[PATCH] Support Timedia/Sunix/Exsys PCI card problem in Serial 5.0.5 / Kernel 2.4.xx

Hi! I've found a bug in the serial driver 5.0.5, the problem is that the Sunix pci 4port serial card wasn't correctly detected. I'm using the serial 5.0.5 serial driver on a vanilla 2.2.19 kernel. Searching the web I've found this changes that looks wrong : http://www.linuxhq.com/kernel/v2.3/p

[2.2.19pre17] init/main.c

Hi Alan, On 28 Dec 2000 I've just sent a similar patch but I never got a reply ;) http://boudicca.tux.org/hypermail/linux-kernel/2000week53/0264.html The first part of the patch is a must for kernels that load scsi driver from initrd the second one is a must for kernel that load cciss block dri

[patch-2.2.18] some trivial patch...

Hi Alan, the first patch is a must for kernels that load scsi driver from initrd ;) the second one allow "make install" to work also if lilo isn't installed.. main.patch : diff -ur linux-2.2.18.orig/init/main.c linux-2.2.18.tl/init/main.c --- linux-2.2.18.orig/init/main.c Mon Dec 11 01:49

Re: Linux 2.2.18 almost...

> did we lose ip=autoconf. I see dhcp and arp transmitting infinitely. I was > able to boot only after completely entering nfsroot= and ip= boot commands. > > 2.2.17 worked thusley. : I didn't try with 2.2.18 yet but looking at the source (ipconfig.c) seem that my patch wasn't accepted, you can

[PATCH] Re: 2.2.18pre21 - IP kernel level autoconfiguration

Luca Montecchiani wrote: : > Anyway I'll do more investigation about my problem to get bootp > work with dhcp compiled into kernel next week With the 2.2.18pre22 kernel and also pre21 last time I checked if you compile the kernel with DHCP and BOOTP, it's impossible to use bo

Re: 2.2.18pre21 - IP kernel level autoconfiguration

Chip Schweiss wrote: > > The problem seems to be deeper than that. I first encountered the > problem with only bootp compiled in. In my configuration I am not able > to supply kernel parameters on the client which may be why you were > able to get bootp to execute. Seem that you have to specif

Re: 2.2.18pre21 - IP kernel level autoconfiguration

> It seem somewhere between 2.2.17 and the current 2.2.18 kernel, IP > kernel level autoconfiguration has been broken. Upon kernel loading > the Ethernet card is detected and loaded properly, but the bootp code > never seems to be executed and mounting the root partion via NFS then > fails fro

[2.4.test9pre7] spontaneous reboot

y problems.. Unfortunately no syslog no oops just a silent reboot :( luca -- -- E-mail......: Luca Montecchiani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> W.W.W...: http://i.am/m.luca - http://luca.myip.org Speakfreely.: sflwl -hlwl.fourmilab.ch luca@ I.C.Q.

[PATCH] 2.2.x Isdn init function fix

- if (strlen(str)) { + if (str) { strcpy(sid, str); icn_id = sid; if ((p = strchr(sid, ','))) { -- -- E-mail..: Luca Montecchiani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: Linux 2.2.18pre11

t (ext2 filesystem) readonly. Freeing unused kernel memory: 52k freed Adding Swap: 176672k swap-space (priority -1) -- -- E-mail..: Luca Montecchiani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> W.W.W...: http://i.am/m.luca - http://luca.myip.org

Re: [PATCH?] Extended PTBL partition check for 2.4

7;t see the gain. people++; luca -- -- E-mail..: Luca Montecchiani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> W.W.W...: http://i.am/m.luca - http://luca.myip.org Speakfreely.: sflwl -hlwl.fourmilab.ch luca@ I.C.Q...: 17655604 -

[PATCH?] Extended PTBL partition check for 2.4

Seem that 2.4.0test8 follow the PTBL definition described in the Large-Disk-HOWTO, only primary partition, 2.2.17 instead extend the check all over the four partition. (*) The hdc disk was autopartitioned by sfdisk over a 2.2.17 kernel comments ? luca -- -