linux-apus-devel

2.4.0

[Roman Z. <zi...@fh...>]

Hi,

I've just uploaded two new test kernels to
http://sourceforge.net/projects/linux-apus/
There is a 2.4.0-test10 kernel for permedia2 user, it boots for me but I
only get garbled output with the amifb, but as the 2.4.0 kernel works I
didn't bother to check what's wrong.
More interesting is of course the 2.4.0 kernel.
The new pci code is probably broken, but I enabled the debug output, so
please send me your dmesg output and I'll see what I can do.
Ren=E9, I also included an improved version of the fastlane driver, maybe
this one works. :)
So please give it a try and enjoy the new wonderful world of 2.4. :-)

bye, Roman

Re: 2.4.0

[Geert U. <ge...@li...>]

On Tue, 16 Jan 2001, Roman Zippel wrote:
> The new pci code is probably broken, but I enabled the debug output, so
> please send me your dmesg output and I'll see what I can do.

I'm interested to help as well. I've been working a lot on this code for
LongTrail, so I may know immediately what's wrong after seeing the debug output
:-)

> So please give it a try and enjoy the new wonderful world of 2.4. :-)

Great!

Groetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

P.S. Asked Cort for bk access yet?
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Re: 2.4.0

[Michel <mic...@ii...>]

Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>=20
> On Tue, 16 Jan 2001, Roman Zippel wrote:
> > The new pci code is probably broken, but I enabled the debug output, =
so
> > please send me your dmesg output and I'll see what I can do.
>=20
> I'm interested to help as well. I've been working a lot on this code fo=
r
> LongTrail, so I may know immediately what's wrong after seeing the debu=
g
> output :-)

I'm afraid the problem lies in the APUS specific code though.


Michel


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Re: 2.4.0

[Robert R. <ro...@pl...>]

On Tue, Jan 16, 2001 at 01:03:23AM +0100, Roman Zippel wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've just uploaded two new test kernels to
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/linux-apus/
> There is a 2.4.0-test10 kernel for permedia2 user, it boots for me but I
  2.4.0-test10? i thought test11 is in CVS for quite sometime 
  I've been trying to get it to integrate linux console keycodes with it but
  so far no success (thanks God i could remotely reboot =o))

  i'm using selfcompiled test11 from CVS and it runs smoothly here =o)))

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Re: 2.4.0

[Roman Z. <zi...@fh...>]

Hi,

On Tue, 16 Jan 2001, Robert Ramiega wrote:

> > There is a 2.4.0-test10 kernel for permedia2 user, it boots for me but I
>   2.4.0-test10? i thought test11 is in CVS for quite sometime 

It's only for permedia2, as soon as it's working with 2.4.0 I remove that
kernel.

>   i'm using selfcompiled test11 from CVS and it runs smoothly here =o)))

Compiling the kernel yourself is of course still the prefered solution,
since the kernel image is huge :-).

bye, Roman

Re: 2.4.0

[Robert R. <ro...@pl...>]

On Tue, Jan 16, 2001 at 12:51:54PM +0100, Roman Zippel wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Tue, 16 Jan 2001, Robert Ramiega wrote:
> 
> > > There is a 2.4.0-test10 kernel for permedia2 user, it boots for me but I
> >   2.4.0-test10? i thought test11 is in CVS for quite sometime 
> 
> It's only for permedia2, as soon as it's working with 2.4.0 I remove that
> kernel.
 I have permedia2. I guess it's all about PCI stuff, am i right? 
 OK i'll check it out

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Re: 2.4.0

[T. <Ren...@gm...>]

Hi Roman!

Roman Zippel schrieb:

> Hi,
>
> ...
> René, I also included an improved version of the fastlane driver, maybe
> this one works. :)
> So please give it a try and enjoy the new wonderful world of 2.4. :-)
>

Many thanx! I'll try it today!

Bye
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Re: 2.4.0

[T. <Ren...@gm...>]

Hi out there!

Roman Zippel schrieb:

> Hi,
>
> I've just uploaded two new test kernels to
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/linux-apus/
> There is a 2.4.0-test10 kernel for permedia2 user, it boots for me but I
> only get garbled output with the amifb, but as the 2.4.0 kernel works I
> didn't bother to check what's wrong.
> More interesting is of course the 2.4.0 kernel.
> The new pci code is probably broken, but I enabled the debug output, so
> please send me your dmesg output and I'll see what I can do.
> René, I also included an improved version of the fastlane driver, maybe
> this one works. :)
> So please give it a try and enjoy the new wonderful world of 2.4. :-)
>
> bye, Roman

I've tried all the kernels but its all the time the same: The kernel boots
until the lines

SCSI subsystem driver Revision: 1.00
SCSI ID 7 Clk 40MHz CCF=8 TOut 167 NCR53C9XF(espfast)
esp0: FAST chip is Emulex FAS236 (family=2, version=3)
ESP: Total of 1 ESP hosts found, 1 actually in use.
scsi0 : Fastlane SCSI
scsi: detected total

The last line I got only with the 2.4-test4 kernel! After this the cursor
blinks all time in the next line AND (I forgot this) my power-led blinks
regularly!!!

Yesterday I tried something: Due to the fact that my fastlane ROM is
selfmade and only 200ms (should be 150ms) and my old ROM did not work with
the 060, I installed the old one again, disabled the CDROM within AmigaOS
and tried it again - the same procedure as every time }-[ !

BUT

I recognized that without any SCSI-HW connected to the fastlane the kernel
boots completely and the installscript tells me that it could not find SuSE
CD 1 in drive (no drive given of course)!!!
Maybe that will help a little!! The FASTLANE code does not recognize SCSI-HW
connected to the FASTLANE!!
Today I'll try to give the FASTLANE some RAM and try booting again!

Thanx again and if I should try some new kernels: Now prob!
Bye
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Re: 2.4.0

[Alan B. <al...@ms...>]

hi,

> I recognized that without any SCSI-HW connected to the fastlane the kernel
> boots completely and the installscript tells me that it could not find SuSE
> CD 1 in drive (no drive given of course)!!!
> Maybe that will help a little!! The FASTLANE code does not recognize SCSI-HW
> connected to the FASTLANE!!
> Today I'll try to give the FASTLANE some RAM and try booting again!

..could be a termination problem - Linux *is* fussier about this.
 
alan

Re: 2.4.0

[T. <Ren...@gm...>]

Hi Alan!

Alan Buxey schrieb:

> ...
> ..could be a termination problem - Linux *is* fussier about this.
>
> alan

But the FASTLANE and the final SCSI device (CDROM) are both terminated! The whole
runs under AmigaOS without Probs! I'll try testing the termination power jumper on
FASTLANE today!

Thanx

Kind regards
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Re: 2.4.0

[Michel <mic...@ii...>]

Ren=E9 Thol wrote:

> > ..could be a termination problem - Linux *is* fussier about this.
>=20
> But the FASTLANE and the final SCSI device (CDROM) are both terminated!=
 The
> whole runs under AmigaOS without Probs! I'll try testing the terminatio=
n
> power jumper on FASTLANE today!

If it boots without the HD, that really points towards a problem with
connection and/or termination. Of course it could still be a bug in the d=
river
(especially if it still works with m68k), but if you have some time to
experiment... :)


Michel


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Re: 2.4.0

[T. <Ren...@gm...>]

Hi Michel!

Michel Dänzer schrieb:

> If it boots without the HD, that really points towards a problem with
> connection and/or termination. Of course it could still be a bug in the driver
> (especially if it still works with m68k), but if you have some time to
> experiment... :)
>

But the HD and CDROM connected to the FASTLANE work both under AmigaOS!?
Unfortunately I do not have any 2.4 kernel stuff for m68k and there was no
response yet to my questions about it within different groups!

But I'll try all the new 2.x APUS kernels when they appear (like yesterday)!

All of the 2.4 kernels do the same (I already posted the output), out of the
2.4-test4. That kernel boots a line further (scsi: detected total)! And the power
led is blinking with all those kernels!

Kind regards!
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Re: 2.4.0

[Michel <mic...@ii...>]

Ren=E9 Thol wrote:

> > If it boots without the HD, that really points towards a problem with
> > connection and/or termination. Of course it could still be a bug in t=
he
> > driver (especially if it still works with m68k), but if you have some=
 time
> > to experiment... :)
> >
>=20
> But the HD and CDROM connected to the FASTLANE work both under AmigaOS!=
?

As Alan already mentioned, Linux is usually more picky about that sort of
things. It's the best hardware testing software I know. :)


> All of the 2.4 kernels do the same (I already posted the output), out o=
f the
> 2.4-test4. That kernel boots a line further (scsi: detected total)!

I don't expect that to mean too much, probably just a minor change in the
upper SCSI code.

> And the power led is blinking with all those kernels!

That's the kernel heartbeat, it means that interrupts are being serviced.


Michel


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Re: 2.4.0

[T. <Ren...@gm...>]

Hi Michel!

Michel Dänzer schrieb:

> > But the HD and CDROM connected to the FASTLANE work both under AmigaOS!?
>
> As Alan already mentioned, Linux is usually more picky about that sort of
> things. It's the best hardware testing software I know. :)
>

I'll check termination again today and tell you tomorrow! But I'm sure I
terminated the SCSI-Bus correctly! It formerly worked on my 040 and Debian68k!

Bye
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Re: 2.4.0

[Geert U. <ge...@li...>]

On Wed, 17 Jan 2001, Michel D=E4nzer wrote:
> Ren=E9 Thol wrote:
> > > If it boots without the HD, that really points towards a problem wi=
th
> > > connection and/or termination. Of course it could still be a bug in=
 the
> > > driver (especially if it still works with m68k), but if you have so=
me time
> > > to experiment... :)
> > >
> >=20
> > But the HD and CDROM connected to the FASTLANE work both under AmigaO=
S!?
>=20
> As Alan already mentioned, Linux is usually more picky about that sort =
of
> things. It's the best hardware testing software I know. :)
>=20
>=20
> > All of the 2.4 kernels do the same (I already posted the output), out=
 of the
> > 2.4-test4. That kernel boots a line further (scsi: detected total)!
>=20
> I don't expect that to mean too much, probably just a minor change in t=
he
> upper SCSI code.
>=20
> > And the power led is blinking with all those kernels!

It may help to enable debugging in the generic SCSI code.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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8k.org

In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. =
But
when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like=
 that.
							    -- Linus Torvalds

Re: 2.4.0

[Sven L. <lu...@dp...>]

On Wed, Jan 17, 2001 at 01:51:25PM +0100, Michel D=E4nzer wrote:
> Ren=E9 Thol wrote:
>=20
> > > If it boots without the HD, that really points towards a problem wi=
th
> > > connection and/or termination. Of course it could still be a bug in=
 the
> > > driver (especially if it still works with m68k), but if you have so=
me time
> > > to experiment... :)
> > >
> >=20
> > But the HD and CDROM connected to the FASTLANE work both under AmigaO=
S!?
>=20
> As Alan already mentioned, Linux is usually more picky about that sort =
of
> things. It's the best hardware testing software I know. :)
>=20
>=20
> > All of the 2.4 kernels do the same (I already posted the output), out=
 of the
> > 2.4-test4. That kernel boots a line further (scsi: detected total)!
>=20
> I don't expect that to mean too much, probably just a minor change in t=
he
> upper SCSI code.

Not sure, but that line don't seem complete, but then i may be wrong, hav=
ing
not looked at the code.

scsi: detected total

makes one think about :

scsi: detected total 2 devices (or something such).

What does the -test4 kernel say when there are no devices connected ?

Could it be that the number field, or whatever, containing the connected
devices is not correctly filed, thus hardboring a NULL pointer access or =
an
unallocated array entry access or something such ?

Friendly,

Sven Luther

Re: 2.4.0

[T. <Ren...@gm...>]

Hi SVEN!

Sven LUTHER schrieb:

> Not sure, but that line don't seem complete, but then i may be wrong, having
> not looked at the code.
>
> scsi: detected total
>
> makes one think about :
>
> scsi: detected total 2 devices (or something such).
>
> What does the -test4 kernel say when there are no devices connected ?
>

That (and all other kernels) don't tell how many devices are connected (due to the
fact that no device is recocnized)! The other (2.4-)kernels don't even print that
line and some of the 2.2.10 kernels print rubbish into this line: There appears
parts of the text from two lines above in the console.

To all:

I forgot to mention that I played yesterday a little with the termination and some
RAM on the FASTLANE but the results didn't change! So I for myself do not belive
that it is a termination problem!

Kind Regards
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Re: 2.4.0

[Roman Z. <zi...@fh...>]

Hi,

On Wed, 17 Jan 2001, Ren=E9 Thol wrote:

> The last line I got only with the 2.4-test4 kernel! After this the cursor
> blinks all time in the next line AND (I forgot this) my power-led blinks
> regularly!!!

I've put two kernels into
ftp://linux-apus.sourceforge.net/pub/linux-apus/test/.
vmlinux-2.4.0-m68k-fastlane.gz: is a m68k kernel to see whether it still
works here.
vmlinux-2.4.0-apus-fastlane-dbg.gz: with all debugging output enabled I
could find. :)

Ok, let's see what happens. :-)

bye, Roman

Re: 2.4.0

[T. <Ren...@gm...>]

Hi Roman!

Roman Zippel schrieb:

> I've put two kernels into
> ftp://linux-apus.sourceforge.net/pub/linux-apus/test/.
> vmlinux-2.4.0-m68k-fastlane.gz: is a m68k kernel to see whether it still
> works here.
> vmlinux-2.4.0-apus-fastlane-dbg.gz: with all debugging output enabled I
> could find. :)
>
> Ok, let's see what happens. :-)
>

Many thanx! Yeah let's see what will happen expecially with m68k!!!

Bye
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Re: 2.4.0

[T. <Ren...@gm...>]

Hallo again!

Roman Zippel schrieb:

> Hi,
>
> On Wed, 17 Jan 2001, René Thol wrote:
>
> > The last line I got only with the 2.4-test4 kernel! After this the cursor
> > blinks all time in the next line AND (I forgot this) my power-led blinks
> > regularly!!!
>
> I've put two kernels into
> ftp://linux-apus.sourceforge.net/pub/linux-apus/test/.
> vmlinux-2.4.0-m68k-fastlane.gz: is a m68k kernel to see whether it still
> works here.
> vmlinux-2.4.0-apus-fastlane-dbg.gz: with all debugging output enabled I
> could find. :)

Unfortunately I get no connection to this server!! Can I get the files via http
too?

Regards
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========================

Re: 2.4.0

[Michel <da...@re...>]

Ren=E9 Thol wrote:

> > > The last line I got only with the 2.4-test4 kernel! After this the
> > > cursor blinks all time in the next line AND (I forgot this) my powe=
r-led
> > > blinks regularly!!!
> >
> > I've put two kernels into
> > ftp://linux-apus.sourceforge.net/pub/linux-apus/test/.
> > vmlinux-2.4.0-m68k-fastlane.gz: is a m68k kernel to see whether it st=
ill
> > works here.
> > vmlinux-2.4.0-apus-fastlane-dbg.gz: with all debugging output enabled=
 I
> > could find. :)
>=20
> Unfortunately I get no connection to this server!!

What's the problem? I just connected without any problems.

> Can I get the files via http too?

Don't think so, it could put them up on my site though if you need that.


Michel


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veloper
CS student, Free Software enthusiast   \        XFree86 and DRI project m=
ember

Re: 2.4.0

[T. <Ren...@gm...>]

Hi Michel!

Michel Dänzer schrieb:

> > Unfortunately I get no connection to this server!!
>
> What's the problem? I just connected without any problems.
>

Don't know! I never connected to the sourceforge ftp-server before! Do I have to
login at sourceforge? I don't know! I tried connecting using Netscape and WSFTP!
Both told me: Connection reset from remote host/Connection failed! I always tried
to login as anonymous!

Bye
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Re: 2.4.0

[Michel <da...@re...>]

Ren=E9 Thol wrote:

> > > Unfortunately I get no connection to this server!!
> >
> > What's the problem? I just connected without any problems.
>=20
> Don't know! I never connected to the sourceforge ftp-server before! Do =
I
> have to login at sourceforge? I don't know! I tried connecting using
> Netscape and WSFTP! Both told me: Connection reset from remote
> host/Connection failed! I always tried to login as anonymous!

I just clicked on the URL in Roman's mail and got the directory listing. =
Have
you enabled using your e-mail address as password for anonymous FTP in th=
e
Netscape preferences?


Michel


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Re: 2.4.0

[T. <Ren...@gm...>]

Hi Michel!

Michel Dänzer schrieb:

> I just clicked on the URL in Roman's mail and got the directory listing. Have
> you enabled using your e-mail address as password for anonymous FTP in the
> Netscape preferences?
>

I just enabled it, but no changes. Can't still get connected!

Bye
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Re: 2.4.0

[T. <Ren...@gm...>]

Hi again!

Addendum:

I forgot: WSFTP tells me: Can't get
"ftp://linux-apus.sourceforge.net/pub/linux-apus/test/" host entry!

And Netscape says: Remote server reset connection!

Bye
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