Re: OOPS at mm/rmap.c:628

2007-12-03 Thread Kyle Rose
> Thank you for your report. > there have been several reports (at least 8 on lkml already) of this > BUG() before for 2.6.22 (and a few before that), however nobody has > reported this in 2.6.23 or later, so it's very likely something that > this got fixed since in a later kernel >

Re: OOPS at mm/rmap.c:628

2007-12-03 Thread Kyle Rose
Thank you for your report. there have been several reports (at least 8 on lkml already) of this BUG() before for 2.6.22 (and a few before that), however nobody has reported this in 2.6.23 or later, so it's very likely something that this got fixed since in a later kernel Outstanding.

Re: sk98lin for 2.6.23-rc1

2007-09-08 Thread Kyle Rose
> You are a regular reader of linux-kernel, and therefore the sk98lin > removal can hardly be a surprise for you. If you prefer whining over > helping to improve the kernel that's your choice... > In my case the issue is simply one of practicality: I cannot go to the data center 5 times per

Re: sk98lin for 2.6.23-rc1

2007-09-08 Thread Kyle Rose
You are a regular reader of linux-kernel, and therefore the sk98lin removal can hardly be a surprise for you. If you prefer whining over helping to improve the kernel that's your choice... In my case the issue is simply one of practicality: I cannot go to the data center 5 times per day

Re: sk98lin for 2.6.23-rc1

2007-09-05 Thread Kyle Rose
> However, it really DOES lock up under load. I even > tried 2.6.23-rc4 and the absolute latest version of > the > driver and it still locks up, as in > Yich. I'm glad I'm still using sk98lin on my unmanned colo box. Kyle - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe

Re: sk98lin for 2.6.23-rc1

2007-09-05 Thread Kyle Rose
However, it really DOES lock up under load. I even tried 2.6.23-rc4 and the absolute latest version of the driver and it still locks up, as in Yich. I'm glad I'm still using sk98lin on my unmanned colo box. Kyle - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel

Re: [ck] Re: SD still better than CFS for 3d ?(was Re: 2.6.23-rc1)

2007-07-30 Thread Kyle Rose
> As for breaking binary crap, thats a bonus. Break them hard, break them > often. > I think there's a big difference in philosophy between "break binary drivers if you want to make a legitimate change for whatever reason" and "break binary drivers just to be a pain in the ass to the

Re: [ck] Re: SD still better than CFS for 3d ?(was Re: 2.6.23-rc1)

2007-07-30 Thread Kyle Rose
As for breaking binary crap, thats a bonus. Break them hard, break them often. I think there's a big difference in philosophy between break binary drivers if you want to make a legitimate change for whatever reason and break binary drivers just to be a pain in the ass to the developers and

Re: sk98lin for 2.6.23-rc1

2007-07-26 Thread Kyle Rose
> Does skge work for your hardware? I unloaded sky2 and loaded skge at one point, but it didn't recognize my hardware. Perhaps it doesn't work with the 88E8053? Kyle - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More

Re: sk98lin for 2.6.23-rc1

2007-07-26 Thread Kyle Rose
Thanks for the pointer. I've done this, and created an actual kernel module tarball that is now available at http://www.krose.org/~krose/projects/sk98lin/sk98lin.tar.gz. Thanks, Kyle Jan Engelhardt wrote: > On Jul 26 2007 12:30, Kyle Rose wrote: >>> Sorry for the nitpick, it can be

Re: sk98lin for 2.6.23-rc1

2007-07-26 Thread Kyle Rose
> Sorry for the nitpick, it can be done easier :) I'm sure it can. I didn't want to have to figure out the kernel build system just to get this one driver working. Hence my desire for it to remain in the kernel proper until sky2 utterly works. ;-) Kyle - To unsubscribe from this list: send

sk98lin for 2.6.23-rc1

2007-07-26 Thread Kyle Rose
>From http://www.krose.org/~krose/computing.html: Since the sky2 driver continues to suck ass (which is a technical description for "it hangs all the time under load, at least on my hardware" :-) ), I've fixed the sk98lin driver to compile for linux-2.6.23-rc1. Those who continue to have problems

Re: sk98lin for 2.6.23-rc1

2007-07-26 Thread Kyle Rose
Thanks for the pointer. I've done this, and created an actual kernel module tarball that is now available at http://www.krose.org/~krose/projects/sk98lin/sk98lin.tar.gz. Thanks, Kyle Jan Engelhardt wrote: On Jul 26 2007 12:30, Kyle Rose wrote: Sorry for the nitpick, it can be done easier

Re: sk98lin for 2.6.23-rc1

2007-07-26 Thread Kyle Rose
Does skge work for your hardware? I unloaded sky2 and loaded skge at one point, but it didn't recognize my hardware. Perhaps it doesn't work with the 88E8053? Kyle - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More

Re: sk98lin for 2.6.23-rc1

2007-07-26 Thread Kyle Rose
Sorry for the nitpick, it can be done easier :) I'm sure it can. I didn't want to have to figure out the kernel build system just to get this one driver working. Hence my desire for it to remain in the kernel proper until sky2 utterly works. ;-) Kyle - To unsubscribe from this list: send

sk98lin for 2.6.23-rc1

2007-07-26 Thread Kyle Rose
From http://www.krose.org/~krose/computing.html: Since the sky2 driver continues to suck ass (which is a technical description for it hangs all the time under load, at least on my hardware :-) ), I've fixed the sk98lin driver to compile for linux-2.6.23-rc1. Those who continue to have problems