Linux 2.6.11-ac1

Linux 2.6.11-ac1

[Alan Cox]

For a couple of reasons I've not yet merged Greg's 2.6.11.1 yet but this
diff should actually apply to either right now.

2.6.11-ac1
o	Fix jbd race in ext3				(Stephen Tweedie)

Carried over from 2.6.10-ac

Security
o	AF_ROSE security hole fix - still missing from base
o	Bridge failure to check kmalloc argument overflow

Functionality
o	PWC USB camera driver
o	Working ULI526X support (added to base in .11 but broken)
o	ATP88x support
o	Intelligent misrouted IRQ handlers
o	Fix PCI boxes that take minutes IDE probing
o	Remove bogus confusing XFree86 keyboard message
o	Support fibre AMD pcnet32
o	Runtime configurable clock
	| So you can run laptops usefully. Set 100Hz to fix
	| the power drain, clock sliding and other problems
	| 1000Hz causes
o	Fix token ring locking so token ring can be used again
o	x86_64/32 cross build fixes
o	NetROM locking fixes (so NetROM actually works!)
o	SUID dumpable support
o	Don't log pointless CD messages
o	Minimal stallion driver functionality

Re: Linux 2.6.11-ac1

[Indrek Kruusa]

Yes yes yes! It almost seemed that your work on thesis stuff will kill 
-ac :(

Thank you!
Indrek

Re: Linux 2.6.11-ac1

[Clemens Schwaighofer]

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--On Monday, March 07, 2005 09:34:22 PM +0000 Alan Cox 
<alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:

> For a couple of reasons I've not yet merged Greg's 2.6.11.1 yet but this
> diff should actually apply to either right now.
>
> 2.6.11-ac1
> o	Fix jbd race in ext3				(Stephen Tweedie)

will that patch actually appear in 2.6.11.2? At least it looks like a 
candidate for me ...

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Re: Linux 2.6.11-ac1

[Chris Wright]

* Clemens Schwaighofer (cs@tequila.co.jp) wrote:
> --On Monday, March 07, 2005 09:34:22 PM +0000 Alan Cox 
> <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:
> 
> >For a couple of reasons I've not yet merged Greg's 2.6.11.1 yet but this
> >diff should actually apply to either right now.
> >
> >2.6.11-ac1
> >o	Fix jbd race in ext3				(Stephen Tweedie)
> 
> will that patch actually appear in 2.6.11.2? At least it looks like a 
> candidate for me ...

Yes, we are intending to pick up bits from -ac (you might have missed
that in another thread).

thanks,
-chris
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Re: Linux 2.6.11-ac1

[Clemens Schwaighofer]

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On 03/08/2005 03:49 PM, Chris Wright wrote:
> * Clemens Schwaighofer (cs@tequila.co.jp) wrote:
> 
>>>2.6.11-ac1
>>>o	Fix jbd race in ext3				(Stephen Tweedie)
>>
>>will that patch actually appear in 2.6.11.2? At least it looks like a 
>>candidate for me ...
> 
> 
> Yes, we are intending to pick up bits from -ac (you might have missed
> that in another thread).

Probably. I am sorry :) I sort of got lost in the tons of RFD, etc
threads :)

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Re: Linux 2.6.11-ac1

[Andre Tomt]

Alan Cox wrote:
<snip>
> Functionality
> o	PWC USB camera driver
> o	Working ULI526X support (added to base in .11 but broken)
> o	ATP88x support
> o	Intelligent misrouted IRQ handlers
> o	Fix PCI boxes that take minutes IDE probing
> o	Remove bogus confusing XFree86 keyboard message
> o	Support fibre AMD pcnet32
> o	Runtime configurable clock
> 	| So you can run laptops usefully. Set 100Hz to fix
> 	| the power drain, clock sliding and other problems
> 	| 1000Hz causes
> o	Fix token ring locking so token ring can be used again
> o	x86_64/32 cross build fixes
> o	NetROM locking fixes (so NetROM actually works!)
> o	SUID dumpable support
> o	Don't log pointless CD messages
> o	Minimal stallion driver functionality

Incomplete list? Seems like there is quite a bit of changes in the diff 
not mentioned "changelog" - HPT, generic ide, ide_dma rename, serio 
"spank" stuff, pci ids

-- 
Mvh,
André Tomt

Re: Linux 2.6.11-ac1

[Stephen C. Tweedie]

Hi,

On Tue, 2005-03-08 at 06:49, Chris Wright wrote:

> Yes, we are intending to pick up bits from -ac (you might have missed
> that in another thread).

There's actually a successor patch to that which I'm just about to get
feedback on here and on ext2-devel.  It's higher-risk than the one Alan
has already picked up, but also hopefully closes the race much more
tightly throughout the whole of the jbd layer.

--Stephen

Re: Linux 2.6.11-ac1

[CaT]

On Mon, Mar 07, 2005 at 09:34:22PM +0000, Alan Cox wrote:
> For a couple of reasons I've not yet merged Greg's 2.6.11.1 yet but this
> diff should actually apply to either right now.
> 
> 2.6.11-ac1
> o	Fix jbd race in ext3				(Stephen Tweedie)
> 
> Carried over from 2.6.10-ac

BTW. What's the probability of the ITE driver making it into the stock
kernel?

-- 
    Red herrings strewn hither and yon.

Re: Linux 2.6.11-ac1

[Alan Cox]

On Mer, 2005-03-09 at 07:26, CaT wrote:
> > Carried over from 2.6.10-ac
> 
> BTW. What's the probability of the ITE driver making it into the stock
> kernel?

I have given up caring about the base kernel IDE code. I've tried to get
stuff submitted and failed. I've no plan to waste further time on it.

Alan

Re: Linux 2.6.11-ac1

[Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz]

On Wed, 9 Mar 2005 18:26:46 +1100, CaT <cat@zip.com.au> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 07, 2005 at 09:34:22PM +0000, Alan Cox wrote:
> > For a couple of reasons I've not yet merged Greg's 2.6.11.1 yet but this
> > diff should actually apply to either right now.
> >
> > 2.6.11-ac1
> > o     Fix jbd race in ext3                            (Stephen Tweedie)
> >
> > Carried over from 2.6.10-ac
> 
> BTW. What's the probability of the ITE driver making it into the stock
> kernel?

It can be merged if somebody fix it to always force controller into
non-RAID mode and remove RAID mode support (which currently
does nothing more besides complicating the driver and making special
commands unusable).

Re: Linux 2.6.11-ac1

[Alan Cox]

On Mer, 2005-03-09 at 16:26, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
> It can be merged if somebody fix it to always force controller into
> non-RAID mode and remove RAID mode support (which currently
> does nothing more besides complicating the driver and making special
> commands unusable).

Incorrect

Re: Linux 2.6.11-ac1

[Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz]

On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 16:38:43 +0000, Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:
> On Mer, 2005-03-09 at 16:26, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
> > It can be merged if somebody fix it to always force controller into
> > non-RAID mode and remove RAID mode support (which currently
> > does nothing more besides complicating the driver and making special
> > commands unusable).
> 
> Incorrect

Very helpful

Re: Linux 2.6.11-ac1

[CaT]

On Wed, Mar 09, 2005 at 05:43:02PM +0100, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
> On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 16:38:43 +0000, Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:
> > On Mer, 2005-03-09 at 16:26, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
> > > It can be merged if somebody fix it to always force controller into
> > > non-RAID mode and remove RAID mode support (which currently
> > > does nothing more besides complicating the driver and making special
> > > commands unusable).
> > 
> > Incorrect
> 
> Very helpful

Argh! Ok. I guess I shouldn't've just bought the card based on this
driver then so that I could better debug my problems with my promise
cards. 8(

-- 
    Red herrings strewn hither and yon.

Re: Linux 2.6.11-ac1

[Alan Cox]

On Mer, 2005-03-09 at 22:22, CaT wrote:
> Argh! Ok. I guess I shouldn't've just bought the card based on this
> driver then so that I could better debug my problems with my promise
> cards. 8(

Its good hardware. It does lots of neat things providing you run -ac
anyway. The raid1 performance is very good and it can do hotplug IDE
transparently in hardware raid modes. Its a good solid little
controller. 

Alan

Re: Linux 2.6.11-ac1

[Denis Vlasenko]

On Wednesday 09 March 2005 17:51, Alan Cox wrote:
> On Mer, 2005-03-09 at 07:26, CaT wrote:
> > > Carried over from 2.6.10-ac
> > 
> > BTW. What's the probability of the ITE driver making it into the stock
> > kernel?
> 
> I have given up caring about the base kernel IDE code. I've tried to get
> stuff submitted and failed. I've no plan to waste further time on it.

Whee, boring times are over? I miss good old IDE flamewars :)
Let's add Andre in the mix, will be like lithium/hydrogen/fluorine
rocket fuel...

NB: this is a joke. In reality I wish Alan and Bart could
find a way to work together.
--
vda

Re: Linux 2.6.11-ac1

[Tupshin Harper]

Alan Cox wrote:

>On Mer, 2005-03-09 at 22:22, CaT wrote:
>  
>
>>Argh! Ok. I guess I shouldn't've just bought the card based on this
>>driver then so that I could better debug my problems with my promise
>>cards. 8(
>>    
>>
>
>Its good hardware. It does lots of neat things providing you run -ac
>anyway. The raid1 performance is very good and it can do hotplug IDE
>transparently in hardware raid modes. Its a good solid little
>controller. 
>
>Alan
>
Alan...since you disagreed with the earlier characterization of what it 
would take to get into the mainline kernels, could you let us know what 
it would take in your opinion? FWIW, I'm happily using it with a -ac kernel.

-Tupshin

Re: Linux 2.6.11-ac1

[Alan Cox]

On Iau, 2005-03-10 at 09:06, Tupshin Harper wrote:
> Alan...since you disagreed with the earlier characterization of what it 
> would take to get into the mainline kernels, could you let us know what 
> it would take in your opinion? FWIW, I'm happily using it with a -ac kernel.

It needs some small changes in the base ide-disk code to handle drives
having only a logical geometry (legal but Linux can't cope). Most if not
all the other hooks are there to an extent the driver for the it821x can
work without core code changes. It might be cleaner with core changes
but it's better that the it821x code handles the weirdness of the
hardware.

Longer term it (and probably every other IDE PATA driver) should be
moved to the Jeff Garzik SATA layer. That's also Bart's position I
believe ?