2.6.12-rc4-nitro1[__DEPRECATED__]

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Tiger683 · Post by **Tiger683** » Mon May 09, 2005 10:02 pm

2.6.12-rc4-nitro1 "Frozen Hell"

READ THIS FIRST
Nitro-sources is an experimental kernel patchset which is NOT supported by the Gentoo devs. If you have problems with something, see if the problem persists with a kernel supported by Gentoo. If you still have the same problem with a kernel supported by Gentoo (like vanilla-sources), then file a bug report at h**p://bugs.gentoo.org . If you only had the problem with 2.6.12-rc4-nitro1, and not with a vanilla kernel, then bug us in this thread.

hmm, not much to say, this kernel is awesome, although its an experimental release
it should play nice, great interactivity.

DO NOT POST ABOUT GCC4 PROBLEMS, ATI/NVIDIA MODULES OR REISER4, UNLESS YOU
WANT OTHER USERS TO HELP YOU, BECAUSE I WONT, I ONLY CAN HELP WITH IN-KERNEL __AND__
NOT-BROKEN-BY-DESIGN STUFF

short changelog wrote: <<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>
<<<<< ck patchset >>>>>>>
<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>
ck-with-s_11.1.patch
smp-nice-support.diff
........---> CFQ-TS is from mm because of compatibility with other mm patches

<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>
<<<<< mm >>>>>>>
<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>
mm-stuff.patch
........---> for details on mm-patches go to changelog link below

<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>
<<<<<< spocks stuff >>>>>
<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>
vesafb-tng-0.9-rc6-r2-2.6.12-rc1.patch
fbsplash-0.9.2-r2-2.6.12-rc3.patch

<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
<<<<<<<< from mbligh >>>>>
<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
irqbal_fast
slabtune
fasync_lock_rcu

<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
<<<<<<<< rml >>>>>>>>>>>
<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
inotify-0.23-rml-2.6.12-rc3-4.patch

<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
<<<<<< whole rest >>>>>>>>
<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
2.6.12-rc4-complete-from_colin.patch | from teh Net somewhere
daconfig-2.2.0-nitro_name-others_dont_use.patch | DaMouses daconfig, slightly differenet tho
config-nr-tty-devices.patch | reduce No. of tty in /dev
cpad-2.6_v1.1.patch | grabbed from skunk sources' brokenout
patch-config-hz-2.6.12_rc | erm, ok, grabbed from somewhere, whoever the author, credits given
patch-i386-emu-rdtsc-2.6.12 | emulation of RDTSC instructionset on X86 archs<i686
reiser4 | ricer4
sk98lin_v8.16.2.3_2.6.12_patch | sk98x driver
squashfs2.1-patch | compact readonly fs
swsusp2-2.1.8.7-rc4nitro1.diff | hopefully fixed swsusp2

OK, now the LINKS:

Ebuild
Patch
Relnotes
Broken out (tar-bz2-ipped)

Gentree wrote: Gentoo + Nitro = Gazzzzz!

And as usual:
HAVE FUN GODDAMMIT!!!!

John5788 · Post by **John5788** » Tue May 10, 2005 12:40 am

did you not include the usb mouse poll hack? my mouse feels really strange now.

Rainmaker · Post by **Rainmaker** » Tue May 10, 2005 12:43 am

patch-config-hz-2.6.12_rc | erm, ok, grabbed from somewhere, whoever the author, credits given

should be the mouse polling hack...

Tiger683 · Post by **Tiger683** » Tue May 10, 2005 6:09 am

Guys, use the boot parameter for now please (which is in the mainline).
I lost my all patch files by accident while migrating to gentoo, so i only relied on what i found on
the net + in brokenouts of other patchsets, sorry alot,
nevertheless, please post your requests, next release for rc4 is also planned

T

Hobbit_HK · Post by **Hobbit_HK** » Tue May 10, 2005 1:13 pm

Hmm... Looks nice, I'll check it later... Has anybody succeeded in using ati-drivers with this nitro?

Illissius · Post by **Illissius** » Tue May 10, 2005 1:21 pm

What's new in rc4 compared to rc3? or even to 2.6.11? don't see the point in mindlessly upgrading stuff when you don't even know what you're getting...

Gherald · Post by **Gherald** » Tue May 10, 2005 1:25 pm

Illissius wrote:What's new in rc4 compared to rc3? or even to 2.6.11? don't see the point in mindlessly upgrading stuff when you don't even know what you're getting...

The point is to test new developments and help find bugs.

The current 2.6.11 is called stable for a reason... back when .10 was stable, people were testing .11-rc's in this same fashion

Tiger683 · Post by **Tiger683** » Tue May 10, 2005 1:40 pm

Illissius wrote:What's new in rc4 compared to rc3? or even to 2.6.11? don't see the point in mindlessly upgrading stuff when you don't even know what you're getting...

Same point for which you use CVS version of KDE...

T

skarthesatai · Post by **skarthesatai** » Tue May 10, 2005 2:10 pm

Hell guys, whats up?

Nitro is getting stable? have i missed something?

Same with love-sources?

Never had a more stable release since the last one. We will see, how stable the new release is.

skar

Tiger683 · Post by **Tiger683** » Tue May 10, 2005 2:18 pm

Just as news:

SWSUSP2 WORKS !!!! Yeehaw!

cheers

T

b3cks · Post by **b3cks** » Tue May 10, 2005 3:30 pm

Kernel works great so far but DRM not (ATi Radeon 9700M).

count_zero · Post by **count_zero** » Wed May 11, 2005 4:05 am

Anyone else have problems with gensplash? I couldn't get the framebuffer to display at all until I emerged the masked version 1.1.9.5 of splashutils, which still isn't working quite right.

desertstalker · Post by **desertstalker** » Wed May 11, 2005 8:20 am

Has anyone got ndiswrapper to work with this kernel? I have tried 1.1 (portage) and the latest cvs without sucess?

Failes with error about kthread_run needing 5 args but only getting 3.

Will post full message when able.

Thanks.

EDIT here is the error.

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  CC [M]  /home/msonza/linux/drivers/ndiswrapper/ndiswrapper/driver/misc_funcs.o
  CC [M]  /home/msonza/linux/drivers/ndiswrapper/ndiswrapper/driver/ndis.o
  CC [M]  /home/msonza/linux/drivers/ndiswrapper/ndiswrapper/driver/ntoskernel.o
/home/msonza/linux/drivers/ndiswrapper/ndiswrapper/driver/ntoskernel.c:1743:61: macro "kthread_run" requires 5 arguments, but only 3 given
/home/msonza/linux/drivers/ndiswrapper/ndiswrapper/driver/ntoskernel.c: In function `PsCreateSystemThread':
/home/msonza/linux/drivers/ndiswrapper/ndiswrapper/driver/ntoskernel.c:1743: error: `kthread_run' undeclared (first use in this function)
/home/msonza/linux/drivers/ndiswrapper/ndiswrapper/driver/ntoskernel.c:1743: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
/home/msonza/linux/drivers/ndiswrapper/ndiswrapper/driver/ntoskernel.c:1743: error: for each function it appears in.)
make[3]: *** [/home/msonza/linux/drivers/ndiswrapper/ndiswrapper/driver/ntoskernel.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** [_module_/home/msonza/linux/drivers/ndiswrapper/ndiswrapper/driver] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.12-rc4-nitro1'
make[1]: *** [default] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/msonza/linux/drivers/ndiswrapper/ndiswrapper/driver'
make: *** [all] Error 2

b3cks · Post by **b3cks** » Wed May 11, 2005 1:28 pm

Problem found (maybe only for me). I can't shutdown my box. I used exactly the same config as in the RC2 release and with that I never had this problem (last tried some minutes ago) but now I can't shutdown. Normally I shutdown with GDM but "halt" and "shutdown -h now" doesn't work either. No error messages, it just reboots instead of shutdown.

charlieg · Post by **charlieg** » Wed May 11, 2005 2:08 pm

Argh! My avatar!

Debentoo_Gao · Post by **Debentoo_Gao** » Wed May 11, 2005 3:19 pm

Nice Work. I'll try it this night

Phlogiston · Post by **Phlogiston** » Wed May 11, 2005 5:57 pm

I have Problems with the vmware modules and my sound works only with nasty interuptions, e.g. when I change console/X.

But all in all it seems to be a good release, althoug I'm back to 2.6.11-nitro2.

Greets

PS: Why did the mouse device change form 0->1?

Lenz · Post by **Lenz** » Wed May 11, 2005 7:27 pm

Another high speed mirror has been set up:

nitro-sources-2.6.12_rc4-r1.ebuild
patch-2.6.12-rc4-nitro1.bz2

Have fun!

Illissius · Post by **Illissius** » Wed May 11, 2005 8:05 pm

Tiger683 wrote:
Illissius wrote:What's new in rc4 compared to rc3? or even to 2.6.11? don't see the point in mindlessly upgrading stuff when you don't even know what you're getting...
Same point for which you use CVS version of KDE...

T

KDE has a weekly CVS (er, SVN) digest that lists all the cool stuff that has happened since the previous week, the developers' blogs on planetkde.org, plus I hang around on IRC, so I have a good general idea of what's developing. With the kernel it's just "rc4/2.6.12/whatever is now out!", and I have no idea wtf has changed vs the previous version.

The point is to test new developments and help find bugs.

Well, true. Perhaps I should have phrased the question, as what's new and interesting from an end user's perspective...

All I'm asking is, is there anywhere I can read the condensed version of what's happening in kernel-land, in a form comprehendable to people other than kernel developers? If there's not, that's fine too, and I guess I'll just have to live with upgrading every major version, and not knowing why exactly it's better than the previous one...

u2mike · Post by **u2mike** » Wed May 11, 2005 10:04 pm

Its ussually bug fixes, new drivers, or improved hardware support, and most importantly the most recent security updates, although its nothing that will make you see your life in a whole new perspective. Many times kernel updates will only affect small amounts of people who have certian hardware/software combinations. For instance one release could have a fix for an xfs bug, if you never use xfs it wouldn´t affect you, one kernel thats stable on one machine could be a major problem on another. The reason we must test these is simply that changes to anything could break other stuff, it is up to the testers to discover these issues.

lenk · Post by **lenk** » Thu May 12, 2005 1:18 am

Illissius

newsletter: http://www.kerneltraffic.org/

for 0-day news: http://www.lkml.org/

for 2.6.12-rc4 changelog: http://www.kernel.org/

Lenk

brantgurga · Post by **brantgurga** » Thu May 12, 2005 3:32 am

There is also Kernel Planet: http://kernelplanet.org/

Phlogiston · Post by **Phlogiston** » Thu May 12, 2005 10:30 am

With this kernel version I experienced a slower cosole interaction. So is it still impossible for nvidia card users to use the riva framebuffer? Becuase I'm using vesafb-tng.

Greets

John5788 · Post by **John5788** » Thu May 12, 2005 2:07 pm

Phlogiston. wrote:With this kernel version I experienced a slower cosole interaction. So is it still impossible for nvidia card users to use the riva framebuffer? Becuase I'm using vesafb-tng.

Greets

ive always used vesafb-tng with my nvidia.

stalynx · Post by **stalynx** » Thu May 12, 2005 10:23 pm

hrm I have a problem... it won't mount my reiser3 root partition read-write and then it hangs.

2.6.12-rc4-nitro1[DEPRECATED]

2.6.12-rc4-nitro1[DEPRECATED]