Re: Linux-2.4.0-test8-pre6

2000-09-09 Thread Kai Henningsen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alexander Viro) wrote on 08.09.00 in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > useless. Care to provide better example? I can, BTW, but it's much more > convoluted and very rare. Furrfu... Which is exactly the point *I* am trying to make. The problems you need a debugger for are exactly the

Re: Linux-2.4.0-test8-pre6

2000-09-09 Thread Kai Henningsen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alexander Viro) wrote on 08.09.00 in [EMAIL PROTECTED]: useless. Care to provide better example? I can, BTW, but it's much more convoluted and very rare. Furrfu... Which is exactly the point *I* am trying to make. The problems you need a debugger for are exactly the

Re: Linux-2.4.0-test8-pre6

2000-09-08 Thread Alexander Viro
On Thu, 7 Sep 2000, J. Dow wrote: > > obpainintheass: haven't you anti-debugger-religion folks been claiming > > that if you don't have a debugger you're forced to "think about the code > > to find the correct fix"? so, like, why are you guessing right now? :) > > dean, that is another man

Re: Linux-2.4.0-test8-pre6

2000-09-08 Thread J. Dow
> obpainintheass: haven't you anti-debugger-religion folks been claiming > that if you don't have a debugger you're forced to "think about the code > to find the correct fix"? so, like, why are you guessing right now? :) dean, that is another man behind the curtain we are supposed to ignore

Re: Linux-2.4.0-test8-pre6

2000-09-08 Thread J. Dow
obpainintheass: haven't you anti-debugger-religion folks been claiming that if you don't have a debugger you're forced to "think about the code to find the correct fix"? so, like, why are you guessing right now? :) dean, that is another man behind the curtain we are supposed to ignore when

Linux-2.4.0-test8/pre6 OOPS take 2

2000-09-07 Thread Sheldon Easterbrook
Hi, Here is another set of output from ksymoops as advised. Thanks, Sheldon. ksymoops 2.3.4 on i686 2.4.0-test8. Options used -V (default) -k /proc/ksyms (default) -l /proc/modules (default) -o /lib/modules/2.4.0-test8/ (default) -m /boot/System.map-2.4.0-test8

Re: Linux-2.4.0-test8-pre6

2000-09-07 Thread Bill Wendling
Also sprach dean gaudet: } On Thu, 7 Sep 2000, Bill Wendling wrote: } > Don't be stupid. } } dude, i gave at least three hints that i was joking up there. stupid } would be if i claimed that it was obvious that a debugger would have } helped this situation. instead all i'm claiming is that

Re: Linux-2.4.0-test8-pre6

2000-09-07 Thread dean gaudet
On Thu, 7 Sep 2000, Bill Wendling wrote: > Also sprach dean gaudet: > } On Wed, 6 Sep 2000, Linus Torvalds wrote: > } > } > Yeah. Maybe we fixed truncate, and maybe we didn't. I've thought that we > } > fixed it now several times, and I was always wrong. > } > } obpainintheass: haven't you

Re: Linux-2.4.0-test8-pre6

2000-09-07 Thread Bill Wendling
Also sprach dean gaudet: } On Wed, 6 Sep 2000, Linus Torvalds wrote: } } > Yeah. Maybe we fixed truncate, and maybe we didn't. I've thought that we } > fixed it now several times, and I was always wrong. } } obpainintheass: haven't you anti-debugger-religion folks been claiming } that if you

Re: Linux-2.4.0-test8-pre6

2000-09-07 Thread dean gaudet
On Wed, 6 Sep 2000, Linus Torvalds wrote: > Yeah. Maybe we fixed truncate, and maybe we didn't. I've thought that we > fixed it now several times, and I was always wrong. obpainintheass: haven't you anti-debugger-religion folks been claiming that if you don't have a debugger you're forced to

Re: Linux-2.4.0-test8-pre6

2000-09-07 Thread Udo A. Steinberg
Linus Torvalds wrote: > Yeah. Maybe we fixed truncate, and maybe we didn't. I've thought that > we fixed it now several times, and I was always wrong. Time for some > reverse phychology: > > I'm sure this one doesn't fix the truncate bug either. So far things look really promising here. No

Re: Linux-2.4.0-test8-pre6

2000-09-07 Thread Tim Waugh
Found another bug: On Wed, Sep 06, 2000 at 03:26:14PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > - pre6: > - trunate - the never-ending story. Makes me feel like a long ^ here :-) Tim. */ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message

Re: Linux-2.4.0-test8-pre6

2000-09-07 Thread Tim Waugh
Found another bug: On Wed, Sep 06, 2000 at 03:26:14PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: - pre6: - trunate - the never-ending story. Makes me feel like a long ^ here :-) Tim. */ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to

Re: Linux-2.4.0-test8-pre6

2000-09-07 Thread dean gaudet
On Wed, 6 Sep 2000, Linus Torvalds wrote: Yeah. Maybe we fixed truncate, and maybe we didn't. I've thought that we fixed it now several times, and I was always wrong. obpainintheass: haven't you anti-debugger-religion folks been claiming that if you don't have a debugger you're forced to

Re: Linux-2.4.0-test8-pre6

2000-09-07 Thread Bill Wendling
Also sprach dean gaudet: } On Wed, 6 Sep 2000, Linus Torvalds wrote: } } Yeah. Maybe we fixed truncate, and maybe we didn't. I've thought that we } fixed it now several times, and I was always wrong. } } obpainintheass: haven't you anti-debugger-religion folks been claiming } that if you

Re: Linux-2.4.0-test8-pre6

2000-09-07 Thread dean gaudet
On Thu, 7 Sep 2000, Bill Wendling wrote: Also sprach dean gaudet: } On Wed, 6 Sep 2000, Linus Torvalds wrote: } } Yeah. Maybe we fixed truncate, and maybe we didn't. I've thought that we } fixed it now several times, and I was always wrong. } } obpainintheass: haven't you

Re: Linux-2.4.0-test8-pre6

2000-09-07 Thread Bill Wendling
Also sprach dean gaudet: } On Thu, 7 Sep 2000, Bill Wendling wrote: } Don't be stupid. } } dude, i gave at least three hints that i was joking up there. stupid } would be if i claimed that it was obvious that a debugger would have } helped this situation. instead all i'm claiming is that it's

Linux-2.4.0-test8/pre6 OOPS take 2

2000-09-07 Thread Sheldon Easterbrook
Hi, Here is another set of output from ksymoops as advised. Thanks, Sheldon. ksymoops 2.3.4 on i686 2.4.0-test8. Options used -V (default) -k /proc/ksyms (default) -l /proc/modules (default) -o /lib/modules/2.4.0-test8/ (default) -m /boot/System.map-2.4.0-test8

Linux-2.4.0-test8-pre6

2000-09-06 Thread Linus Torvalds
Yeah. Maybe we fixed truncate, and maybe we didn't. I've thought that we fixed it now several times, and I was always wrong. Time for some reverse phychology: I'm sure this one doesn't fix the truncate bug either. But I have this ugly feeling that I'm coming down with the same flu that

Linux-2.4.0-test8-pre6

2000-09-06 Thread Linus Torvalds
Yeah. Maybe we fixed truncate, and maybe we didn't. I've thought that we fixed it now several times, and I was always wrong. Time for some reverse phychology: I'm sure this one doesn't fix the truncate bug either. But I have this ugly feeling that I'm coming down with the same flu that