Roundup:Kernels with JMicron support (JMB363, 361, 360, 36x)

freshy98 · Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 6:03 pm Post subject:

Guess I need to check my kernel config again then..

Thanks for the explanation there.
I could be wrong, but it doesn't really say which is libata and which isn't, right?
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lenk · Apprentice Joined: 08 Mar 2004 Posts: 211

Any drivers under ATA/ATAPI/MFM/RLL are the old IDE drivers.

Any drivers under Serial ATA (prod)Parallel ATA (experimental) drivers is the new libata drivers.

It doesn't explicitly say that it is the new libata but it is known. You can read more on some kernel websites, like kerneltrap etc. There are bound to be 2 drivers for the same chipset in IDE and libata since its still migrating, such as the jmicron. You can't enable both the drivers or things will go horribly wrong. Just use either one.
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freshy98 · Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 7:18 pm Post subject:

Ah, thanks for clearing that up.
I don't work much with Linux, and when I do it's mostly for my home servers.
And those are SUN machines with SCSI.
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rammstein · here the links to 2.6.18-rc4-no2:

rammstein · Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2006 9:55 am Post subject:

kernelOfTruth · Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2006 1:03 pm Post subject:

here you go, for this you have to create an "portage-overlay":

rammstein · Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2006 4:18 pm Post subject:

rammstein · Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 5:44 am Post subject:

using this on another distro i cant patch the kernel using that patch ive tried "patch -p0 > 2.6.18-rc4-mm2" and "patch -p1 > 2.6.18-rc4-mm2" both with no output or errors.. i have to ctrl+c the process to stop it from doing nothing

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kernelOfTruth · cd linux-2.6.18-rc4

sir, you're using the wrong commands :roll:

first: patching should be done on the fly if you were using gentoo :wink:

second:
1) extract the linux*.tar.bz2 file with

rammstein · cd linux-2.6.18-rc4

kernelOfTruth · patch -p1 < 2.6.18-rc4-mm2

are you sure that you typed

rammstein · patch -p1 < 2.6.18-rc4-mm2

kernelOfTruth · Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2006 9:29 am Post subject:

ok, then try the following:

use linux-2.6.17.tar.bz2
with http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/patch-2.6.18-rc4.bz2
and http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.18-rc4/2.6.18-rc4-mm2/2.6.18-rc4-mm2.bz2

after that apply the 2.6.18-rc4-no2 patch
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rammstein · Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2006 9:40 am Post subject:

kernelOfTruth · Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2006 9:58 am Post subject:

well, then I'm going to upload it (the finished patched kernel), hope cheater doesn't has any objections against it :roll:

Update:
oops, sorry for giving that misinformation:

snutte · Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2006 8:33 pm Post subject:

Just got my new puppy. A core2duo CPU, MSI P965 platinum motherboard and some other stuff and im about to try this installcd. Hopefully ill be back with results in a few.

Btw, omg the c2d is quick, compiled the kernel with -j3 just for kicks and i think i had a slight orgasm.

kernelOfTruth · Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2006 9:02 pm Post subject:

you should give -j7 or -j9 a try, I'm on an alltime high with those settings :wink:

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rammstein · Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2006 1:44 am Post subject:

I've noticed the latest gcc you can get via emerge is 4.11, apparently in 4.2 you can use "core2" as an arch flag, where could i get my hands on gcc 4.2?
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kernelOfTruth · Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2006 9:28 am Post subject:

you can get it on gcc's mirror list:
http://gcc.gnu.org/mirrors.html

every week new snapshots are being released, for this you have to edit / hack the existing gcc 4.2 alpha-ebuild,
gcc 4.2 currently is in stage3, which means many bugfixes are being made & it's still not ready for the public

it still doesn't compile every app & it's not supported by gentoo-devs / gentoo

so if you want to give it a try ...
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snutte · Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2006 11:25 am Post subject:

Well my puppy is up and running with X and stuff. Just some finetuning and im all happy. MSI p965 platinum is really good. Ive always been a asus freak but i took a chance and it paid off.

rammstein · Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2006 11:35 am Post subject:

kernelOfTruth · Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2006 5:05 pm Post subject:

gcc-4.2 won't include march=core2, tried it with the latest snapshot from 5th december, it seems to finish with big steps, last time I tried to compile scribus it failed, this time it emerged fine ...

kernelOfTruth · cd linux-2.6.19-rc4-mm2

I saw some of you guys / girls are having a little trouble getting the right kernels since some of them aren't in portage anymore:

Here is a short "how-to" to get the right kernel

if you, for example are looking for 2.6.19-rc4-mm2:

open up http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ (testing branch)

if you're looking for non-rc (non-testing) releases go to http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/

search for linux-2.6.19-rc4.tar.bz2 & download it ( direct link )

for Andrew Morton's patches / branch open up http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/

browse in the directory for your corresponding kernel (here 2.6.19-rc4), then selected the needed release (in this example there are two:
2.6.19-rc4-mm1 & 2.6.19-rc4-mm2, but you'll change to 2.6.19-rc4-mm2)

then download 2.6.19-rc4-mm2.bz2 ( direct link )

now move both to /usr/src

then first extract the testing-part:

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