Zen Kernel Discussion/Support Thread - Part 3

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albright · Post by **albright** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 3:04 am

Incorrect fixes on both cases

Don't I know it

updated git-stable working now ... many thanks

SpectreDragon · Post by **SpectreDragon** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 7:43 pm

will there be updates in the unstable zen anytime soon or is it worth it to use stable zen for now?

btw.
last time I tried suspend to disk was still broken with btrfs, anyone who has it working?
suspend to ram works fine though

Kingoftherings · Post by **Kingoftherings** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 7:56 pm

SpectreDragon wrote:will there be updates in the unstable zen anytime soon or is it worth it to use stable zen for now?

btw.
last time I tried suspend to disk was still broken with btrfs, anyone who has it working?
suspend to ram works fine though

I was using zen.git when 2.6.32 came out and it went un-updated for two weeks until 2.6.33-rc1 came out. So that's likely what will happen this time.

rahulthewall · Post by **rahulthewall** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 8:07 pm

Sorry to be asking again, but can someone please explain these warnings:

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.config:275:warning: symbol value 'X86_L1_CACHE_BYTES' invalid for X86_INTERNODE_CACHE_BYTES                      
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# configuration written to .config                                                                                
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include/config/auto.conf:346:warning: symbol value 'X86_L1_CACHE_BYTES' invalid for X86_INTERNODE_CACHE_BYTES

Thanks
Rahul

cheater1034 · Post by **cheater1034** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 8:26 pm

rahulthewall wrote:Sorry to be asking again, but can someone please explain these warnings:

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.config:275:warning: symbol value 'X86_L1_CACHE_BYTES' invalid for X86_INTERNODE_CACHE_BYTES                      
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# configuration written to .config                                                                                
#                                                                                                                 
include/config/auto.conf:346:warning: symbol value 'X86_L1_CACHE_BYTES' invalid for X86_INTERNODE_CACHE_BYTES

Thanks
Rahul

I don't know what causes that, i need to look into it

Jupiter1TX · Post by **Jupiter1TX** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 9:01 pm

rahulthewall wrote:Sorry to be asking again, but can someone please explain these warnings:

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.config:275:warning: symbol value 'X86_L1_CACHE_BYTES' invalid for X86_INTERNODE_CACHE_BYTES                      
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# configuration written to .config                                                                                
#                                                                                                                 
include/config/auto.conf:346:warning: symbol value 'X86_L1_CACHE_BYTES' invalid for X86_INTERNODE_CACHE_BYTES

Thanks
Rahul

That is because this an error in 'CONFIG_X86_INTERNODE_CACHE_BYTES=X86_L1_CACHE_BYTES'
I removed 'X86_L1_CACHE_BYTES' part and error gone.

CrazyMYKL · Post by **CrazyMYKL** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 11:59 pm

Jupiter1TX wrote:
rahulthewall wrote:Sorry to be asking again, but can someone please explain these warnings:
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.config:275:warning: symbol value 'X86_L1_CACHE_BYTES' invalid for X86_INTERNODE_CACHE_BYTES                      
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# configuration written to .config                                                                                
#                                                                                                                 
include/config/auto.conf:346:warning: symbol value 'X86_L1_CACHE_BYTES' invalid for X86_INTERNODE_CACHE_BYTES     
Thanks
Rahul
That is because this an error in 'CONFIG_X86_INTERNODE_CACHE_BYTES=X86_L1_CACHE_BYTES'
I removed 'X86_L1_CACHE_BYTES' part and error gone.

Actually, changing it to

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CONFIG_X86_INTERNODE_CACHE_BYTES=$X86_L1_CACHE_BYTES

fixes it.

cheater1034 · Post by **cheater1034** » Tue Mar 02, 2010 8:39 pm

CrazyMYKL wrote:
Jupiter1TX wrote:
rahulthewall wrote:Sorry to be asking again, but can someone please explain these warnings:
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.config:275:warning: symbol value 'X86_L1_CACHE_BYTES' invalid for X86_INTERNODE_CACHE_BYTES                      
#                                                                                                                 
# configuration written to .config                                                                                
#                                                                                                                 
include/config/auto.conf:346:warning: symbol value 'X86_L1_CACHE_BYTES' invalid for X86_INTERNODE_CACHE_BYTES     
Thanks
Rahul
That is because this an error in 'CONFIG_X86_INTERNODE_CACHE_BYTES=X86_L1_CACHE_BYTES'
I removed 'X86_L1_CACHE_BYTES' part and error gone.
Actually, changing it to
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CONFIG_X86_INTERNODE_CACHE_BYTES=$X86_L1_CACHE_BYTES
fixes it.

This is not the problem, because auto.conf is an auto generated file.
The real problem lies in an actual Kconfig file, i believe it's in the amd-k10 branch - i'll fix it soon.

pappy_mcfae · Post by **pappy_mcfae** » Wed Mar 03, 2010 1:46 am

Where is everyone finding patch sets for the .33-zen0 .33-zen1? I don't see them in my gits, and I dont' see them on the page. I R connfuzed

Cheers,
Pappy

ponciarello · Post by **ponciarello** » Wed Mar 03, 2010 6:06 am

http://git.zen-kernel.org/?p=kernel/zen ... ;a=summary
http://git.zen-kernel.org/?p=kernel/zen ... le;hb=HEAD

cheater rebased zen-stable's branches

cheater1034 · Post by **cheater1034** » Thu Mar 04, 2010 3:48 am

fixed the Kconfig issue, also added squashfs-linus.git

cheater1034 · Post by **cheater1034** » Fri Mar 05, 2010 12:46 am

Good stuff:
2.6.32-zen7 released
2.6.33-zen1 released
^^ both are winners

- 97 Registered on zen-kernel.org
- 53 Subscribed to the mailing list on groups.google.com

I think our user base is pretty good

, assuming the vast majority of users dont register at either place

Ant P. · Post by **Ant P.** » Fri Mar 05, 2010 2:49 am

I tried compiling a kernel with PAE, no highmem, and the full 1GB/3GB split option on a 32-bit Atom, and it wouldn't boot at all; it got stuck in an endless reboot cycle after the bootloader.

It does list "pae" in the /proc/cpuinfo flags though so I'm confused, should this work or not?

cheater1034 · Post by **cheater1034** » Fri Mar 05, 2010 3:37 am

Ant_P wrote:I tried compiling a kernel with PAE, no highmem, and the full 1GB/3GB split option on a 32-bit Atom, and it wouldn't boot at all; it got stuck in an endless reboot cycle after the bootloader.

It does list "pae" in the /proc/cpuinfo flags though so I'm confused, should this work or not?

Please share your .config, additionally try 2.6.33-ck1 to see if something is going on there.

fanthom · Post by **fanthom** » Fri Mar 05, 2010 4:26 am

Hi cheater1034,

i'm having troubles with compilation of aufs as (M) in 2.6.33-zen1 kernel:

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Kernel: arch/x86/boot/bzImage is ready  (#1)
  Building modules, stage 2.
  MODPOST 2408 modules
ERROR: "vfsmount_lock" [fs/aufs/aufs.ko] undefined!

my config:
http://pastebin.com/NCzXwsAx

BTW thanks for great work on zen releases

EDIT:
looks like it's the same error which we faced in 2.6.32-zen2 and 2.6.32-zen3:
http://www.slax.org/forum.php?action=vi ... ostid54337

Regards,
fanthom

cheater1034 · Post by **cheater1034** » Fri Mar 05, 2010 5:50 am

fanthom wrote:Hi cheater1034,

i'm having troubles with compilation of aufs as (M) in 2.6.33-zen1 kernel:
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Kernel: arch/x86/boot/bzImage is ready  (#1)
  Building modules, stage 2.
  MODPOST 2408 modules
ERROR: "vfsmount_lock" [fs/aufs/aufs.ko] undefined!
my config:
http://pastebin.com/NCzXwsAx

BTW thanks for great work on zen releases

EDIT:
looks like it's the same error which we faced in 2.6.32-zen2 and 2.6.32-zen3:
http://www.slax.org/forum.php?action=vi ... ostid54337

Regards,
fanthom

Fixed in git, or patch is here:
http://omploader.org/vM3FscQ

it alone isn't worth a hotfix for zen1, but git or not it's fixed now

jw5801 · Post by **jw5801** » Fri Mar 05, 2010 7:05 am

cheater1034 wrote:Good stuff:
2.6.32-zen7 released
2.6.33-zen1 released
^^ both are winners

- 97 Registered on zen-kernel.org
- 53 Subscribed to the mailing list on groups.google.com

I think our user base is pretty good , assuming the vast majority of users dont register at either place

Should be another one registered on zen-kernel.org now!

Saundersx · Post by **Saundersx** » Fri Mar 05, 2010 7:28 am

Why was it87 disabled? I use that, and I know it was crazy with the acpi.

fanthom · Post by **fanthom** » Fri Mar 05, 2010 9:18 am

cheater1034 wrote: Fixed in git, or patch is here:
http://omploader.org/vM3FscQ

it alone isn't worth a hotfix for zen1, but git or not it's fixed now

works!
thanks a lot

cheater1034 · Post by **cheater1034** » Fri Mar 05, 2010 3:08 pm

Saundersx wrote:Why was it87 disabled? I use that, and I know it was crazy with the acpi.

It's not disabled

Ant P. · Post by **Ant P.** » Fri Mar 05, 2010 7:53 pm

cheater1034 wrote:
Ant_P wrote:I tried compiling a kernel with PAE, no highmem, and the full 1GB/3GB split option on a 32-bit Atom, and it wouldn't boot at all; it got stuck in an endless reboot cycle after the bootloader.

It does list "pae" in the /proc/cpuinfo flags though so I'm confused, should this work or not?
Please share your .config, additionally try 2.6.33-ck1 to see if something is going on there.

Working config
That's with highmem=64G turned on which forces PAE on too. I think it might be something to do with the 896/1G split options so I'm going to try that next.

Edit OK it works with 896/3G mem split, but not the 1G/3G split.

Ant P. · Post by **Ant P.** » Fri Mar 05, 2010 10:25 pm

The 2G split option works fine with PAE so I'll use that for now.

BTW there's two options for that with identical names and no description for either, what's the difference?

Non_E · Post by **Non_E** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 7:16 am

Hello,

I am running 2.6.33-zen1 without any (kernel related) problems. Thanks

broch · Post by **broch** » Tue Mar 09, 2010 8:49 pm

Hello,
since yesterday I have problem with zen update:

$ sudo git pull
fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly

I wonder whether this is planned (e.g. server maintenance) or something changed (that I did not notice)?

Thank you

pappy_mcfae · Post by **pappy_mcfae** » Tue Mar 09, 2010 9:45 pm

I too have been running 2.6.33-zen1 on this machine. I have had no real issues that have jumped out and bitten me, but I'm keeping watch.

It boots very quickly. It seems to run well. No issues as of yet.

Cheers,
Pappy