Re: PROBLEM: IO lockup on reiserfs FS.

2020-08-05 Thread Hgntkwis
On Wed, 5 Aug 2020 12:51:41 -0700 Linus Torvalds wrote: > On Wed, Aug 5, 2020 at 9:53 AM wrote: > > > > It's been over 1 week since I sent this into the reiserfs-devel > > mailing list. I'm escalating this as the kernel docs recommend. > > I'm still willing to help debug and test a fix for this

Re: PROBLEM: IO lockup on reiserfs FS.

2020-08-05 Thread Hgntkwis
It's been over 1 week since I sent this into the reiserfs-devel mailing list. I'm escalating this as the kernel docs recommend. I'm still willing to help debug and test a fix for this problem. "Given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow". This bug is visible, could we please quash it? Original

Re: x86/random: Speculation to the rescue

2019-09-30 Thread hgntkwis
Why not get entropy from the white noise that can be obtained from any attached ADC? Audio cards, some SBCs, and microcontrollers all have ADCs. Not that I'm familiar with when the kernel first needs entropy or an expert in the field. Thanks

Where did . come from

2016-03-24 Thread Hgntkwis
Granted, you need something to signify that a file is a dir (remember, in linux everything is a file), and what the parent dir is. I'm assuming that the kernel folks decided the name, or at least have some idea about it. I'm not objecting, it's fine, I just want to know this history behind the

Where did . come from

2016-03-24 Thread Hgntkwis
Granted, you need something to signify that a file is a dir (remember, in linux everything is a file), and what the parent dir is. I'm assuming that the kernel folks decided the name, or at least have some idea about it. I'm not objecting, it's fine, I just want to know this history behind the

Net niceness

2016-03-24 Thread Hgntkwis
Often I have several downloads using several apps going at once. Despite my searching I've failed to find a tool to tune the DL rate. Does the Linux kernel provide a control in proc or shomwhere? Is there a tool that I'm overlooking? Thanks, David

Net niceness

2016-03-24 Thread Hgntkwis
Often I have several downloads using several apps going at once. Despite my searching I've failed to find a tool to tune the DL rate. Does the Linux kernel provide a control in proc or shomwhere? Is there a tool that I'm overlooking? Thanks, David