Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] kernel 2.6.34-1

2010-05-19 Thread C Anthony Risinger
On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 9:43 AM, Jan de Groot wrote: > On Wed, 2010-05-19 at 16:39 +0200, Thomas Bächler wrote: >> Am 19.05.2010 16:19, schrieb Dan McGee: >> > On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 6:10 AM, Thomas Bächler >> > wrote: >> >> Am 19.05.2010 10:56, schrieb Evangelos Foutras: >> >>> Also did a diff

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] kernel 2.6.34-1

2010-05-19 Thread Jan de Groot
On Wed, 2010-05-19 at 16:39 +0200, Thomas Bächler wrote: > Am 19.05.2010 16:19, schrieb Dan McGee: > > On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 6:10 AM, Thomas Bächler > > wrote: > >> Am 19.05.2010 10:56, schrieb Evangelos Foutras: > >>> Also did a diff [1] between the file lists of kernel26-firmware-2.6.34-1 > >

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] kernel 2.6.34-1

2010-05-19 Thread Thomas Bächler
Am 19.05.2010 16:19, schrieb Dan McGee: > On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 6:10 AM, Thomas Bächler wrote: >> Am 19.05.2010 10:56, schrieb Evangelos Foutras: >>> Also did a diff [1] between the file lists of kernel26-firmware-2.6.34-1 >>> and linux-firmware-git-20100519-1. It shows that ralink firmware has

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] kernel 2.6.34-1

2010-05-19 Thread Dan McGee
On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 6:10 AM, Thomas Bächler wrote: > Am 19.05.2010 10:56, schrieb Evangelos Foutras: >> Also did a diff [1] between the file lists of kernel26-firmware-2.6.34-1 >> and linux-firmware-git-20100519-1. It shows that ralink firmware has >> indeed been added to the linux-firmware re

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] kernel 2.6.34-1

2010-05-19 Thread Thomas Bächler
Am 19.05.2010 10:56, schrieb Evangelos Foutras: > Also did a diff [1] between the file lists of kernel26-firmware-2.6.34-1 > and linux-firmware-git-20100519-1. It shows that ralink firmware has > indeed been added to the linux-firmware repository, which should resolve > FS#19519 [2]. I did that to

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] kernel 2.6.34-1

2010-05-19 Thread Evangelos Foutras
On 19/05/10 02:10, Thomas Bächler wrote: This file lacks some conflicts/provides, but you should be able to install it instead of kernel26-firmware. http://dev.archlinux.org/~thomas/linux-firmware-git-20100519-1-any.pkg.tar.xz Let me know what you think. Also, there have been some reports about

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] kernel 2.6.34-1

2010-05-18 Thread Thomas Bächler
Am 19.05.2010 00:47, schrieb Thomas Bächler: > Am 18.05.2010 21:49, schrieb Nezmer: >> FYI, I had this discussion with the radeon guys months ago in IRC. >> Apparently, kernel guys (maybe Linus) decided to not add new firmware >> files to the kernel tree. That's why we have all those firmware packa

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] kernel 2.6.34-1

2010-05-18 Thread Thomas Bächler
Am 18.05.2010 21:49, schrieb Nezmer: > FYI, I had this discussion with the radeon guys months ago in IRC. > Apparently, kernel guys (maybe Linus) decided to not add new firmware > files to the kernel tree. That's why we have all those firmware packages > for in-tree modules. So, they ship firmware

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] kernel 2.6.34-1

2010-05-18 Thread Evangelos Foutras
On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 10:49 PM, Nezmer wrote: > FYI, I had this discussion with the radeon guys months ago in IRC. > Apparently, kernel guys (maybe Linus) decided to not add new firmware > files to the kernel tree. That's why we have all those firmware packages > for in-tree modules. Depending

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] kernel 2.6.34-1

2010-05-18 Thread Nezmer
On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 04:28:43PM +0200, Thomas B?chler wrote: > Am 18.05.2010 16:06, schrieb Evangelos Foutras: > > In particular, notice Alex's reply stating: > > > > --8< > > In general, microcode is slowly being moved out of

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] kernel 2.6.34-1

2010-05-18 Thread Andreas Radke
Am Tue, 18 May 2010 17:55:12 +0200 schrieb Thomas Bächler : > > However, these firmware files are needed for R600/R700/Evergreen > > cards [1], therefore I see two options: > > > > 1) radeon_ucode [2] can be brought to [extra] and an announcement > > added to the front page informing users about

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] kernel 2.6.34-1

2010-05-18 Thread Thomas Bächler
Am 18.05.2010 17:26, schrieb Evangelos Foutras: > I see your point. It seems that upstream kernel developers don't wish to > ship firmware files, which is... not ideal for downstream (e.g. Arch). That is weird. Many other firmware files are being shipped with Linux and it would make sense here. >

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] kernel 2.6.34-1

2010-05-18 Thread Evangelos Foutras
On 18/05/10 17:28, Thomas Bächler wrote: Am 18.05.2010 16:06, schrieb Evangelos Foutras: In particular, notice Alex's reply stating: --8< In general, microcode is slowly being moved out of the kernel and into the Linux firmware

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] kernel 2.6.34-1

2010-05-18 Thread Thomas Bächler
Am 18.05.2010 16:06, schrieb Evangelos Foutras: > In particular, notice Alex's reply stating: > > --8< > In general, microcode is slowly being moved out of the kernel and into > the Linux firmware tree: > http://git.kernel.org/?p=

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] kernel 2.6.34-1

2010-05-18 Thread Evangelos Foutras
On 17/05/10 22:24, Mauro Santos wrote: I have noticed that if I don't have radeon_ucode [1] installed then early or late KMS don't work and I get just a black screen. However I didn't wait 1 minute to check if after a while the boot process resumes. [1] http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=3

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] kernel 2.6.34-1

2010-05-17 Thread Jan Steffens
The new manpages package needs "xmlto" as makedepend. On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 12:13 PM, Tobias Powalowski wrote: > Hi guys, > kernel 2.6.34 first test run ... > > Upstream changes: > http://kernelnewbies.org/LinuxChanges > > Arch Linux bugfixes/feature requests: > # added manpages and documents a

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] kernel 2.6.34-1

2010-05-17 Thread Ignacio Galmarino
On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 1:24 PM, Mauro Santos wrote: > On 05/17/2010 08:10 PM, Andreas Radke wrote: > > Am Mon, 17 May 2010 08:23:15 -0600 > > schrieb Ignacio Galmarino : > > > >> ATI KMS is not working. All i get is garbage on the screen. > >> > >> x86_64 > >> > >> Ignacio > >> > > > > Works for

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] kernel 2.6.34-1

2010-05-17 Thread Ignacio Galmarino
You are right, sorry. I should not make a report when im in a hurry. Ignacio On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 1:10 PM, Andreas Radke wrote: > Am Mon, 17 May 2010 08:23:15 -0600 > schrieb Ignacio Galmarino : > > > ATI KMS is not working. All i get is garbage on the screen. > > > > x86_64 > > > > Ignacio

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] kernel 2.6.34-1

2010-05-17 Thread dave reisner
On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 6:13 AM, Tobias Powalowski wrote: > Hi guys, > kernel 2.6.34 first test run ... > > ... Enjoy have fun and give me feedback, > greetings > tpowa > -- > Tobias Powalowski > Archlinux Developer & Package Maintainer (tpowa) > http://www.archlinux.org > tp...@archlinux.org

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] kernel 2.6.34-1

2010-05-17 Thread Uli Armbruster
* Ignacio Galmarino [17.05.2010 16:23]: > ATI KMS is not working. All i get is garbage on the screen. > > x86_64 > > Ignacio ATI KMS is working fine here on i686 with radeon % lspci | grep ATI 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV350 [Mobility Radeon 9600 M10] But I'll c

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] kernel 2.6.34-1

2010-05-17 Thread Mauro Santos
On 05/17/2010 08:10 PM, Andreas Radke wrote: > Am Mon, 17 May 2010 08:23:15 -0600 > schrieb Ignacio Galmarino : > >> ATI KMS is not working. All i get is garbage on the screen. >> >> x86_64 >> >> Ignacio >> > > Works for me. Probably as useful as your report... > > -Andy > I have noticed that

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] kernel 2.6.34-1

2010-05-17 Thread Dan McGee
On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 2:10 PM, Andreas Radke wrote: > Am Mon, 17 May 2010 08:23:15 -0600 > schrieb Ignacio Galmarino : > >> ATI KMS is not working. All i get is garbage on the screen. >> >> x86_64 >> >> Ignacio >> > > Works for me. Probably as useful as your report... Working fine for me too: $

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] kernel 2.6.34-1

2010-05-17 Thread Andreas Radke
Am Mon, 17 May 2010 08:23:15 -0600 schrieb Ignacio Galmarino : > ATI KMS is not working. All i get is garbage on the screen. > > x86_64 > > Ignacio > Works for me. Probably as useful as your report... -Andy

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] kernel 2.6.34-1

2010-05-17 Thread Ignacio Galmarino
ATI KMS is not working. All i get is garbage on the screen. x86_64 Ignacio On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 4:13 AM, Tobias Powalowski wrote: > Hi guys, > kernel 2.6.34 first test run ... > > Upstream changes: > http://kernelnewbies.org/LinuxChanges > > Arch Linux bugfixes/feature requests: > # added m