Re: How to disable building of -dbg Debian package?

2016-09-30 Thread Aleksander Alekseev
ff like this are disabled. It also speeds up building a little, thanks! -- Best regards, Aleksander Alekseev pgpC8tkenxXaX.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org https://lists.kernelnew

How to disable building of -dbg Debian package?

2016-09-30 Thread Aleksander Alekseev
which I don't install anyway. Frankly I don't think this package is very useful since Linux kernel can't be built with -O0 option [1]. Is it possible to disable building of this package? [1] https://lists.kernelnewbies.org/pipermail/kernelnewbies/2016-August/016687.html -- Best regards, Aleksander

Re: A very stupid question about formatting a patch :)

2016-08-18 Thread Aleksander Alekseev
re are empty lines but lkml.org removed them? -- Best regards, Aleksander Alekseev ___ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org https://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies

A very stupid question about formatting a patch :)

2016-08-18 Thread Aleksander Alekseev
statistics and patch itself. Judging by lkml.org _everyone_ removes this empty line. So my question is --- is there really such a requirement for formatting a patch or it's just something that depends on git version? -- Best regards, Aleksander Alekseev

Re: Please, add me to EditorsGroup

2016-08-17 Thread Aleksander Alekseev
k Rik. I believe you meant Rikvan Riel (added to CC)? -- Best regards, Aleksander Alekseev ___ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org https://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies

Re: Please, add me to EditorsGroup

2016-08-16 Thread Aleksander Alekseev
> >> Kernel newbies are using irc network at OFTC.net > <http://www.oftc.net/oftc/>. > > Would it be better to keep the current oftc.net hyperlink as is, [...] For the record - a hour ago /oftc/ link was 404. Now it redirects to the main page :) -- Best rega

Please, add me to EditorsGroup

2016-08-16 Thread Aleksander Alekseev
Hello. I would like to contribute to kernelnewbies.org. In particular today I discovered that link to oftc.net on IRC page is broken and I would like to fix this. My account: AleksanderAlekseev -- Best regards, Aleksander Alekseev ___ Kernelnewbies

Re: Are these books outdated?

2016-08-15 Thread Aleksander Alekseev
itbooks.io/linux-insides/content/index.html It doesn't cover everything (debugging for instance) and is still work in progress but it's definitely worth reading. -- Best regards, Aleksander Alekseev ___ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@kernel

Re: How to compile Linux kernel with -O0 flag

2016-08-13 Thread Aleksander Alekseev
ing up a new hardware platform. It's just something I always do when I learn new things. Trying to figure out how to debug something in this new environment. No real task so far. -- Best regards, Aleksander Alekseev ___ Kernelnewbies mailing list K

Re: Are these books outdated?

2016-08-11 Thread Aleksander Alekseev
to learn its basics in a month or two. -- Best regards, Aleksander Alekseev ___ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org https://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies

Re: Stupid question regarding bogomips and udelay()

2016-08-02 Thread Aleksander Alekseev
that HT doesn't affect it (or does it?). Does all this sounds reasonable? [1] http://www.makelinux.net/books/lkd2/ch10lev1sec2 -- Best regards, Aleksander Alekseev ___ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org https://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies

Stupid question regarding bogomips and udelay()

2016-08-01 Thread Aleksander Alekseev
udelay() supposed to work? [1] https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/arch/x86/lib/delay.c#L171 [2] https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/include/asm-generic/delay.h#L19 -- Best regards, Aleksander Alekseev ___ Kernelnewbies mailing list

How do you test Linux kernel?

2016-07-20 Thread Aleksander Alekseev
, Aleksander Alekseev ___ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org https://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies

Re: Pending work related to kernel for a newbie

2016-07-20 Thread Aleksander Alekseev
is will help. -- Best regards, Aleksander Alekseev ___ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org https://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies

Different ways of doing a system call

2016-07-17 Thread Aleksander Alekseev
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Are these books outdated?

2016-07-14 Thread Aleksander Alekseev
? -- Best regards, Aleksander Alekseev ___ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org https://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies