Re: Linux-2.6.13-rc7

2005-08-24 Thread Voluspa
root:sleipner:~# modprobe hotkey FATAL: Error inserting hotkey (/lib/modules/2.6.13-rc7/kernel/drivers/acpi/hotkey.ko): No such device Not that I care, but it at least loaded in -rc6 and created the /proc/acpi/hotkey directory with its content. When the revolution comes, the author of

Re: Linux-2.6.13-rc7

2005-08-24 Thread Voluspa
root:sleipner:~# modprobe hotkey FATAL: Error inserting hotkey (/lib/modules/2.6.13-rc7/kernel/drivers/acpi/hotkey.ko): No such device Not that I care, but it at least loaded in -rc6 and created the /proc/acpi/hotkey directory with its content. When the revolution comes, the author of

Re: IDE CD problems in 2.6.13rc6

2005-08-14 Thread Voluspa
On Mon, 15 Aug 2005 01:37:08 +0100 Alan Cox wrote: > > We certainly could interpret 0x51, 0x04 specifically. Its not an "error" > in the usual spew at the user case generally speaking but a "do this" > "no" sequence. Its useful to log because sending unknown commands to an > IDE device is

Re: IDE CD problems in 2.6.13rc6

2005-08-14 Thread Voluspa
On 2005-08-14 20:10:49 Nick Warne wrote: >Note the last sentence: > >' This variation is designed for use with "libraries" of drive >identification information, and can also be used on ATAPI drives which may >give media errors with the standard mechanism. My jaw just clonked on the

Re: IDE CD problems in 2.6.13rc6

2005-08-14 Thread Voluspa
The "hdparm -I /dev/hdc" hdc: drive_cmd: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } hdc: drive_cmd: error=0x04 { AbortedCommand } de: failed opcode was: 0xec Is present on all kernels that I have locally (oldest 2.6.11.11) so it is not related to the threadstarters problems, it seems.

Re: IDE CD problems in 2.6.13rc6

2005-08-14 Thread Voluspa
Doing a "hdparm -I /dev/hdc" (without a disk/with a ISO disk/[u]mounted/music CD): Aug 14 19:14:33 sleipner kernel: hdc: drive_cmd: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } Aug 14 19:14:33 sleipner kernel: hdc: drive_cmd: error=0x04 { AbortedCommand } Aug 14 19:14:33 sleipner kernel: ide:

Re: IDE CD problems in 2.6.13rc6

2005-08-14 Thread Voluspa
Doing a hdparm -I /dev/hdc (without a disk/with a ISO disk/[u]mounted/music CD): Aug 14 19:14:33 sleipner kernel: hdc: drive_cmd: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } Aug 14 19:14:33 sleipner kernel: hdc: drive_cmd: error=0x04 { AbortedCommand } Aug 14 19:14:33 sleipner kernel: ide:

Re: IDE CD problems in 2.6.13rc6

2005-08-14 Thread Voluspa
The hdparm -I /dev/hdc hdc: drive_cmd: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } hdc: drive_cmd: error=0x04 { AbortedCommand } de: failed opcode was: 0xec Is present on all kernels that I have locally (oldest 2.6.11.11) so it is not related to the threadstarters problems, it seems.

Re: IDE CD problems in 2.6.13rc6

2005-08-14 Thread Voluspa
On 2005-08-14 20:10:49 Nick Warne wrote: Note the last sentence: ' This variation is designed for use with libraries of drive identification information, and can also be used on ATAPI drives which may give media errors with the standard mechanism. My jaw just clonked on the table. And

Re: IDE CD problems in 2.6.13rc6

2005-08-14 Thread Voluspa
On Mon, 15 Aug 2005 01:37:08 +0100 Alan Cox wrote: We certainly could interpret 0x51, 0x04 specifically. Its not an error in the usual spew at the user case generally speaking but a do this no sequence. Its useful to log because sending unknown commands to an IDE device is something we want

Re: 2.6.13-rc3 Battery times at 100/250/1000 Hz = Zero difference

2005-07-26 Thread Voluspa
On Tue, 26 Jul 2005 15:14:39 +0200 Vojtech Pavlik wrote: > This almost looks like a regular Athlon 64, not even the mobile > version. I wouldn't expect very big deep sleep capabilities on that > one. You can check the > > /proc/acpi/processor/CPU1/power > > file for the list of C states.

Re: 2.6.13-rc3 Battery times at 100/250/1000 Hz = Zero difference

2005-07-26 Thread Voluspa
On 2005-07-26 5:23:08 Len Brown wrote: >than C1 and the generic ACPI code doesn't support it, >then it is either a Linux/ACPI bug or a BIOS bug -- file away:-) The issue has made me fume enough to contemplating installing windos for the first time in some 10 years. But I'll persevere. Will

Re: 2.6.13-rc3 Battery times at 100/250/1000 Hz = Zero difference

2005-07-26 Thread Voluspa
On 2005-07-26 5:23:08 Len Brown wrote: than C1 and the generic ACPI code doesn't support it, then it is either a Linux/ACPI bug or a BIOS bug -- file away:-) The issue has made me fume enough to contemplating installing windos for the first time in some 10 years. But I'll persevere. Will learn

Re: 2.6.13-rc3 Battery times at 100/250/1000 Hz = Zero difference

2005-07-26 Thread Voluspa
On Tue, 26 Jul 2005 15:14:39 +0200 Vojtech Pavlik wrote: This almost looks like a regular Athlon 64, not even the mobile version. I wouldn't expect very big deep sleep capabilities on that one. You can check the /proc/acpi/processor/CPU1/power file for the list of C states. A

Re: 2.6.13-rc3 Battery times at 100/250/1000 Hz = Zero difference

2005-07-22 Thread Voluspa
On Fri, 22 Jul 2005 20:02:36 +0200 Pavel Machek wrote: > will not help. It seems like your machine is simply not able to do > reasonable powersaving. Digging up this patch from last month regarding C2 on a AMD K7 implies that the whole blame can be put on kernel acpi:

Re: 2.6.13-rc3 Battery times at 100/250/1000 Hz = Zero difference

2005-07-22 Thread Voluspa
On Fri, 22 Jul 2005 20:02:36 +0200 Pavel Machek wrote: > Okay, if you have no C2/C3 like the dump above shows, unloading usb > will not help. It seems like your machine is simply not able to do > reasonable powersaving. Because of the CPU, ACPI implementation or because of kernel acpi quality,

Re: 2.6.13-rc3 Battery times at 100/250/1000 Hz = Zero difference

2005-07-22 Thread Voluspa
On Fri, 22 Jul 2005 16:48:55 +0200 Pavel Machek wrote: [...] ...Jesper Juhl wrote > > Ok, so with an idle machine, different HZ makes no noticeable > > difference, but I'd suspect things would be different if the machine > > was actually doing some work. > > Would be more interresting to see

Re: 2.6.13-rc3 Battery times at 100/250/1000 Hz = Zero difference

2005-07-22 Thread Voluspa
On Fri, 22 Jul 2005 16:48:55 +0200 Pavel Machek wrote: [...] ...Jesper Juhl wrote Ok, so with an idle machine, different HZ makes no noticeable difference, but I'd suspect things would be different if the machine was actually doing some work. Would be more interresting to see how long

Re: 2.6.13-rc3 Battery times at 100/250/1000 Hz = Zero difference

2005-07-22 Thread Voluspa
On Fri, 22 Jul 2005 20:02:36 +0200 Pavel Machek wrote: Okay, if you have no C2/C3 like the dump above shows, unloading usb will not help. It seems like your machine is simply not able to do reasonable powersaving. Because of the CPU, ACPI implementation or because of kernel acpi quality,

Re: 2.6.13-rc3 Battery times at 100/250/1000 Hz = Zero difference

2005-07-22 Thread Voluspa
On Fri, 22 Jul 2005 20:02:36 +0200 Pavel Machek wrote: will not help. It seems like your machine is simply not able to do reasonable powersaving. Digging up this patch from last month regarding C2 on a AMD K7 implies that the whole blame can be put on kernel acpi:

Re: 2.6.13-rc3 Battery times at 100/250/1000 Hz = Zero difference

2005-07-21 Thread Voluspa
On Thu, 21 Jul 2005 20:49:59 +0200 Guillaume Chazarain wrote: > 2005/7/21, Voluspa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > 2h48m at 100 HZ > > 2h48m at 250 HZ > > 2h47m at 1000 HZ > > Now, what would be interesting is to see if the lack of differences > comes f

Re: 2.6.13-rc3 Battery times at 100/250/1000 Hz = Zero difference

2005-07-21 Thread Voluspa
On Thu, 21 Jul 2005 20:14:32 +0200 Jesper Juhl wrote: > On 7/21/05, Voluspa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > > > Ok, so with an idle machine, different HZ makes no noticeable > difference, but I'd suspect things would be different if the machine > was actually doing som

Re: 2.6.13-rc3 Battery times at 100/250/1000 Hz = Zero difference

2005-07-21 Thread Voluspa
On Thu, 21 Jul 2005 20:14:32 +0200 Jesper Juhl wrote: On 7/21/05, Voluspa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] Ok, so with an idle machine, different HZ makes no noticeable difference, but I'd suspect things would be different if the machine was actually doing some work. I first thought about

Re: 2.6.13-rc3 Battery times at 100/250/1000 Hz = Zero difference

2005-07-21 Thread Voluspa
On Thu, 21 Jul 2005 20:49:59 +0200 Guillaume Chazarain wrote: 2005/7/21, Voluspa [EMAIL PROTECTED]: 2h48m at 100 HZ 2h48m at 250 HZ 2h47m at 1000 HZ Now, what would be interesting is to see if the lack of differences comes from the fact that the processor has enough time to sleep

Re: Awful long timeouts for flash-file-system

2005-03-17 Thread Voluspa
On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 05:06:23 +0100 Voluspa wrote: Went back to 2.6.10 and just got one of those dma_timer_expiry freezes. Seems the disk is on the blink then. Sorry about the noise. Mvh Mats Johannesson -- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" i

Re: Awful long timeouts for flash-file-system

2005-03-17 Thread Voluspa
On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 05:06:23 +0100 Voluspa wrote: some junk Went back to 2.6.10 and just got one of those dma_timer_expiry freezes. Seems the disk is on the blink then. Sorry about the noise. Mvh Mats Johannesson -- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel

Re: Awful long timeouts for flash-file-system

2005-03-16 Thread Voluspa
At 2005-03-15 0:28:59 linux-os wrote: > But when it is on a system that is booting from a real drive, I get > the following errors, each one taking 15 seconds to time-out. I'm getting these freezes (timeouts) sporadicly on a normal IDE system during normal runtime. Ext2 file system, no pattern

Re: Awful long timeouts for flash-file-system

2005-03-16 Thread Voluspa
At 2005-03-15 0:28:59 linux-os wrote: But when it is on a system that is booting from a real drive, I get the following errors, each one taking 15 seconds to time-out. I'm getting these freezes (timeouts) sporadicly on a normal IDE system during normal runtime. Ext2 file system, no pattern

2.6.11 hda: dma_timer_expiry: dma status == 0x61

2005-03-03 Thread Voluspa
Out of the blue came a screen freeze. Opera browser froze, window manager froze (not X or mouse) but gkrellm system monitor was alive and showing no irregular activity. The freeze lasted less than a minute. It resembled nothing I've ever seen before. Kernel log has the following entry: Mar 3

2.6.11 hda: dma_timer_expiry: dma status == 0x61

2005-03-03 Thread Voluspa
Out of the blue came a screen freeze. Opera browser froze, window manager froze (not X or mouse) but gkrellm system monitor was alive and showing no irregular activity. The freeze lasted less than a minute. It resembled nothing I've ever seen before. Kernel log has the following entry: Mar 3

Re: 2.6.11-rc5

2005-02-23 Thread Voluspa
>This time it's really supposed to be a quickie, so people who can, >please check it out, and we'll make the real 2.6.11 asap. Out of diskspace on kernel.org? http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ [...] patch-2.6.11-rc5.bz2 23-Feb-2005 20:20 14

Re: 2.6.11-rc5

2005-02-23 Thread Voluspa
This time it's really supposed to be a quickie, so people who can, please check it out, and we'll make the real 2.6.11 asap. Out of diskspace on kernel.org? http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ [...] patch-2.6.11-rc5.bz2 23-Feb-2005 20:20 14