Re: 2.6.3-mm1

Jonathan Brown
2004-02-18T11:16:28Z

When I try to startx with this kernel I get this error:

(EE) RADEON(0): shmat() call retruned errno 1013

No problem with similar .config on 2.6.3. Can post .config if necessary.

Jonathan Brown
http://emergence.uk.net/

Andrew Morton wrote:
> ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.3/2.6.3-mm1/
>
> - Added the dm-crypt driver: a crypto layer for device-mapper.
>
> People need to test and use this please. There is documentation at
> http://www.saout.de/misc/dm-crypt/.
>
> We should get this tested and merged up. We can then remove the nasty
> bio remapping code from the loop driver. This will remove the current
> ordering guarantees which the loop driver provides for journalled
> filesystems. ie: ext3 on cryptoloop will no longer be crash-proof.
>
> After that we should remove cryptoloop altogether.
>
> It's a bit late but cyptoloop hasn't been there for long anyway and it
> doesn't even work right with highmem systems (that part is fixed in -mm).
>
> - Added the fbdev cursor API patch. Not sure what this does apart from
> preventing the rivafb driver from linking. I'll let others decide if this
> is progress.
>
> - There's a patch here to consolidate the 32->64 compat code for the IPC
> syscalls. Needs testing on various 64-bit machines.
>
> - Various random fixes to things.