* Merging for 2.1.116...
@ 1998-08-19 0:54 Alex deVries
1998-08-19 21:34 ` Thomas Bogendoerfer
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From: Alex deVries @ 1998-08-19 0:54 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: SGI Linux
Is someone going to take to task merging our latest kernel into 2.1.116?
It would be really good to get everything in for 2.2.
I don't mind taking a stab at it, although I'm supposed to be packing for
my move to Toronto in two weeks (finally!).
- Alex
--
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http://www.engsoc.carleton.ca/~adevries/ .
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* Re: Merging for 2.1.116...
1998-08-19 0:54 Merging for 2.1.116 Alex deVries
@ 1998-08-19 21:34 ` Thomas Bogendoerfer
1998-08-20 0:28 ` ralf
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From: Thomas Bogendoerfer @ 1998-08-19 21:34 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Alex deVries; +Cc: SGI Linux
On Tue, Aug 18, 1998 at 08:54:22PM -0400, Alex deVries wrote:
> Is someone going to take to task merging our latest kernel into 2.1.116?
I exchanged some emails with Ralf, and he said, that he has started merging
with .115. I've commited the newport abscon and g364 fbcon driver, so
he could even test the merged sources:-) But I haven't heard anything since
then from him about the merge.
> It would be really good to get everything in for 2.2.
I doubt, that we will be able to merge all the stuff. But we will see.
> I don't mind taking a stab at it, although I'm supposed to be packing for
> my move to Toronto in two weeks (finally!).
looks like moving time everywhere. I'll move most of my stuff next
weekend.
Thomas.
--
See, you not only have to be a good coder to create a system like Linux,
you have to be a sneaky bastard too ;-)
[Linus Torvalds in <4rikft$7g5@linux.cs.Helsinki.FI>]
^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread* Re: Merging for 2.1.116...
1998-08-19 21:34 ` Thomas Bogendoerfer
@ 1998-08-20 0:28 ` ralf
1998-08-20 6:44 ` Thomas Bogendoerfer
0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: ralf @ 1998-08-20 0:28 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Thomas Bogendoerfer, Alex deVries; +Cc: SGI Linux
On Wed, Aug 19, 1998 at 11:34:29PM +0200, Thomas Bogendoerfer wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 18, 1998 at 08:54:22PM -0400, Alex deVries wrote:
> > Is someone going to take to task merging our latest kernel into 2.1.116?
>
> I exchanged some emails with Ralf, and he said, that he has started merging
> with .115. I've commited the newport abscon and g364 fbcon driver, so
> he could even test the merged sources:-) But I haven't heard anything since
> then from him about the merge.
>
> > It would be really good to get everything in for 2.2.
>
> I doubt, that we will be able to merge all the stuff. But we will see.
The code freeze has become a real freeze. Luckily we won't have to touch
sensitive parts of the kernel except a couple of rather simple mm changes.
> > I don't mind taking a stab at it, although I'm supposed to be packing for
> > my move to Toronto in two weeks (finally!).
>
> looks like moving time everywhere. I'll move most of my stuff next
> weekend.
I've just finished merging and debugging .111. The new console code is
nice, Thomas. It accelerated the Indy console from Sun 3 style performance
to too fast to read performance. Things that I noticed
- bb is still broken when using aalib's Linux console driver
- We seem to have an off by one error. The topmost scanline is also being
displayed at the bottom of the screen.
- The display as programmed by Linux is somewhat offseted from IRIX's. Bad
because one has to reduce the size of the display and still the display
will wander around when switching between operating systems.
- I broke the esp driver.
Ralf
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* Re: Merging for 2.1.116...
1998-08-20 0:28 ` ralf
@ 1998-08-20 6:44 ` Thomas Bogendoerfer
1998-08-21 0:28 ` ralf
0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Thomas Bogendoerfer @ 1998-08-20 6:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: ralf; +Cc: Alex deVries, SGI Linux
On Thu, Aug 20, 1998 at 02:28:18AM +0200, ralf@uni-koblenz.de wrote:
> I've just finished merging and debugging .111. The new console code is
> nice, Thomas. It accelerated the Indy console from Sun 3 style performance
> to too fast to read performance. Things that I noticed
thanks.
> - bb is still broken when using aalib's Linux console driver
I'll have a look at it.
> - We seem to have an off by one error. The topmost scanline is also being
> displayed at the bottom of the screen.
upps, never noticed that. There is another known bug in the console.
If you insert a character sometimes the character gets painted twice, one
at the correct position, the other at the end of the line.
> - The display as programmed by Linux is somewhat offseted from IRIX's. Bad
> because one has to reduce the size of the display and still the display
> will wander around when switching between operating systems.
I had to do this, otherwise we lose speed. I haven't found a solution, yet.
If I find one, we can also do other console resolutions.
> - I broke the esp driver.
how that ? I thought there were only changes, which are already in our
tree (I guess your talking about NCR53C9x).
Thomas.
--
See, you not only have to be a good coder to create a system like Linux,
you have to be a sneaky bastard too ;-)
[Linus Torvalds in <4rikft$7g5@linux.cs.Helsinki.FI>]
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1998-08-20 6:44 ` Thomas Bogendoerfer
@ 1998-08-21 0:28 ` ralf
1998-08-21 23:22 ` Thomas Bogendoerfer
0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: ralf @ 1998-08-21 0:28 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Thomas Bogendoerfer; +Cc: Alex deVries, SGI Linux
On Thu, Aug 20, 1998 at 08:44:51AM +0200, Thomas Bogendoerfer wrote:
> > - We seem to have an off by one error. The topmost scanline is also being
> > displayed at the bottom of the screen.
>
> upps, never noticed that. There is another known bug in the console.
> If you insert a character sometimes the character gets painted twice, one
> at the correct position, the other at the end of the line.
Never seen that happen on my machine. I had the problem that the two topmost
lines were wrapped to the bottom. Changing the screen size in <asm/bootinfo.h>
to 160 x 64 fixed that.
> > - The display as programmed by Linux is somewhat offseted from IRIX's. Bad
> > because one has to reduce the size of the display and still the display
> > will wander around when switching between operating systems.
>
> I had to do this, otherwise we lose speed. I haven't found a solution, yet.
> If I find one, we can also do other console resolutions.
Ralf
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* Re: Merging for 2.1.116...
1998-08-21 0:28 ` ralf
@ 1998-08-21 23:22 ` Thomas Bogendoerfer
0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Thomas Bogendoerfer @ 1998-08-21 23:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: ralf; +Cc: Alex deVries, SGI Linux
On Fri, Aug 21, 1998 at 02:28:24AM +0200, ralf@uni-koblenz.de wrote:
> Never seen that happen on my machine. I had the problem that the two topmost
> lines were wrapped to the bottom. Changing the screen size in <asm/bootinfo.h>
> to 160 x 64 fixed that.
cool, you are now using the resolution for which the console was written for.
Sorry, I forgot to tell you this. Without the 64 lines the scrolling stuff
doesn't work properly.
Thomas.
--
See, you not only have to be a good coder to create a system like Linux,
you have to be a sneaky bastard too ;-)
[Linus Torvalds in <4rikft$7g5@linux.cs.Helsinki.FI>]
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