Kernel

[PATCH 04/56] microblaze_v2: Open firmware files
Hi Steve, you are right. Microblaze don't need CONFIG_PPC_something but I keep this in files because it will be easier to move this to better place. I wanted to sort what Microblaze don't use. I need to talk with people from sparc and powerpc what we can move and where. I see the best way to push these files t... 7 May 2008 15:04

[BUG] 2.6.26-rc1 lost half the RAM on UltraSPARC 5
Now that 2.6.26-rc1 boots on my Ultra5, I noticed that it reports having only 128MB RAM, while earlier kernels reported the correct amount: 256MB. A diff of the dmesg output from 2.6.25 and 2.6.26-rc1 shows: --- dmesg-2.6.25 2008-05-07 19:41:26.000000000 +0200 +++ dmesg-2.6.26-rc1 2008-05-07 19:41:26.000000000... 7 May 2008 15:04

[PATCH 2/2] lib: vsprintf.c remove macros defining strict string functions
Directly code the strict string conversion functions rather than using defining macros. Pull out a small helper to check the strict conditions required at the end of a string (nul-terminated or newline). Add additional checks in strict_strtol and strict_strtoll for numeric overflow of the signed types. Signed... 7 May 2008 14:14

[PATCH]: improved strnicmp in lib/string.c
This is somewhat improved version of strnicmp() function in lib/string.c. I have implemented binary comparison rather than linear one(which was in the older version). I am appending the patch bellow --- 2.6.25-vanilla/lib/string.c 2008-04-17 08:19:44.000000000 +0530 +++ 2.6.25-hacked/lib/string.c 2008-05-07... 7 May 2008 14:14

[PATCH 1/2] lib: vsprintf.c pull out two small helpers
The logic for guessing what number base when none is specified is pulled out into a common helper. Small codigstyle changes while in the area. Signed-off-by: Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison(a)gmail.com> --- lib/vsprintf.c | 101 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------------- 1 files changed, 50 inser... 7 May 2008 14:14

NIU - Sun Neptune 10g - Transmit timed out reset (2.6.24)
Hi. I get errors like this after a few minutes of traffic on a Sun Neptune 10g ethernet card. (with nice 500MB/s throughput). Then the server seems too busy with something, so it doesn't even respont to a serial terminal login. May 7 16:16:33 hest kernel: [ 166.948958] niu: niu_get_parent: platform_typ... 7 May 2008 15:04

[PATCH] Fix for OProfile callgraph for Power 64 bit user apps
The following patch fixes the 64 bit user code backtrace which currently may hang the system. Signed-off-by: Carl Love <carll(a)us.ibm.com> Index: linux-2.6.25.1/arch/powerpc/oprofile/backtrace.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.25.1.orig/arch/powerpc/oprofil... 7 May 2008 14:14

:WARNING: at arch/x86/kernel/rtc.c:122 in 2.6.26-rc1
On Mi, 2008-05-07 at 20:05 +0200, Mirco Tischler wrote: Hello I've triggered this warning in 2.6.26-rc1-git from 6th of may: ... [11677.490019] CPU1 is down [11677.490149] Extended CMOS year: 2000 [11677.490149] x86 PAT enabled: cpu 0, old 0x7040600070406, new 0x7010600070106 [11677.490747] Back... 7 May 2008 15:04

Hack to fix not working spindown over Firewire
On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 15:31:41 +0200, Stefan Richter wrote: [...] Tino, to find the firmware marker you can for example: # echo 0x1000 > /sys/module/sbp2/parameters/workarounds Then plug in the disk and # dmesg | grep sbp2 I used firewire_sbp2. I hope that's ok. firewire_sbp2: Please notify lin... 7 May 2008 14:14

[BUG]:WARNING: at arch/x86/kernel/rtc.c:122 in 2.6.26-rc1
Hello I've triggered this warning in 2.6.26-rc1-git from 6th of may: .... [11677.490019] CPU1 is down [11677.490149] Extended CMOS year: 2000 [11677.490149] x86 PAT enabled: cpu 0, old 0x7040600070406, new 0x7010600070106 [11677.490747] Back to C! [11677.490952] microcode: CPU0 updated from revision 0x92 to 0x9... 7 May 2008 14:14