Kernel Loading Sequence

2009-07-06 Thread Ahmad Al-Yaman
Hi all,

I came across a problem when trying to compile a custom kernel for F11: both 
the stock kernel and my custom kernel have i915 modesetting enabled by default. 
In the stock kernel the loading screen starts up immediately when the kernel 
starts loading, but using the custom kernel, some text is displayed before the 
loading screen starts up (the kernel finishes loading without problems). I'm 
trying to figure out the reason for this and if there's a way to fix it so that 
the user doesn't see this text. Could the reason be the order in which 
different parts of the kernel are loaded? If yes, how can I control which parts 
load first?

I tried to see the text or find it in one of the logs in order to give a more 
complete description of the problem but I couldn't, so if anyone has a tip on 
how or where I can find it (in case it's relevant to the solution) I'd highly 
appreciate it.

Thank you.



  
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Re: Kernel Loading Sequence

2009-07-06 Thread Jarod Wilson
On Monday 06 July 2009 11:57:47 Ahmad Al-Yaman wrote:
 Hi all,
 
 I came across a problem when trying to compile a custom kernel for F11: both 
 the stock kernel and my custom kernel have i915 modesetting enabled by 
 default. In the stock kernel the loading screen starts up immediately when 
 the kernel starts loading, but using the custom kernel, some text is 
 displayed before the loading screen starts up (the kernel finishes loading 
 without problems). I'm trying to figure out the reason for this and if 
 there's a way to fix it so that the user doesn't see this text. Could the 
 reason be the order in which different parts of the kernel are loaded? If 
 yes, how can I control which parts load first?

Is your 'custom kernel' an F11 kernel + your patches, or starting from
an upstream tarball + your patches? (In which case, its lacking all the
patches Fedora has added, and therein probably lies your answer to why
things are behaving differently).



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Fw: Kernel Loading Sequence

2009-07-06 Thread Ahmad Al-Yaman
It's an F11 kernel + my patches. I obtained the SRPM from koji, added a couple 
of patches, and modified the config file to suit my hardware.



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Subject: Re: Kernel Loading Sequence

On Monday 06 July 2009 11:57:47 Ahmad Al-Yaman wrote:
 Hi all,
 
 I came across a problem when trying to compile a custom kernel for F11: both 
 the stock kernel and my custom kernel have i915 modesetting enabled by 
 default. In the stock kernel the loading screen starts up immediately when 
 the kernel starts loading, but using the custom kernel, some text is 
 displayed before the loading screen starts up (the kernel finishes loading 
 without problems). I'm trying to figure out the reason for this and if 
 there's a way to fix it so that the user doesn't see this text. Could the 
 reason be the order in which different parts of the kernel are loaded? If 
 yes, how can I control which parts load first?

Is your 'custom kernel' an F11 kernel + your patches, or starting from
an upstream tarball + your patches? (In which case, its lacking all the
patches Fedora has added, and therein probably lies your answer to why
things are behaving differently).



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ja...@redhat.com

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Re: Fw: Kernel Loading Sequence

2009-07-06 Thread Ahmad Al-Yaman
I just checked and quiet is not missing. As for the patches adding that output, 
I highly doubt it since none of them has an output and they're quite simple, 
they adjust a few things in some drivers, nothing major. Besides, the messages 
are displayed before Welcome to Fedora init, if the problem was with the 
patches, shouldn't the messages come up after that?

Ahmad





From: Dave Airlie airl...@redhat.com
To: Ahmad Al-Yaman ahmad221...@yahoo.com
Cc: fedora-kernel-list@redhat.com
Sent: Tuesday, July 7, 2009 12:17:46 AM
Subject: Re: Fw: Kernel Loading Sequence

On Mon, 2009-07-06 at 13:39 -0700, Ahmad Al-Yaman wrote:
 It's an F11 kernel + my patches. I obtained the SRPM from koji, added a 
 couple of patches, and modified the config file to suit my hardware.

Either got quiet missing or some of the patches add output that doesn't
respect quiet.

Dave.

 
 
 
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 From: Jarod Wilson ja...@redhat.com
 To: fedora-kernel-list@redhat.com
 Sent: Monday, July 6, 2009 10:59:15 PM
 Subject: Re: Kernel Loading Sequence
 
 On Monday 06 July 2009 11:57:47 Ahmad Al-Yaman wrote:
  Hi all,
  
  I came across a problem when trying to compile a custom kernel for F11: 
  both the stock kernel and my custom kernel have i915 modesetting enabled by 
  default. In the stock kernel the loading screen starts up immediately when 
  the kernel starts loading, but using the custom kernel, some text is 
  displayed before the loading screen starts up (the kernel finishes loading 
  without problems). I'm trying to figure out the reason for this and if 
  there's a way to fix it so that the user doesn't see this text. Could the 
  reason be the order in which different parts of the kernel are loaded? If 
  yes, how can I control which parts load first?
 
 Is your 'custom kernel' an F11 kernel + your patches, or starting from
 an upstream tarball + your patches? (In which case, its lacking all the
 patches Fedora has added, and therein probably lies your answer to why
 things are behaving differently).
 
 
 

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