July 2008 - openSUSE Kernel - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse-kernel] breakpoint for driver load problem
by Dave Plater 30 Jul '08

30 Jul '08

Hi, I have an intermittent r8169 driver problem, can anyone help me with a breakpoint when the revision number is written as 0xff instead of 0x02. The only difference, when the driver doesn't work is the revision number given in hwinfo --netcard. Regards Dave P -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kernel+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-kernel+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-kernel] Reminder: Kernel bug squashing day (today)
by Lars Marowsky-Bree 29 Jul '08

29 Jul '08

Hi everybody, I am pleased to announce, on behalf of SuSE's kernel teams, the first openSUSE Kernel bug squashing day: Wednesday, July 30th 2008; that is: as of now! Our goals are: - Reduce the number of (openSUSE) kernel bugs in Novell's bugzilla; - Clean out all those ancient and no longer valid bugs; - Identify duplicates; - Upstream as many of the bugs (and patches) as possible; - For the remaining bugs, help their triaging and resolution along. - Help test and review fixes. No bug is sacred! Interested members from the openSUSE community are invited to join us on irc.freenode.net, channel #opensuse-kernel for live coordination and participation on that day; the SUSE kernel teams will be there too, and we look forward to challenging bugs and successful cooperation. Regards, Lars -- Team lead Kernel, SuSE Labs, Research and Development SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) "Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes." -- Oscar Wilde -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kernel+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-kernel+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-kernel] Suse default kernel config: Slab allocator
by Jean-Baptiste Giraudeau 22 Jul '08

22 Jul '08

Hi, Is there any reason not to use the newer SLUB allocator? Regards, JB. G -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kernel+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-kernel+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-kernel] driver load question
by Dave Plater 22 Jul '08

22 Jul '08

Hi, I've asked this question on the opensuse list but was met with silence. I have had an intermittent network connection problem since new with my msi 945GCM7 ICH7 motherboard with RTL8111C giglan. This problem has spanned factory alpha to present 11.0 retail with 2.6.25.9-0.2 kernel. After boot although everything reports as working, my network won't connect. Sometimes restarting the network will make it work but most times not. If it is not working ethtool reports a speed of 1000Mb/s, if it is working a speed of 100Mb/s (router speed) is reported. I found in the beginning, starting with the NIC off in the bios and then rebooting with it on made it work but not always. I have changed cables etc. I compiled the r8169 driver into the kernel and this has solved the problem 99.9% but I have to recompile after every kernel update and still have to reboot when 0.1% of the time. The problem occured yesterday so I decided to check good and bad boot logs and found the revision number was 0xFF when the nic doesn't work and 0x02 when it does. The relevant lines from log:- done eth0 device: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev ff) eth0 IP address: 10.0.0.54/24 doneSetting up service network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .done done eth0 device: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 02) eth0 IP address: 10.0.0.54/24 doneSetting up service network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .done What can I check for next? I enabled KDB on last compile but I have no experience using it, how would I setup a breakpoint when the incorrect version number is loaded? Output from hwinfo. 08: PCI 300.0: 0200 Ethernet controller [Created at pci.310] UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_10ec_8168 Unique ID: rBUF.tMmV8WnWhuE Parent ID: qTvu.4chw4Z9dkyF SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.1/0000:03:00.0 SysFS BusID: 0000:03:00.0 Hardware Class: network Model: "Realtek RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller" Vendor: pci 0x10ec "Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd." Device: pci 0x8168 "RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller" SubVendor: pci 0x1462 "Micro-Star International Co., Ltd." SubDevice: pci 0x507c Revision: 0x02 This shows 0xff when nic fails Driver: "r8169" Driver Modules: "r8169" Device File: eth0 I/O Ports: 0xd800-0xd8ff (rw) Memory Range: 0xefeff000-0xefefffff (rw,prefetchable) Memory Range: 0xefee0000-0xefeeffff (rw,prefetchable) Memory Range: 0xcfcf0000-0xcfcfffff (ro,prefetchable,disabled) IRQ: 220 (4545328 events) HW Address: 00:1d:92:82:05:c1 Link detected: yes Module Alias: "pci:v000010ECd00008168sv00001462sd0000507Cbc02sc00i00" Config Status: cfg=no, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown Attached to: #19 (PCI bridge) Regards Dave P -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kernel+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-kernel+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-kernel] Kernel bug squashing day on 2008-07-30
by Lars Marowsky-Bree 17 Jul '08

17 Jul '08

Hi everybody, I am pleased to announce, on behalf of SuSE's kernel teams, the first openSUSE Kernel bug squashing day: Wednesday, July 30th 2008. Our goals are: - Reduce the number of (openSUSE) kernel bugs in Novell's bugzilla; - Clean out all those ancient and no longer valid bugs; - Identify duplicates; - Upstream as many of the bugs (and patches) as possible; - For the remaining bugs, help their triaging and resolution along. - Help test and review fixes. No bug is sacred! Interested members from the openSUSE community are invited to join us on irc.freenode.net, channel #opensuse-kernel for live coordination and participation on that day; the SUSE kernel teams will be there too, and we look forward to challenging bugs and successful cooperation. Regards, Lars -- Team lead Kernel, SuSE Labs, Research and Development SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) "Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes." -- Oscar Wilde

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[opensuse-kernel] ACPI configuration for kernel in openSUSE
by Rafał Miłecki 14 Jul '08

14 Jul '08

Hi, I wonder if there is some reason why kernel provided with openSUSE has toshiba acpi disabled? It causes I can not use additional features such as LCD brightness. toshiba:~ # modprobe toshiba_acpi FATAL: Error inserting toshiba_acpi (/lib/modules/2.6.25.9-0.2-pae/kernel/drivers/acpi/toshiba_acpi.ko): No such device There is some howto: http://en.opensuse.org/Upgrading_Toshiba_ACPI_to_support_bluetooth/fnfx/tos… but this need kernel recompilation which needs some skills from end-users. Can we enable CONFIG_ACPI_TOSHIBA? -- Rafał Miłecki

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[opensuse-kernel] linux-next kernel packages
by Takashi Iwai 10 Jul '08

10 Jul '08

Hi, The linux-next is the tree containing patches that are supposed to be merged to the next kernel release (as now, 2.6.27). For people who are interested in testing it or would like to try the latest driver for new hardwares, I packaged linux-next kernels for SUSE. The rpm packages are found on the following URL: http://ftp.suse.com/pub/people/tiwai/kernel-next/ This contains the backup rpms up to five releases. It's also built on openSUSE BS home:tiwai:kernel repo, and its result is found on: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/tiwai:/kernel/ You can install kernel-next.rpm manually via rpm in addition to the normal kernel. In some cases, perl-Bootloader doesn't work well (I hit a copule of times) and you need to fix /boot/grub/menu.lst manually. The kernel source tree isn't packed to kernel-source.rpm but to kernel-source-next.rpm so that it doesn't conflict with the normal kernel. To save the space, I won't keep kernel-source-next rpms for all releases. Also, src.rpm doesn't contain the linux tarball for the same reason. If you have any kernel errors with kerne-next package, please post the bug report here or LKML immediately. Since linux-next tree is built up almost everyday, the chance to fix is higher if it's caught up sooner. thanks, Takashi -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kernel+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-kernel+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-kernel] A pristine kernel
by LDB 04 Jul '08

04 Jul '08

I am in situation where I have servers that do not use the SLES 9 stock and vetted kernel, they use a later 2.6 kernel from kernel.org. The server exhibits behavior of instability when booting because the kernel crashes mysteriously and there are ext3 boot-up errors as well. Keep in mind this is a production environment that someone put into jeopardy by compiling a pristine kernel without knowing all the facts of what was needed by the OS and it applications. I just would like to know who else practices this in a production environment. And why?? Thanks, LDB -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kernel+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-kernel+help(a)opensuse.org

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