* Re: 48 bit ATA support in Linux 2.4
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@ 2002-05-08 14:02 ` Robert Szentmihalyi
2002-05-08 14:03 ` Steve Lord
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From: Robert Szentmihalyi @ 2002-05-08 14:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Dan Chen; +Cc: linux-kernel, Steve Lord
On Tuesday, 7. May 2002 18:32, Dan Chen wrote:
> On Tue, May 07, 2002 at 05:21:55PM +0200, Robert Szentmihalyi wrote:
> > can you tell me please when your patch to support the 160 GB
> > Matrox HDs got into the 2.4 tree (which version)? It was
> > 2.4.14, right?
>
> It will be available in 2.4.19 final (was merged early in the
> 19-pres).
>
> [snip]
>
> > Also, could you please send me a copy of the patch?
> > Google didn't find it...
>
> See http://linuxdiskcert.org
>
> > I have a machine running 2.4.10-pre2-xfs with XFS support.
> > Would the patch apply cleanly or will I have to update the
> > kernel in order to support the drive?
>
> If you're handy w/ diff and patch, you can look at *.rej after
> patching and manually apply the diffs.
>
> The easiest route is probably to upgrade to a newer kernel (say,
> 2.4.18), and deal w/ the fewer rejects there since you'll also be
> applying a diff for XFS.
I have applied Andre's patch from http://linuxdiskcert.org on top of
linux-2.4.19-pre7. Then I applied the XFS patches for 2.4.18
(unfortunately, the XFS-enabled kernel from the SGI-CVS is at 2.4.18
also, so it doesn't contain Ande's patch).
There is one reject in include/linux/sysctl.h I don't know how to fix:
***************
*** 140,145 ****
VM_PAGERDAEMON=8, /* struct: Control kswapd behaviour */
VM_PGT_CACHE=9, /* struct: Set page table cache parameters */
VM_PAGE_CLUSTER=10, /* int: set number of pages to swap together */
VM_MIN_READAHEAD=12, /* Min file readahead */
VM_MAX_READAHEAD=13 /* Max file readahead */
};
--- 140,148 ----
VM_PAGERDAEMON=8, /* struct: Control kswapd behaviour */
VM_PGT_CACHE=9, /* struct: Set page table cache parameters */
VM_PAGE_CLUSTER=10, /* int: set number of pages to swap together */
+ #if defined(CONFIG_XFS_FS) || defined(CONFIG_XFS_FS_MODULE)
+ VM_PAGEBUF=11, /* struct: Control pagebuf parameters */
+ #endif
VM_MIN_READAHEAD=12, /* Min file readahead */
VM_MAX_READAHEAD=13 /* Max file readahead */
};
Can anybody who knows the XFS code please tell what the alias VM_PAGEBUF
in this enumeration is used for and how I could fix this?
The original 2.4.49-pre7 code seems to define another alias for 11 in this enum:
/* CTL_VM names: */
enum
{
VM_SWAPCTL=1, /* struct: Set vm swapping control */
VM_SWAPOUT=2, /* int: Linear or sqrt() swapout for hogs */
VM_FREEPG=3, /* struct: Set free page thresholds */
VM_BDFLUSH=4, /* struct: Control buffer cache flushing */
VM_OVERCOMMIT_MEMORY=5, /* Turn off the virtual memory safety limit */
VM_BUFFERMEM=6, /* struct: Set buffer memory thresholds */
VM_PAGECACHE=7, /* struct: Set cache memory thresholds */
VM_PAGERDAEMON=8, /* struct: Control kswapd behaviour */
VM_PGT_CACHE=9, /* struct: Set page table cache parameters */
VM_PAGE_CLUSTER=10, /* int: set number of pages to swap together */
VM_MAX_MAP_COUNT=11, /* int: Maximum number of active map areas */
VM_MIN_READAHEAD=12, /* Min file readahead */
VM_MAX_READAHEAD=13, /* Max file readahead */
};
Any hints?
Thanks for your help,
Robert
>
> Alternately, -aa has XFS in his branch, but Andre's patches will
> clash. You'll need to rip out Jens's highmem-i/o patches from -aa
> if you want Andre's patch to apply cleanly on top of
> 2.4.X-pre-aaY. (They can still be applied manually, however.)
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