[PATCH 5/9] Documentation/vm: use better value for MAP_HUGETLB
From: Carlo Marcelo Arenas Belon <carenas(a)sajinet.com.pe> documentation: slightly more correct value for MAP_HUGETLB in map_hugetlb.c still not correct for alpha, mips, parisc or xtensa but working out of the box in the most common architectures without having to deal with complicated macros or including archit... 23 May 2010 21:13
[PATCH 9/9] Documentation: update SubmitChecklist for O=objdir and kconfig testing
From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap(a)oracle.com> Add build testing using 'O=builddir'. Add build testing with various kconfig symbols disabled, listing common ones that are known to cause build problems. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap(a)oracle.com> --- Documentation/SubmitChecklist | 12 ++++++++++++... 23 May 2010 21:13
[PATCH 2/9] Documentation/development-process: add maintainers and git info
From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap(a)oracle.com> Add info on maintainers and persistent posting. Update git home page. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap(a)oracle.com> Acked-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet(a)lwn.net> --- Documentation/development-process/2.Process | 15 ++++++++--- Documentation/develop... 23 May 2010 21:13
[PATCH 4/9] Documentation/timers/hpet_example: drop duplicate header files
From: Andrea Gelmini <andrea.gelmini(a)gelma.net> Documentation/timers/hpet_example.c: fcntl.h is included more than once. Documentation/timers/hpet_example.c: signal.h is included more than once. Signed-off-by: Andrea Gelmini <andrea.gelmini(a)gelma.net> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap(a)oracle.com> --- ... 23 May 2010 21:13
[PATCH -next] nouveau: fix acpi_lid_open undefined
From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap(a)oracle.com> When CONFIG_ACPI_BUTTON=m (and probably when ACPI_BUTTON is not enabled) and NOUVEAU is built-in (not as a loadable module): nouveau_connector.c:(.text+0xe17ce): undefined reference to `acpi_lid_open' Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap(a)oracle.com> Cc: David... 23 May 2010 21:13
massive polling problems with udevd and other processes
On Sun, 2010-05-23 at 22:20 +0200, Alessandro Suardi wrote: On Sun, May 23, 2010 at 1:25 AM, Eric Paris <eparis(a)redhat.com> wrote: I'm feeling like this is a udev bug, but the only fix is going to be to revert and paper over anything else that has problems with (mode & S_IFMNT) == 0 -Eric ... 23 May 2010 20:08
[PATCH -next] platform/x86: msi-laptop depends on SERIO_I8042
From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap(a)oracle.com> msi-laptop uses i8042_*() interfaces, so it should depend on SERIO_I8042. E.g., when SERIO_I8042=m and MSI_LAPTOP=y: msi-laptop.c:(.text+0x18a7fe): undefined reference to `i8042_install_filter' msi-laptop.c:(.init.text+0xd69d): undefined reference to `i8042_remove_f... 23 May 2010 20:08
[PATCH -next] x86/platform: classmate-laptop depends on RFKILL
From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap(a)oracle.com> classmate-laptop uses rfkill interfaces, so it should depend on RFKILL. Otherwise, when CONFIG_RFKILL=m, these build errors happen: classmate-laptop.c:(.text+0x54b4f2): undefined reference to `rfkill_unregister' classmate-laptop.c:(.text+0x54b508): undefined referen... 23 May 2010 19:03
How large is a sector in /proc/diskstats
Hi, In /proc/diskstats a filed logs how many sectors have been written to a device. But how large is a sector? If its device dependent, how can I find it out? Thanks, Clemens -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo(a)vger.kernel.org Mo... 23 May 2010 19:03
[PATCH -mmotm] compal-laptop: uses hwmon interfaces, depends on HWMON
From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap(a)oracle.com> compal-laptop uses hwmon interfaces, so it should depend on HWMON. compal-laptop.c:(.devinit.text+0x4071f): undefined reference to `hwmon_device_register' compal-laptop.c:(.devexit.text+0x6ec0): undefined reference to `hwmon_device_unregister' Signed-off-by: Randy ... 23 May 2010 14:40