2.6.1-Love6 "Real Ultimate Monkey Kernel.Sweet"

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steel300 · Post by **steel300** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 12:29 am

2.6.1-Love6 is here. It's mainly a bug fix release with a couple of feature requests. The acx100 drivers are included, and I fixed the r8169 gigabit nic driver. Here's the notes I took:

Patch Name: 2.6.1-mm4
Description: Andrew Morton's latest release
Testing: Patch applies cleanly and compiles cleanly

Patch Name: elv-select
Description: Nick Piggin's runtime selectable I/O scheduler
Testing: Patch applies cleanly and compiles cleanly

Patch Name: core.diff
Description: Makes core changes to allow for reiser4
Testing: Patch applies cleanly and compiles cleanly

Patch Name: reiser4.only.diff
Description: Makes changes for reiser4
Testing: Patch applies cleanly and compiles cleanly

Patch Name: acx100_0_2_0_pre6_linux2.6.0.diff
Description: Support for acx100 wireless chipsets, see the readme on how to use
Testing: Patch applies cleanly and compiles cleanly

Patch Name: gcloop-2.6-20040102.patch
Description: Support for compressed loop back devices
Testing: Patch applies cleanly and compiles cleanly

Patch Name: htpc.patch
Description: Support for the latest LIRC drivers
Testing: Patch applies cleanly, compile dies on SIR drivers, backing out
SIR portion, compiles cleanly

Patch Name: kernel-gcc34-inline-fix.patch
Description: Fixes a couple of inlining errors when using gcc 3.4
Testing: Patch applies cleanly and compiles cleanly

Patch Name: 2.6.0-radeon-igp.patch
Description: Fixes a couple of Radeon IGP issues
Testing: Patch applies cleanly and compiles cleanly

Patch Name: bootsplash-3.1.3-2.6.0-test9.patch
Description: Adds bootsplash support to the kernel
Testing: PAtch applies cleanly and compiles cleanly

Patch Name: mremap.diff
Description: Fixes a security hole in mm/mremap.c
Testing: Patch applies cleanly and compiles cleanly

Patch Name: nforce2-apic.patch
Description: fixes apic issues on nforce2 boards
Testing: Patch applies cleanly and compiles cleanly

Patch Name: nforce2-disconnect-quirk.patch
Description: Fixes a disconnect issue on nforce2 issues
Testing: Patch applies cleanly and compiles cleanly

Patch Name: orinoco-0.13e-patch.diff
Description: Enables monitor mode on orinoco/hermes chipsets
Testing: Patch applies cleanly and compiles cleanly

Patch Name: packet-2.6.1-rc2-2.patch
Description: Enables UDF packet writing support
Testing: Patch applies cleanly and compiles cleanly

Patch Name: patch-test9-am-5
Description: Con's VM swappiness
Testing: Patch applies cleanly and compiles cleanly

Patch Name: patch-2.4.x-vesafb-rrc
Description: vesafb hack, allows for refresh rates > 60Hz
Testing: Patch applies cleanly and compiles cleanly

Patch Name: patch-2.6-prism54-cvs-latest
Description: Latest prism54 patches
Testing: Patch applies cleanly and compiles cleanly

Patch Name: patch-2.6.0-mh2
Description: Latest bluetooth subsystem support
Testing: Patch applies cleanly and compiles cleanly

Patch Name: siimage-raid.patch
Description: Enables support for siI 3512 SATA Raid controllers
Testing: Patch fails, patching by hand, compiles cleanly

Patch Name: alsa-bt87x.patch
Description: Adds sound recording support for bt87x chipsets
Testing: Patch doesn't apply cleanly, fixing by hand, compiles cleanly

I also fixed a number of errors by hand. Alsa ESS Maestro3/ESS1968, sr.c,
EXTRAVERSION, everything compiles cleanly now

It can be obtained through the wiki, or
http://jpcoxs.student.iastate.edu/linux ... .6.1-love6

Happy Compiling!

nepenthe · Post by **nepenthe** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 12:42 am

nice job steel =)
compiling...

and thanks for getting acx100 into patchset as well =)

charlieg · Post by **charlieg** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 12:57 am

Dammit, some of us are trying to get to bed early. Can't you be more considerate?

JeffBlair · Post by **JeffBlair** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 1:13 am

good work, but my goodness....take at least a little break. I don't think our hard drives like compileng the kernel every hour.

steel300 · Post by **steel300** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 1:18 am

After this release, I'm scaling back. Releases will come weekly, not daily. I figured this one was warrented due to all of the errors with the last release. I'm planning new releases every thursday. That should give your processors a chance to recuperate from the onslaught of kernels.

wdreinhart · Post by **wdreinhart** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 2:13 am

Sweet! just booted this one up, looks good so far.

steel300: I think there's a typo in this ebuild. I had to change patch -p2 to -p1 to make it emerge cleanly.

ronmon · Post by **ronmon** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 2:27 am

The first couple attempts gave me a patch error:

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missing header for unified diff at line 4 of patch
can't find file to patch at input line 4
Perhaps you used the wrong -p or --strip option?
The text leading up to this was:
--------------------------
|diff -Nru linux-2.6.1/CREDITS linux-2.6.1-love6/CREDITS
|--- linux-2.6.1/CREDITS	2004-01-09 00:59:47.000000000 -0600
|+++ linux-2.6.1-love6/CREDITS	2004-01-19 16:04:30.000000000 -0600
--------------------------
File to patch

So I edited line 39 of the ebuild and changed 'patch -p2' to 'patch -p1' and all is good.

steel300 · Post by **steel300** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 2:36 am

Yup you're right, there was a type in the ebuild. Thanks for picking that up.

ronmon · Post by **ronmon** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 2:40 am

Thanks for the patch!

shiftzero · Post by **shiftzero** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 2:43 am

By hand is -p1 or -p2 ?

steel300 · Post by **steel300** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 2:47 am

It's -p1 by hand or by ebuild.

ejohnson · Post by **ejohnson** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 2:51 am

Mirrored on my server with corrected "-p1":

http://www.lowbrow.crapness.com/linux/p ... 6.1-love6/

This will help spread the bandwidth a bit.

tomchuk · Post by **tomchuk** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 4:09 am

make borked after a couple lines on my box. Seems that the line "#define CONFIG_X86_L1_CACHE_SHIFT 6" is missing from include/linux/autoconf.h

shiftzero · Post by **shiftzero** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 4:13 am

make modules_install, then I get this:

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 INSTALL drivers/ieee1394/video1394.ko
  INSTALL drivers/net/wireless/wl3501_cs.ko
  INSTALL drivers/net/pcmcia/xirc2ps_cs.ko
  INSTALL drivers/pcmcia/yenta_socket.ko
if [ -r System.map ]; then /sbin/depmod -ae -F System.map  2.6.1-ninja2; fi
WARNING: /lib/modules/2.6.1-ninja2/kernel/fs/nfsd/nfsd.ko needs unknown symbol dnotify_parent

Anyone know what's happening here? Before the patch it worked fine.

steel300 · Post by **steel300** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 4:31 am

frostshade wrote:make modules_install, then I get this:

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 INSTALL drivers/ieee1394/video1394.ko
  INSTALL drivers/net/wireless/wl3501_cs.ko
  INSTALL drivers/net/pcmcia/xirc2ps_cs.ko
  INSTALL drivers/pcmcia/yenta_socket.ko
if [ -r System.map ]; then /sbin/depmod -ae -F System.map  2.6.1-ninja2; fi
WARNING: /lib/modules/2.6.1-ninja2/kernel/fs/nfsd/nfsd.ko needs unknown symbol dnotify_parent

Anyone know what's happening here? Before the patch it worked fine.

Since -mm4, nfs has to be compiled into the kernel. I don't know exactly why, but that's the way it is.

ejohnson · Post by **ejohnson** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 4:47 am

Hi,

I've compiled 2.6.1-love6 a few times trying originally sources from my server and then steel300's. Both yeld the same results.

Here is my .config which, except for a few reiser4 modules, compiles cleanly on love5.

Here is the results when I compile.

To list the violators:
1) arch/i386/kernel/setup.c:1144
2) a few reiser4 modules have always bugged out for me
3) sound/core/pcm_native and his friends also freak out.

My setup is on a Asus A7N8x delux (nForce2) which uses the Intel8x0 driver and I don't notice anything that has changed in the notes Steel300 has released that might have causes this snd_info_set_text_ops warning.

For the time being I'm staying at love5, but would apprecate any help on understanding what's going here.

edit: grammer dahh!!!

steel300 · Post by **steel300** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 5:01 am

The warnings in reiser4 are nothing to worry about. I have just found the sound issues, and am currently working on a fix. I'll keep you posted.

S_aIN_t · Post by **S_aIN_t** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 5:05 am

doh.. i just compiled -love5... and love6 is already out.. buh.. i am waiting till the next kernel revision to update.

ejohnson · Post by **ejohnson** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 5:17 am

steel300 wrote:The warnings in reiser4 are nothing to worry about. I have just found the sound issues, and am currently working on a fix. I'll keep you posted.

Thanks! News almost as good as the pork chops I just had for dinner.

pixie · Post by **pixie** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 5:25 am

It refuses to compile sound drivers and craps out for me. I think I'll just stick with love5 and see if love7 works when it is out.

Unless anyone has an immediate simple sollution.

steel300 · Post by **steel300** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 5:33 am

The sound issues aren't going to get fixed in this release. I'd recommend going back to 2.6.1-love5 until I can work then out.

ejohnson · Post by **ejohnson** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 5:34 am

which patch had this effect?

steel300 · Post by **steel300** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 5:39 am

That's what I don't know. It has the same alsa patches as 2.6.1-love5. I can't think of anything that would cause alsa to die.

ejohnson · Post by **ejohnson** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 5:41 am

is this Intel8x0 dependant or across the board?

pixie · Post by **pixie** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 5:45 am

I have via sound/motherboard. So at least via & intel.

Don't know about any others.