[opensuse-kernel] How do I test kernel patches on 11.4 / 12.1?
I just bought a new Asus U46E-BAL5 notebook with an Elantech touchpad. There's a kernel bug that forces the touchpad to come up as a PS/2 mouse, and none of the built-in or optional touchpad tools even see that there's a touchpad installed. So only pointing and the buttons work, and I can't turn it off when there's a USB mouse connected. I filed a bug in openSUSE Bugzilla for this on both 11.4 and 12.1. The first reporting of this bug seems to have been for Samsung notebooks on Ubuntu 11.04: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/681904 but there's an entry there that implies to me that it's the same problem I have: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/6819... I also tried Fedora 15 and it has the same problem. There are some patches in the Ubuntu bug report, though, and I'd like to test them on 12.1 Milestone 5. If I have the devel_kernel pattern installed, what else do I need to build and test a kernel / initrd? BTW, kernel.org seems to be down at the moment, so I can't verify the kernel bug tracker entry for this. But there's definitely activity on the Elantech driver on the LKML archives, so I'm pretty sure there's a way I can get this fixed. -- http://twitter.com/znmeb http://borasky-research.net "A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into theorems." -- Paul Erdős -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kernel+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-kernel+help@opensuse.org
On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 02:35:19PM -0700, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote:
I just bought a new Asus U46E-BAL5 notebook with an Elantech touchpad. There's a kernel bug that forces the touchpad to come up as a PS/2 mouse, and none of the built-in or optional touchpad tools even see that there's a touchpad installed. So only pointing and the buttons work, and I can't turn it off when there's a USB mouse connected.
I filed a bug in openSUSE Bugzilla for this on both 11.4 and 12.1. The first reporting of this bug seems to have been for Samsung notebooks on Ubuntu 11.04:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/681904
but there's an entry there that implies to me that it's the same problem I have: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/6819...
I also tried Fedora 15 and it has the same problem. There are some patches in the Ubuntu bug report, though, and I'd like to test them on 12.1 Milestone 5. If I have the devel_kernel pattern installed, what else do I need to build and test a kernel / initrd?
You need the kernel source package as well.
BTW, kernel.org seems to be down at the moment, so I can't verify the kernel bug tracker entry for this. But there's definitely activity on the Elantech driver on the LKML archives, so I'm pretty sure there's a way I can get this fixed.
Yes, please poke the upstream developers to resolve this, I've seen patches for this driver floating around for way too long now. greg k-h -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kernel+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-kernel+help@opensuse.org
I did try kernel-default-3.1.rc4-4.2.x86_64.rpm and it was *not* fixed there as far as I can tell. When kernel.org comes back up, I'll see what I can find. On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 3:30 AM, Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de> wrote:
On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 02:35:19PM -0700, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote:
I just bought a new Asus U46E-BAL5 notebook with an Elantech touchpad. There's a kernel bug that forces the touchpad to come up as a PS/2 mouse, and none of the built-in or optional touchpad tools even see that there's a touchpad installed. So only pointing and the buttons work, and I can't turn it off when there's a USB mouse connected.
I filed a bug in openSUSE Bugzilla for this on both 11.4 and 12.1. The first reporting of this bug seems to have been for Samsung notebooks on Ubuntu 11.04:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/681904
but there's an entry there that implies to me that it's the same problem I have: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/6819...
I also tried Fedora 15 and it has the same problem. There are some patches in the Ubuntu bug report, though, and I'd like to test them on 12.1 Milestone 5. If I have the devel_kernel pattern installed, what else do I need to build and test a kernel / initrd?
You need the kernel source package as well.
BTW, kernel.org seems to be down at the moment, so I can't verify the kernel bug tracker entry for this. But there's definitely activity on the Elantech driver on the LKML archives, so I'm pretty sure there's a way I can get this fixed.
Yes, please poke the upstream developers to resolve this, I've seen patches for this driver floating around for way too long now.
greg k-h
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It looks like it might be a while - security breaches suck. http://m.itworld.com/it-managementstrategy/202179/linuxcom-linux-foundation-... http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=OTg5Ng http://lwn.net/Articles/458414/ Poop, as the saying goes. On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 9:21 AM, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky <znmeb@borasky-research.net> wrote:
I did try kernel-default-3.1.rc4-4.2.x86_64.rpm and it was *not* fixed there as far as I can tell. When kernel.org comes back up, I'll see what I can find.
On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 3:30 AM, Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de> wrote:
On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 02:35:19PM -0700, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote:
I just bought a new Asus U46E-BAL5 notebook with an Elantech touchpad. There's a kernel bug that forces the touchpad to come up as a PS/2 mouse, and none of the built-in or optional touchpad tools even see that there's a touchpad installed. So only pointing and the buttons work, and I can't turn it off when there's a USB mouse connected.
I filed a bug in openSUSE Bugzilla for this on both 11.4 and 12.1. The first reporting of this bug seems to have been for Samsung notebooks on Ubuntu 11.04:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/681904
but there's an entry there that implies to me that it's the same problem I have: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/6819...
I also tried Fedora 15 and it has the same problem. There are some patches in the Ubuntu bug report, though, and I'd like to test them on 12.1 Milestone 5. If I have the devel_kernel pattern installed, what else do I need to build and test a kernel / initrd?
You need the kernel source package as well.
BTW, kernel.org seems to be down at the moment, so I can't verify the kernel bug tracker entry for this. But there's definitely activity on the Elantech driver on the LKML archives, so I'm pretty sure there's a way I can get this fixed.
Yes, please poke the upstream developers to resolve this, I've seen patches for this driver floating around for way too long now.
greg k-h
-- http://twitter.com/znmeb http://borasky-research.net
"A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into theorems." -- Paul Erdős
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On Sun, 11 Sep 2011 09:21:46 -0700, "M. Edward (Ed) Borasky" <znmeb@borasky-research.net> wrote:
I did try kernel-default-3.1.rc4-4.2.x86_64.rpm and it was *not* fixed there as far as I can tell. When kernel.org comes back up, I'll see what I can find.
You could get linux-3.1-rc5.tar.bz2 from the following: https://build.opensuse.org/package/files?package=kernel-source&project=Kernel%3AHEAD Cheerc Glenn -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kernel+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-kernel+help@opensuse.org
Yeah - I'm guessing it doesn't have what I need for elantech.c either. If I can get to the Linux kernel bug tracker I can pull down patches and see if my laptop works with them. Really at this point all I want is for the kernel to recognize the touchpad and let me turn it off when I have the USB mouse plugged in. On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 12:35 PM, <doiggl@velocitynet.com.au> wrote:
On Sun, 11 Sep 2011 09:21:46 -0700, "M. Edward (Ed) Borasky" <znmeb@borasky-research.net> wrote:
I did try kernel-default-3.1.rc4-4.2.x86_64.rpm and it was *not* fixed there as far as I can tell. When kernel.org comes back up, I'll see what I can find.
You could get linux-3.1-rc5.tar.bz2 from the following: https://build.opensuse.org/package/files?package=kernel-source&project=Kernel%3AHEAD
Cheerc Glenn
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On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 09:21:46AM -0700, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote:
I did try kernel-default-3.1.rc4-4.2.x86_64.rpm and it was *not* fixed there as far as I can tell.
I agree that this probably not resolved upstream yet, I ment have you poked the upstream input driver developers about this issue, as they are the ones that can accept this patch (or one of the others floating around, there seems to be a lot right now for this driver which is disconcerting.) We need to know what upstream accepts before we can add it to our kernel tree. Ignore the kernel.org issues, we know about that, it's not stopping development from happening by the kernel developers at the moment, just from publishing their work for a short time. thanks, greg k-h -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kernel+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-kernel+help@opensuse.org
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