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Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2006 2:45 am Post subject: 2.6.18-no2 "Freeze Sucka!" | Suspend2!,Lockless!,F

2.6.18-no2 "Freeze Sucka!"
STABLE RELEASE
NOTES FOR RELEASE:
Suspend2 is in this release, if you have any problems report them to me, then I'll see what
we can do, I doubt you will experience any problems, but we could :-p
Next release should have nicksched too.
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Release:
- Stable New Release, based off of 2.6.18-mm3.
- Yes -no1 was a joke to stability, don't tell me anymore about it.
- STABLE and PROVEN: builds with allmodconfig, allyesconfig, and allyesconfig, with
staircase/ingosched, and preempt rcu/classic rcu on x86.
- Huge new feature list including:
Suspend2, lockless pagecache, fixed staircase/firefox,
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Patchset:
- No-sources is a kernel patchset based on Andrew Morton's -mm patchset. It contains
numerous user-requested features, other things gathered from various sources, and
some of our own items/patches to make it no-certified.

"No-sources was founded during the end of love-source's reign by JasonF and myself.
Our intention was to create a patchset that would be able to continue on regardless
of maintainer and still live in the spirit of -love's original -mm base and featureset.
Given there have been numerous changes throughout the releases, including different
maintainers, but I believe through this philosophy a useful patchset can continue to be made."
-joecool
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Changelog > 2.6.18-no1
- Based off of 2.6.18-mm3
- Firefox does not segfault when using Staircase and Classic/Preempt RCU <-- A very good thing
- Way More Stable
- SUSPEND2 2.2.8: Works, it was sent to me for -mm3 by the author (Nigel) of suspend2 devel.
- 2.6.18-mm3 Lockless Pagecache: Brand new & fixed from Nick Piggin
- Upgraded linux-phc to 0.2.7
- Added more thinkpad patches
- Dropped badram, it was horribly broken, and still is :-p
- Updated NR_TTY patch to work with splashutils (but it is still busted -> will drop it soon)

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Patchlist:

Code:

/*** NoSched Series ***/ NOSCHED: Implement multiple CPU Schedulers
NoSched-01-Sched.c       Cleanup sched.c for NoSched
NoSched-02-Makefile    Work the Makefile for NoSched
NoSched-03-Kconfig       Setup the Kconfig Stuff
NoSched-04-Ingosched       Implement the ingosched cpu scheduler 2.6.18-mm3
NoSched-05-mm-Staircase    Implement the staircase cpu scheduler v16.2
NoSched-06-ck-Features       Implement additional staircase patches
NoSched-07-ifdefs    Implement header stuff/ifdefs-1
NoSched-08-ifdefs-2.patch    Implement header stuff/ifdefs-2
NoSched-09-viper-tunes       Implement additional staircase tunables
move-staircase-tunable-kconfig.patch

/*** Standard no-sources stuff ***/
HZ-864-Kconfig-Option.patch    Add HZ_864 option
config-nr-tty-devices-r5.patch    configure number of TTY devices in /dev
daconfig-2.3.1.patch       DaMouse's script
build-fixes-1.patch       Various build fixes-1
build-fixes-2.patch       Various build fixes-2
linux-joydev-analogdigital.patch Allow analog axis to be digital, fixes Joy Axis problem too
no-optima-defs.patch       Default Kconfig options for the standard desktop environment
tag.patch          Tag da patchset

/*** gentoo fix ***/
fix-sandbox-violations.patch    Patch to fix the sandbox violations.

/*** suspend2 ***/
suspend2-2.2.8-for-2.6.18-mm3.patch Suspend2

/*** Lockless Pagecache, fixes, and cleanups ***/
radix-tree_use-indirect-bit.patch Implement Lockless Pagecache-1
radix-tree_gang_lookup_slot.patch Implement Lockless Pagecache-2
mm-speculative-get_page.patch    Implement Lockless Pagecache-3
mm-lockless-pagecache-lookups.patch Implement Lockless Pagecache-4
mm-arch_free_page-fix.patch    fix for arch_free_page
mm-locks_freed-fix.patch    fix for locks_freed
mm-add-arch_alloc_page.patch    Add arch_alloc_page for arch_free_page

/*** from -gentoo ***/
fbsplash-0.9.2-r5.patch       Support gensplash
vesafb-tng-1.0-rc2.patch    Support vesafb-tng alternative to vesafb
vesafb-tng-mtrr.patch       Fix vesafb-tng
sparc-U1-hme-lockup.patch    Fix a lockup

/*** from CK ***/
cfq-ioprio_inherit_rt_class-all    CK: CFQ: inherit_rt_class
cfq-iso_idleprio_ionice-staircase-only CK: CFQ: iso_idleprio_ionice - Staircase Scheduler Only
kconfig-expose_vmsplit_option.patch CK: Kconfig: Expose vmsplit option
mm-background_scan-2.patch    CK: MM: background_scan
mm-convert_swappiness_to_mapped.patch CK: MM: Mapped Watermark
mm-decrease_minimum_dirty_ratio.patch CK: MM: decrease_minimum_dirty_ratio
mm-filesize_dependant_lru_cache_add.patch CK: MM: filesize_dependent_lru_cache_add
mm-idleprio_prio-staircase-only.patch CK: MM: idleprio_prio
mm-kswapd_inherit_prio-1.patch    CK: MM: KSWAPD: inherit_prio
mm-lots_watermark.diff       CK: MM: lots_watermark
mm-prio_dependant_scan-1.patch    CK: MM: priority dependent_scan
mm-set_zero_dirty_ratio.patch    CK: MM: set_zero_dirty_ratio
track_mutexes-1.patch       CK: track mutexes

/*** -mm hot-fixes ***/
slab-reduce-numba-text-size-tidy-fix.patch

/*** laptop Patches ***/
linux-phc-0.2.7.patch       Undervolting for p-m CPUs
# Thinkpad Related
ibm_acpi-bay.patch       TP: acpi-bay
ibm_acpi-fan.patch       TP: acpi-fan
ibm_acpi-thermal.patch       TP: acpi-thermal
input-unknown_keycodes.patch    input unknown keycodes
libata-shutdown.patch       libata shutdown patch

/*** Split the RCU ***/ SPLIT_RCU: split the RCU, and implement a preemptible RCU, choose via Kconfig which one to use
rcu-split-classic.patch       RCU: split the classic rcu away
rcu-softirq.patch       RCU: give RCU it's own softirq
rcu-preempt.patch       RCU: implement the preemptible RCU
rcu-preempt-trace.patch       RCU: read-copy update mechanism for preempt RCU
rcu-reader-sleep-check.patch    RCU: debug, reader sleep check

/*** from tiny ***/
cpu-support.patch       Selectable Extendable CPU Support
mtrr-cpusupport.patch       cpu-support fix-1
movsl-mask.patch       cpu-support fix-2

/*** realtime-lsm ***/
realtime-lsm.patch       Realtime Linux Security Module

/*** Filesystems ***/
squashfs-3.1-r2-ported.patch    Ported version of squashfs 3.1-r2
#unionfs.patch: dropped due to lack of updates

/*** USB ***/
usb-mouse-polling.patch       USB mouse polling interval
usbxchange5.patch       USBXCHANGE dongle

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Downloads:
EBUILD
PATCH
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Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2006 3:29 am Post subject:

This looks like a really good release. _________________ Viper-Sources Maintainer \|\| nesl247 Projects \|\| vipernicus.org blog

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Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2006 4:59 am Post subject: Re: 2.6.18-no2 "Freeze Sucka!" | Suspend2!,Lockles

cheater1034 wrote:

- Firefox does not segfault when using Staircase and Classic/Preempt RCU <-- A very good thing
- Way More Stable
- 2.6.18-mm3 Lockless Pagecache: Brand new & fixed from Nick Piggin

I agree, this kernel is running well here. Firefox runs, no crazy warnings or errors during build, and everything feels very responsive on the desktop.

Great job!
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Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2006 6:07 am Post subject:

I need to keep up with that many releases

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Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2006 6:25 am Post subject:

K8 GART is this patchset?? _________________ AMD Turion 64 ML-28, 768MB RAM, 40GB HDD, ATI x200, WiFi Atheros IEEE802.11a/b/g - Gentoo 2006.1 amd64 screenshot update 11.1.2007

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Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2006 7:10 am Post subject:

ok, I am pretty excited about this patchset. I was wondering if there was any documentation on the module bay ACPI module? How do I use it? I have Dell laptop, and I have been waiting for something like this to come along for along time. Great job on this btw. _________________ Dont make it idiot proof, make it work. Neucode.org <suppressed key>

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Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2006 9:14 am Post subject:

I really would like to try it out, but since it's based on 2.6.18-mm3 sky2 won't work: sky2 bug on 2.6.18-mm3 cheater1034, do you have a hint what I can do (patch, ...) to make it work ? (at least 2.6.18-mm3 ) so that I can try this kernel ... _________________ https://github.com/kernelOfTruth/ZFS-for-SystemRescueCD/tree/ZFS-for-SysRescCD-4.9.0 https://github.com/kernelOfTruth/pulseaudio-equalizer-ladspa Hardcore Gentoo Linux user since 2004

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Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2006 9:40 am Post subject:

Finally you included suspend2, so I will give it a try! _________________ Workstation: 5.1 SurroundSound, LIRC remote control; Laptop [IBM-T43]: patched sources, s2disk/ram, fingerprint sensor

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Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2006 11:51 am Post subject:

Yes ! Kernel running great Firefox is working with staircase Great work !!

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Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2006 1:27 pm Post subject: Re: 2.6.18-no2 "Freeze Sucka!" | Suspend2!,Lockles

cheater1034 wrote:

- Dropped badram, it was horribly broken, and still is :-p

Care to elaborate?

Also, would you mind posting an "Updated version released" message on the previous no- thread when you release a new version - email notifications are such wonderful things

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Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2006 1:49 pm Post subject:

beatryder wrote:

ok, I am pretty excited about this patchset. I was wondering if there was any documentation on the module bay ACPI module? How do I use it? I have Dell laptop, and I have been waiting for something like this to come along for along time.

Great job on this btw.

Hi!
Try checking out this link: http://www.nabble.com/generic-acpi-bay-support-for-2.6.18-t2318874.html

kernelOfTruth wrote:

I really would like to try it out, but since it's based on 2.6.18-mm3 sky2 won't work:

sky2 bug on 2.6.18-mm3

cheater1034, do you have a hint what I can do (patch, ...) to make it work ? (at least 2.6.18-mm3 :roll:

) so that I can try this kernel ...

Hi,
Make sure .18-mm3 is based on sky2 1.9, I will try to rollup some patches to update it for you, in the meantime check out:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux%2Fkernel%2Fgit%2Ftorvalds%2Flinux-2.6.git&a=search&h=HEAD&s=sky2

That's the git commits to the linux tree related to sky2. Or you can try getting the latest sky2 from SVN.
I'll try one of these for you when I get some time.

(genpatches also has a rollup of sky2 1.9, but if 1.9 was upstream at the same time -mm3 was released, then -mm3 is probally 1.9 as well

)

masterdriverz wrote:

cheater1034 wrote:

- Dropped badram, it was horribly broken, and still is :-p

Care to elaborate?

Also, would you mind posting an "Updated version released" message on the previous no- thread when you release a new version - email notifications are such wonderful things

The patch just didn't work, we're most likely in need of a new one.
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Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2006 4:44 pm Post subject:

cheater1034 wrote:

The patch just didn't work, we're most likely in need of a new one.

Highmem support is broken with BadRAM.
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Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2006 4:58 pm Post subject:

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if 1.9 was upstream at the same time -mm3 was released, then -mm3 is probally 1.9 as well

it was

so I'll have to wait 7-14 days, until, hopefully, the next (working) version will be out ...

Thanks for the link, btw :wink:

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Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2006 5:23 pm Post subject:

kernelOfTruth wrote:

Quote:

if 1.9 was upstream at the same time -mm3 was released, then -mm3 is probally 1.9 as well

it was

so I'll have to wait 7-14 days, until, hopefully, the next (working) version will be out ...

Thanks for the link, btw :wink:

Well, you could try reverting it to version 1.7 from a previous -mm release, or the last known working release just get the drivers/sky2 directory. (probally from -mm1)
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Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2006 6:34 pm Post subject:

well I did what you said, and it seems, that the problems lies deeper than sky2: I replaced version 1.9 with 1.7 of 2.6.18-mm1 & I could bring the ethernet-controller up, but wasn't able to get a dhcpcd lease (time out) Andrew Morton wrote, that this is now in mainline (2.6.19-rc*) & I ask everyone who uses this drivers to help / give feedback, otherwise it will stop to function beginning from the next kernel-release Thanks in advance ... _________________ https://github.com/kernelOfTruth/ZFS-for-SystemRescueCD/tree/ZFS-for-SysRescCD-4.9.0 https://github.com/kernelOfTruth/pulseaudio-equalizer-ladspa Hardcore Gentoo Linux user since 2004

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Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2006 6:42 pm Post subject:

kernelOfTruth wrote:

well I did what you said, and it seems, that the problems lies deeper than sky2:

I replaced version 1.9 with 1.7 of 2.6.18-mm1 & I could bring the ethernet-controller up, but wasn't able to get a dhcpcd lease (time out)

Andrew Morton wrote, that this is now in mainline (2.6.19-rc*) & I ask everyone who uses this drivers to help / give feedback, otherwise it will stop to function beginning from the next kernel-release :roll:

Thanks in advance ...

You will probally need to talk to the sky2 developers then.
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Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2006 7:51 pm Post subject:

cheater1034 wrote:

beatryder wrote:

Hi!
Try checking out this link: http://www.nabble.com/generic-acpi-bay-support-for-2.6.18-t2318874.html

Great, thanks!
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Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2006 8:00 pm Post subject:

vipernicus wrote:

cheater1034 wrote:

The patch just didn't work, we're most likely in need of a new one.

Highmem support is broken with BadRAM.

Can you elaborate on "broken"?
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wwwwuuuuhhhuuuu!!! This kernel kicks ass!! It thought ck1 was fast but no2 is overwhelming!! thx for this one... _________________ Gentoo 2008.0/desktop \| Kernel: 2.6.27-tuxonice \| Arch: amd64 \| KDE 3.5.9 \| WU Wien \| ---------- Share your kernel information @ http://klive.cpushare.com/

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Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 12:21 am Post subject:

built and running nicely but slight hick on nvidia drivers:

Code:

pkg1/usr/src/nv/nv-i2c.c:27: error: unknown field `slave_recv' specified in initializer
make[3]: *** [/usr/portage/tmp/portage/nvidia-drivers-1.0.8774/work/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8774-pkg1/usr/src/nv/nv-i2c.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** [_module_/usr/portage/tmp/portage/nvidia-drivers-1.0.8774/work/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8774-pkg1/usr/src/nv] Error 2
NVIDIA: left KBUILD.
nvidia.ko failed to build!

wont get prematurely exited but looks noticably snappier than rc4.

Thanks.

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Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 12:22 am Post subject:

zAfi wrote:

wwwwuuuuhhhuuuu!!!

This kernel kicks ass!!

It thought ck1 was fast but no2 is overwhelming!! thx for this one...

Thankyou

I'm open to suggestions on how I can make it better, though with this release I really hit the nail on the head.
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Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 12:40 am Post subject:

unknown field `slave_recv' , seems like a known issue since 18-rc6 . Apparently a fix posted here: http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=76574 So there's an improvement suggestion Oh yeah, and woot woot , no2 ownz yer ass , etc. Good work. just looked a bit closer and realised it's patch to nvidia not kernel. Anyway the post will probably help someone. _________________ Linux, because I'd rather own a free OS than steal one that's not worth paying for. Gentoo because I'm a masochist AthlonXP-M on A7N8X. Portage ~x86

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OK, this is hands down the biggest difference I've seen in performance occuring from a kernel change...Many thanks _________________ My soul is my antenna, I am the instrument + the guitar is my amplifier. -- Ottmar Liebert

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Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 11:24 am Post subject:

masterdriverz wrote:

vipernicus wrote:

cheater1034 wrote:

The patch just didn't work, we're most likely in need of a new one.

Highmem support is broken with BadRAM.

Can you elaborate on "broken"?

That BadRAM code is so old and unmaintained I suspect it predates highmem altogether. Until someone with the talent and know-how patches it I guess it will remain broken unless you're happy to build a kernel without highmem or ck's 1GB lomem and see if it still works at all.

That may be a worthwhile excersize in itself.

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Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 11:28 am Post subject:

Gentree wrote:

unknown field `slave_recv' , seems like a known issue since 18-rc6 . Apparently a fix posted here:

http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=76574

So there's an improvement suggestion :wink:

Oh yeah, and woot woot , no2 ownz yer ass , etc.

Good work.

just looked a bit closer and realised it's patch to nvidia not kernel. Anyway the post will probably help someone.

Actually though, the nvidia 9xxx drivers (masked in portage) work right out of the box with this kernel.
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