Re: [PATCH] INITEST: Documentation: Explains how INITEST works.

2016-09-29 Thread Amit Kumar
Hi, Thank you for your reply. I'll follow your suggestion. On Fri, Sep 30, 2016, 11:19 AM Bjørn Mork wrote: > Amit Kumar writes: > > > Signed-off-by: Amit Kumar > > > > This is a test patch. > > Is this patch in right format? > > --- > > Documentation/initest.txt | 7 +++ > > 1 file chan

Re: [PATCH] INITEST: Documentation: Explains how INITEST works.

2016-09-29 Thread Bjørn Mork
Amit Kumar writes: > Signed-off-by: Amit Kumar > > This is a test patch. > Is this patch in right format? > --- > Documentation/initest.txt | 7 +++ > 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) > create mode 100644 Documentation/initest.txt > > diff --git a/Documentation/initest.txt b/Documentation/i

Re: [PATCH] INITEST: Documentation: Explains how INITEST works.

2016-09-29 Thread Greg KH
On Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 10:47:09AM +0530, Amit Kumar wrote: > Signed-off-by: Amit Kumar > > This is a test patch. > Is this patch in right format? What exactly do you mean by "right format"? What do you want reviewed here, the content of the patch, or the other stuff around the patch (subject,

[PATCH] INITEST: Documentation: Explains how INITEST works.

2016-09-29 Thread Amit Kumar
Signed-off-by: Amit Kumar This is a test patch. Is this patch in right format? --- Documentation/initest.txt | 7 +++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Documentation/initest.txt diff --git a/Documentation/initest.txt b/Documentation/initest.txt new file mode 100644 index 0

Re: Sending Patches using official Mail id

2016-09-29 Thread Greg KH
On Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 12:32:16AM +0530, Raul Piper wrote: > Hi, > How can I send the patches to the kernel mainline using official mail > id using git-send? What do you mean by "official mail id"? > I am using microsoft exchange server and outlook as a client.What > configuration i have to do

Re: Sending Patches using official Mail id

2016-09-29 Thread Giedrius Statkevičius
On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 10:02 PM, Raul Piper wrote: > Hi, > How can I send the patches to the kernel mainline using official mail > id using git-send? > I am using microsoft exchange server and outlook as a client.What > configuration i have to do on my linux or WIndows PC development > machine.

Re: Sending Patches using official Mail id

2016-09-29 Thread Raul Piper
On Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 12:37 AM, Giedrius Statkevičius wrote: > On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 10:02 PM, Raul Piper wrote: >> Hi, >> How can I send the patches to the kernel mainline using official mail >> id using git-send? >> I am using microsoft exchange server and outlook as a client.What >> confi

Sending Patches using official Mail id

2016-09-29 Thread Raul Piper
Hi, How can I send the patches to the kernel mainline using official mail id using git-send? I am using microsoft exchange server and outlook as a client.What configuration i have to do on my linux or WIndows PC development machine. I have read about the IMAP configuration but not sure how to achi

Re: insmod failing to insert a simple module

2016-09-29 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Thu, 29 Sep 2016 17:54:55 +0530, Madhu K said: > Linux BLR-PCUB-01141 4.5.0-rc7 > vermagic: 4.5.0-rc7+ SMP mod_unload modversions 686 One is a straight 4.5.0-rc7 (and why are you using that and not the released 4.5.0, anyhow?), and the other is 4.5.0-rc7+ with a plus sign, which means yo

Re: insmod failing to insert a simple module

2016-09-29 Thread Greg KH
On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 05:57:47PM +0530, Madhu K wrote: > Hi, > > I am runnig 4.0.5_rc7 kernel and I built the module for same kernel. > > uname -a output : > > Linux BLR-PCUB-01141 4.5.0-rc7 #2 SMP Wed Mar 23 15:51:13 IST 2016 x86_64 > x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux "4.5.0-rc7" is different han "4.0

Re: insmod failing to insert a simple module

2016-09-29 Thread François
On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 05:54:55PM +0530, Madhu K wrote: > So both are machining, what could be the problem? You've been said to watch on the kernel logs. What's in there? What kind of simple module is that? Can you provide some code? It's a bit hard to find issues with no informations... -- F

Re: insmod failing to insert a simple module

2016-09-29 Thread Alexander Kapshuk
On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 3:24 PM, Madhu K wrote: > Hi, > > uname -a output : > > Linux BLR-PCUB-01141 4.5.0-rc7 #2 SMP Wed Mar 23 15:51:13 IST 2016 x86_64 > x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux > > And my modinfo of my module is : > > icense:Dual BSD/GPL > srcversion: 1D16256F51E63BC3632B65B > depen

Re: insmod failing to insert a simple module

2016-09-29 Thread Madhu K
Hi, I am runnig 4.0.5_rc7 kernel and I built the module for same kernel. uname -a output : Linux BLR-PCUB-01141 4.5.0-rc7 #2 SMP Wed Mar 23 15:51:13 IST 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux And my modinfo of my module is : icense:Dual BSD/GPL srcversion: 1D16256F51E63BC3632B65B depe

Re: insmod failing to insert a simple module

2016-09-29 Thread Madhu K
Hi, uname -a output : Linux BLR-PCUB-01141 4.5.0-rc7 #2 SMP Wed Mar 23 15:51:13 IST 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux And my modinfo of my module is : icense:Dual BSD/GPL srcversion: 1D16256F51E63BC3632B65B depends: vermagic: 4.5.0-rc7+ SMP mod_unload modversions 686 So bo

Re: insmod failing to insert a simple module

2016-09-29 Thread Greg KH
A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? A: No. Q: Should I include quotations after my reply? http://daringfireball.net/2007/07/on_top On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 05:31:52PM +0530, Madhu K wrote: > No it is not the requirement, when I downloaded the source "4.0.5-rc7+" was > l

AW:insmod failing to insert a simple module

2016-09-29 Thread Johannes Thoma
Typeuname -aon the box where you try the insmod. If it says anything else than 4.0.5-rc7+ for the kernel version then this is the reason why insmod fails.BestJohannes___ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org https://lists.kernelnewbie

Re: insmod failing to insert a simple module

2016-09-29 Thread Quentin Lambert
On 29/09/2016 14:01, Madhu K wrote: > No it is not the requirement, when I downloaded the source > "4.0.5-rc7+" was latest. Is there any problem with 4.0.5-rc7+? What Greg is telling you is that for you to be able to insmod a module you need to be running the same kernel version as the source c

Re: insmod failing to insert a simple module

2016-09-29 Thread Madhu K
No it is not the requirement, when I downloaded the source "4.0.5-rc7+" was latest. Is there any problem with 4.0.5-rc7+? Thanks, Madhu On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 4:54 PM, Greg KH wrote: > On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 03:26:49PM +0530, Madhu K wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > While inserting a kernel module,

Re: insmod failing to insert a simple module

2016-09-29 Thread Greg KH
On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 03:26:49PM +0530, Madhu K wrote: > Hi All, > > While inserting a kernel module, insmod is failing with following error. > > > insmod: error inserting 'page_walk.ko': Invalid module format. > > I verified the modinfo of "page_walk.ko" it is showing version magic as : > 4

Re: insmod failing to insert a simple module

2016-09-29 Thread Madhu K
How to check correct headers, and when I download or clone the latest kernel don't they provide the headers along with kernel ? Thanks, Madhu On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 4:00 PM, Pasquier, Thomas wrote: > Did you verify that you are building your module against the correct > headers? > > On Thu, Se

Re: insmod failing to insert a simple module

2016-09-29 Thread Pasquier, Thomas
Did you verify that you are building your module against the correct headers? On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 5:56 AM, Madhu K wrote: > Hi All, > > While inserting a kernel module, insmod is failing with following error. > > insmod: error inserting 'page_walk.ko': Invalid module format. > > I verified t

insmod failing to insert a simple module

2016-09-29 Thread Madhu K
Hi All, While inserting a kernel module, insmod is failing with following error. insmod: error inserting 'page_walk.ko': Invalid module format. I verified the modinfo of "page_walk.ko" it is showing version magic as : 4.0.5_rc7+ SMP mod_unload modversions 686 what does "mod_unload" mean here?

Re: Virtual Address Space

2016-09-29 Thread arshad hussain
> On 28-Sep-2016, at 10:36 am, Madhu K wrote: > > Hi All, The support comes right through from the architecture. Linear address: Also virtual address. This is Address CPU can address. This is 0 - 4GB under 32bit architecture. Physical address: This are actual memory installed in your system.

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2016-09-29 Thread Raymond Jennings
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