[PATCH] mm/page-writeback - highmem_is_dirtyable option (replacesdirty_highmem patch)
> Well, it was quick enough to just do - here's the patch. I've > also updated the documentation a bit to clarify the intention and > the reasons why you might want to use it (based in part on the > comments to the original change that made highmem uncountable for > dirtyness purposes) > Tested and applied against 2.6.23.9 (our build script makes Debian > packages from a clean unpack of kernel major plus patch minor plus > svn checkout of out quilt series and apply regardless, so it was > just as easy to bump the version number while I was at it). > Builds, boots, passes a quick run of the test program I used last > time around. > Bron. Thanks Bron! I can use vmware again! -- Anton Petrusevich - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Re: Is it time for remove (crap) ALSA from kernel tree ?
On Friday 29 June 2007 12:30:54 Florian Schmidt wrote: > Sadly it seems pretty much everyone, especially closed source apps get this > wrong (but to be fair: loads of open source software gets it wrong, too, > ekiga for example). Isn't that because there's a perferct documentation for programming ALSA but authors of those apps can't read? > Well, like i said, the application in question should allow you to enter > any pcm name you want. If it doesn't it's broken. But in real life I have to use flashplayer, for example. > I don't know of any. But any text editor will do. I am with Linux since 1997, I know bunch of them. I used to use XEmacs, but now I prefer VIM. But I am not a .asoundrc programmer, I want to be just a user. > The flashplayer has been another one of these badly coded apps ;) Maybe > that has changed in recent releases. [...] > But skype is a piece of crap anyways. It also doesn't get any sounds out of > my other [non ice1712] card. Neither in OSS nor in ALSA mode. Not a beep. > And yeah, the device is available [and even has hardware multiplexing].. > But 99.9% of problems people have with ALSA are due to badly coded apps.. "Those apps are crap and ALSA is perfect". I hoped some ALSA-developers would think of improving usability of ALSA, or I would not talk here. > I agree. ALSA is not very userfriendly. Especially the missing proper > device enumeration support is a problem. It's good that people are not thinking that ALSA is already perfect, it leaves us (me) a hope it will be improved. -- Anton Petrusevich - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Re: Is it time for remove (crap) ALSA from kernel tree ?
On Thursday 28 June 2007 17:02:55 you wrote: > Please always use Reply-to-All on this list -- subscribers here like to > also get personal copies. I am not subscribed to linux-kernel, I am reading it on the web. > > I have ICE1724, a very good sound card to my taste, works like a charm. > > But with ALSA I had a really hard time to configure it properly, wanna > > see my .asoundrc? > Not particularly. I don't count as a great fan of the config file syntax > and don't use any configuration myself. Do you have an SPDIF out? If you don't then you don't need .asoundrc of course. > The first thing I don't know is why you need an .asoundrc at all. Because I want to route it differently, sometimes to spdif, sometimes to headphones, sometimes to mix sounds from different apps. Well, my config may be a bit ancient as it was written when dmix was not default. > I've CCed > the alsa-user list -- some subscribers to it probably have experience with > ice1724 and might be able to get you specific advice if you want. I have read some advices for ice1724 already. The main reason I wrote to lkml -- I hate .asounrc and reading docs about it. I hate "flexebility" that requires restarting apps after changing sound routes. > > Is there a tool which can be used to configure .asoundrc? > vi. I perfectly know this one. I would like to use some really user-friendly tool. > > > I want to be able to hear sound from flashplayer on my reciever or in my > > headphones -- how? > > Not sure? Is your receiver on an analog output and are your headphones My receiver is on spdif out. > connected directly to a card output as well? In that case, "or" would seem > to be just a mixer issue, and "and" would be dependent on hardware > abilities and needs someone who knows your specific card and setup. > > > It's not quite clear to me how to get full duplex working with my > > .asoundrc. > > It's not working without an .asoundrc? Looks like it's not working with. As skype is not so informative. > But -- I'll personally not continue this very specific subthread simply due > to not having the hardware, nor great generic experience with an .asounrc > due to not needing it myself. When I do use one, I alway start by googling > up a few examples and take it from there. Perhaps someone from alsa-user > will step in. I am not about ice1724 or .asounrc here. I am trying to talk about user-friendliness of ALSA. It's very unfriendly. -- Anton Petrusevich - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Is it time for remove (crap) ALSA from kernel tree ?
>>I don't like random applications blocking my sound card. >So don't use random applications. I have ICE1724, a very good sound card to my taste, works like a charm. But with ALSA I had a really hard time to configure it properly, wanna see my .asoundrc? And I am not sure I have done it right (== the best possible way). I have read everything on http://www.alsa-project.org/documentation.php about .asoundrc. When I am using Skype I have to rename .asoundrc to something else in order to get it working. When I am doing some changes to .asoundrc I have to restart the app. Is there a tool which can be used to configure .asoundrc? I want to be able to hear sound from flashplayer on my reciever or in my headphones -- how? It's not quite clear to me how to get full duplex working with my .asoundrc. -- Anton Petrusevich - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
test12: innd bug came back?
Hi folks. Today I saw well-known "innd bug"(truncate(tm)), and my brother said he had seen it with -test12-pre7. I don't know about -test12-pre3, neither I nor my brother hadn't noticed it since -test10. But we could miss it with -test12-pre3, and I didn't try any -test11 kernels. Thus possibly that was introduced changes between -test12-pre3 and -test12-pre7, but I can definitly say it present in -test12-final. Another truncate(tm)? -- Anton - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Re: Hard Disk slowdown w/ new mobo?
In article linux-kernel.vger you wrote: AV> I just purchased a Tyan Tiger 133A motherboard. For those who haven't heard AV> of it, it uses the Via Apollo Pro133A chipset, which is ATA66-enabled. I am AV> using two maxtor hard drives- hda=20gb hdb=25gb. They are connected with AV> ATA66 cable, and are ATA66 capable drives, but they only run at around 2.5 AV> mb/sec (hdparm -t). Any way to speed these things up? I've heard they AV> should operate around 30 mb/sec. I remember seeing a post about this a AV> while ago, but I can't seem to find it in the archives. Any help would be AV> much appreciated - this upgrade has been hell. Did you try hdparm -c1 -d1 -X66 /dev/hda ? And what about to bring the second drive to hdc(secondary master)? Also, you may wish to set up a support of your chipset in the kernel. -- Anton Petrusevich - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
fsck freezes with -test9-pre6
Hi Rik. I hope you will find another similar bug. -test9-pre6 with your VM fixes had been working for 27 min for me and then the very similar stall happened as it was with your -vmpatch'es. After pressing reset button, fsck was frozen during booting (his progress bar stoped) and I've seen such fsck behavour since your -vmpatch'es against -test8. I suspect you didn't fix all (gfp_mask & GFP_IO) cases. I'd like to see your patch in the kernel but it's still buggy. -- Anton - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Rik's VM contains a deadlock somewhere
Hi Linus,
please, check carefully Rik's VM patch, it definitly contains a
deadlock, which can be seen on low-memory computers. Try mem=8m. I
wasn't able to use any Rik patch since against -test8 (-t8-vmpatch{2,4},
-test9-pre{1,2}). It boots fine(mem=16m), but then stalls begin for some
time and for infinitive time at last. I told Rik about it, he tried to
fix but wasn't successful.
With mem=8m it couldn't finish init scripts even.
--
Anton
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