Zen-Sources: 2.6.26-rc3-zen0

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rmh3093 · Post by **rmh3093** » Tue May 20, 2008 5:08 pm

mroconnor wrote:Sounds good rmh, I'll run those commands. Will git-http-fetch work reliably? I have no git access behind my FW.

yeah we were supposed to get http working a while ago, forgot to pursue it

HecHacker1 · Post by **HecHacker1** » Wed May 21, 2008 8:38 am

Does zen have the latest git of ext4? I recently switched back to ext4 from reiser4, and it has improved a lot in terms of stability.

But its not as fast anymore because it lost the delayed allocation feature during the merge to mainline.

The latest patches seem to have initial support for delalloc in ext4
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.fil ... .ext4/6590

If not, then i'll try patching it myself later because i suspect delalloc is still buggy. reiser4 is better, but will never get into mainline.

Has anybody got vmware-modules to build with this kernel? It seems proc_root and some other things were removed from 2.6.26. I can build vmware fine with 2.6.25.

dodo1122 · Post by **dodo1122** » Wed May 21, 2008 9:34 pm

Ermm, zen has stable patches from ext4-patch-queue. I also think we have delalloc/mballoc support.

dodo

sedorox · Post by **sedorox** » Wed May 21, 2008 11:29 pm

HecHacker1 wrote: Has anybody got vmware-modules to build with this kernel? It seems proc_root and some other things were removed from 2.6.26. I can build vmware fine with 2.6.25.

I'm wondering the same thing. I use VMWare extensively throughout the day, but sadly I can't use 2.6.26 series kernels yet. I'm also not really that good with code, so I would have no idea where to begin to fix this. This is just kinda a Me Too Post... However, I do love the zen-sources kernels, keep up the good work!

rmh3093 · Post by **rmh3093** » Thu May 22, 2008 12:21 am

sedorox wrote:
HecHacker1 wrote: Has anybody got vmware-modules to build with this kernel? It seems proc_root and some other things were removed from 2.6.26. I can build vmware fine with 2.6.25.
I'm wondering the same thing. I use VMWare extensively throughout the day, but sadly I can't use 2.6.26 series kernels yet. I'm also not really that good with code, so I would have no idea where to begin to fix this. This is just kinda a Me Too Post... However, I do love the zen-sources kernels, keep up the good work!

ahh I tested the virtualbox modules.... they do compile against .26, I didnt test vmware though

drescherjm · Post by **drescherjm** » Thu May 22, 2008 12:00 pm

BTW with 2.6.26-rc3-zen0 the modules would not build because of the toshiba acpi module.

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  CALL    scripts/checksyscalls.sh
  CC [M]  drivers/acpi/toshiba_acpi.o
drivers/acpi/toshiba_acpi.c: In function 'old_driver_emulation_init':
drivers/acpi/toshiba_acpi.c:674: error: implicit declaration of function 'create_proc_info_entry'
make[2]: *** [drivers/acpi/toshiba_acpi.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [drivers/acpi] Error 2
make: *** [drivers] Error 2

I disabled that module because I have a dell laptop and it compiled fine.

mroconnor · Post by **mroconnor** » Thu May 22, 2008 3:37 pm

I hate to be a pain in the azz with this HDAPS thing but it seems to have stopped working int rc3-zen0. I tried switching from built-in to a module but the module doesn't load. Any ideas?

On another note, did something change in the SATA/PATA code? I recently went to use my DVD drive(which I hardly ever use but needed to rip a CD) and realized that it wasn't recognized. I check to see if there is a /dev/sg0 or something along that line in /dev but nope. It worked fine in the 2.6.25 zen kernels and I pretty sure i havent changed my .config.

As always thanks in advance and Dos Equis to rmh.

rmh3093 · Post by **rmh3093** » Thu May 22, 2008 4:43 pm

drescherjm wrote:BTW with 2.6.26-rc3-zen0 the modules would not build because of the toshiba acpi module.
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  CALL    scripts/checksyscalls.sh
  CC [M]  drivers/acpi/toshiba_acpi.o
drivers/acpi/toshiba_acpi.c: In function 'old_driver_emulation_init':
drivers/acpi/toshiba_acpi.c:674: error: implicit declaration of function 'create_proc_info_entry'
make[2]: *** [drivers/acpi/toshiba_acpi.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [drivers/acpi] Error 2
make: *** [drivers] Error 2
I disabled that module because I have a dell laptop and it compiled fine.

well its fixed now... why were you using that on a dell anyway?

rmh3093 · Post by **rmh3093** » Thu May 22, 2008 4:47 pm

mroconnor wrote:I hate to be a pain in the azz with this HDAPS thing but it seems to have stopped working int rc3-zen0. I tried switching from built-in to a module but the module doesn't load. Any ideas?

On another note, did something change in the SATA/PATA code? I recently went to use my DVD drive(which I hardly ever use but needed to rip a CD) and realized that it wasn't recognized. I check to see if there is a /dev/sg0 or something along that line in /dev but nope. It worked fine in the 2.6.25 zen kernels and I pretty sure i havent changed my .config.

As always thanks in advance and Dos Equis to rmh.

i dont know whats up with hdaps, i asked dodo since he has a TP, but he is being a bum playing with his PSP and hasnt tested it, maybe i forgot to push the branch....

as for your cdrom, idk what could be causing your issues, im using the same config relating to sata as I did in .25 and everything is working fine, k3b detects my burner with out a problem, all I can suggest now is double check menuconfig

mroconnor · Post by **mroconnor** » Thu May 22, 2008 5:00 pm

PSP?! I need to get one of those!!

My grub.conf looks like this:

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### Gentoo ###
### Available Kernels####
#
### Gentoo ###
root (hd0,0)
title Gentoo Linux Zen-Source 2.6.25-zen2 - STABLE
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.25-zen2-07807-g099af7b root=/dev/sda3 libata.atapi_enabled=1 combined_mode=libata acpi_sleep=s3_bios,s3_mode udev
#
### Gentoo ###
root (hd0,0)
title Gentoo Linux Zen-Source 2.6.26-rc3-zen0 - EXPERIMENTAL
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-rc3-zen0 root=/dev/sda3 libata.atapi_enabled=1 combined_mode=libata acpi_sleep=s3_bios,s3_mode udev
#
### Gentoo ###
root (hd0,0)
title Gentoo Linux Zen-Source 2.6.26-rc2-zen2-dirty - WORKING
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-rc2-zen2-dirty root=/dev/sda3 libata.atapi_enabled=1 combined_mode=libata acpi_sleep=s3_bios,s3_mode udev
#

I wonder if I don't need the appended 'libata.atapi_enabled=1 combined_mode=libata' ?

I'll check the .configs against each other. Thanks.

mroconnor · Post by **mroconnor** » Thu May 22, 2008 5:11 pm

Ok in zen-sources-2.6.25-x I have this

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 CONFIG_ATA_PIIX

but I dont see any drivers listed in the CONFIG_ATA section of zen-sources-2.6.26-x. I think that is my issue.

drescherjm · Post by **drescherjm** » Thu May 22, 2008 6:01 pm

rmh3093 wrote:well its fixed now... why were you using that on a dell anyway?

Never bothered disabling it from a .config from previous kernels.

rmh3093 · Post by **rmh3093** » Thu May 22, 2008 7:19 pm

mroconnor wrote:Ok in zen-sources-2.6.25-x I have this
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 CONFIG_ATA_PIIX
but I dont see any drivers listed in the CONFIG_ATA section of zen-sources-2.6.26-x. I think that is my issue.

oh its there, cause thats the same driver I use

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Symbol: ATA_PIIX [=y]                                                   │  
  │ Prompt: Intel ESB, ICH, PIIX3, PIIX4 PATA/SATA support                  │  
  │   Defined at drivers/ata/Kconfig:105                                    │  
  │   Depends on: ATA && ATA_SFF && PCI                                     │  
  │   Location:                                                             │  
  │     -> Device Drivers                                                   │  
  │       -> Serial ATA (prod) and Parallel ATA (experimental) drivers (ATA │  
  │         -> ATA SFF support (ATA_SFF [=y])

EDIT: actually I remember having this issue when i first switch to .26.... you need to enable ATA_SFF

mroconnor · Post by **mroconnor** » Thu May 22, 2008 8:16 pm

I'll pull this evening and let you know.

dodo1122 · Post by **dodo1122** » Thu May 22, 2008 8:39 pm

/me hugs his psp ;(

Well, i finally got round to testing hdaps. Right now i'm trying it on gentoo-sources, and then @ zen. I'll edit this when i finish.

dodo

HecHacker1 · Post by **HecHacker1** » Fri May 23, 2008 12:33 am

dodo1122 wrote:Ermm, zen has stable patches from ext4-patch-queue. I also think we have delalloc/mballoc support.

dodo

the mount option delalloc does not exist, so i guess this kernel doesn't have the ext4 git patches.

i'm back to 2.6.25 zen because i need vmware.

this page mentions it, but in another language:
http://209.85.141.104/search?q=cache:YL ... cd=1&gl=us

rmh3093 · Post by **rmh3093** » Fri May 23, 2008 3:43 am

HecHacker1 wrote:
dodo1122 wrote:Ermm, zen has stable patches from ext4-patch-queue. I also think we have delalloc/mballoc support.

dodo
the mount option delalloc does not exist, so i guess this kernel doesn't have the ext4 git patches.

i'm back to 2.6.25 zen because i need vmware.

this page mentions it, but in another language:
http://209.85.141.104/search?q=cache:YL ... cd=1&gl=us

i doubt you will see those patches in zen anymore till they get to stable, i think its pretty stupid for anyone to run unstable filesystems, unstable anything else im all for, but unstable fs's just cause headaches

mroconnor · Post by **mroconnor** » Fri May 23, 2008 5:16 am

no dice on HDAPS.

dodo did you have better luck then i did? I get 'unable to load module' even though i didnt build it as a module.

Gentree · Post by **Gentree** » Sun May 25, 2008 10:28 pm

Hi,

I just build rc3 and it boots my reiser4 system without a hitch however rebuilding the nvidia-drivers against the new kernel fails.

I'm locked down to nvidia-drivers-1.0.9626 because more recent fails on my gfx card.

I saw a note somewhere that you had done some work to get zen working on NV, is this
an expected issue or can it be got around?

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_STR(nv)"  -D"KBUILD_MODNAME=KBUILD_STR(nvidia)" -c -o /usr/portage/tmp/portage/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-1.0.9626/work/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-9626-pkg0/usr/src/nv/.tmp_nv.o /usr/portage/tmp/portage/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-1.0.9626/work/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-9626-pkg0/usr/src/nv/nv.c
/usr/portage/tmp/portage/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-1.0.9626/work/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-9626-pkg0/usr/src/nv/nv.c:110: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or '__attribute__' before '*' token
/usr/portage/tmp/portage/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-1.0.9626/work/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-9626-pkg0/usr/src/nv/nv.c: In function 'nvos_create_alloc':
/usr/portage/tmp/portage/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-1.0.9626/work/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-9626-pkg0/usr/src/nv/nv.c:454: error: 'nv_pte_t_cache' undeclared (first use in this function)

Before anyone knocks my card it's a "NV11 [GeForce2 MX400]" . It gives great image and above all is the most recent card I could find without a FAN, ie truely silent. I have a GeForce4 but it makes 10dB more noise than the rest of the system and is badly OTT for a non games machine.

Does this preclude me from using zen or can it be fixed?

Thanks for any help.

roadnottaken · Post by **roadnottaken** » Mon May 26, 2008 12:14 am

You can still use 2.6.25-zen2.

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git pull git://repo.or.cz/r/linux-2.6/zen-sources.git

yngwin · Post by **yngwin** » Mon May 26, 2008 11:05 am

Gentree wrote:Before anyone knocks my card it's a "NV11 [GeForce2 MX400]" . It gives great image and above all is the most recent card I could find without a FAN, ie truely silent.

Then you didn't look very far. There are several passively cooled newer cards on the market. I have an MSI nVidia 8600GT passive, which I'm happy with. It's perfectly fine for occasional gaming, although it won't do Crysis at highest settings.

It sells here in Holland for around 75 euros.

kaosone · Post by **kaosone** » Mon May 26, 2008 1:30 pm

sorry if this is a bit offtopic... but if i have a patch for the kernel, that works pretty much only for me i guess (needed to fix an adapter psx->usb, some of my keys where mapped as axis and not to a button)
i use zen sources git, what's the best way to integrate my patch with zen-sources?
i want that every time i checkout my patch is applied to the kernel, and if there are some hunks rejected just being warned so i can fix it up, or something like that.
i'm a noob to git but i'm pretty sure it's totally possible, i just don't know how :\

rmh3093 · Post by **rmh3093** » Mon May 26, 2008 1:59 pm

kaosone wrote:sorry if this is a bit offtopic... but if i have a patch for the kernel, that works pretty much only for me i guess (needed to fix an adapter psx->usb, some of my keys where mapped as axis and not to a button)
i use zen sources git, what's the best way to integrate my patch with zen-sources?
i want that every time i checkout my patch is applied to the kernel, and if there are some hunks rejected just being warned so i can fix it up, or something like that.
i'm a noob to git but i'm pretty sure it's totally possible, i just don't know how :\

i have one of those ps2/usb controller adapters as well, is that what you are talking about? i havent used it in a while but psx/ps2 controllers are the best... just post the patch here, come on irc and sent it to us, or e-mail us, we can incorporate it

kaosone · Post by **kaosone** » Mon May 26, 2008 2:41 pm

yes, it's a psx2usb adapter. i bought one, and all worked fine except for 3 buttons
with jstest came out the buttons where mapped to an axis and not to a button (well can be a bug of the adapter, i don't know)
i made a quick hack to make these button working, just creating 4 more buttons and remapping the axis to those buttons. i highly doubt this patch can be of any intrest for anyone except me, because is not a fix on the joypad handling codebase, but a dirty remap (probably most of the adapters can work just out of the box

)

rmh3093 · Post by **rmh3093** » Mon May 26, 2008 6:02 pm

kaosone wrote:yes, it's a psx2usb adapter. i bought one, and all worked fine except for 3 buttons
with jstest came out the buttons where mapped to an axis and not to a button (well can be a bug of the adapter, i don't know)
i made a quick hack to make these button working, just creating 4 more buttons and remapping the axis to those buttons. i highly doubt this patch can be of any intrest for anyone except me, because is not a fix on the joypad handling codebase, but a dirty remap (probably most of the adapters can work just out of the box )

well, i know that the touchscreen driver does the same type of crap, many touchscreens use the same chip but one on some screen the x axis will be inverted on others the y and on some both are inverted, i will have to dig my adapter out and see if its working or not, if your buttons were mapped to an axis, does that mean you axis were mapped to buttons, we might be able ot modify the patch to be configurable though menuconfig that way anyone could use the patch