__DEPRECATED__ 2.6.15-nitro2 NO_MORE_POSTING_PLEASE

[Tiger683]

nitro-sources-2.6.15-r2 "Freshness"

Disclaimer
This patchset is in no way affiliated with the Gentoo Foundation and so it's
use does not imply any more or less official support from the gentoo developers.
Do NOT, EVER, post bugs regarding a kernel patched to nitro-sources to
_bugs.gentoo.org_. Post your problems in this thread instead.


If you use this kernel on partitions created with reiser4progs 1.0.4 or older, or you will not be able to mount them with kernels older than 2.6.12!
for details look at this thread

What is it?
Custom kernel patchset, based upon ck-patchset from Con Kolivas and
many additional features usually requested by users.

What's in it?

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     #####################
     #                   #
     #   2.6.15-nitro2   #
     #   "Freshness"     #
     #                   #
     #####################

# ck patchset
04_2.6.15-ck1.patch

# newest libata
01_2.6.15-libata1.patch

# some patches from -mm tree (light version)
02_mm-patches.patch
-> includes:
	2.6-sony_acpi4.patch
	amd64-agp-suspend-support.patch
	ata_piix-ide-mode-sata-patch-for-intel-ich8.patch
	enable-unit-at-a-time-optimisations-for-gcc4.patch
	ext3-get-blocks-adjust-accounting-info-in-build-fix.patch
	ext3-get-blocks-adjust-accounting-info-in.patch
	ext3-get-blocks-adjust-reservation-window-size-for.patch
	ext3-get-blocks-maping-multiple-blocks-at-a-once-vs-ext3_readdir-use-generic-readahead.patch
	ext3-get-blocks-maping-multiple-blocks-at-a-once.patch
	ext3-get-blocks-multiple-block-allocation.patch
	ext3-get-blocks-support-multiple-blocks-allocation-in.patch
	ext3_readdir-use-generic-readahead.patch
	hda_intel-patch-for-intel-ich8.patch
	hdaps-convert-to-the-new-platform-device-interface.patch
	i386-let-regparm-no-longer-depend-on-experimental.patch
	input-attempt-to-re-synchronize-mouse-every-5-seconds.patch
	ipw2200-stack-reduction.patch
	ipw2200_txbusy.patch
	lxdialog-sane-colours.patch
	md-dm-reduce-stack-usage-with-stacked-block-devices.patch
	optimize-select-poll-by-putting-small-data-sets-on-the-stack.patch
	piix-ide-pata-patch-for-intel-ich8m.patch
	pre-udma-eide-pio-mode-selection.patch
	reduce-size-of-bio-mempools.patch
	small-fixes-backported-to-old-ide-sis-driver.patch
	sound-remove-bkl-from-sound-core-infoc.patch
	touchkit-ps-2-touchscreen-driver.patch
	unplug-can-sleep.patch

# additional filesystem support
03_reiser4.patch
14_squashfs2.2-r2.patch
15_unionfs-snapshot-20060108.patch

# cumulative sets of fixes and enhancements from 
# gentoo fedora and suse kernels
08_gentoo-sources-trunk.patch
-> includes:
	1100_netlink-rcv-skb-dos.patch
	1105_netfilter-pptp-crash-1.patch
	1110_netfilter-pptp-crash2.patch
	1310_ppc-ml300-ep405-boot.patch
	1900_select-correct-bridge-id.patch
	1905_bridge-netfilter-ip-fragments.patch
	1915_netlink-oops.patch
	1920_ufs-inode-sem.patch
	2100_skge-memory-on-ring-changes.patch
	2500_vgacon-doublescan.patch
	4100_sky2-0.12.patch
	4101_deprecate-sk98lin.patch
	4305_dm-bbr.patch
	4900_speakup-20060103.patch
	4901_speakup-highlight-tracking-amd64.patch
09_fedora-patchset.patch
-> includes
	linux-2.6-acpi-thinkpad-c2c3.patch
	linux-2.6-autofs-pathlookup.patch
	linux-2.6-firmware-loader-timeout.patch
	linux-2.6-ide-tune-locking.patch
	linux-2.6-input-usblegacy.patch
	linux-2.6-max-symlinks.patch
	linux-2.6-posix-timers-sched_time-accumulation.patch
	linux-2.6-procfs-i_nlink-miscalculate.patch
	linux-2.6-sata-enable-atapi-by-default.patch
	linux-2.6-valid-ether-addr.patch
	linux-2.6-vm-clear-unreclaimable.patch
	linux-2.6-x86-vga-vidfail.patch
	linux-2.6.14-intel-cache-build.patch
10_suse-patchset.patch
-> includes:
	alsa-git-2.6.15
	alsa-disable-nested-devices
	alsa-ppc-screamer-endian-workaround
	ext3-barrier-default
	ext3-register-filesystem-lifo
	ide-probe-delay
	ipw2200-lockup-fix
	kmalloc-max
	modpost-segfault-fix.diff
	nfs-directio-drop-semaphore
	parport-mutex
	stack-limit
	unmap_vmas-lat
	x86_64-nmi-watchdog-timeout

# suspend2 + vesafb-tng + fbsplash
05_suspend2-2.2-rc16-for-2.6.15.patch
06_vesafb-tng-1.0-rc1-r3.patch
07_fbsplash-0.9.2-r5.patch

# iptables layer7-filer support
13_ipt-layer7-v20.patch

# workaround for e100 faulty eeprom
18_e100-badeeprom.patch

# centrino undervolt support
11_bdz.undervolt.2006.01.07.patch

# ibm thinkpad extended fancontrol
12_ibm_acpi-fancontrol.patch

# candy
16_usbhid-readd-kconfig.patch
17_daconfig.patch

# nitro stuff
19_nitro-fblogo.patch
20_suppress-deprecated-unusedresult.patch
21_sched-smaller-slices.patch
22_nitromenu-2.patch
23_branding.patch

IMPORTANT UPDATES AND EDITS:
** To be continued...

Howto install

GENTOO:
1)create directory <OVERLAY_DIR>/sys-kernel/nitro-sources (substitute <OVERLAY_DIR> according to overlay path)
2) PROMPT>cd <OVERLAY_DIR>/sys-kernel/nitro-sources
3) PROMPT>wget http://www.stud.uni-karlsruhe.de/~uyavl ... -r2.ebuild
4) PROMPT>ebuild nitro-sources-2.6.15-r2.ebuild digest
5) PROMPT>USE="symlink" emerge nitro-sources
6) PROMPT>cd /usr/src/linux
7) configure, compile and install your kernel
if in doubt about how to do it, consult the documentation in the kernel source directory

ALL OTHER DISTROS:
1) PROMPT>cd /usr/src
2) PROMPT>wget http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/ ... 15.tar.bz2
3) PROMPT>wget http://www.stud.uni-karlsruhe.de/~uyavl ... nitro2.bz2
4) PROMPT>tar -xvjf linux-2.6.15.tar.bz2 && rm linux-2.6.15.tar.bz2
5) PROMPT>mv linux-2.6.15 linux-2.6.15-nitro2 && rm linux && ln -s linux-2.6.15-nitro2 linux
6) PROMPT>bunzip2 patch-2.6.15-nitro2.bz2 && cd linux
7) PROMPT>patch -p1 -i ../patch-2.6.15-nitro2
configure, compile and install your kernel
if in doubt about how to do it, consult the documentation in the kernel source directory

NOTE:
for rpm based distros, try doing "make rpm" after menuconfig, although this is untested

And now, even more important part:

EBUILD
PATCH
BROKEN OUT TARBALL

MANIFEST FILE
DIGEST FILE
SERIES (DETAILED PATCH LISTING)


SHOWTIME !!!!

cheers

T

[jwj]

Thanks for your good work, everything loads and no problems with agpgart.

[2lt.chronic]

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# newest libata
01_2.6.15-libata1.patch 

is there a site for more info on whats new in this libata?

[Tiger683]

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# newest libata
01_2.6.15-libata1.patch 

is there a site for more info on whats new in this libata?

Alan Cox:
Add libata CMD/SI680 driver
[libata] Add PATA driver for Compaq Triflex
[libata] Add PATA VIA driver.
[libata] Add driver for PATA AMD/NVIDIA chips.
libata: Update the AMD driver to support the AMD CS5536.
libata: Add enablebits support to the triflex driver
libata: Add enablebits to via driver
[libata] Add new PATA driver pata_opti
libata: AMD pata fixes
libata: Fix opti pci enable bits as with the AMD bug
libata: Fix enable bits for triflex
libata: Clean up and fix the VIA PATA libata driver
libata: add ata_piix notes
libata: ata_piix 450NX errata

Albert Lee:
[libata] add driver for Promise PATA 2027x
libata-dev-2.6: pdc2027x add ata_scsi_ioctl
libata-dev-2.6: pdc2027x change comments
libata-dev-2.6: pdc2027x move the PLL counter reading code
libata-dev-2.6: pdc2027x PLL input clock detection fix
libata-dev: Convert pdc2027x from PIO to MMIO
libata-dev: pdc2027x use "long" for counter data type
libata-dev: pdc2027x ATAPI DMA lost irq problem workaround
libata: interrupt driven pio for libata-core
libata: interrupt driven pio for LLD
libata irq-pio: add comments and cleanup
libata irq-pio: rename atapi_packet_task() and comments
libata irq-pio: simplify if condition in ata_dataout_task()
libata irq-pio: cleanup ata_qc_issue_prot()
libata: move atapi_send_cdb() and ata_dataout_task()
[libata irq-pio] reorganize ata_pio_sector() and __atapi_pio_bytes()
[libata irq-pio] reorganize "buf + offset" in ata_pio_sector()
[libata irq-pio] use PageHighMem() to optimize the kmap_atomic() usage
libata CHS: LBA28/LBA48 optimization (revise #6)
libata irq-pio: misc fixes
libata irq-pio: merge the ata_dataout_task workqueue with ata_pio_task workqueue
libata irq-pio: eliminate unnecessary queuing in ata_pio_first_block()
libata irq-pio: add read/write multiple support
libata: pata_pdc2027x minor fix
libata: minor patch before moving err_mask
libata: move err_mask to ata_queued_cmd
libata: determine the err_mask when the error is found
libata: determine the err_mask directly in atapi_packet_task()
libata: err_mask misc fix

Arjan van de Ven:
mark several libata datastructures const

Erik Benada:
[libata sata_promise] support PATA ports on SATA controllers

Jeff Garzik:
[libata] pata_pdc2027x: update for recent ->host_stop() API changes
[libata pata_pdc2027x] add documentation ref in header; trim trailing whitespace
[libata irq-pio] build fix
[libata pdc_adma] update for removal of ATA_FLAG_NOINTR
[libata pata_sil680] add to Makefile/Kconfig
libata: Add makefile rules for pata_via driver.
[libata pdc_adma] fix for new irq-driven PIO code
[libata] minor updates to PATA drivers
[libata] constify PCI tables in PATA drivers
[libata] remove two unused fields from struct ata_port
[libata ata_piix] cleanup: remove duplicate ata_port_info records
[libata sata_mv] IRQ PIO build fix
[libata pata_via] fix warning
[libata] Print out SATA speed, if link is up
[libata sata_promise] minor whitespace cleanup
[libata] irq-pio: fix breakage related to err_mask merge
libata: Add Intel MPIIX and "old PIIX" PATA drivers.
[libata pata drivers] trim trailing whitespace
[libata sata_promise] irq_pio: fix merge bug

Jesse Barnes:
add boot option to control Intel SATA/PATA combined mode

Tejun Heo:
libata: implement ata_exec_internal()
libata: use ata_exec_internal()
libata: remove unused functions
libata: remove unused qc->waiting

[pharon]

compiling right now. btw I have record load on -nitro1 without system stutter :

02:17:16 up 29 min, 4 users, load average: 5.58, 3.74, 1.99

This is a PIII 800Mhz mind you

Tiger thanks for your efforts.

Here's an LKML thread worth watching, some performance enhancing patches might come out of it :

http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/1/10/433

UPDATE == up and running , very solid , very performant.

[thoffmeyer]

I'll try this out

[satanskin]

Tiger, Could you see if there is a patch to add command owner matching support back into iptables/netfilter and if so, could you please add it in? Thanks man!

[Isaiah]

I guess we'll skip that "happy new year" thing and head for some "freshness"

[_loki_]

up and running!

[Isaiah]

The usual make oldconfig and emerge nvidia-kernel and alsa-driver and... I be in Quake 4 Land

P.S. Happy new year and thanks for the "Freshness" - you are the tiger!

[sedorox]

Hey dude, wanted to thank you. VMWare compiles fine(tho when I _first_ ran it I had a panic...), ATI drivers work perfect, no more lockups with k3b when searching for devices... fun stuff. Love the nitro kernel, thanks for keeping it updated!! BTW, good luck this semester

[Pse]

Up and running here. Will stress the hell outa this new kernel to see if it locks Good work, Tiger!
[EDIT] It kinda feels snappy...interesting...

[EDIT2] Devices and folders show up correctly in the "media:/" kio_slave. Mounting works correctly. I'm running HAL-0.5.5.1-r3 (not CVS).

[ahorn]

thanks for your work. feels stable like 2.6.14-nitro2.
nvidia & lirc works without overlay.

[jwj]

With this kernel I am getting these log entries every 2 Seconds:

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Jan 14 02:05:55 boogie ata2: command error, drv_stat 0x51 host_stat 0x0
Jan 14 02:05:55 boogie ata2: command error, drv_stat 0x51 host_stat 0x25
Jan 14 02:05:55 boogie ata2: command error, drv_stat 0x51 host_stat 0x25
Jan 14 02:05:55 boogie ata2: command error, drv_stat 0x51 host_stat 0x25
Jan 14 02:05:55 boogie ata2: command error, drv_stat 0x51 host_stat 0x25
Jan 14 02:05:55 boogie ata2: command error, drv_stat 0x51 host_stat 0x25
Jan 14 02:05:55 boogie ata2: command error, drv_stat 0x51 host_stat 0x0

Is this something to worry and how can I disable these logging?

Thanks,
jwj

[AaronPPC]

Works here!

[whitesouls]

wonderfull tiger!! thank you...

[tagwar]

all working on my laptop... will try it on my main machine later...

thanks tiger!

[b3cks]

Yeah, a new Nitro on my 21 birthday... I may try it later if I have some free time this day.

[abciximab]

Thanks for the quick second release! Works very fine. Also these stupid vm-modules compile now!

[Master_of_Puppets]

Wow, everything works like a charm now, also the apgart-stuff! The sk98lin-modules also compiles fine now Thanks a lot for this f*cking great release!

[luisfeser]

where is reiser4?? i tried nitro1 and i couldn't find it, and with nitro2 i have the same problem.

There is any option in kernel to activate? i haven't got 4k stack.

Thanks.


EDIT:
OHH!! i was looking for in file system, and it is in nitro features! sorry.

[Tiger683]

With this kernel I am getting these log entries every 2 Seconds:

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Jan 14 02:05:55 boogie ata2: command error, drv_stat 0x51 host_stat 0x0
Jan 14 02:05:55 boogie ata2: command error, drv_stat 0x51 host_stat 0x25
Jan 14 02:05:55 boogie ata2: command error, drv_stat 0x51 host_stat 0x25
Jan 14 02:05:55 boogie ata2: command error, drv_stat 0x51 host_stat 0x25
Jan 14 02:05:55 boogie ata2: command error, drv_stat 0x51 host_stat 0x25
Jan 14 02:05:55 boogie ata2: command error, drv_stat 0x51 host_stat 0x25
Jan 14 02:05:55 boogie ata2: command error, drv_stat 0x51 host_stat 0x0

Is this something to worry and how can I disable these logging?

Thanks,
jwj

Looks like this holds in your case:

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	case HSM_ST_FIRST:
		/* Some pre-ATAPI-4 devices assert INTRQ 
		 * at this state when ready to receive CDB.
		 */

		/* check device status */
		if (unlikely((status & (ATA_BUSY | ATA_DRQ)) != ATA_DRQ)) {
			/* Wrong status. Let EH handle this */
			ap->hsm_task_state = HSM_ST_ERR;
			goto fsm_start;

which then gets caught by this block in the state machine:

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	case HSM_ST_ERR:
		printk(KERN_ERR "ata%u: command error, drv_stat 0x%x host_stat 0x%x\n",
		       ap->id, status, host_stat);

		ap->hsm_task_state = HSM_ST_IDLE;
		qc->err_mask |= __ac_err_mask(status);
		ata_qc_complete(qc);
		break;

Looks like the error is on your device's side and it was always there, only earlier
libata didn't handle it properly (read: didn't recognize the error)

to get rid of the printk open the file /usr/src/linux/drivers/scsi/libata-core.c
and comment this out:

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	printk(KERN_ERR "ata%u: command error, drv_stat 0x%x host_stat 0x%x\n",
		       ap->id, status, host_stat);

[carpman]

Hello, tried this on my notebook can't start kdm or X, seems that the touchpad is broken:

/var/log/kdm.log

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Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
        (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
        (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sat Jan 14 12:38:37 2006
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/input/event2
        No such file or directory.
Synaptics driver unable to open device
(EE) PreInit failed for input device "Touchpad"

[Tiger683]

carpman: if it works in vanilla, open /usr/src/linux/drivers/input/mouse/synaptics.c

and comment this out:

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	/* Synaptics can usually stay in sync without extra help */
	psmouse->resync_time = 0;

Tell me if it then works, as it could make a potential candidate for a nitro3 patch.

[Meqif]

Hello, tried this on my notebook can't start kdm or X, seems that the touchpad is broken:

/var/log/kdm.log

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Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
        (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
        (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sat Jan 14 12:38:37 2006
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/input/event2
        No such file or directory.
Synaptics driver unable to open device
(EE) PreInit failed for input device "Touchpad"

Weird, it works fine with me...
Looks like /dev/input/event2 doesn't exist anymore. Try changing

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Option "Device" "/dev/input/event2"

to

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Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"

or similar.