Re: Richard Stallman: Why “GNU’S Not Linux” and Why We Should “Say LiGNUx”

2013-12-24 Thread Martin Nybo Andersen
On Monday 23 December 2013 12:01:06 Liam Lindholm wrote: > Dear fellow Linux kernel hackers: > > It has come to my attention that Richard M. Stallman, founder of the > Free Software Foundation and creator of the GNU project, has once > again set out to fragment our grassroots community. > >

Re: Richard Stallman: Why “GNU’S Not Linux” and Why We Should “Say LiGNUx”

2013-12-24 Thread Martin Nybo Andersen
On Monday 23 December 2013 12:01:06 Liam Lindholm wrote: Dear fellow Linux kernel hackers: It has come to my attention that Richard M. Stallman, founder of the Free Software Foundation and creator of the GNU project, has once again set out to fragment our grassroots community. Recently,

Re: Panic: dma_map_area overflow 66 bytes on 3.7+

2012-12-29 Thread Martin Nybo Andersen
On Friday 28 December 2012 20:53:10 Eric Dumazet wrote: > On Fri, 2012-12-28 at 20:05 +0100, Martin Nybo Andersen wrote: > > Hi list, > > > > Since the release of 3.7 my main computer has been panicking a couple of > > times on both 3.7.0 and 3.7.1 because of a 'dma

Re: Panic: dma_map_area overflow 66 bytes on 3.7+

2012-12-29 Thread Martin Nybo Andersen
On Friday 28 December 2012 20:53:10 Eric Dumazet wrote: On Fri, 2012-12-28 at 20:05 +0100, Martin Nybo Andersen wrote: Hi list, Since the release of 3.7 my main computer has been panicking a couple of times on both 3.7.0 and 3.7.1 because of a 'dma_map_area overflow xx bytes

Panic: dma_map_area overflow 66 bytes on 3.7+

2012-12-28 Thread Martin Nybo Andersen
Corporation G84 [GeForce 8600 GT] (rev a1) 03:07.0 Multimedia controller: Twinhan Technology Co. Ltd Mantis DTV PCI Bridge Controller [Ver 1.0] (rev 01) Please tell, if more info is needed. Regards, Martin Nybo Andersen -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-k

Panic: dma_map_area overflow 66 bytes on 3.7+

2012-12-28 Thread Martin Nybo Andersen
Corporation G84 [GeForce 8600 GT] (rev a1) 03:07.0 Multimedia controller: Twinhan Technology Co. Ltd Mantis DTV PCI Bridge Controller [Ver 1.0] (rev 01) Please tell, if more info is needed. Regards, Martin Nybo Andersen -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel

Re: Drop support for x86-32

2012-08-24 Thread Martin Nybo Andersen
On Friday 24 August 2012 20:59:33 wbrana wrote: > On 8/24/12, Martin Nybo Andersen wrote: > > I want to use *my* old machines (hey, I payed for them) on whatever new > > hardware I can plug into them. I'm not an oracle and can't see into the > > future, however USB has

Re: Drop support for x86-32

2012-08-24 Thread Martin Nybo Andersen
On Friday 24 August 2012 20:18:49 wbrana wrote: > On 8/24/12, Martin Nybo Andersen wrote: > > That's right, but new hardware, that I wish to use with the old machines > > might > > not because of no backporting of new drivers. Same goes for new software > > util

Re: Drop support for x86-32

2012-08-24 Thread Martin Nybo Andersen
On Friday 24 August 2012 19:05:53 wbrana wrote: > On 8/24/12, Martin Nybo Andersen wrote: > > What I'd hate even more is rendering my old working hardware useless by > > removing x86-32 support from the kernel. To reason the removal by saying > > "Microsoft plans

Re: Drop support for x86-32

2012-08-24 Thread Martin Nybo Andersen
On Friday 24 August 2012 18:24:16 Chris Friesen wrote: > On 08/24/2012 10:14 AM, Martin Nybo Andersen wrote: > > (And I'm still not sure why one would run 32-bit applications on a 64-bit > > architecture...) > > There are several architectures (powerpc comes to mind) whe

Re: Drop support for x86-32

2012-08-24 Thread Martin Nybo Andersen
On Friday 24 August 2012 18:17:14 wbrana wrote: > On 8/24/12, Martin Nybo Andersen wrote: > > Ahh..., so the development time saved by not supporting x86-32 in > > mainline can > > now be used by backporting new features to the forementioned long term > > tr

Re: Drop support for x86-32

2012-08-24 Thread Martin Nybo Andersen
On Friday 24 August 2012 17:55:08 wbrana wrote: > On 8/24/12, Bernd Petrovitsch wrote: > > You really think that there are no 32bit x86-compatible CPUs in the > > embedded world? > > x86-32 would be supported by long term tree until all x86-32 CPU disappear Ahh..., so the development time saved

Re: Drop support for x86-32

2012-08-24 Thread Martin Nybo Andersen
On Friday 24 August 2012 17:55:08 wbrana wrote: On 8/24/12, Bernd Petrovitsch be...@petrovitsch.priv.at wrote: You really think that there are no 32bit x86-compatible CPUs in the embedded world? x86-32 would be supported by long term tree until all x86-32 CPU disappear Ahh..., so the

Re: Drop support for x86-32

2012-08-24 Thread Martin Nybo Andersen
On Friday 24 August 2012 18:17:14 wbrana wrote: On 8/24/12, Martin Nybo Andersen tw...@tweek.dk wrote: Ahh..., so the development time saved by not supporting x86-32 in mainline can now be used by backporting new features to the forementioned long term tree? new features won't

Re: Drop support for x86-32

2012-08-24 Thread Martin Nybo Andersen
On Friday 24 August 2012 18:24:16 Chris Friesen wrote: On 08/24/2012 10:14 AM, Martin Nybo Andersen wrote: (And I'm still not sure why one would run 32-bit applications on a 64-bit architecture...) There are several architectures (powerpc comes to mind) where 32-bit userspace on 64-bit

Re: Drop support for x86-32

2012-08-24 Thread Martin Nybo Andersen
On Friday 24 August 2012 19:05:53 wbrana wrote: On 8/24/12, Martin Nybo Andersen tw...@tweek.dk wrote: What I'd hate even more is rendering my old working hardware useless by removing x86-32 support from the kernel. To reason the removal by saying Microsoft plans to do it just makes me go

Re: Drop support for x86-32

2012-08-24 Thread Martin Nybo Andersen
On Friday 24 August 2012 20:18:49 wbrana wrote: On 8/24/12, Martin Nybo Andersen tw...@tweek.dk wrote: That's right, but new hardware, that I wish to use with the old machines might not because of no backporting of new drivers. Same goes for new software utilising newer kernel features

Re: Drop support for x86-32

2012-08-24 Thread Martin Nybo Andersen
On Friday 24 August 2012 20:59:33 wbrana wrote: On 8/24/12, Martin Nybo Andersen tw...@tweek.dk wrote: I want to use *my* old machines (hey, I payed for them) on whatever new hardware I can plug into them. I'm not an oracle and can't see into the future, however USB has evolved

Re: Drop support for x86-32

2012-08-23 Thread Martin Nybo Andersen
pend their time supporting X32 > instead of x86-32 or support x86-64 only as 99% of users will be able > to run x86-64 software if x86-32 will be dropped > - wouldn't be dropped this year, but there should be plan when it will > be dropped e.g. when Windows 9 will be released > > On 8/2

Re: Drop support for x86-32

2012-08-23 Thread Martin Nybo Andersen
X32 instead of x86-32 or support x86-64 only as 99% of users will be able to run x86-64 software if x86-32 will be dropped - wouldn't be dropped this year, but there should be plan when it will be dropped e.g. when Windows 9 will be released On 8/23/12, Martin Nybo Andersen tw...@tweek.dk