Re: ndiswrapper and GPL-only symbols redux

pyright violations definitely are "civil matters" in germany regardless whether you could go into jail or not. Best, Michael -- Michael Gerdau email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG-keys available on request or at public keyserver signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: [CALL FOR TESTING] Make Ext3 fsck way faster [2.6.23.13]

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Re: OT: Does Linux have any "Perfect Code"

line "this is an inherent test as to the fitness of the potential hacker" ;] Just my thoughts, Michael -- Vote against SPAM - see http://www.politik-digital.de/spam/ Michael Gerdau email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG-keys available on request or at public keyserver signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

2.6.23-rc6-mm1 and acpi

ers/acpi/sbs.o] Fehler 1 make[1]: *** [drivers/acpi] Fehler 2 make: *** [drivers] Fehler 2 Not sure who to CC, which is why I send it to the list alone. Best, Michael -- Vote against SPAM - see http://www.politik-digital.de/spam/ Michael Gerdau email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG-keys available

Re: 2.6.22.2-cfs-v19.1 stops honouring nice 3 after some hours

sured for 60 seconds. Best, Michael -- Technosis GmbH, Geschäftsführer: Heiko Gerdau, Tobias Dittmar Sitz Hamburg; HRB 89145 Amtsgericht Hamburg Vote against SPAM - see http://www.politik-digital.de/spam/ Michael Gerdau email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG-keys available on request or at public

Re: 2.6.22.2-cfs-v19.1 stops honouring nice 3 after some hours

e whether the problem persists. Best wishes, Michael -- Vote against SPAM - see http://www.politik-digital.de/spam/ !tagline Michael Gerdau email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG-keys available on request or at public keyserver signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

2.6.22.2-cfs-v19.1 stops honouring nice 3 after some hours

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Re: v2.6.22.1-rt1

le error on my x86_64 dualcore sytem. > > could you check it builds fine with -rt2? It builds fine now with -rt2. Thanks, best wishes, Michael -- Technosis GmbH, Geschäftsführer: Michael Gerdau, Tobias Dittmar Sitz Hamburg; HRB 89145 Amtsgericht Hamburg Vote against SPAM - see http://ww

Re: v2.6.22.1-rt1

defaults. Best, Michael -- Technosis GmbH, Geschäftsführer: Michael Gerdau, Tobias Dittmar Sitz Hamburg; HRB 89145 Amtsgericht Hamburg Vote against SPAM - see http://www.politik-digital.de/spam/ Michael Gerdau email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG-keys available on request or at public

Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3

notice the GPL doesn't > say which state law holds sway. If it was a contract this would be kind of > important.) That seems to be a special property of the US legal system. At least I'm not aware of this or a similar distinction in e.g. germany (or most parts of europe AFAIK). B

Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3

t is the intention of the author (RMS et al in this case) that counts. But I erred before... Best wishes, Michael -- Technosis GmbH, Geschäftsführer: Michael Gerdau, Tobias Dittmar Sitz Hamburg; HRB 89145 Amtsgericht Hamburg Vote against SPAM - see http://www.politik-digital.de/spam/ Michae

Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3

or not the GPLv3 is truely an acceptable answer to prevent > > Tivoisation is a completely different issue that I can't really judge. > > Absolutely. I do think it prevents Tivoisation, but I personally think > it's unacceptable in even *trying* to prevent it, and as I&

Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3

with 'GPLv3'. Whether or not the GPLv3 is truely an acceptable answer to prevent Tivoisation is a completely different issue that I can't really judge. Last not least: Nothing of the above has to do with ethics, moral or any such cathegories. This is by intention. Thank you for rea

Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3

al phrases in GPLv2 and GPLv3 and whether or how they reflect the perceived spirit. Best wishes, Michael -- Technosis GmbH, Geschäftsführer: Michael Gerdau, Tobias Dittmar Sitz Hamburg; HRB 89145 Amtsgericht Hamburg Vote against SPAM - see http://www.politik-digital.de/spam/ Michael Gerdau em

Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3

> In Germany, not America. I should have qualified my statement to make it > clear > I mean "In America". Sorry about the confusion. You shouldn't say "America" when you mean the "US". Best wishes, Michael -- Technosis GmbH, Geschäftsführer: Micha

Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3

and at a reasonable price into the device would fit my understanding of the GPL's spirit though this leaves room for the definition of timely... Best, Michael -- Technosis GmbH, Geschäftsführer: Michael Gerdau, Tobias Dittmar Sitz Hamburg; HRB 89145 Amtsgericht Hamburg Vote against SPAM - see http:/

Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3

only run Company's X > distribution of Linux". Would not such a restriction voilate the spirit of the GPL ? Anyway, my simplistic view is: Once it is under the GPL I could change it and actually make the changes work as I see fit. That's what I think my freedom as of the GP

Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3

vious claim is valid for anonymously published work only and thus holds no relevance for the situation discussed. I apologize for having raised a false claim. The copyright for works with a known is valid for 70 years after the authors death. Sorry, Michael -- Technosis GmbH, Geschäftsführer: Michae

Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3

27;d find some state "legally" waiving a copyright on whatever. If that would start an avalanche of similar terminations everywhere else I'd be utterly surprised. Best, Michael -- Technosis GmbH, Geschäftsführer: Michael Gerdau, Tobias Dittmar Sitz Hamburg; HRB 89145 Amtsgericht Ha

Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3

cation (i.e. prooveable in court) is considered the initial publication .date Note that the original phrase could last indefinitely by simply moving the copyright from person to person. Best, Michael -- Technosis GmbH, Geschäftsführer: Michael Gerdau, Tobias Dittmar Sitz Hamburg; HRB 89145 Am

Re: Sched - graphic smoothness under load - cfs-v13 sd-0.48

ess of collecting data or more precisely until recently constantly refined what data to collect and how. I plan to provide new benchmark results on CPU intensive tasks in a couple of days. Best, Michael -- Technosis GmbH, Geschäftsführer: Michael Gerdau, Tobias Dittmar Sitz Hamburg; HRB 89145 Amt

Re: Sched - graphic smoothness under load - cfs-v13 sd-0.48

rness test on cfs13 this simply is wrong. And for the test to be stable would require that avg of one is within avg+-stddev of the other (simple overlap does not suffice). Best, Michael -- Technosis GmbH, Geschäftsführer: Michael Gerdau, Tobias Dittmar Sitz Hamburg; HRB 89145 Amtsgericht Ham

Re: Sched - graphic smoothness under load - cfs-v13 sd-0.48

en the two "dublicated" lines (cfs-v13 and sd048) is such that I would not have written "that they are reasonable stable on the same hardware". I don't want to say the values aren't useful. I simply think there is a high noiselevel. Best, Michael -- Technosis GmbH,

Re: Linux 2.6.22-rc1

ons from > other people. I remember very well the time when I first issued make menuconfig. Ever since then I've been grateful for all those "fundamentally basic" explanations. And I've learned quite alot about kernelconfig just by reading them. Best, Michael -- Technosis

[REPORT] cfs-v9 vs sd048 vs mainline

onstitute the "true" time each task requires. Best, Michael -- Technosis GmbH, Geschäftsführer: Michael Gerdau, Tobias Dittmar Sitz Hamburg; HRB 89145 Amtsgericht Hamburg Vote against SPAM - see http://www.politik-digital.de/spam/ Michael Gerdau email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG-key

Re: [REPORT] 2.6.21.1 vs 2.6.21-sd046 vs 2.6.21-cfs-v6

;t that bad either, at least for this type of load. Anyway, as I wrote above I'm continuing my tests and am collecting data for the various scheduler. Presumably over the weekend I'll mail out the next round. Best, Michael -- Technosis GmbH, Geschäftsführer: Michael Gerdau, Tobias

Re: VMware, x86_64 and 2.6.21.

> Does anyone have VMware working on x86_64 with 2.6.21? VMware server 1.0.2 (free edition) is working fine here with 2.6.21.1 using vmware-any-any-update109. System is Intel Core2 T7600 (x86_64) Best, Michael -- Technosis GmbH, Geschäftsführer: Michael Gerdau, Tobias Dittmar Sitz Hamb

[REPORT] 2.6.21.1 vs 2.6.21-sd046 vs 2.6.21-cfs-v6

be somewhat "dirty" I'll refrain from it. However from these figures it seems as if sd does provide for the fairest (as in equal share for all) scheduling among the 3 schedulers tested. Best, Michael -- Technosis GmbH, Geschäftsführer: Michael Gerdau, Tobias Dittmar Sitz Hamburg; HRB

Re: [ck] Re: [REPORT] cfs-v6-rc2 vs sd-0.46 vs 2.6.21-rc7

ularity_ns so wouldn't this make the effective timeslice double > that of what you're setting SD to? Anyway the difference between 400 and > 800ms timeslices is unlikely to be significant so I don't mind. I'm happy to do that, hopefully over the weekend. Best, Michael

Re: [REPORT] cfs-v6-rc2 vs sd-0.46 vs 2.6.21-rc7

ort the software). > The vmstat suggested there is occasional idle time in the system - is > the workload IO-bound (or memory bound) in those cases? There is writing out stats after each run (i.e. every 5-8 sec) both to the PostgreSQL DB as well as to the console. I could get rid of the

[REPORT] cfs-v6-rc2 vs sd-0.46 vs 2.6.21-rc7

13 2025 100 0 0 0 6 0 0 2210624 31196 52570000 3 133 492 1207 100 0 0 0 4 0 0 2210460 31196 52572000 0 0 458 1086 100 0 0 0 Best, Michael -- Technosis GmbH, Geschäftsführer: Michael Gerdau, Tobias Dittmar Sitz Hamburg; HRB 89145 Amtsgeri

Re: [ck] [REPORT] cfs-v5 vs sd-0.46

uld be the case no matter how many cpus you have. They are started via 'make -j3' which implies they start at the same time (i.e. within a few msec). They initially load some data and then perform extensive computations on that data. Best, Michael -- Technosis GmbH, Geschäftsführer:

Re: [REPORT] cfs-v5 vs sd-0.46

to use long long and nanoseconds and the > monotonic clocksource: [snip] Thanks, I will implement that, for Linux anyway. > Plus an absolute metric of "the whole workload took X.Y seconds" is > useful too. That's the easiest to come by and is already available. Best, Mich

Re: [REPORT] cfs-v5 vs sd-0.46

nce measure as well. Thinking about it I guess this should be fairly simple to implement. Best, Michael -- Technosis GmbH, Geschäftsführer: Michael Gerdau, Tobias Dittmar Sitz Hamburg; HRB 89145 Amtsgericht Hamburg Vote against SPAM - see http://www.politik-digital.de/spam/ Michael Gerdau

Re: [REPORT] cfs-v5 vs sd-0.46

my system. Anyway, I'll have to do some urgent other work and won't be able to do lots of testing until tonight (but then I will). Best, Michael -- Technosis GmbH, Geschäftsführer: Michael Gerdau, Tobias Dittmar Sitz Hamburg; HRB 89145 Amtsgericht Hamburg Vote against

[REPORT] cfs-v5 vs sd-0.46

tions for improvements are welcome. -- Technosis GmbH, Geschäftsführer: Michael Gerdau, Tobias Dittmar Sitz Hamburg; HRB 89145 Amtsgericht Hamburg Vote against SPAM - see http://www.politik-digital.de/spam/ Michael Gerdau email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG-keys available on request or at public keyserver pgpDmP3D8nEwX.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [ck] Re: [ANNOUNCE] Staircase Deadline cpu scheduler version 0.45

I started another kde session and have my children play supertux for 20 minutes. While the system occasionally was not as responsive as it is when there is little load, supertux remained very playable. -- Technosis GmbH, Geschäftsführer: Michael Gerdau, Tobias Dittmar Sitz Hamburg; HRB 89145 Am

Re: [patch] CFS scheduler, v4

down ? FWIW this also happened with 2.6.21-rc7-CFS-v3 and thus for 2.6.21-rc7-CFS-v4 I did a pristine extract of 2.6.20.tar.bz2 and applied all patches freshly. System is a Dell XPS M1710, Intel Core2 T7600 2.33, 4GB Best, Michael -- Technosis GmbH, Geschäftsführer: Michael Gerdau, Tobias Dittmar

Re: [ck] [ANNOUNCE] Staircase Deadline cpu scheduler version 0.45

g the other patch you mailed to Willy Tarreau help tracking that down ? Best wishes, Michael -- Technosis GmbH, Geschäftsführer: Michael Gerdau, Tobias Dittmar Sitz Hamburg; HRB 89145 Amtsgericht Hamburg Vote against SPAM - see http://www.politik-digital.de/spam/ Michael Gerdau email: [

Re: [ck] [ANNOUNCE] Staircase Deadline cpu scheduler version 0.43

lt). Best, Michael -- Technosis GmbH, Geschäftsführer: Michael Gerdau, Tobias Dittmar Sitz Hamburg; HRB 89145 Amtsgericht Hamburg Vote against SPAM - see http://www.politik-digital.de/spam/ Michael Gerdau email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG-keys available on request or at public keyserver pgphOON3ivWcy.pgp Description: PGP signature