From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from cpout2.tiscali.be (cpout2.tiscali.be [62.235.13.194]) by dsl2.external.hp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D45DC487F for ; Mon, 7 Jul 2003 10:39:28 -0600 (MDT) Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2003 18:39:24 +0200 Message-ID: <3F03A4210000092C@ocpmta1.freegates.net> In-Reply-To: <20030707163131.GB23597@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> From: "Joel Soete" Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] warning: minor abi change To: "Matthew Wilcox" Cc: "Matthew Wilcox" , "HPPA List" , "Alan Cox" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Sender: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org Errors-To: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: parisc-linux developers list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Thanks Willy, I haven't notice that because merge doesn't complain. I will so check further. Joel >-- Original Message -- >Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2003 17:31:31 +0100 >From: Matthew Wilcox >To: Marcelo Tosatti >Cc: Joel Soete , Matthew Wilcox , > HPPA List , > Alan Cox >Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] warning: minor abi change > > > Marcelo, looks like you have a problem to sort out: --- ../marcelo-2.4/include/linux/sysctl.h Thu Jul 3 08:59:18 2003 +++ include/linux/sysctl.h Mon Jul 7 10:19:02 2003 @@ -124,28 +127,36 @@ KERN_CORE_USES_PID=52, >* int: use core or core.%pid */ KERN_TAINTED=53, /* int: various kernel tainted flags */ KERN_CADPID=54, /* int: PID of the process to notify on CAD */ - KERN_CORE_PATTERN=56, /* string: pattern for core-files >/ - KERN_PPC_L3CR=57, /* l3cr register on PPC */ - KERN_EXCEPTION_TRACE=58, /* boolean: exception trace */ + KERN_PIDMAX=55, /* int: PID # limit */ + KERN_CORE_PATTERN=56, /* string: pattern for core-file nam >s */ + KERN_PANIC_ON_OOPS=57, /* int: whether we will panic on an oops */ }; Bad PPC people. And bad KERN_EXCEPTION_TRACE people, whoever they are. The PPC one needs to be changed, no matter what. And the KERN_EXCEPTION people need to >et a sysctl number allocated by Linus. Looks like the VM people have been naughty too: - VM_MAX_MAP_COUNT=11, /* int: Maximum number of active map areas */ - VM_MIN_READAHEAD=12, /* Min file readahead */ - VM_MAX_READAHE >D=13, /* Max file readahead */ + VM_DIRTY_BACKGROUND=11, /* dirty_background_ratio */ + VM_DIRTY_RATIO=12, /* dirty_ratio */ + VM_DIRTY_WB_CS=13, /* dirty_writeback_centisecs */ + VM_DIRTY_EXPIRE_CS=14, /* dirt >_expire_centisecs */ + VM_NR_PDFLUSH_THREADS=15, /* nr_pdflush_threads */ + VM_OVERCOMMIT_RATIO=16, /* percent of RAM to allow overcommit in */ + VM_PAGEBUF=17, /* struct: Control pagebuf parameters */ + VM_HUGETLB_ >AGES=18, /* int: Number of available Huge Pages */ + VM_SWAPPINESS=19, /* Tendency to steal mapped memory */ + VM_LOWER_ZONE_PROTECTION=20,/* Amount of protection of lower zones */ + VM_MIN_FREE_KBYTES=21, /* Minimum free >kilobytes to maintain */ SCTP is bad too: - NET_KHTTPD=17 + NET_SCTP=17, On Mon, Jul 07, 2003 at 05:05:52PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > On Llu, 2003-07-07 at 17:00, Joel Soete wrote: > > > Get the HP ones into 2.5 then they are >ixed "right" values > > > > Ok but now in 2.4.22-pre3: > > [...] > > KERN_EXCEPTION_TRACE=58, /* boolean: exception trace */ > > [...] > > Same comment still applies. The 2.5. ones are definitive. If someone > submits a 2.4 one clashing wi >h a different 2.5 one tell Marcelo to > revert it ASAP. -- "It's not Hollywood. War is real, war is primarily not about defeat or victory, it is about death. I've seen thousands and thousands of dead bodies. Do you think I want to have an aca >emic debate on this subject?" -- Robert Fisk ------------------------------------------------------ Soldes Tiscali ADSL : 27,50 euros/mois jusque fin 2003. On s'habitue vite à payer son ADSL moins cher! Plus d'info? Cliquez ici... http://reg.tiscali.be/default.asp?lg=fr