On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 11:25 AM, Bond jamesbond.2...@gmail.com wrote:
On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 11:19 AM, Anuz Pratap Singh Tomar
chambilketha...@gmail.com wrote:
The best idea is to look into Robert's tutorial, they are very good and
comprehensive.
I had looked at them the free
On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 11:39 AM, Bond jamesbond.2...@gmail.com wrote:
On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 11:30 AM, Anuz Pratap Singh Tomar
chambilketha...@gmail.com wrote:
Finish all exercises of KnR.
Have you yourself done that.
Most of them: read the book many times
Have read many C books and
I am not asking to teach C programming or user space programming or even
device driver programming.
Please read the first post to understand what I asked.
Hi Andreas,
Replying to the list this time...
On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 3:02 AM, Andreas Leppert wu...@web.de wrote:
Hello,
I have encountered a problem on my 32 bit machine. Here some code
snippets:
...snip...
optimizer/built-in.o: In function `sys_optStopMeasure':
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[mailto:kernelnewbies-bou...@nl.linux.org] On Behalf Of Bond
Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2010 8:27 AM
To: kernelnewbies
Subject: knowledge sharing
It would good if some senior members on the list share their knowledge in
form of some sort of
Hi Sri,
On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 9:14 AM, Sri Ram Vemulpali
sri.ram.gm...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi All,
Can anyone help me to understand what exit_idle() function does.
The kernel has the notion of going idle. This happens whenever there
is nothing to do. The kernel will enter idle mode, and when
On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 11:44 AM, Anuz Pratap Singh Tomar
chambilketha...@gmail.com wrote:
I am just trying to help,. and I understand what you are asking
completely. but nevermind.
Sure thanks.
On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 12:01 PM, Tayade, Nilesh
nilesh.tay...@netscout.comwrote:
There is a lot of material available opensource.
That exactly is the problem.Which one to read and which one not to read.
To be able to search some thing you need to be aware of what to be searched.
And then
On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 12:04 PM, Dave Hylands dhyla...@gmail.com wrote:
The kernel has the notion of going idle. This happens whenever there
is nothing to do.
Hi Dave from your message I want to ask going idle suppose I am having a
Linux box on my system.
Then display manager,polling and
On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 11:30 AM, Anuz Pratap Singh Tomar
chambilketha...@gmail.com wrote:
Finish all exercises of KnR.
Have you yourself done that.
pick up practical C programming book
learn some user space programming
My question is not about C programming.
using either Robert love's
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[mailto:kernelnewbies-bou...@nl.linux.org] On Behalf Of Bond
Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2010 12:24 PM
To: kernelnewbies
Subject: Re: knowledge sharing
On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 12:01 PM, Tayade, Nilesh nilesh.tay...@netscout.com
wrote:
There is
On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 14:00, Bond jamesbond.2...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Dave from your message I want to ask going idle suppose I am having a
Linux box on my system.
Then display manager,polling and other things are constantly happening which
are being handled by the CPU so when does
the kernel
On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 13:54, Bond jamesbond.2...@gmail.com wrote:
Sure thanks.
Try to join kernel janitor ...
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On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 12:00 AM, Bond jamesbond.2...@gmail.com wrote:
On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 12:04 PM, Dave Hylands dhyla...@gmail.com wrote:
The kernel has the notion of going idle. This happens whenever there
is nothing to do.
Hi Dave from your message I want to ask going idle
On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 12:39 PM, Tayade, Nilesh
nilesh.tay...@netscout.comwrote:
I just want to know some thing kick off.
Suggestion - google. Something to kick off- start from what operating
system really is.
No please suggest some thing I am not clear with starting to what do I start
Hi Dave,
On Wed, Sep 08, 2010 at 11:14:30PM -0700, Dave Hylands wrote:
Replying to the list this time...
finally an answer to *my* problem, thanks :-D
Another general rule, is that on 32-bit CPUs you can only do 32-bit
arithmetic, with 64-bit addition, subtraction, and multiplications.
Hi all,
As in the subject could someone explain what is and what the use is of the
min_vruntime variable in struct cfs_rq?
Thanks in advance.
fabio
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On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 12:44 PM, Mulyadi Santosa
mulyadi.sant...@gmail.comwrote:
On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 13:54, Bond jamesbond.2...@gmail.com wrote:
Sure thanks.
Try to join kernel janitor ...
Thanks for the link http://sourceforge.net/projects/kernel-janitor/
I tried to debug a running process.
I am taking firefox as an example.
So I wanted to see it in detail as how is Linux kernel communicating with it.
Here is my output
such as which kernel symbol is used in this process what other macros
it is using
any thing from kernel that is affecting it like
On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 1:10 PM, Dave Hylands dhyla...@gmail.com wrote:
Well, check your CPU usage. It's probably less than 100%. Let's say
it's at 46%. That means that the system is spending 54% of its time
doing nothing or being idle.
From a macroscopic level, it looks like the CPU is busy.
Hi Tapas,
On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 3:12 PM, Tapas Mishra mightydre...@gmail.com wrote:
I tried to debug a running process.
I am taking firefox as an example.
For debugging purposes you can start with a `lighter' program.
So I wanted to see it in detail as how is Linux kernel communicating with
On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 6:06 PM, Daniel Baluta daniel.bal...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Daniel
For debugging purposes you can start with a `lighter' program.
can you suggest some thing.Which you can consider as lighter program.
In order for gdb to dump meaningful results the program must be compiled
On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 6:28 PM, Paul-Ovidiu Dascalu
paul.dasc...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Paul
/usr/bin/firefox is not an executable file to begin with.
Yes this thing I got in my search also it is not an executable.
Also you can you 'strace' on a program to see the the system calls and
signal a
On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 3:59 PM, Tapas Mishra mightydre...@gmail.com wrote:
On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 6:06 PM, Daniel Baluta daniel.bal...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Daniel
For debugging purposes you can start with a `lighter' program.
can you suggest some thing.Which you can consider as lighter program.
Hi Tapas,
For that you probably need to compile Firefox or whatever other application
you need to analyze with debug support (-g flag) and optimization disabled
(-O0 most likely).
If you want to go further down then you will also need libraries you
compiled with debug support or at leas the
On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 4:40 PM, fabio de francesco fa...@metanix.orgwrote:
Hi all,
As in the subject could someone explain what is and what the use is of the
min_vruntime variable in struct cfs_rq?
sched-design-CFS.txt file in kernel documentation explains it.
Neependra
Thanks in
On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 10:51 PM, Bond jamesbond.2...@gmail.com wrote:
On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 8:11 AM, ptchinster ptchins...@archlinux.us wrote:
What do you think? Apply what you have learned so far and come up with
the pros and cons of being able to use negative numbers.
I read that book
thanks to all
On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 8:16 AM, Bond jamesbond.2...@gmail.com wrote:
On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 1:10 PM, Dave Hylands dhyla...@gmail.com wrote:
Well, check your CPU usage. It's probably less than 100%. Let's say
it's at 46%. That means that the system is spending 54% of its time
On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 2:00 AM, Anuz Pratap Singh Tomar
chambilketha...@gmail.com wrote:
On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 11:25 AM, Bond jamesbond.2...@gmail.com wrote:
On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 11:19 AM, Anuz Pratap Singh Tomar
chambilketha...@gmail.com wrote:
The best idea is to look into Robert's
Regards,
Sandeep.
i've been away for a few days and hence the late update
On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 11:51 AM, Mulyadi Santosa
mulyadi.sant...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Pavan...
On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 22:09, Pavan Savoy pavan_sa...@sify.com wrote:
Hi,
I use kill_pid in one of our drivers to signal a user-space
Hi,
Can any one explain, when interrupt handler schedules softirq, for bottom
half work, when is that softirq is executed. Is it immediately after
interrupt handler context or after some time later when scheduler was
invoked.
I am trying to understand execution context of BHs. I know that
Hi Andreas,
On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 1:28 AM, Andreas Leppert wu...@web.de wrote:
Hi Dave,
On Wed, Sep 08, 2010 at 11:14:30PM -0700, Dave Hylands wrote:
Replying to the list this time...
finally an answer to *my* problem, thanks :-D
Another general rule, is that on 32-bit CPUs you can only
Hi Sri,
Replying to the list...
On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 5:08 PM, Sri Ram Vemulpali wrote:
Hi,
Can any one explain, when interrupt handler schedules softirq, for bottom
half work, when is that softirq is executed. Is it immediately after
interrupt handler context or after some time later when
On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 12:20 AM, John Mahoney jmaho...@waav.com wrote:
On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 2:00 AM, Anuz Pratap Singh Tomar
chambilketha...@gmail.com wrote:
On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 11:25 AM, Bond jamesbond.2...@gmail.com wrote:
On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 11:19 AM, Anuz Pratap Singh
On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 7:25 AM, Anuz Pratap Singh Tomar
chambilketha...@gmail.com wrote:
On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 12:20 AM, John Mahoney jmaho...@waav.com wrote:
On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 2:00 AM, Anuz Pratap Singh Tomar
chambilketha...@gmail.com wrote:
On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 11:25 AM,
Anuz Pratap Singh Tomar chambilketha...@gmail.com wrote:
No, but matthew and stone cover to cover: all programs. very very useful
book
I already have readchunks of KnR, Love's _Linux Kernel Fundamentals_,
Hallinan's _Embedded Linux Primer_ and the Rubini-Corbet-K/H and
Venkateswaran device
On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 10:03 AM, Alison Chaiken alchai...@gmail.comwrote:
Anuz Pratap Singh Tomar chambilketha...@gmail.com wrote:
No, but matthew and stone cover to cover: all programs. very very useful
book
I already have readchunks of KnR, Love's _Linux Kernel Fundamentals_,
It would be better if you do not hijack other e-mail threads to post
your own question.
I agree with Silesh 100% here.
Thanks.
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On 08:27 Thu 09 Sep , Bond wrote:
It would good if some senior members on the list share their knowledge in
form of some sort of programming exercise on this list.
For example decide a topic for a week and discuss about that topic in the
week.
Starting from some one who is absolutely
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