Module loading

Can we load a module built on higher kernel version into kernel with lower version. If yes what are parameters do we need to pass while building module. Thanks Regards, Ravikumar. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with unsubscribe kernelnewbies to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read

Lockdep Verification

I was just testing few modifications to a dummy ethernet driver with kernel 2.6.25-rc2 with lockdep enabled as follows : CONFIG_DEBUG_RT_MUTEXES=y CONFIG_DEBUG_PI_LIST=y CONFIG_RT_MUTEX_TESTER=y CONFIG_DEBUG_SPINLOCK=y CONFIG_DEBUG_MUTEXES=y CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC=y CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING=y

Re: tool for nfs load

The site provides the details about using gnuplot but, I've generally found it easier to import the data from the raw file generated by collectL into Microsoft Excel and using its graphing capabilities. I'm sure the much more savvy Gnuplot user could make it shine for you. Anyway, the raw

framebuffer fb not listed under /dev

Hi, cat /proc/devices shows fb but when I do ls -l /dev I don't find the fb node The X-server should be using the framebuffer (/dev/fb)? So why is fb not listed under /dev? -- Max Stirling -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with unsubscribe kernelnewbies to [EMAIL

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Kernel modules and the used by column in lsmod

Hello, I have a question regarding kernel modules and the used by column which appears when running lsmod. I had noticed that when runing lsmod we have a titled which is named used by. Sometimes the number of the modules which use this module appear with their names; Sometimes, however, only the

Re: Kernel modules and the used by column in lsmod

On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 07:04:05PM +0200, Ian Brown wrote: I had noticed that when runing lsmod we have a titled which is named used by. Sometimes the number of the modules which use this module appear with their names; Sometimes, however, only the number of the modules which use this module

Re: Kernel modules and the used by column in lsmod

Hi, On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 2:36 AM, Erik Mouw [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It appears when the user is a module and not when the user is a process. I think the number is ref count of the module. -- Invent and fit; have fits and reinvent! We toast the Lisp programmer who pens his thoughts

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Re: framebuffer fb not listed under /dev

Erik Mouw wrote: On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 02:34:16PM +0530, Max Stirling wrote: cat /proc/devices shows fb but when I do ls -l /dev I don't find the fb node The X-server should be using the framebuffer (/dev/fb)? So why is fb not listed under /dev? Because the kernel will not

Re: What is context?

Mulyadi Santosa wrote: Hi ... pardon me if I am not that good answering this kind of conceptual things. On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 11:18 AM, Peter Teoh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What is "context"? simple, it's context. Be it kernel mode context - user mode context,