Re: 3.13 various backports bugs

[Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@hauke-m.de>]

On 11/30/2013 02:42 PM, Nikita N. wrote:
> follow answers
> 
> On Sat, Nov 30, 2013, at 05:00 AM, Hauke Mehrtens wrote:
>> On 11/30/2013 01:45 PM, Nikita N. wrote:
>>> Hi dear maintainers of backports :) I have few bugs to report, Ill try
>>> to be as fast as I can.
>>>
>>> - Bug #1:
>>> Im running on standard Slitaz4, kernel 2.6.37-slitaz, updating modules,
>>> the following script:
>>> ./backports-3.13-rc1-1/scripts/compress_modules.sh
>>> the "if" is not able to detect the present compression, as result the
>>> new modules are not compressed, and get mixed with the old ones
>>> compressed, resulting in lots of errors.
>>> My actual workaround is just to delete the "if" line.
>>> The issue is present systematically in all backports releases, since the
>>> switch from compat-drivers.
>>> The compress_modules script into 3.9 is instead working good.
>>
>> What distribution are you using? I want to reproduce the issue.
>>

The output of modinfo -F filename mac80211 in Slitaz4 differs from the
output of the same command when the real and not the busybox modinfo was
used. This is not a bug in backports, but in your distribution.

> sure thing! you can get Slitaz4 here:
> http://mirror.slitaz.org/iso/4.0/slitaz-4.0.iso
>  
>>> - Bug #2:
>>> eeprom modules are missing into 3.13.
>>> This issue is present systematically in all backports releases, since
>>> the switch from compat-drivers.
>>> It could be a wireless bug only, or a backports bug only, or both.
>>> Anyway, eeprom module is vital for correct interface detection.
>>> Into 3.9 the eeprom modules are located in
>>> ./compat-drivers-3.9-rc4-2-su/drivers/misc/eeprom/
>>
>> This should be included in your kernel you are compiling against
>> otherwise you wouldn't be able to build rtl8187.
>>
>> There was a bug in backports regarding EEPROM_93CX6, could you please
>> try backports-20131122-2 and report back if the problem is still there.
> 
> We are already discussing that with Larry on wireless mailist, Ill
> forward the mails here FYI. 

Yes eeprom_93cx6.ko was removed from backports, because the version
shipped by the kernels backports supports works with the wireless
drivers using eeprom_93cx6.ko. This module is activated in all
mainstream linux distribution kernel versions and we do not want to ship
it. When you are compiling your own kernel you should activate that
module in your kernel.

>>> - Bug #3:
>>> New dependance has been added, CRYPTO_CCM, which denies all modules
>>> compilation based on MAC80211.
>>> The dependance is set in ./backports-3.13-rc1-1/net/mac80211/Kconfig
>>> On Slitaz4, such kernel config is not set, hence its needed to edit
>>> manually the kernel .config in order to enable it.
>>> After enabling, modules compilation goes all right.
>>> Hence, or CRYPTO_CCM is useless, or its needed to show a warning to the
>>> user at Kconfig runtime, in order to take the necessary measures.
>>> It took forever (even for me!) to find that bug, which btw was denying
>>> the compilation of my Realtek modules.
>>
>> Yes that dependency was added to mac80211 in the mainline kernel some
>> weeks ago. After you activated CRYPTO_CCM in your kernel config you have
>> to recompile your kernel otherwise you will get problems at least when
>> you use WPA2.
> 
> ..damn.. I dont know how many Slitaz4 users will be happy about that..
> :(

Most of the mainstream distributions are activating this as well on all
kernel versions supported by backports, if you are using a custom kernel
you should activate it.

>>> - Bug #4:
>>> Repeated back-slashes "//" are present into script-makefile files, you
>>> can see them appear for example running "make alldefconfig & make
>>> install":
>>> [...]
>>> COMPRESS /lib/modules/2.6.37-slitaz//updates/compat/compat.ko
>>> gzip: can't open
>>> '/lib/modules/2.6.37-slitaz//updates/compat/compat.ko.gz': File exists
>>> [...]
>>
>> Probably a different error is causing this problem, Linux is fine with
>> repeated back-slahes, it just does not look nice.
> 
> agree, forgot adding "cosmetic" as below
> 
>>
>>> - Bug #5:
>>> Cosmetic bug, in file ./backports-3.13-rc1-1/Makefile, the following
>>> line is duplicated:
>>> @echo "  allyesconfig    - New config where all options are accepted
>>> with yes"
>