Re: get_user_pages returns fewer pages than requested

Hi... Sorry for this late reply.. Hi Mulyadi, Thanks for your reply. Few more questions though: In 1. you stated that I might be asking more than the available free pages; I'm currently testing on a RedHat enterpise WS4 x86_64 edition (2.6.9-55) running on a HP xw9400 (Dual AMD Opteron with

Re: problem in read operations - inconsistency

Hi... My system configuration is : Arch : ppc7400 kernel : 2.6.21 Memory : 512MB. Filesystem : XFS I am facing a strange problem ! When i do a read operation on a large file, i am not getting the expected data (ie., it reads wrong data). Have you contacted XFS maintainer? And have you

Re: about virtual

Hi.. hi to all, i am using vmware when i run command #uname -r in guest OS then it is showing guest OS kernel version. means two kernel are running.how it is possible? In short words: one kernel runs in ring 0, the other runs in higher ring. It could be ring 1, ring 2 or

how to compile linux 2.6.22.8

Plz help me, What is the procedure compile and install linux -2.6.22.8 kernel With Regards, A.Venkatram.

help needed

Dear all, Hello anu one can tell Which version is stable one in linux2.6 Thanks A.Venkatram.

alternatives

hello list, I've seen that there are two section (.altinstructions and .altinstr_replacement), there are some polimorphic code that is replaced at runtime, now in arch/x86_64/lib/copy_user.S there are copy_user_generic_unrolled and copy_user_generic_string, that replaces the function that is used,

lock_kernel(), mutex and VFS

Hi, Reading arch/x86/kernel/cpuid.c I saw that lock_kernel() is used to protect offset variable. I think is better to use a lock in struct file to do that and all operations that touch some struct file take a local lock. I think that the use of BLK could

Re: how to compile linux 2.6.22.8

On Sat, Nov 03, 2007 at 03:50:26PM +0530, venkatram ajmeera wrote: Plz help me, What is the procedure compile and install linux -2.6.22.8 kernel http://www.kroah.com/lkn/ (you can download the complete book there if you don't want to buy it) With Regards, A.Venkatram. cu Adrian --

Is suspend() function working?

In arch/x86/kerne/apm_32.c there is the suspend() function - question is why immediately after calling save_processor_state() it will call restore_processor_state()? And subsequently the other half of the routine is focusing on restoration? static int suspend(int vetoable) { int

Die Chance des Jahres 2007 für kernelnewbies@nl.linux.org - Jetzt zuschlagen und endlich nebenbei Geld verdienen

Hallo kernelnewbies@nl.linux.org, sehen Sie sich jetzt Ihre Chance des Jahres 2007 an. Sie wurden ausgewaehlt fuer diese einmalige Gelegenheit! Setzen sie jetzt zum Schlussspurt an und kassieren Sie für Ihre Arbeit endlich das Geld, was Sie verdient haben. Verdoppeln und verdreifachen, ach