2.6.14-rc3-nitro1 "Braineating Monsterpenguin"

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Tiger683 · Post by **Tiger683** » Sat Oct 08, 2005 12:14 am

READ THIS FIRST: GENERAL
Nitro-sources is a patchset for the Linux kernel designed to improve desktop
performance and experience. Please note that nitro-sources *can* be unstable
and that neither me or the other nitro-sources developers are responsible
for breaking up your machine. ALWAYS keep a second, stable kernel image ready
in your boot manager! If something is broken while you run this release,
please retry with a clean vanilla kernel. Never bug the gentoo devs while
running this kernel, bug us instead in this thread ... although we can not
guarantee to fix your problems all the time.

This release is considered unstable until it has proven the contrary for more people than just me
Special caution using reiser4, as problems with newer versions are known to occur in -mm kernels

BASE
You have to apply this patch set to a clean 2.6.14-rc3 Linux kernel taken from
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/ ... c3.tar.bz2

PATCH CONTENTS

>> Filename: n1_mm-patches.diff
>> Description: patches from mm-tree, see http://www.stud.uni-karlsruhe.de/~uyavl ... tches.list
>> Author: Andrew Morton + various contributors
>> Website: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm

>> Filename: n2_reiser4-from-2.6.14-rc2-mm2.diff
>> Description: Reiser4 Filesystem
>> Author: Namesys ( (c)Hans Reiser )
>> Website: www.namesys.com

>> Filename: n3_ck1-with-sp15.diff
>> Description: 2.6.14-rc3-ck1 with swap prefetch updated to version 15
>> Author: Con Kolivas
>> Website: http://kernel.kolivas.org

>> Filename: n4_swsusp2.2-rc8-for-2.6.14-rc3-nitro1.diff
>> Description: Hibernate your machine
>> Author: Nigel Cunningham?
>> Website: http://www.suspend2.net

>> Filename: n5_vfb-tng-10-rc1-and-fbsplash-0.9.2-r4-for-2.6.14-rc3-nitro1.diff
>> Description: Vesafb-tng and fbsplash
>> Author: Spock
>> Website: http://dev.gentoo.org/~spock/projects/vesafb-tng

>> Filename: n9_iptables-layer7-support.diff
>> Description: iptables layer7 support
>> Author: Matthew Strait and Ethan Sommer
>> Website: http://l7-filter.sourceforge.net

>> Filename: n10_tune-page-allocator.diff
>> Description: Page allocator tuning patches from 2.6.13-mm3
>> Author: Andrew Morton
>> Website: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm

>> Filename: n11_squashFS-2.2.diff
>> Description: Squash File System
>> Author: Phillip Lougher
>> Website: http://squashfs.sourceforge.net

>> Filename: n12_daconfig-2.3.0-r1.diff
>> Description: Show kernelname in kernel menus
>> Author: DaMouse
>> Website: http://kernel.damouse.co.uk

>> Filename: n13_config-nr-tty-devices.diff
>> Description: config number of terminal devices
>> Author: steel3000
>> Website: err, ask him at #love-sources@irc.freenode.org

>> Filename: n14_shfs-0.35.diff
>> Description: SSH File System support
>> Author: Zemljanka core team
>> Website: http://shfs.sourceforge.net

>> Filename: n15_fix-PF_FREEZE-oops.diff
>> Description: bugfix for missing PF_FREEZE in sched.h, still here just in case
>> Author: seppe
>> Website: http://sepi.be

>> Filename: n16_unionfs-1.0.13.diff
>> Description: Unionfs stackable filesystem
>> Author: unknown
>> Website: http://www.fsl.cs.sunysb.edu/project-unionfs.html

>> Filename: n17_nitrogreen-menuconfig.diff aka menucolors
>> Description: Give menuconfig pretty nitro colors
>> Author: Tiger683
>> Website: www.stud.uni-karlsruhe.de/~uyavl ( apache )

>> Filename: n18_chmp-r5-FULL.diff
>> Description: Configurable Hid Mouse Polling
>> Author: Mikkel Krautz
>> Website: http://omfg.linux.dk/pub/configurable-h ... e-polling/

>> Filename: n19_Nitro-FB-logo.diff
>> Description: A nice nitro-sources logo for the framebuffer
>> Author: b3cks
>> Website: http://filebase.b3cks.com/ ( apache ? )

>> Filename: n20_genetic-lib-and-as-iosched-v.2.6.12-gl2.diff
>> Description: Genetic lib + genetics for as io scheduler
>> Author: J. Moilanen
>> Website: http://kernel.jakem.net

>> Filename: n21_introduce-nitro-menu.diff
>> Description: include nitro menu
>> Author: Tiger683
>> Website: www.stud.uni-karlsruhe.de/~uyavl ( apache )

>> Filename: n22_svgalib_helper-1.9.21.diff
>> Description: svgalib-helper module (part of svgalib)
>> Author: Brion Vibber ???
>> Website: http://www.svgalib.org/

>> Filename: n23_2.6.14-rc3-git7-nitro.diff
>> Description: latest git snapshot of linux-2.6.14-rc3
>> Author: Linus Torvalds and various contributors
>> Website: www.kernel.org

>> Filename: n24_hfsplus-force-rw-mode-mount-option.diff
>> Description: enable forcing rw-mount of hfsplus partitions with option force_rw
>> Author: colin ? oO
>> Website: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/colin

>> Filename: n25_linux-2.6.13-mppe-mppc-v1.3.diff
>> Description: Microsoft Point-to-Point Encryption and Compression for linux
>> Author: Jan Dubiec
>> Website: http://mppe-mppc.alphacron.de/

>> Filename: n26_populate-nitro-menu-entries.diff
>> Description: move most added Kconfig options into nitro-menu and make them user-proof
>> Author: Tiger683
>> Website: www.stud.uni-karlsruhe.de/~uyavl ( apache )

>> Filename: n27_braineating-monsterpenguin.diff
>> Description: tag this release with this sick sick name
>> Author: Tiger683
>> Website: www.stud.uni-karlsruhe.de/~uyavl ( apache )

>> Filename: n6_missing-in-mm-patches_clean-up-computone-remaining-cli-use.patch && n7_compile-fixes-1.diff && n8_reiser4-fix.diff && n28_more-fixes.diff && n29_reiser4-add-put_inode.patch
>> Description: various fixes for problems with this release, found or created during debugging
>> Author: Andrew Morton, Hans Reiser, Tiger683
>> Website: various, see above comments for other patches

DOWNLOAD AND LINKS
Ebuild
Patch
Series
Broken-out as bz2
List of patches from mm

IMPORTANT:

if having any problems or dmesg warnings about nvidia module (ie containing PAT and write-combine)
reverse this patch:
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/ ... base.patch

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cd /usr/src
wget http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.14-rc2/2.6.14-rc2-mm2/broken-out/x86_64-pat-base.patch
cd linux-2.6.14-rc3-nitro1
make mrproper
patch -p1 -R -i ../x86_64-pat-base.patch
make oldconfig
make 
make modules_install
make install

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In order to use iptables layer7 filter in this kernel (version 2beta) , you must patch the iptables-1.3.3 with this patch !!!

Have fun!

hermes_jr · Post by **hermes_jr** » Sat Oct 08, 2005 1:14 am

Runs here. Except for vmware modules which don't want to compile for some reason

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make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only'
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.14-rc3-nitro1/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.14-rc3-nitro1'
  CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o
In file included from /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/./include/vmware.h:26,
                 from /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:52:
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/./include/vm_basic_defs.h:222:5: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
In file included from /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/./include/vcpuset.h:57,
                 from /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/./include/modulecall.h:22,
                 from /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/./common/vmx86.h:18,
                 from /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/linux/driver.h:16,
                 from /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:53:
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:56:5: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
In file included from /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/./include/vm_asm.h:25,
                 from /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:56:
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/./include/vm_basic_asm.h:50:5: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
  CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.o
In file included from /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/./include/vmware.h:26,
                 from /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:48:
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/./include/vm_basic_defs.h:222:5: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
In file included from /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/./include/vm_asm.h:25,
                 from /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:50:
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/./include/vm_basic_asm.h:50:5: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
In file included from /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/./include/vcpuset.h:57,
                 from /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/./include/modulecall.h:22,
                 from /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:51:
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:56:5: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
  CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/cpuid.o
In file included from /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/./include/vmware.h:26,
                 from /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/cpuid.c:12:
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/./include/vm_basic_defs.h:222:5: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
In file included from /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/./include/vcpuset.h:57,
                 from /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/./include/modulecall.h:22,
                 from /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/vmx86.h:18,
                 from /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/hostif.h:18,
                 from /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/cpuid.c:14:
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:56:5: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
  CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/hash.o
In file included from /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/./include/hash.h:23,
                 from /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/hash.c:14:
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/./include/vm_basic_defs.h:222:5: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
  CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/memtrack.o
make[2]: *** [/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/memtrack.o] Interrupt
make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only] Interrupt
make: *** [vmmon.ko] Interrupt
Unable to build the vmmon module.

Everything else seems to work fine.

[edit]: dammit, messed something up with code first time
[edit2]: hell! 5:30AM... i'm lagging... off to sleep
[edit3]: OK. It's common vmware problem with 2.6.14 kernel. Nitro rox!

Tiger683 · Post by **Tiger683** » Sat Oct 08, 2005 1:21 am

hermes_jr wrote:Runs here. Except for vmware modules which don't want to compile for some reason

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make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only'
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.14-rc3-nitro1/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.14-rc3-nitro1'
CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o
In file included from /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/./include/vmware.h:26,
from /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:52:
/tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/./include/vm_basic_defs.h:222:5: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
In file included from /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/./include/vcpuset.h:57,
from /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/./include/modulecall.h:22,
from /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/./common/vmx86.h:18,
from /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/linux/driver.h:16,
from /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:53:
/tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:56:5: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
In file included from /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/./include/vm_asm.h:25,
from /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:56:
/tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/./include/vm_basic_asm.h:50:5: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
...
...

Everything else seems to work fine.

Err, i dont see no error in there oO

Cinder6 · Post by **Cinder6** » Sat Oct 08, 2005 1:31 am

You're back, tiger! Will download it in a bit.

AaronPPC · Post by **AaronPPC** » Sat Oct 08, 2005 7:26 am

Works here!

mbar · Post by **mbar** » Sat Oct 08, 2005 7:30 am

Can't compile "eagle-usb" module for this kernel. It complains about URB_ASYNC_UNLINK being undeclared. I found this info:

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List:       linux-kernel
Subject:    ISDN USB build breakage
From:       Jeff Garzik <jgarzik () pobox ! com>
Date:       2005-09-22 3:46:08
Message-ID: 43322900.7050500 () pobox ! com
[Download message RAW]

Latest -git tree 'make allmodconfig' build breaks on 32-bit x86:

   CC [M]  drivers/isdn/hisax/st5481_usb.o
drivers/isdn/hisax/st5481_usb.c: In function `st5481_in_mode':
drivers/isdn/hisax/st5481_usb.c:648: error: `URB_ASYNC_UNLINK' 
undeclared (first use in this function)
drivers/isdn/hisax/st5481_usb.c:648: error: (Each undeclared identifier 
is reported only once
drivers/isdn/hisax/st5481_usb.c:648: error: for each function it appears 
in.)

priestjim · Post by **priestjim** » Sat Oct 08, 2005 8:12 am

Nitro's back baby yeah!

Compiling...

Tiger683 · Post by **Tiger683** » Sat Oct 08, 2005 8:22 am

mbar:

More interesting would be this post on lkml from gregkh:

gregkh wrote: On Mon, Sep 19, 2005 at 02:38:12AM +0400, Alexey Dobriyan wrote:
> > In my kernel tree, the st5481 source files don't include the lines you
> > show. What source version are you using?
>
> 23 hours ago:
>
> commit 61ffcafafb3d985e1ab8463be0187b421614775c
> Author: Karsten Keil <kkeil@suse.de>
> Date: Sat Sep 17 23:52:42 2005 +0200
>
> [PATCH] Fix ST 5481 USB driver
>
> The old driver was not fully adapted to new USB ABI and does not
> work.
>
> +in->urb[0]->transfer_flags |= URB_ASYNC_UNLINK;
> usb_unlink_urb(in->urb[0]);
> +in->urb[1]->transfer_flags |= URB_ASYNC_UNLINK;
> usb_unlink_urb(in->urb[1]);

And I already pointed out that this patch was wrong, and would cause
build errors...

thanks,

greg k-h

So, remove the two lines in there, then it should all be fine (i hope),
once again i couldnt stop myself from including the git snapshot......gah

And, say w00t, PPC support baby !!!!!!

cheers,

T

//Lots of edits lol

arkaine · Post by **arkaine** » Sat Oct 08, 2005 8:59 am

Hmmm...I can't startx anymore now that I'm using this kernel. My monitor goes blank and I get this error from my monitor: "Signal Frequency is out of range
FH-> 106.4 khz
FV-> 85.2 Hz
Please change signal timing"

Then I have to reboot.
Wierd...

mbar · Post by **mbar** » Sat Oct 08, 2005 9:00 am

Yeah, but as I said, I need eagle-usb to be fixed, I mentioned ST 5481 USB driver only for reference (I don't use it), as it's what I found on google.

arkaine · Post by **arkaine** » Sat Oct 08, 2005 9:09 am

Grand. Now it's not just startx, but after a certain amount of time it just happens all by itself. (see my post 2 up).

Tiger683 · Post by **Tiger683** » Sat Oct 08, 2005 9:19 am

arkaine: what hardware?
here i have a geforce 6600GT and all works fine, 100 more fps than with 2.6.12-nitro5

arkaine · Post by **arkaine** » Sat Oct 08, 2005 9:24 am

Tiger683 wrote:arkaine: what hardware?
here i have a geforce 6600GT and all works fine, 100 more fps than with 2.6.12-nitro5

geforce 4 ti 4200, this wasn't a problem until I started running this kernel, so I'm not sure it's a hardware problem.

Tiger683 · Post by **Tiger683** » Sat Oct 08, 2005 9:30 am

arkaine wrote:
geforce 4 ti 4200, this wasn't a problem until I started running this kernel, so I'm not sure it's a hardware problem.

not hardware problem, but hardware support problem....

are you using the newest nvidia drivers?
if yes, do not use agp driver shipped with nvidia module, use the one from kernel.
couldn't think of anything else....

mbar: i think i tracked down the problem, trying to make a patch...

arkaine · Post by **arkaine** » Sat Oct 08, 2005 9:50 am

Tiger683 wrote:
arkaine wrote:
geforce 4 ti 4200, this wasn't a problem until I started running this kernel, so I'm not sure it's a hardware problem.
not hardware problem, but hardware support problem....

are you using the newest nvidia drivers?
if yes, do not use agp driver shipped with nvidia module, use the one from kernel.
couldn't think of anything else....

That didn't help

argh. I still get that damned monitor error.

Tiger683 · Post by **Tiger683** » Sat Oct 08, 2005 10:06 am

mbar: i have it

here is the patch.

do following:

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emerge eagle-usb
>>>>>>it dies here
cd /var/tmp/portage/eagle*/work/
wget http://www.stud.uni-karlsruhe.de/~uyavl/public/nitro-sources/2.6.14-rc3-nitro1/extras/eagle-usb/eagle-usb-2.6.14-rc-git-breakage-fix.diff
cd eagle*
patch -p1 -i ../eagle-usb-2.6.14-rc-git-breakage-fix.diff
FEATURES="keeptemp keepwork" emerge --resume

that's it

works here, inserts fine

)))

b3cks · Post by **b3cks** » Sat Oct 08, 2005 10:29 am

Wooooohooooo....!! Runs great! Thx for your work again.
And of course *.b3cks.com runs an apache webserver. =)

Zephyrus · Post by **Zephyrus** » Sat Oct 08, 2005 11:44 am

Up and running here, thanks for your great work!

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Linux albion 2.6.14-rc3-nitro1 #1 PREEMPT Sat Oct 8 13:16:31 CEST 2005 x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3500+ AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux

Tiger683 · Post by **Tiger683** » Sat Oct 08, 2005 11:50 am

so, i see no more havoc on amd64,

brot · Post by **brot** » Sat Oct 08, 2005 11:54 am

*making menuconfig right now*

about the vmware problem...
back in the 2.6.12-nitro5 topic i wrote how it should work. (and also take care of the 1gb lowmem option as it breaks vmware support)

yngwin · Post by **yngwin** » Sat Oct 08, 2005 11:55 am

Anyone tried this kernel on Reiser4? How's it working?

Tiger683 · Post by **Tiger683** » Sat Oct 08, 2005 11:57 am

Generally, it works.

i copied whole /usr/portage into a 1.0.5 reiser4 partition without a glitch

arkaine · Post by **arkaine** » Sat Oct 08, 2005 12:03 pm

Tiger683 wrote:Generally, it works.

i copied whole /usr/portage into a 1.0.5 reiser4 partition without a glitch

how'd you manage to get a 1.0.5 reiser4 partition? would you mind telling me where you found a livecd with reiser4progs-1.0.5 on it?

hermes_jr · Post by **hermes_jr** » Sat Oct 08, 2005 12:15 pm

brot wrote: about the vmware problem...
back in the 2.6.12-nitro5 topic i wrote how it should work

Well, you are right, it definately should work. But it doesn't. First of all vmmon and vmnet modules didn't compile at all. Then of course I applied vmware-any-any-update94 update and modules compiled cleanly, and even loaded. But now when vmware starts, system just hangs. Something is really weird about vmware modules. I'm not quite sure, but I think we (me?) should just wait till next vmware release or something.

mbar · Post by **mbar** » Sat Oct 08, 2005 12:19 pm

thx tiger, will try the fix soon