Re: is overwriting user data acceptable

2008-07-04 Thread Rik van Riel
On Fri, 4 Jul 2008 17:38:25 -0700 "bhanu nani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > if I have an ioctl that passes me some data in a structure which I > have to process and return the result as a field in the structure. > Is it acceptable if I copy the entire structure with copy_to_user() > instead of cop

is overwriting user data acceptable

2008-07-04 Thread bhanu nani
Hi Guys, I am working on a driver that I plan to submit to the Linux sources in the next few month on the PPC communication processor Architecture. That makes me little worried about the acceptance of this driver into the Linux tree. if I have an ioctl that passes me some data in a structure whic

Re: any one working on real-time research projects?

2008-07-04 Thread Nelson Castillo
On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 11:49 PM, Bradley Hanna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am researching real-time computing through different projects at > school. Is anyone else working on real-time research with the Linux kernel? Hi. Check this one: http://rt.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Main_Page I think

Re: any one working on real-time research projects?

2008-07-04 Thread Alberto Giménez
On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 6:49 AM, Bradley Hanna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am researching real-time computing through different projects at > school. Is anyone else working on real-time research with the Linux kernel? > > I am focusing on using power measurement, in one project, with an > embedd

Re: Priority Inversion/Inheritance in Linux Kernel

2008-07-04 Thread Rene Herman
On 04-07-08 18:28, Peter Teoh wrote: And for the phenomena of "unbounded priority inversion", I found this very useful: http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/5/10/52 Thank you to Rene and Roberto for the discussion. Just a final note; note that the above linked document does use a slightly differen

Re: Priority Inversion/Inheritance in Linux Kernel

2008-07-04 Thread Peter Teoh
On Fri, Jul 4, 2008 at 6:48 PM, Rene Herman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 04-07-08 02:05, Peter Teoh wrote: > >> I seeeh...or I don't see..the original problem was that the >> highest prio cannot acquire the lock, even though it has the highest prio. > > No. That is or was not the problem

optimal hardware design for an ARM9 based single board computer to work with existing linux drivers

2008-07-04 Thread Stefan Schoenleitner
Hi, for my project I would like to design an ARM9 based single board computer (SBC) using the cirrus logic EP9302 CPU: http://www.cirrus.com/en/pubs/proDatasheet/EP9302_PP3.pdf http://www.cirrus.com/en/pubs/manual/EP93xx_Users_Guide_UM1.pdf My goal is to use existing linux drivers together with

Re: Priority Inversion/Inheritance in Linux Kernel

2008-07-04 Thread Rene Herman
On 04-07-08 02:05, Peter Teoh wrote: I seeeh...or I don't see..the original problem was that the highest prio cannot acquire the lock, even though it has the highest prio. No. That is or was not the problem. This I believe is the fundamental misunderstanding left. Please note how I

Re: [PATCH] edgeport: use request_firmware

2008-07-04 Thread Jaswinder Singh
On Thu, 2008-07-03 at 12:31 -0700, Greg KH wrote: > This should go through David's tree, right? yes. Thank you, Jaswinder Singh. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ

Re: [PATCH] Fix up uses of BUG

2008-07-04 Thread Octavian Purdila
> also I wanted to know if the Signed-off was done correctly because I > am not sure where else to put it. Usually, the SO is the last line in the patch description area. Regards, tavi -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clea