2.6.11-rc4-nitro1 "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

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seppe · Post by **seppe** » Tue Feb 15, 2005 11:50 pm

Hi, long time no see. Today I finally found some time to make a nitro patch set. It's been a while, but the result is sweet.
I know the final 2.6.11 Linux kernel is coming soon, but I just couldn't resist (sorry Darckness

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What's in it?

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2.6.11-rc4-nitro1 "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep"
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patch-2.6.11-rc4-bk2 | Latest BK
reiser4_for_2.6.11-rc4-nitro1.diff | Reiser4, the fastest fs on earth
vesafb-tng-0.9-rc6-2.6.11-rc1.patch | vesafb-tng, a better vesa framebuffer
inotify-0.19-rml-2.6.11-rc4-nitro1.diff | Inotify file change notification support
config-nr-tty-devices.diff | config /dev/tty* count for a cleaner /dev
2.6.11-rc4-ck1 | Latest CK
linux-2.6.11-rc4-nitro1-cpad.diff | Support for more than one cPad
lufs-0.9.7_for_2.6.11-rc4-nitro1.diff | Linux Userland File System
fbsplash-0.9.1-r2_for_2.6.11-rc4-nitro1.diff | Gensplash, a bootsplash replacement
software-suspend-2.1.7-for-2.6.11-rc4-nitro1 | Swsusp2, Suspend your machine
squashfs2.1_for_2.6.11-rc4-nitro1 | SquashFS, a squashed read-only filesystem
cflags-selection_for_2.6.11-rc4-nitro1 | Compile this kernel with other CFLAGS
menuconfig-NAME-v2.1-dev2_for_nitro | Show kernel name in menuconfig
config_hz.diff | Set the internal clock frequency

Some notes
Please note that Win4Lin and varstacks are out in case you need them
REISER4 PEOPLE: USE 8K STACKS!
NVIDIA PEOPLE: MAKE SURE NVAGP IS SET TO 2 IN YOUR XORG.CONF

Download
ebuild
patch file

How to install
Install directions courtesy of BlinkEye:

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1. download the ebuild
2. mkdir -p /usr/local/portage/sys-kernel/nitro-sources
3. mv the ebuild to /usr/local/portage/sys-kernel/nitro-sources (or wherever your PORTDIR_OVERLAY points to)
4. open /etc/portage/package.keywords (if it doesn't exist create it)
5. add "sys-kernel/nitro-sources ~x86" without the quotes and with the appropriate architecture (for me its ~x86")
6. ebuild nitro-sources-2.6.10-r4.ebuild digest
7. emerge nitro-sources
8. cd /usr/src/ and behold your nitro-sources
9. remerge any modules (nvidia...)

Robin79 · Post by **Robin79** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 12:16 am

i need the IT8212 patch is it in or not?

John5788 · Post by **John5788** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 12:45 am

O_O where is this amazing thing u crazy nitro devs say that has never been included in any other kernel?

seppe · Post by **seppe** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 12:56 am

John5788 wrote:O_O where is this amazing thing u crazy nitro devs say that has never been included in any other kernel?

Darckness is busy with it, he didn't told me yet what it is .. but it will be probably in the next release.
This release would normally never been there, but I really wanted to create a nitro patch set after such a long time ...

discomfitor · Post by **discomfitor** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 1:08 am

*darckness' mouth falls open in shock. He then falls out of his chair and mutters, "Why, seppe? Why?" before he dies.*

smithjd15 · Post by **smithjd15** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 1:16 am

Damn. There goes the greatest kernel on Earth. Thanks, seppe.

John5788 · Post by **John5788** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 2:32 am

Darckness wrote:*darckness' mouth falls open in shock. He then falls out of his chair and mutters, "Why, seppe? Why?" before he dies.*

because he can

d0nju4n · Post by **d0nju4n** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 2:35 am

compiling now, wb seppe

Robin79 · Post by **Robin79** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 7:01 am

thanx for a "good" answer m8s

gimpel · Post by **gimpel** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 9:29 am

yeah! wb seppe!

Robin79 wrote:i need the IT8212 patch is it in or not?

in menuconfig just type a "/" and search.

if it's not there, take the one from
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php? ... 60#1994660

that's the one from -ac9 with /dev/hdXY not /dev/sdXY, i use it all the time...

Gserack · Post by **Gserack** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 1:11 pm

Hey! good work.

I don't know what it is, but it would appear that my problem with SMP/SMT and Reiser4 went away!

Hazaa!

G

Legoguy · Post by **Legoguy** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 1:22 pm

Thanks seppe. My last most favorite nitro was 2.6.10-nitro4. Although it had some bugs with keycodes and VTs on my laptop, it was rock hard stable on my desktop.
Looks like this one is going to be the next favorite one.

Robin79 · Post by **Robin79** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 1:43 pm

gimpel wrote:yeah! wb seppe!

Robin79 wrote:i need the IT8212 patch is it in or not?
in menuconfig just type a "/" and search.

if it's not there, take the one from
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php? ... 60#1994660

that's the one from -ac9 with /dev/hdXY not /dev/sdXY, i use it all the time...

thanx m8 ill check it out!!

sir_tez · Post by **sir_tez** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 2:06 pm

Does anyone know if this kernel includes a fix for the slowdowns/hanging involving lots of hard drive access? I've been experiencing that on all the 2.6.11 nitros (with the exception of this one -- haven't tested yet).

Gserack · Post by **Gserack** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 3:13 pm

Wow.

This kernel is rockin'.

I downloaded captive-ntfs from http://www.jankratochvil.net/ , and ran the installer, ran the captive-install-acquire and mounted and NTFS partition. All in about 120 seconds. Unbeleiveable.

Thank you Nitro developers for putting LUFS in the kernel... This is WAY BETTER than the Lufis->FUSE crap. oh my god.

Please Keep LUFS in the Nitro Kernel. I truly appreciate this.

Garrett Serack

predatorfreak · Post by **predatorfreak** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 3:35 pm

Gserack wrote:Wow.

This kernel is rockin'.

I downloaded captive-ntfs from http://www.jankratochvil.net/ , and ran the installer, ran the captive-install-acquire and mounted and NTFS partition. All in about 120 seconds. Unbeleiveable.

Thank you Nitro developers for putting LUFS in the kernel... This is WAY BETTER than the Lufis->FUSE crap. oh my god.

Please Keep LUFS in the Nitro Kernel. I truly appreciate this.

Garrett Serack

This kernel is all seppe's work, not darckness/tiger/me's.

Gserack · Post by **Gserack** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 4:09 pm

predatorfreak wrote: This kernel is all seppe's work, not darckness/tiger/me's.

Well, I thank thee Seppe!

This is fantastic. I don't know what you did, but I'm up 24+hrs with SMT and Reiser4. Added to that the LUFS stuff, and I'm in frickin' heaven.

*crosses fingers*

G

jzono1 · Post by **jzono1** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 4:25 pm

Downloading in 5 mins...

Sounds like a lot of fun!

Ah, going to get some serious gaming done(almost a week since last time, big bad hdd crash)

So, when will I be able to change mouse polling on the fly?

EDIT: downloading 2.6.9-rc2-nitro4 instead, as i don't fancy downloading the full kernel(lost it to disk crash)
Going to download it when i get my adsl line...

Moloch · Post by **Moloch** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 4:30 pm

Is the staircase scheduler gone?

seppe · Post by **seppe** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 4:58 pm

no, staircase is in (it's in CK)

Moloch · Post by **Moloch** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 5:16 pm

seppe wrote:no, staircase is in (it's in CK)

Ah well darn. Staircase hasn't been very nice to me. You and love-sources have been working hard though I see.

EDIT: Orginally read that wrong

Gserack · Post by **Gserack** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 5:33 pm

Gserack wrote: This is fantastic. I don't know what you did, but I'm up 24+hrs with SMT and Reiser4. Added to that the LUFS stuff, and I'm in frickin' heaven.

*crosses fingers*

G

DAMN!

It failed again. *grrr* I am forever cursed.

*sigh*

Damn you Reiser4! Damn you to hell!!!!

Anyone got any idea where I go from here? ( other than maybe reiser3?)

*sigh*

G

shiao · Post by **shiao** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 6:04 pm

I am not sure if this is related to nitro or 2.6.11_rc4, but I have issues compiling VMware. I was using Gentoo-dev-sources. Any ideas?

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*** Warning: "skb_copy_datagram" [/tmp/vmware-config1/vmnet-only/vmnet.ko] undefined!
  CC      /tmp/vmware-config1/vmnet-only/vmnet.mod.o
  LD [M]  /tmp/vmware-config1/vmnet-only/vmnet.ko
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.11-rc4-nitro1'
cp -f vmnet.ko ./../vmnet.o
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config1/vmnet-only'
Unable to make a vmnet module that can be loaded in the running kernel:
insmod: error inserting '/tmp/vmware-config1/vmnet.o': -1 Unknown symbol in module
There is probably a slight difference in the kernel configuration between the
set of C header files you specified and your running kernel.  You may want to
rebuild a kernel based on that directory, or specify another directory.

For more information on how to troubleshoot module-related problems, please
visit our Web site at "http://www.vmware.com/download/modules/modules.html" and
"http://www.vmware.com/support/reference/linux/prebuilt_modules_linux.html".

Sorcerer'sApprentice · Wed Feb 16, 2005 7:11 pm

Welcome back seppe! Thanks for the new kernel. After four days of having absolutely nothing wrong with my system, I was getting rather bored. Unfortunately this kernel seems to be working perfectly also; oh well...

shiao · Post by **shiao** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 7:52 pm

shiao wrote:I am not sure if this is related to nitro or 2.6.11_rc4, but I have issues compiling VMware. I was using Gentoo-dev-sources. Any ideas?

This is caused by 2.6.11_rc4 and not because of the nitro patches, and this should be fixed using the latest vmware
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=80728

Sorry for the noise.

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