ll -L /dev/sg0 borsenkow> PLEASE update devfs. It can't be worse than it is currently. it is there in -7mdk. Later, Juan. -- In theory, practice and theory are the same, but in practice they are different -- Larry McVoy
Re: PLEASE UPDATE DEVFS! RE: [Cooker] Yes, yes, YES! devfs v196 available
On 2002 Borsenkow Andrej wrote: >> > >> when after a week or two you notice your mbox isn't full of [CHRPM]s, >> ever get the feeling something is up? > >Kernel was updated three days ago. Devfs version in question was >released more than a week ago. And I have been reporting lockups in >devfs for more than a month at least. > As I have read in LKML, after the latest 'release' of devfs, it was still broken. So the mantainer (see the state of the beast...) finally decided to drop the current implementation and start feeding Linus-Alan a new fully reworked devfs (that is supposed to have not locking-race problems). But the problem is that the patches are leakin' in pieces to the list, I have not seen a full patch...so wait until it is complete. I'm sure Juan is tracking the list. -- J.A. Magallon # Let the source be with you... mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Mandrake Linux release 8.2 (Cooker) for i586 Linux werewolf 2.4.15-pre3-beo #1 SMP Mon Nov 12 00:04:41 CET 2001 i686
Re: PLEASE UPDATE DEVFS! RE: [Cooker] Yes, yes, YES! devfs v196 available
Borsenkow Andrej wrote: >>when after a week or two you notice your mbox isn't full of [CHRPM]s, >>ever get the feeling something is up? >> > >Kernel was updated three days ago. Devfs version in question was > Yes Juan is our friend :) >released more than a week ago. And I have been reporting lockups in > Still, doesn't it look to you like cooker in general might be stagnating a little? Surprising from a distro with such strong commercial backing. >devfs for more than a month at least. > Patience lad (/me *hypocrit*) > >-andrej > > Hey, how long did it take you to get those Russian locales or whatever it was fixed? ~snicker~
RE: PLEASE UPDATE DEVFS! RE: [Cooker] Yes, yes, YES! devfs v196 available
> > > when after a week or two you notice your mbox isn't full of [CHRPM]s, > ever get the feeling something is up? Kernel was updated three days ago. Devfs version in question was released more than a week ago. And I have been reporting lockups in devfs for more than a month at least. -andrej
Re: PLEASE UPDATE DEVFS! RE: [Cooker] Yes, yes, YES! devfs v196 available
Borsenkow Andrej wrote: >>- Avoid deadlock in by using temporary buffer >> >>^ >> > >Yesterday I had perfect lockup doing > >ll -L /dev/sg0 > >PLEASE update devfs. It can't be worse than it is currently. > >-andrej > > when after a week or two you notice your mbox isn't full of [CHRPM]s, ever get the feeling something is up? Other than "vacations"? Regardless, a lot of things _do_ need to be updated. Seems cooker has decided instead of being a devel trunk, to let debian-stable (potato) catch up :).
