2.6.10-nitro4: The Kernel Formerly Known As Hercules

[nlabadie]

I've got a strange keyboard problem on a Dell Inspiron 5150 when using nitro-sources-2.6.10-r4 or mm-sources: the keyboard doesn't work at all. No response, no echos, nothing.

I had the same problem when using mm-sources... it seems to have crept into nitro-sources since patches from mm have been included. When using nitro-sources-2.6.10-r2 the keyboard works fine. When using nitro-sources-2.6.10-r4 (with the same config) the keyboard no longer responds. Any ideas?

[Tiger683]

Hi!

I just hacked up the newest ati driver to compile with nitro4 (with mm included,
I'm using the very first nitro4). If someone is interested, I'd post some Info on it.

PS: Yes insmod works and module fglrx listed by lsmod, but I have big issues
with configuring this piggy.....

Greetz.

[yoyo]

Argh !!! Links on "pickledonion.net" seem to be broken (wget couldn't resolve hostname) !!!
Where can I find ebuild and patchset ???

[Pink]

Argh !!! Links on "pickledonion.net" seem to be broken (wget couldn't resolve hostname) !!!
Where can I find ebuild and patchset ???

Have you retried?

The server load is very high and past a certain point you can't connect.

[FaNTaSi]

Is it possible to retrieve, or a location to download, only the alsa patch? I'm looking for it as a seperated patch but I only seem to find it included in patchsets

[yoyo]

Have you retried?

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% wget http://pickledonion.net/nitro/ebuilds/nitro-sources-2.6.10-r4.ebuild
--15:45:45--  http://pickledonion.net/nitro/ebuilds/nitro-sources-2.6.10-r4.ebuild
           => `nitro-sources-2.6.10-r4.ebuild'
Résolution de pickledonion.net... échec: Hôte non repéré.
zsh: exit 1     wget http://pickledonion.net/nitro/ebuilds/nitro-sources-2.6.10-r4.ebuild

Just now ...
(time/text are french ones; that's why my english is sooooo poor ... )

The server load is very high and past a certain point you can't connect.

So I will try again and again and ...

Thanks for this fast reply (faster as nitro-sources ...

[Pink]

yoyo:

I happened to be looking on the forums as you posted

Apart from the load issue, I don't know why you can't download the ebuild - a couple of other people have in the past few minutes. /me shrugs.

If it helps I'll post it here:

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# Copyright 1999-2004 Gentoo Foundation
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
# $Header: $

UNIPATCH_LIST="${DISTDIR}/patch-${KV}.bz2"
K_PREPATCHED="yes"
UNIPATCH_STRICTORDER="yes"

K_NOSETEXTRAVERSION="yes"
K_NOUSENAME="yes"
ETYPE="sources"
inherit kernel-2 eutils
detect_version
IUSE="want-mm"

DESCRIPTION="Full sources for the Stock Linux kernel and some various patches to improve desktop performance and experience"
HOMEPAGE="http://sepi.be/nitro.php"
SRC_URI="${KERNEL_URI} http://pickledonion.net/nitro/patches/patch-${KV}.bz2 http://pickledonion.net/nitro/patches/patch-${KV}-mm.bz2"

KEYWORDS="~x86 ~amd64"

src_compile() {
	if use want-mm
	then
		cd ${S}
		echo
		einfo "Applying mm patch because you wanted it!"
		echo
		epatch ${DISTDIR}/patch-${KV}-mm.bz2
	fi
}

pkg_postinst() {
	postinst_sources

   ewarn "IMPORTANT:"
	ewarn "This is a experimental kernel version, I'm not responsible for breaking your system"
	ewarn "ALWAYS keep a second stable and bootable kernel apart in your boot manager"
	echo
	if use want-mm
	then
	ewarn "You have enabled mm/bk patches.  They've been tested, but only to the compile stage."
	ewarn "If bad things happen, remember:"
	ewarn "YOU chose it."
	ewarn "With that said, I hope it runs great!"
	echo
	fi
	ewarn "Now compile this beauty, reboot, and fasten your seatbelts to experience the fastest desktop you've ever seen!"
   echo

}

edit: nothing in my error logs either - sorry.

[yoyo]

PickledOnion :
Thanks a lot for the ebuild.

But I couldn't create the digest as emerge can't download the patchset.

Problem seems to come from my computer/config; I'll check it in a few minutes.

[celeron2002]

this patchset has the shfs support???

i dont find it

[Teh Penguin D00d]

I've got a strange keyboard problem on a Dell Inspiron 5150 when using nitro-sources-2.6.10-r4 or mm-sources: the keyboard doesn't work at all. No response, no echos, nothing.

I had the same problem when using mm-sources... it seems to have crept into nitro-sources since patches from mm have been included. When using nitro-sources-2.6.10-r2 the keyboard works fine. When using nitro-sources-2.6.10-r4 (with the same config) the keyboard no longer responds. Any ideas?

Is your keyboard some exotic style keyboard? Exotic being not standard PS/2. If so, perhaps you don't have a proper driver compiled in? I can't imagine anything a patchset would do...unless they change the defaults in menuconfig in such a way that your driver for your keyboard doesn't get compiled...

[nlabadie]

Is your keyboard some exotic style keyboard? Exotic being not standard PS/2. If so, perhaps you don't have a proper driver compiled in? I can't imagine anything a patchset would do...unless they change the defaults in menuconfig in such a way that your driver for your keyboard doesn't get compiled...

Nope, it's a standard Dell Inspiron 5150 laptop keyboard. Like I said, I had the same problems with mm-sources. Now that notro-sources is including patches from mm-sources, I seem to be having the same problem with nitro-sources too. With nitro-sources-2.6.10-r2 the keyboard works fine, with nitro-sources-2.6.10-r4 it's non-responsive. Both are using the same config.

[discomfitor]

nlabadie: there's two versions of nitro4. One uses mm patches, the other does not. Which are you using?

celeron2002: I'll throw shfs into the next version.

The alsa patch IS in the broken out directory.

[nlabadie]

nlabadie: there's two versions of nitro4. One uses mm patches, the other does not. Which are you using?

Apparently the one with mm patches. Not sure what changes are in mm to cause the keyboard not to work. I'll try the other version of nitro-sources and see what happens.

[justanothergentoofanatic]

Is this kernel now based upon mm-sources instead of ck-sources?

-Mike

Look at the first post, you know, the one by Darkness when he explains all about the patchset.

OK, I re-read the first post. I don't see where it mentions whether the mm-patches are an addition to the ck-sources patches, or used instead of the ck-sources patches.

-Mike

[chunderbunny]

In the newer version of the ebuild the mm-patches are only applied if you use the "want-mm" USE flag. Without that flag no mm patches are applied. I'm not sure what happened before, but I know that it changed.

[Gentree]

On the next nitro release:
Unless people start giving me tons of patches that they need implemented very soon, or exposing huge bugs in this version, I'm gonna let this one go for a few days. I've been irritating a lot of people on my end with my constant kernel patching, and I think it's time to give them a little break. Of course, if there's need for another release soon I'll be all over it.

Yeah, how about you give us a chance to use some of these kernels !

I'd like to post about how it all works great but you always seem to bring out a new one before the paints dry on the last offering.

Joking aside, outstanding work. Nothing seems broken that was not broken before, although it's too early to say more than that.

I'd like to try the low-latency patch but that may be too specific to merit requesting it goes into Nitro. Maybe I'll have to get upto speed on doing my own patching.

Thanks for all your effort anyway.

[discomfitor]

Gentree: low latency patch?

[planetsheinker]

You guys didn't think you could pull off another Nitro release without hearing from me; did you?

I documented the entire build process, after the ebuild download/digest/merge.

One thing to note...when I did get booted, uname -r output "2.6.10-ck"...not nitro. Even though my symlink is pointing to the proper location. I don't know it's a mistake on my part, or on yours; but...here goes nothing...and yes; it's so verbose I even left the parts where I made typo's in...

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Alright...here's to being excessively detailed...

root@dustin src # cd /usr/src/
root@dustin src # ls
linux                linux-2.6.10-nitro4     linux-2.6.9-gentoo-r13  linux-2.6.9-gentoo-r8  xorg-x11-6.7.0-r3
linux-2.6.10-nitro2  linux-2.6.9-gentoo-r1   linux-2.6.9-gentoo-r4   linux-2.6.9-gentoo-r9
linux-2.6.10-nitro3  linux-2.6.9-gentoo-r12  linux-2.6.9-gentoo-r6   linux-2.6.9-nitro4
root@dustin src # rm .linux 
rm: cannot remove `.linux': No such file or directory
root@dustin src # rm ./linux
root@dustin src # ls
linux-2.6.10-nitro2  linux-2.6.9-gentoo-r1   linux-2.6.9-gentoo-r4  linux-2.6.9-gentoo-r9
linux-2.6.10-nitro3  linux-2.6.9-gentoo-r12  linux-2.6.9-gentoo-r6  linux-2.6.9-nitro4
linux-2.6.10-nitro4  linux-2.6.9-gentoo-r13  linux-2.6.9-gentoo-r8  xorg-x11-6.7.0-r3
root@dustin src # ln -sf ./linux-2.6.10-nitro4 ./linux
root@dustin src # ls -l
total 8
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root   21 Jan  8 18:02 linux -> ./linux-2.6.10-nitro4
drwxr-xr-x  20 root root 1400 Jan  6 22:21 linux-2.6.10-nitro2
drwxr-xr-x  20 root root  800 Jan  7 23:19 linux-2.6.10-nitro3
drwxr-xr-x  19 root root  656 Jan  8 17:59 linux-2.6.10-nitro4
drwxr-xr-x  19 root root 1312 Dec 31 17:02 linux-2.6.9-gentoo-r1
drwxr-xr-x  18 root root  664 Dec 24 00:21 linux-2.6.9-gentoo-r12
drwxr-xr-x  18 root root  664 Dec 31 08:15 linux-2.6.9-gentoo-r13
drwxr-xr-x  19 root root 1312 Nov 26 20:28 linux-2.6.9-gentoo-r4
drwxr-xr-x  18 root root  664 Nov 24 15:57 linux-2.6.9-gentoo-r6
drwxr-xr-x  18 root root  696 Dec  2 22:01 linux-2.6.9-gentoo-r8
drwxr-xr-x  18 root root  696 Dec  4 18:05 linux-2.6.9-gentoo-r9
drwxr-xr-x  20 root root 1304 Dec 30 15:23 linux-2.6.9-nitro4
drwxr-xr-x   3 root root   72 Dec 31 19:33 xorg-x11-6.7.0-r3

root@dustin src # cd linux
root@dustin linux # make clean
root@dustin linux # make mrproper
root@dustin linux # make menuconfig

::configures kernel, resulting in the following .config file::

root@dustin linux # make > /home/dustin/kernelmake.txt 2>&1
root@dustin linux # ls /boot/
bzNitroUdev  fbsplash  grub  initrd  initrd-gentoo-1280x1024  lost+found

(bzNitroUdev is my 2.6.9 Nitro 4 kernel, with working Udev.)

root@dustin linux # cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/bzNitro
root@dustin linux # ls /boot/
bzNitro  bzNitroUdev  fbsplash  grub  initrd  initrd-gentoo-1280x1024  lost+found
root@dustin linux # nano -w /boot/grub/grub.conf

::only showing appropriate part::

title Gentoo Dev
root (hd0,0)
kernel /bzNitro root=/dev/hda3 video=radeonfb:ywrap,mtrr,1280x1024@60 splash=verbose,theme:emergence
initrd (hd0,0)/fbsplash

::fbsplash is the initrd holding the config for fbsplash.  Yes, it works with the other kernel.  Yes, I've tried it without the initrd.::

root@dustin linux # umount /boot 
root@dustin linux # exit
exit
dustin@dustin dustin $ 

Kernelmake.txt, as referenced above
.config, again. I rebuild by hand each time; just to see if any new options are there.

I took some advice, and checked for /proc/sys/kernel/hotplug.../proc/sys didn't even exist, though /proc did, along with most of it's directories.

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modules
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slabinfo
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tty
uptime
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vmstat

Once again; any help would be beyond appreciated...

::dreams of the day I'll be using a 2.6.10 kernel...::

I am not shure I am right, but it seems to me you forgot to:

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cp /usr/src/linux/System.map /boot/System.map

EDIT: Corrected a typo

[Legoguy]

Also related to keyboard, I have a couple setkeycodes in my local.start, and this kernel fails to set them, gives an error for each one; like this:

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KDSETKEYCODE: No such device
failed to set scancode f0 to keycode 145
KDSETKEYCODE: No such device
failed to set scancode f1 to keycode 147
KDSETKEYCODE: No such device
failed to set scancode f3 to keycode 153

Luckily everything still works except for those keys (extended buttons in this case, for WWW, e-mail, etc etc).

nitro3 did not do this. Think it might be the mm patch, haven't tried it without want-mm.

BTW, you don't really need System.map. Its main purpose is for debugging, it doesn't serve much purpose other than that.

[feld]

Hey Darckness!

After finding a working solution thanks to joining CK's mailing list, I can now use your sources and my audio issues are over, so now I plan on testing yours too.

My only question is about what was mentioned earlier in the thread - regular nitro-4 has latest ac patches but with the mm and bk patches the ac patches are farther back. Any chance you'll release with bk, mm, and ac all up to date? I just love speed... and thrill of being on the edge! (rebuild system nptl again but with reiser4 now, so... yeah!)


Catch ya later!


-Feld

[discomfitor]

Feld: the reason that the ac is behind in the mm patch is because I got lazy and didn't want to try reversing it and applying the new one. The next nitro's mm version (yes, I think I'll be doing it most of the time unless it gets to be too much of a hassle) will be as cutting edge as you can imagine. Of course, that won't be out until at least Friday/Saturday (I'm hoping I can hold out that long...) unless something big happens before then. I won't stand idly by and let other kernel patchsets get the first crack at 2.6.11-rc1 (not even gentoo-dev) .

By the way, did anyone find that genetic algorithm as-sched patch? I can't really put that into the next version if I don't have the patches...

EDIT: Nevermind; just found the patch. Still curious about the low latency patch that was mentioned earlier though.

[bollucks]

Feld: the reason that the ac is behind in the mm patch is because I got lazy and didn't want to try reversing it and applying the new one. The next nitro's mm version (yes, I think I'll be doing it most of the time unless it gets to be too much of a hassle) will be as cutting edge as you can imagine. Of course, that won't be out until at least Friday/Saturday (I'm hoping I can hold out that long...) unless something big happens before then. I won't stand idly by and let other kernel patchsets get the first crack at 2.6.11-rc1 (not even gentoo-dev) .

By the way, did anyone find that genetic algorithm as-sched patch? I can't really put that into the next version if I don't have the patches...

EDIT: Nevermind; just found the patch. Still curious about the low latency patch that was mentioned earlier though.

low latency patch would be the mingo-ll patch that comes from -ck... meaning you've already got it.

[discomfitor]

low latency patch would be the mingo-ll patch that comes from -ck... meaning you've already got it.

Oh good. At least I won't have to hunt around for it.

[Tiger683]

Hey,

Darckness, would you consider dropping the

for-mm-only-remove-remap_page_range-completely.patch

from the mm-version? It doesn't do anything but breaking stuff that
uses "remap_page_range" as "remap_pfn_range" uses slightly different
syntax for same applications, so you can't just "replacement-patch" everything....

Tiger.

[xiaosuo]

why not use two USEs:kernel-mm , kernel-bk.there are two options
but only one USE in your ebuild.