Bug#509156: Bug#506419: Driver from Supermicro fixes issue

2008-12-19 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi Martin, On Mittwoch, 10. Dezember 2008, martin f krafft wrote: > Okay, that makes sense. How do I get the patched source? The > accepted standard methods (see policy 4.9 and 4.14) don't reveal > anything and don't work: according to http://wiki.debian.org/HowToRebuildAnOfficialDebianKernelPack

Bug#506419: Driver from Supermicro fixes issue

2008-12-19 Thread Bastian Blank
severity 509156 wishlist thanks On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 10:43:59PM +0100, martin f krafft wrote: > This makes kernel packaging not policy-compliant, thus I am cloning > this bug and making it RC. Not a must-clause nor does the kernel list compatibility with they newest policy version which added

Bug#506419: Driver from Supermicro fixes issue

2008-12-18 Thread martin f krafft
clone 506419 -1 retitle -1 kernel debian/rules misses patch instructions and target severity -1 serious thanks also sprach martin f krafft [2008.12.10.2027 +0100]: > Okay, that makes sense. How do I get the patched source? The > accepted standard methods (see policy 4.9 and 4.14) don't reveal > a

Bug#506419: Driver from Supermicro fixes issue

2008-12-10 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Bastian Blank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008.12.10.1541 +0100]: > You managed to get the _unpatched_ source. The patches are applied > during the build: Okay, that makes sense. How do I get the patched source? The accepted standard methods (see policy 4.9 and 4.14) don't reveal anything and

Bug#506419: Driver from Supermicro fixes issue

2008-12-10 Thread Bastian Blank
On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 03:23:30PM +0100, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Bastian Blank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008.12.10.0005 +0100]: > > > No, I made it against 2.6.26-11, for no other reason that it was in > > > Debian unstable at the time, and I had given up hope for targetting > > > lenny b

Bug#506419: Driver from Supermicro fixes issue

2008-12-10 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Bastian Blank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008.12.10.0005 +0100]: > > No, I made it against 2.6.26-11, for no other reason that it was in > > Debian unstable at the time, and I had given up hope for targetting > > lenny before. I'd be happy to create a patch against -10 instead. > > No, you d

Bug#506419: Driver from Supermicro fixes issue

2008-12-10 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008.12.09.1154 +0100]: > The attached patch against linux-2.6 2.6.26-11 seems to fix the > original problem for me, [...] I just saw another gso-related kernel trace, even with the new driver. :/ -- .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Bug#506419: Driver from Supermicro fixes issue

2008-12-09 Thread Bastian Blank
On Tue, Dec 09, 2008 at 09:57:19PM +0100, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Bjørn Mork <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008.12.09.1758 +0100]: > > > My patch does no "apply", it was made against 2.6.26-11 -- > > > Supermicro just sent me their forcedeth.c and I made the patch. > > Probably against the unpa

Bug#506419: Driver from Supermicro fixes issue

2008-12-09 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Bjørn Mork <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008.12.09.1758 +0100]: > > My patch does no "apply", it was made against 2.6.26-11 -- > > Supermicro just sent me their forcedeth.c and I made the patch. > > Probably against the unpatched 2.6.26 then? OK, that will explain the > similarities. But the

Bug#506419: Driver from Supermicro fixes issue

2008-12-09 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Bastian Blank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-12-09 15:06]: > > In fact, I'm a little confused as to the reasons that patch is in > > Debian. It is probably the correct thing to do, but it is also the kind > > of thing that is bound to cause regressions because it will expose > > latent bugs in driver

Bug#506419: Driver from Supermicro fixes issue

2008-12-09 Thread Bjørn Mork
martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > also sprach Bjørn Mork <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008.12.09.1413 +0100]: >> This should not apply against linux-2.6 2.6.26-11 since it is already a >> part of debian/patches/bugfix/all/stable/2.6.26.4.patch. Are you sure >> your patch really does apply? If

Bug#506419: Driver from Supermicro fixes issue

2008-12-09 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Bjørn Mork <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008.12.09.1413 +0100]: > This should not apply against linux-2.6 2.6.26-11 since it is already a > part of debian/patches/bugfix/all/stable/2.6.26.4.patch. Are you sure > your patch really does apply? If it does, then I'd suggest trying > *just* edcfe5f

Bug#506419: Driver from Supermicro fixes issue

2008-12-09 Thread Bastian Blank
On Tue, Dec 09, 2008 at 02:13:36PM +0100, Bjørn Mork wrote: > BTW, I also noticed that linux-2.6 2.6.26-11 includes the patch > linux-2.6-2.6.26/debian/patches/features/all/net-use-gso.patch > which very well may trigger the problem. You might also want to try > building without that patch. > >

Bug#506419: Driver from Supermicro fixes issue

2008-12-09 Thread Bjørn Mork
martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The attached patch against linux-2.6 2.6.26-11 seems to fix the > original problem for me, but I have not had a chance to verify the > second ('downstream') problem I identified in the bug report. > > The patch is based on the driver source I obtained

Bug#506419: Driver from Supermicro fixes issue

2008-12-09 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Bastian Blank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008.12.09.1211 +0100]: > This is no patch which suffice our guidelines. Please show > submittions to the Linux maintainers and/or commit ids. As stated in my message, I don't have the time to do this right now, but I will try to get Transtec/Supermic

Bug#506419: Driver from Supermicro fixes issue

2008-12-09 Thread Bastian Blank
tags 506419 -patch thanks On Tue, Dec 09, 2008 at 11:54:03AM +0100, martin f krafft wrote: > The attached patch against linux-2.6 2.6.26-11 seems to fix the > original problem for me, but I have not had a chance to verify the > second ('downstream') problem I identified in the bug report. This is