Re: Linux 3.6

2012-10-03 Thread Matthias Schniedermeyer
On 03.10.2012 13:05, Kees Cook wrote: > Hi Nick, > > 3.6 introduced link restrictions: > http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git;a=commitdiff;h=800179c9b8a1e796e441674776d11cd4c05d61d7 > > It sounds like you've got symlinks in a world-writable directory, and > you're followin

Re: [RFC][PATCH 4/3] vfs: Allow rmdir to remove mounts in all but the current mount namespace

2013-10-08 Thread Matthias Schniedermeyer
On 06.10.2013 23:55, Eric W. Biederman wrote: > "Serge E. Hallyn" writes: > > So if we can feel safe just depending on the parent directory > permissions (which are not hidden by a mount) protecting our mount > points, I feel much better about this patchset. As far as i can tell, the permissions

Build-failure with old files in build-directory (Was: Linux 3.9 released)

2013-04-29 Thread Matthias Schniedermeyer
On 28.04.2013 17:56, Linus Torvalds wrote: I'm not sure if it is supported, but building with a O= -directory that was previously used to build a 3.8.9-kernel that was "clean"ed (but not "mrproper"ed) before building 3.9 results in a build-failure: make[2]: *** No rule to make target `/xssd/usr

Re: [regression] external HDD in USB3 enclosure cannot be dynamically removed (Re: Linux 3.7.5)

2013-02-13 Thread Matthias Schniedermeyer
On 13.02.2013 09:28, Holger Hoffstätte wrote: > On 12.02.2013 21:42, Sarah Sharp wrote: > > [..] > > I think I see the issue. Your host controller reports the Inactive > > state after a USB disconnect. My host controllers go to the RxDetect > > state on a disconnect. > > > > The patches that wen

Re: [regression] external HDD in USB3 enclosure cannot be dynamically removed (Re: Linux 3.7.5)

2013-02-13 Thread Matthias Schniedermeyer
On 13.02.2013 11:33, Sarah Sharp wrote: > On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 06:16:56PM +0100, Matthias Schniedermeyer wrote: > > On 13.02.2013 09:28, Holger Hoffstätte wrote: > > > On 12.02.2013 21:42, Sarah Sharp wrote: > > > > [..] > > > > There was a further

Mainboard with Serverworks HE Chipset

2001-01-16 Thread Matthias Schniedermeyer
#include I got a "Tyan Thunder HE-SL"-Mainboard today, which has a "Severworks ServerSet III HE"-Chipset. (2xPIII 933, 2x512MB PC133 ECC-Registered SDRAM) And i have one problem and one question. First the question. I have an uptime of phenomenal 29minutes and "cat /proc/interrupts" tells me

Re: Mainboard with Serverworks HE Chipset

2001-01-17 Thread Matthias Schniedermeyer
> > Now my problem. > > > > The Graphic-Card is a Geforce 2, Xfree is 4.02 (compiled under 2.2.17). > > > > When i start X, everything is fine. When i go back to text-console and > > wait "some time" and then switch back to X the computer locks solid and i > > have to press the Big-Red Button. (

Re: Mainboard with Serverworks HE Chipset

2001-01-20 Thread Matthias Schniedermeyer
> You could try booting with 'nmi_watchdog=0' and see what happens. Since i "append"ed it into the lilo-confi i haven't had a lockup. :-)) Bis denn -- Real Programmers consider "what you see is what you get" to be just as bad a concept in Text Editors as it is in women. No, the Real Program

Re: About Celeron processor memory barrier problem

2000-12-23 Thread Matthias Schniedermeyer
> > I found that when I compiled the 2.4 kernel with the option > > of Pentium III or Pentium 4 on a Celeron's PC, it could cause the > > system hang at very beginning boot stage, and I found the problem > > is cause by the fact that Intel Celeron doesn't have a real memory >

CD slowdown

2000-10-02 Thread Matthias Schniedermeyer
#include I two Pioneer DVD U04S (SCSI) 10x DVD 40xCD. When i want to play CD-Rs they are "loud". So i searched for a "slowdown" Programm on freshmeat and fount "cdrom_speed.c". The problem is that the drive seems to ignore the speed changes and spins the CDR with full speed. Kernel is 2.2.17

Memory leak in 2.4.2 (+loop-6-patch)???

2001-03-20 Thread Matthias Schniedermeyer
#Include After some days of uptime, i just stopped (nearly) all programs, unmounted all unnecessary devices. But top & free say that 1/3 of my RAM is still "used" Here is what top means: (Swap is 0K because i don't use Swap at all. Should i use swap?) 9:54pm up 11 days, 23 min, 4 users

"Bigger" rsync hangs with 2.4.0, 2.4.1, 2.4.1ac4

2001-02-07 Thread Matthias Schniedermeyer
#include (Relevant) HW is: MB: Serverworks HE-Chipset RAM: 1GB CPU: 2xPIII 933Mhz "System"-HDD: 18GB Ultra 160SCSI "Data"-HDD: 2xIBM DTLA 307045 plugged onto a "Promise Ultra 66" Some "simple" steps to do that. mount /dev/hde1 /x1 mount /dev/hdg1 /x2 (The two DTLAs) rsync -av --delete /x1

Re: Linux 2.4.1-ac5

2001-02-07 Thread Matthias Schniedermeyer
> > now that -ac grows that huge, could you put out incremental patches? > > Takes me too much time. But if anyone else wants to, go ahead This is what i use to diff 2 different kernels - snip - diffkernel) mount none /d/kernel -t ramfs cd /d/kernel tar

Promise Ultra 100 TX2

2001-05-29 Thread Matthias Schniedermeyer
#Include I just bought one of $subject (PDC 20268) Removed a Ultra 66 from my system and plugged the new one into the 66Mhz PCI-Bus (Intependent from the 33Mhz PCI-Bus (Tyan Thunder HE-SL Mainboard with Serverworks HE-SL-Chipset)) Kernel is 2.4.4 with Promise support compiled in. (The Ultra

Re: Promise Ultra 100 TX2

2001-05-29 Thread Matthias Schniedermeyer
> I just bought one of $subject (PDC 20268) > > Removed a Ultra 66 from my system and plugged the new one into the 66Mhz > PCI-Bus (Intependent from the 33Mhz PCI-Bus (Tyan Thunder HE-SL Mainboard > with Serverworks HE-SL-Chipset)) > > Kernel is 2.4.4 with Promise support compiled in. (The Ultra

SCSI-CD-Writer don't show up

2001-06-02 Thread Matthias Schniedermeyer
#Include I have 3 SCSI-CD-Writers. "Strange" is that the boot-process only finds the first one (1 0 5 0), the other two i have to add with echo "scsi add-single-device 2 0 4 0" > /proc/scsi/scsi echo "scsi add-single-device 2 0 6 0" > /proc/scsi/scsi to make them useable. Here is the comple

Re: SCSI-CD-Writer don't show up

2001-06-04 Thread Matthias Schniedermeyer
On Sun, Jun 03, 2001 at 06:38:27PM +0200, Gérard Roudier wrote: > > On Sat, 2 Jun 2001, Matthias Schniedermeyer wrote: > > > I have 3 SCSI-CD-Writers. "Strange" is that the boot-process only finds > > the first one (1 0 5 0), the other two i have to add with > &

Re: ahci, SActive flag, and the HD activity LED

2005-08-03 Thread Matthias Schniedermeyer
Martin Wilck wrote: Jens Axboe wrote: If I am reading the specs correctly, that'd mean the ahci driver is wrong in setting the SActive bit. I completely agree, that was my reading of the spec as well and hence my original posts about this in the NCQ thread. Have you (or has anybody else) a

Re: Why is deleting (or reading) files not counted as IO-Wait in top?

2008-01-03 Thread Matthias Schniedermeyer
On 03.01.2008 02:16, Maxim Levitsky wrote: > On Wednesday, 2 January 2008 21:35:03 Matthias Schniedermeyer wrote: > > Hi > > > > > > Currently i'm deleting about 500.000 files on a XFS-filesystem which > > takes a few minutes, as i had a top open i saw th

Re: Why is deleting (or reading) files not counted as IO-Wait in top?

2008-01-05 Thread Matthias Schniedermeyer
On 05.01.2008 01:31, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Wed, 2 Jan 2008 20:35:03 +0100 Matthias Schniedermeyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Hi > > > > > > Currently i'm deleting about 500.000 files on a XFS-filesystem which > > takes a few minute

Re: The ext3 way of journalling

2008-01-08 Thread Matthias Schniedermeyer
> > Don't use udev then. Good old static dev works fine if you have a fixed > > set of devices. > > It doesn't, with the unpredictable SCSI mapping insanity. That what LABEL und UUID-Support in mount is for. You label the filesystems (e2label for ext2 and ext3) and use that label to mount them

Re: The ext3 way of journalling

2008-01-09 Thread Matthias Schniedermeyer
On 09.01.2008 09:56, Tuomo Valkonen wrote: > On 2008-01-09 00:06 +0100, Matthias Schniedermeyer wrote: > > That what LABEL und UUID-Support in mount is for. > > That's udev shit. I don't want it. No. Bis denn -- Real Programmers consider "what you see is what

Re: The ext3 way of journalling

2008-01-09 Thread Matthias Schniedermeyer
On 09.01.2008 11:21, Matthias Schniedermeyer wrote: > On 09.01.2008 09:56, Tuomo Valkonen wrote: > > On 2008-01-09 00:06 +0100, Matthias Schniedermeyer wrote: > > > That what LABEL und UUID-Support in mount is for. > > > > That's udev shit. I don't wan

Re: The ext3 way of journalling

2008-01-10 Thread Matthias Schniedermeyer
On 10.01.2008 12:30, Helge Hafting wrote: > Matthias Schniedermeyer wrote: >>>> Don't use udev then. Good old static dev works fine if you have a fixed >>>> set of devices. >>>> >>> It doesn't, with the unpredictable SCSI mapping in

Why is deleting (or reading) files not counted as IO-Wait in top?

2008-01-02 Thread Matthias Schniedermeyer
Hi Currently i'm deleting about 500.000 files on a XFS-filesystem which takes a few minutes, as i had a top open i saw that 'wa' is shown as 0.0% (Nothing else running currently) and everything except 'id' is near the bottom too. Kernel is 2.6.23.11. So, as 'rm -rf' is essentially a IO (or se

Re: The ext3 way of journalling

2008-01-12 Thread Matthias Schniedermeyer
On 12.01.2008 18:10, TimC wrote: > Bodo Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said on Sat, 12 Jan 2008 02:41:17 +0100 (CET): > > On Fri, 11 Jan 2008, Lennart Sorensen wrote: > > > On Fri, Jan 11, 2008 at 05:22:45PM +0100, Bodo Eggert wrote: > > > > > > What can happen if someone does tune2fs -Lroot /dev/usbs

Strange Memory Corruption Problem with Core2Duo E6700, P965 Chipset MB and >=4GB RAM

2007-12-15 Thread Matthias Schniedermeyer
Hi Yesterday i upgraded an 1 year old System from 4x1GB (32Bit, No Memory-Remap) to 4x2GB (64Bit, Memory-Remap) Today i due to a lucky coincidence i discovered that i have a memory corruption problem. This problem happens only with at least 4GB RAM and Memory-Remap. It happens with any 2 of

Re: Strange Memory Corruption Problem with Core2Duo E6700, P965 Chipset MB and >=4GB RAM

2007-12-16 Thread Matthias Schniedermeyer
On 16.12.2007 02:39, Matthias Schniedermeyer wrote: > Hi It appears i found my culprit. :-) I have a ISDN-controller which is driven by the HFC-PCI-driver and it appears to not be 64bit-safe. I will test more thorough after i have relocated the card to another computer. Bis d

Re: [PATCH] Add quirk to set AHCI mode on ICH boards

2007-11-10 Thread Matthias Schniedermeyer
On 10.11.2007 13:01, Mark Lord wrote: > Matthias Schniedermeyer wrote: >> .. >> My computer/mainboard @work has such a "broken" BIOS. Of the 5 SATA-Ports >> this MB has only 1 (and 1 "missing" that is reported by linux but i can't >> find on

Re: [PATCH] Add quirk to set AHCI mode on ICH boards

2007-11-11 Thread Matthias Schniedermeyer
On 11.11.2007 15:05, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote: > On 10.11.2007 00:32, Matthias Schniedermeyer wrote: > > [...] > > My computer/mainboard @work has such a "broken" BIOS. Of the 5 > > SATA-Ports this MB has only 1 (and 1 "missing" that is reported by

Re: [poll] Is the megafreeze development model broken?

2007-11-12 Thread Matthias Schniedermeyer
On 12.11.2007 17:18, Tuomo Valkonen wrote: > On 2007-11-12, Adrian Bunk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Geeks like you and me want the latest software > > (I'm using Debian unstable/testing). > > > > But most users want a Linux installation that simply works - and this > > includes all software on

Re: recent nfs change causes autofs regression

2007-08-31 Thread Matthias Schniedermeyer
> > It's not very conservative to suddenly change default behavior and break > > autofs mounts. There is not even one kernel message that "_tells_ user why > > it thinks it's wrong". It just silently fails. > > No it doesn't. It reports an error code to the caller. If autofs is > failing silently,

Re: [PATCH] Add quirk to set AHCI mode on ICH boards

2007-11-09 Thread Matthias Schniedermeyer
On 09.11.2007 12:04, Alan Cox wrote: > On Thu, 8 Nov 2007 22:46:22 -0500 > Jeff Garzik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Thu, Nov 08, 2007 at 10:29:37PM -0500, Mark Lord wrote: > > > And I might even privately patch my own kernels to map the ACHI BAR > > > in the cases where the BIOS didn't... >

Re: [PATCH] Add quirk to set AHCI mode on ICH boards

2007-11-10 Thread Matthias Schniedermeyer
On 09.11.2007 22:08, Jeff Garzik wrote: > Matthias Schniedermeyer wrote: >> And on the topic of "broken" BIOSes. I have a little empathy for the MB >> manufactures as non-RAID AHCI royaly screws Windos, so not supporting it >> reduces their support costs enou

Re: [PATCH] Add quirk to set AHCI mode on ICH boards

2007-11-10 Thread Matthias Schniedermeyer
On 09.11.2007 22:08, Jeff Garzik wrote: > Matthias Schniedermeyer wrote: >> And on the topic of "broken" BIOSes. I have a little empathy for the MB >> manufactures as non-RAID AHCI royaly screws Windos, so not supporting it >> reduces their support costs enou

Re: [RFC] How to (automatically) find the correct maintainer(s)

2007-01-14 Thread Matthias Schniedermeyer
Richard Knutsson wrote: > Matthias Schniedermeyer wrote: > >> Richard Knutsson wrote: >> >> >>> Matthias Schniedermeyer wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> Richard Knutsson wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>

Re: [RFC] How to (automatically) find the correct maintainer(s)

2007-01-14 Thread Matthias Schniedermeyer
Stefan Richter wrote: > On 14 Jan, Richard Knutsson wrote: > >>(Really liked the idea to have a "Maintainer"-button >>next to "Help" in *config) > > > Rhetorical question: What will this button be used for? Having "all(tm)" information of something in one place? Help-Text and Dependencies/Sele

Re: [RFC] How to (automatically) find the correct maintainer(s)

2007-01-15 Thread Matthias Schniedermeyer
Richard Knutsson wrote: > Stefan Richter wrote: > >> On 15 Jan, Matthias Schniedermeyer wrote: >> >> >>> Stefan Richter wrote: >>> >>> >>>> On 14 Jan, Richard Knutsson wrote: >>>> >>>> >

Re: The Input Layer and the Serial Port

2006-12-28 Thread Matthias Schniedermeyer
Loye Young wrote: >>Take for example the AT keyboard which is >>one of the most common keyboards in the world. I have seen and >>used it attached to a PC via parport, serial port and the standard >>PS/2 port. So to handle cases like this the input layer created a >>serio interface. > > > If plai

Re: [ANNOUNCE] DualFS: File System with Meta-data and Data Separation

2007-02-26 Thread Matthias Schniedermeyer
Yakov Lerner wrote: > On 2/14/07, sfaibish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Sat, 10 Feb 2007 22:06:37 -0500, Sorin Faibish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> >> > Introducing DualFS >> > >> > File System developers played with the idea of separation of >> > meta-data from data in file systems for a w

Re: SATA-performance: Linux vs. FreeBSD

2007-02-12 Thread Matthias Schniedermeyer
Martin A. Fink wrote: > I have to store big amounts of data coming from 2 digital cameras to disk. > Thus I have to write blocks of around 1 MB at 30 to 50 frames per second for > a long period of time. So it is important for me that the harddisk drive is > reliable in the sense of "if it is cap

Re: SATA-performance: Linux vs. FreeBSD

2007-02-13 Thread Matthias Schniedermeyer
Martin A. Fink wrote: > Am Dienstag, 13. Februar 2007 00:31 schrieben Sie: >> Martin A. Fink wrote: >>> I have to store big amounts of data coming from 2 digital cameras to disk. >>> Thus I have to write blocks of around 1 MB at 30 to 50 frames per second >>> for >>> a long period of time. So it

Re: SATA-performance: Linux vs. FreeBSD

2007-02-13 Thread Matthias Schniedermeyer
Martin A. Fink wrote: >> Also you have skipped the information how the images "arrive" on the system > (PCI(e) card?), that may be important for an "end to end" view of the > problem. > > Images arrive via Gigabit Ethernet. GigE Vision standard. (PCIe x4) The the next question is: ChipSet/Used

Re: SATA-performance: Linux vs. FreeBSD

2007-02-13 Thread Matthias Schniedermeyer
Martin A. Fink wrote: >> The needed total bandwidth may be to high and at least the incoming part via > GigE may have serious overhead. >> 150MB/s in via (at least 2) GigE, without Zero-Copy there is another 150MB/s > memory to memory. >> Then there is the next 150MB/s memory to the discs, withou

single bit errors on files stored on USB-HDDs via USB2/usb_storage

2006-12-06 Thread Matthias Schniedermeyer
Hi I'm using a Bunch auf HDDs in USB-Enclosures for storing files. (currently 38 HDD, with a total capacity of 9,5 TB of which 8,5 TB is used) After i realised about a year(!) ago that the files copied to the HDDs sometimes aren't identical to the "original"-files i changed my procedured so that

Re: single bit errors on files stored on USB-HDDs via USB2/usb_storage

2006-12-07 Thread Matthias Schniedermeyer
Robert Hancock wrote: > Matthias Schniedermeyer wrote: >> Hi >> >> >> I'm using a Bunch auf HDDs in USB-Enclosures for storing files. >> (currently 38 HDD, with a total capacity of 9,5 TB of which 8,5 TB is >> used) > > All the same enclosur

Re: [usb-storage] single bit errors on files stored on USB-HDDs via USB2/usb_storage

2006-12-07 Thread Matthias Schniedermeyer
Alan Stern wrote: > On Wed, 6 Dec 2006, Matthias Schniedermeyer wrote: > > >>Hi >> >> >>I'm using a Bunch auf HDDs in USB-Enclosures for storing files. >>(currently 38 HDD, with a total capacity of 9,5 TB of which 8,5 TB is used) >> >>After

Re: single bit errors on files stored on USB-HDDs via USB2/usb_storage

2006-12-07 Thread Matthias Schniedermeyer
DervishD wrote: > Hi Matthias :) > > * Matthias Schniedermeyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dixit: > >>My averate file size is about 1GB with files from about 400MB to >>5000MB I estimate the average error-rate at about one damaged file in >>about 10GB of data. &

Re: single bit errors on files stored on USB-HDDs via USB2/usb_storage

2006-12-08 Thread Matthias Schniedermeyer
Robert Hancock wrote: > Matthias Schniedermeyer wrote: > >> Hmmm. That's the only thing that i currently may be doing wrong. >> I have a 1,5 Meter and a 4,5 Meter cable connected to the USB-Controller >> and i only use of them depending on where the HDD is placed in

Re: single bit errors on files stored on USB-HDDs via USB2/usb_storage

2006-12-08 Thread Matthias Schniedermeyer
Pete Zaitcev wrote: > On Thu, 07 Dec 2006 20:41:12 +0100, Matthias Schniedermeyer <[EMAIL > PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>>>I'm using a Bunch auf HDDs in USB-Enclosures for storing files. >>>>(currently 38 HDD, with a total capacity of 9,5 TB of which

Re: single bit errors on files stored on USB-HDDs via USB2/usb_storage

2006-12-08 Thread Matthias Schniedermeyer
Stefan Richter wrote: > Matthias Schniedermeyer wrote: > >>Robert Hancock wrote: >> >>>Matthias Schniedermeyer wrote: >>> >>>>I have a 1,5 Meter and a 4,5 Meter cable connected to the USB-Controller >>>>and i only use of them depending

Re: Support 2.4 modules features in 2.6

2006-12-12 Thread Matthias Schniedermeyer
Jaswinder Singh wrote: > Hello, > > I want to support old 2.4 modules features in 2.6 kernel modules:- > 1. no kernel source tree is required to build modules. I don't think that is possible. There are a few "questions" that are quite fundamental when you want to build a module that can be loade

Re: [RFC] How to (automatically) find the correct maintainer(s)

2007-01-13 Thread Matthias Schniedermeyer
Richard Knutsson wrote: > Any thoughts on this is very much appreciated (is there any flaws with > this?). The thought that crossed my mind was: Why not do the same thing that was done to the "Help"-file. (Before it was superseded by Kconfig). Originaly there was a central Help-file, with all t

Re: [RFC] How to (automatically) find the correct maintainer(s)

2007-01-13 Thread Matthias Schniedermeyer
Richard Knutsson wrote: > Matthias Schniedermeyer wrote: > >> Richard Knutsson wrote: >> >> >> >>> Any thoughts on this is very much appreciated (is there any flaws with >>> this?). >>> >> >> >> The thought tha

Re: [RFD] Documentation/HOWTO translated into Japanese

2007-06-10 Thread Matthias Schniedermeyer
Greg KH wrote: On Sun, Jun 10, 2007 at 02:24:51PM +0200, Jesper Juhl wrote: Since the common language of most kernel contributors is english I personally feel that we should stick to just that one language in the tree and then perhaps keep translations on a website somewhere. So the authorit

Re: [RFD] Documentation/HOWTO translated into Japanese

2007-06-11 Thread Matthias Schniedermeyer
Greg KH wrote: > On Sun, Jun 10, 2007 at 07:56:52PM +0200, Matthias Schniedermeyer wrote: >> Greg KH wrote: >> I could see the point in ONE "HOWTO" file per language to get people >> started, but everything else is a pointless exercise. >> A developer/b

Re: /dev/loop* devices not appearing in /dev (at least since 2.6.22-rc3*)

2007-06-14 Thread Matthias Schniedermeyer
markus reichelt wrote: PS: Just wondering: Who came up with this "on-demand" hype? I don't remember the names, but i remember the root causes. Here we go: The discussion started when someone with a CD-Server ran out of loops as 256 was the "fixed" maximum. The other "root"-cause was that th

Re: Partially Privileged Applications

2013-11-11 Thread Matthias Schniedermeyer
On 11.11.2013 14:05, Shahbaz Youssefi wrote: > On Sun, Nov 10, 2013 at 8:06 PM, Matthias Schniedermeyer wrote: > > I don't see a way around "borders" (Papers please), otherwise you can't > > reject things you don't want, you have to check if that somethin

Re: [PATCH] sysctl: Add a feature to drop caches selectively

2014-06-27 Thread Matthias Schniedermeyer
On 26.06.2014 13:57, Luká? Czerner wrote: > > So if the authors want to sell this new interface (in whatever form) to > > the kernel community, they should start with providing a solid use-case, > > with some more details, explore alternatives and show how the > > alternatives do not work for them