TEST IGNORE

2001-02-21 Thread David D.W. Downey
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Re: Asus CUV4X-D mobo

2001-02-17 Thread David D.W. Downey
. I couldn't record the geometry for these drives as they're not marked with it. I had to basically deduce what the setup is. As I said, this is the first time I've seen a drive NOT be marked. David -- David D.W. Downey - RHCE Consulting Engineer Ensim Corporation - Sunnyvale, CA - To

Asus CUV4X-D mobo

2001-02-17 Thread David D.W. Downey
h to the Promise PDC20267 ATA100 offboard card, run lilo again and bam, instant LILO. Hope fully this is thorough enough. I've attached the lspci -vv output to this email as well. (I'm really starting to dislike this VT82C686 chipset. grrr) --- David D.W. Downey - RHCE Consulting Eng

Re: Linux stifles innovation...

2001-02-16 Thread David D.W. Downey
community does to stifle innovation is to > bash commercial vendors trying to make a profit by whining endlessly about > "sourceless" distributions and recommending "open-source" solutions even > when they are wholly inferior. You're only hurting yourselves in the

RE: Linux stifles innovation...

2001-02-16 Thread David D.W. Downey
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Re: [OTP] SMP board recommendations?

2001-02-15 Thread David D.W. Downey
e what's going wrong? Is my gut feeling that it's changing the file type wrong? (IIUC, there are different open() calls for different size files? No, I have nothing to base this one, just something I flashed on and thought might explain the problem.) I'm learning here guys, so ple

[OTP] SMP board recommendations?

2001-02-15 Thread David D.W. Downey
IS off topic of sorts, please reply to me privately. Thanks -- David D.W. Downey - RHCE Consulting Engineer Ensim Corporation - Sunnyvale, CA - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info a

[OTP] RE: Linux stifles innovation...

2001-02-15 Thread David D.W. Downey
able) human owner, and that changes on an hourly basis like the sea changes the layout of the sand on a beach. Severely tough to fight something like that. > I wonder what kind of law they will try to push to outlaw Open Source? > > If this is his idea of "The American Way&qu

RE: Linux stifles innovation...

2001-02-15 Thread David D.W. Downey
H, spending money to fight an idea or concept has never proven successful. And since the RESULTS of that idea or concept (in this case source code) are not suable AFAIK. So we got the upper hand there. -- David D.W. Downey - RHCE Consulting Engineer Ensim Corporation - Sunnyvale, CA - To unsub

Re: doing RAID 0 with HPT370

2001-02-14 Thread David D.W. Downey
not returned any of the 4 messages I've sent to them in the last 3 months. I don't know what their plans are but I do know I get the feeling they don't care to support Linux in any way shape or form. Feels like a pawn off job. -- David D.W. Downey - RHCE Consulting Engineer Ens

MP-Table mappings

2001-02-14 Thread David D.W. Downey
In my dmesg I'm getting duplicate table reservations. found SMP MP-table at 000f5770 hm, page 000f5000 reserved twice. hm, page 000f6000 reserved twice. hm, page 000f1000 reserved twice. hm, page 000f2000 reserved twice. On node 0 totalpages: 262128 zone(0): 4096 pages. zone(1): 225280 pages. zo

APIC problems

2001-02-12 Thread David D.W. Downey
I asked for some information and seems at least 1 person took the "tone" of my email to mean I had an attitude while asking. On the premise that perhaps I did ask with an attitude, even if I don't see it, I'd like to ask for some information. Here is a synopsis of what I'm running up against an

Re: 2.4.2-pre3

2001-02-10 Thread David D.W. Downey
BTW, the kernel version is 2.4.2-pre3 (2.4.1 with patch-pre3 applied) NO other patches have been applied. I used hdparm v3.9 to set the params with. -- David D.W. Downey - RHCE Consulting Engineer Ensim Corporation - Sunnyvale, CA - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubs

Re: 2.4.2-pre3

2001-02-10 Thread David D.W. Downey
ray Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.12 **POST NOTE** The scsi0 and APIC errors were not part of bootup. They came after the system was already up and running. Any info on the file size problem and the APIC errors would be appreciated. -- David D.W. Downey - RHCE Consulting Engineer Ensim Corporati

RE: APIC errors with 2.4.2-pre1

2001-02-08 Thread David D.W. Downey
don't know how to change the IRQ the HPT370 is using since it's an onboard card. -- David D.W. Downey - RHCE Consulting Engineer Ensim Corporation - Sunnyvale, CA - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTEC

APIC Errors with 2.4.2-pre1

2001-02-08 Thread David D.W. Downey
ing called was the ack_APIC_irq(). Can someone also please explain what the ESR is? (Please forgive my ignorance of this stuff.) -- David D.W. Downey - RHCE Consulting Engineer Ensim Corporation - Sunnyvale, CA - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in

Re: VT82C686A corruption with 2.4.x

2001-02-01 Thread David D.W. Downey
Yeah, I'm seriously beginning to think it's a board specific issue. If I drop the RAM count down to 768MB I get far less drops in app deaths now. I'm living in Sunnyvale CA which is part of the Rolling Blackouts designated spots in CA. Ever since the power companies have been instituting this I've

Re: VT82C686A corruption with 2.4.x

2001-01-31 Thread David D.W. Downey
r FIFO flush: no no Prefetch Buffer: no no Post Write Buffer: no no Enabled: yes yes Simplex only: no no Cable Type: 40w

Re: VIA VT82C686X

2001-01-30 Thread David D.W. Downey
On Tue, 30 Jan 2001, Byron Stanoszek wrote: > (unless you're overclocking). Setting it to 66 will cause the VIA driver to > believe your PCI bus is running at 66MHz and will program the IDE controller to > run at half the speed to maintain 33MHz. In reality, your controller now runs > at 16. I

VIA VT82C686X

2001-01-30 Thread David D.W. Downey
control. When dd finished I tried running any type of command but the tty was completely frozen. All other VTs were non responsive as well. This is gonna be fun when I test the Promise controller. hehe David D.W. Downey - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-k

Re: VT82C686A corruption with 2.4.x

2001-01-30 Thread David D.W. Downey
-alh /tmp/testing.img -rw-r--r--1 root root 2.0G Jan 29 17:54 /tmp/testing.img [root@timberwolf /root]# I'm also attaching a ksyms dump. David D.W. Downey Address SymbolDefined by f286a060 advansys_proc_info[adva

Re: VT82C686A corruption with 2.4.x

2001-01-30 Thread David D.W. Downey
OK, here is the output of lspci -v on the SMP box I'm having trouble with as requested... 00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C691 [Apollo PRO] (rev c4) Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0 Memory at d000 (32-bit, prefetchable) Capabilities: [a0] AG

Re: VT82C686A corruption with 2.4.x

2001-01-30 Thread David D.W. Downey
kernel source and let me know what you get. Maybe we can work on this together. David D.W. Downey On Tue, 30 Jan 2001, Tobias Ringstrom wrote: > So you have not seen any corruption, but are willing to do testing. Very > kind, but you could have choosen a better subject, I think. Ther

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Kernel Janitor's TODO list

2001-01-29 Thread David D.W. Downey
n of their usage and a singl elink on where to find more info about that particular function. Just my 2 cents worth. David D.W. Downey - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Re: Linux-2.4.1-pre11

2001-01-28 Thread David D.W. Downey
Nevermind. I found it. It's actually residing in /pub/linux/kernel/testing/ and NOT in /pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ or it's subdirs. David D.W. Downey - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Pl

Re: Linux-2.4.1-pre11

2001-01-28 Thread David D.W. Downey
> Patch was in /pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/test/patch-2.4.1-pre11.gz > I'm on ftp.kernel.org right this second in /pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ There is only a test-kernels/ subdir there, not a test/ test-kernels/ does not contain the patch. David - To unsubscribe from this list: send the lin

Re: Linux-2.4.1-pre11

2001-01-28 Thread David D.W. Downey
.org. A URL to the right patch or, preferably, full source for 2.4.1-pre11 would be great. Thanks, David D.W. Downey On Sun, 28 Jan 2001, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > I just uploaded it to kernel.org, and I expect that I'll do the final > 2.4.1 tomorrow, before leaving for NY and

Re: [preview] Latest AMD & VIA IDE drivers with UDMA100 support

2001-01-25 Thread David D.W. Downey
MD and VIA chipsets not AMD CPU's running on VIA > chipsets. > > What chipset or host is causing you the problem? > > VIA pr Promise? > > On Thu, 25 Jan 2001, David D.W. Downey wrote: > > > > > > > OK, I see you guys releasing patches for the AMD

Re: [preview] Latest AMD & VIA IDE drivers with UDMA100 support

2001-01-25 Thread David D.W. Downey
OK, I see you guys releasing patches for the AMD + VIA problem, but this problem is NOT just limited to the AMD problem. I'm using Intel PIII-733s and the VIA VT82C686A chipset. No AMD CPUs in ANY of my VIA boxes. When are we going to see something for the MSI boards? My board in particular is

Re: VIA chipset discussion

2001-01-21 Thread David D.W. Downey
Ready SeekComplete DataRequest } > end_request: I/O error, dev 21:40 (hdf), sector 0 > hdf: drive not ready for command > unable to read partition table > ... > (similar for hdg ... hdh ...) > ... > > -Andy Galasso > > > On Wed, Jan 17, 2001 at 02:02:17PM -08

Re: boot.img & initrd.img

2001-01-21 Thread David D.W. Downey
www.linuxdoc.org has a HOWTO on bottdisks called Bootdisk-HOWTO. I believe it's in the older faq section. On Sat, 20 Jan 2001, Linux Admin wrote: > Hi guys ... > > new to the list. need help ? > > can anyone please guide to me to an how-to or documentation on how to make a > custom boot.img

Re: VIA chipset discussion

2001-01-21 Thread David D.W. Downey
On Fri, 19 Jan 2001, John O'Donnell wrote: I also have APM disabled. (I don't think APM support is useful on a server so I default disable it.) > > Forgive me. I know _nothing_ about Power Management resources. > What kind of resouces would PM use to interfere with the mouse. > FYI I have po

VIA chipset discussion

2001-01-17 Thread David D.W. Downey
d be exponentially useful, even if for nothing more than discounting some of my thoughts. Also, can anyone summurize the already known and specific problems with combinations of the above requirements? I would truly appreciate that. David D.W. Downey - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line

Re: Article: Using test suites to test the new kernel

2001-01-14 Thread David D.W. Downey
God sent you right? :) Been looking for something along this nature. David On Mon, 15 Jan 2001, Michael D. Crawford wrote: > I've written a brief article on the topic of using test suites to test new linux > kernels. > > It is my hope that anyone who wants to play with the new kernels wil

Re: ide.2.4.1-p3.01112001.patch

2001-01-14 Thread David D.W. Downey
oller doesn't like switchign between DMA and PIO modes possibly? ::shrug::) David D.W. Downey - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Re: ide.2.4.1-p3.01112001.patch

2001-01-14 Thread David D.W. Downey
ses. Funny thing is, I don't have any USB devices attached to the machine! Thought address assignments were only when you attached devices. Anyone else out there with troubles with either of these 3 items? David D.W. Downey - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Re: 2.4.0 + reiserfs + smp

2000-12-15 Thread David D.W. Downey
Thanks Chris. Appreciate the fast getback. On Fri, 15 Dec 2000, Chris Mason wrote: > > > On Fri, 15 Dec 2000, David D.W. Downey wrote: > > > > I've been reading the thread regarding data corruption with 2.4.0-test12, > > reiserfs, and smp. > > > >

2.4.0 + reiserfs + smp

2000-12-15 Thread David D.W. Downey
e waiting for a resolution to this. Anyone know the current status of this problem? -- David D.W. Downey RHCE - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Re: No shared memory??

2000-12-11 Thread David D.W. Downey
== BTW, I love the devfs stuff. REALLY makes s big difference. I'm developing my own flavor of linux and it's quickly being modified to use ONLY devfs entries. > > On Sun, 10 Dec 2000 12:11:14 David D.W. Downey wrote: > > > > OK, got a tiny little bug here. > > &

No shared memory??

2000-12-10 Thread David D.W. Downey
OK, got a tiny little bug here. When running top, procinfo, or free I get 0 for Shared memory. Obviously this is incorrect. What has changed from the 2.2.x and the 2.4.x that would cause these apps to misreport this information. This IS information gained through the /proc filesystem which is k

RE: network delays with NE2K-PCI

2000-12-09 Thread David D.W. Downey
Anyone have a clue on this issue? Even a starting point would be appreciated. I want to add a bunch of printfk() to the source so that I can track what functions are being executed and when in the hope that it may lend a hand in tracking this down. I'm NOT a coder in any way shape or form so this

Network delays with NE2K-PCI

2000-12-09 Thread David D.W. Downey
t11) all use the NetGear FA-310TX and i don't get this problem. Only with this brand of card. (Tried 3 different physical cards of the same model.) Any ideas? David D.W. Downey - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to

2.4.0-test11 + reiserfs + iptables

2000-12-08 Thread David D.W. Downey
Hi guys, Not sure if this is the right list for this, but I'll spew this forward too you. Redirects to right place is definitiely welcome. Since I added the reiserfs kernel patch , I figured I'd mention it. Problem: When building the kernel things buld fine with no errors other than the stan

TEST IGNORE

2000-12-08 Thread David D.W. Downey
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