Re: [parisc-linux] warning: minor abi change

["Joel Soete" <jsoe0708@tiscali.be>]

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 <willy@debian.org>
>To: Marcelo Tosatti <marcelo@conectiva.com.br>
>Cc: Joel Soete <jsoe0708@tiscali.be>, Matthew Wilcox <willy@debian.org>,
>	HPPA List <parisc-linux@parisc-linux.org>,
>	Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
>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.

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