Re: [OT] Compiling a module for the Fedora kernel

On 19.01.2015 21:22, Lars E. Pettersson wrote: > On 01/19/15 20:39, poma wrote: >> Guys, do not forget to show interest in what's going on, to folks upstream! > > Not much going on anywhere. Martin Peres mentioned that he was moving > (Dec 23)

Re: [OT] Compiling a module for the Fedora kernel

On 01/19/15 20:39, poma wrote: Guys, do not forget to show interest in what's going on, to folks upstream! Not much going on anywhere. Martin Peres mentioned that he was moving (Dec 23) so perhaps that is delaying things. Who knows... But

Re: [OT] Compiling a module for the Fedora kernel

Upstream (freedesktop.org): il silencio Am 19. Januar 2015 20:39:05 MEZ, schrieb poma : > >Guys, do not forget to show interest in what's going on, to folks >upstream! -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.o

Re: [OT] Compiling a module for the Fedora kernel

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Re: [OT] Compiling a module for the Fedora kernel

On 25.12.2014 01:58, Lars E. Pettersson wrote: > On 12/24/14 11:16, poma wrote: >> All users should participate more, they shouldn't be just a casual observers. >> That is the true value. > > Well, as the fedora bugzilla on this issue seem to lead nowhere, I have > also added my information on th

Re: [OT] Compiling a module for the Fedora kernel

On 24.12.2014 18:50, Rick Stevens wrote: ... > Anyway, glad you got it sorted out. Nouveau is one of those drivers that > needs to be in the RAM disk at boot (along with any filesystem and disk > drivers needed to get / mounted). And if you're mucking with kernel > modules, it never hurts to rebuil

Re: [OT] Compiling a module for the Fedora kernel

On 12/24/14 11:16, poma wrote: All users should participate more, they shouldn't be just a casual observers. That is the true value. Well, as the fedora bugzilla on this issue seem to lead nowhere, I have also added my information on the freedesktop bugzilla. Hopefully this will lead to this

Re: [OT] Compiling a module for the Fedora kernel

On 12/22/2014 10:31 AM, Lars E. Pettersson wrote: On 12/22/14 19:10, Rick Stevens wrote: On 12/22/2014 10:03 AM, Lars E. Pettersson wrote: Regarding Nicks question, here I get: $ modinfo nouveau filename: /lib/modules/3.17.7-300.fc21.x86_64/updates/nouveau.ko Which is the file I compiled

Re: [OT] Compiling a module for the Fedora kernel

On 24.12.2014, poma wrote: > All users should participate more, they shouldn't be just a casual observers. > That is the true value. Yes. And if the faulty behaviour is reproduceable with the latest mainline, and since the offending commit is already known, the bug could be directly reported to

Re: [OT] Compiling a module for the Fedora kernel

On 24.12.2014 09:54, Klaus-Peter Schrage wrote: > Am 23.12.2014 um 23:39 schrieb poma: >> On 21.12.2014 18:34, Heinz Diehl wrote: >>> On 21.12.2014, Klaus-Peter Schrage wrote: >>> I first tried the latest and greatest nouveau driver from freedesktop.org "as is", but the fan problem remain

Re: [OT] Compiling a module for the Fedora kernel

Am 23.12.2014 um 23:39 schrieb poma: On 21.12.2014 18:34, Heinz Diehl wrote: On 21.12.2014, Klaus-Peter Schrage wrote: I first tried the latest and greatest nouveau driver from freedesktop.org "as is", but the fan problem remains, so I still have to apply "my" patch to the nouveau source.. I

Re: [OT] Compiling a module for the Fedora kernel

On 21.12.2014 18:34, Heinz Diehl wrote: > On 21.12.2014, Klaus-Peter Schrage wrote: > >> I first tried the latest and greatest nouveau driver from >> freedesktop.org "as is", but the fan problem remains, so I still >> have to apply "my" patch to the nouveau source.. > > I think you should file a

Re: [OT] Compiling a module for the Fedora kernel

On 23.12.2014 09:30, Lars E. Pettersson wrote: > On 12/22/14 23:56, poma wrote: >> http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/~krejzi/kde5/postlfs/initramfs.html >> "The only purpose of an initramfs is to mount the root filesystem." > > Yes, that was my thinking also, and that the nouveau module had been put

Re: [OT] Compiling a module for the Fedora kernel

On 12/22/14 23:56, poma wrote: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/~krejzi/kde5/postlfs/initramfs.html "The only purpose of an initramfs is to mount the root filesystem." Yes, that was my thinking also, and that the nouveau module had been put there for a reason, but apparently not :) But in mo

Re: [OT] Compiling a module for the Fedora kernel

On 22.12.2014 22:18, Lars E. Pettersson wrote: > On 12/22/14 22:07, poma wrote: >> Therefore, you no longer need to re/generate an initramfs after building and >> installing patched nouveau. > > Isn't the nouveau module needed in initramfs? If not, why is it put > there in the first place? > >

Re: [OT] Compiling a module for the Fedora kernel

On 12/22/14 22:07, poma wrote: Therefore, you no longer need to re/generate an initramfs after building and installing patched nouveau. Isn't the nouveau module needed in initramfs? If not, why is it put there in the first place? Lars -- Lars E. Pettersson http://www.sm6rpz.se/ -- users ma

Re: [OT] Compiling a module for the Fedora kernel

On 22.12.2014 17:52, Klaus-Peter Schrage wrote: > Am 22.12.2014 um 00:11 schrieb poma: >> On 21.12.2014 19:45, Klaus-Peter Schrage wrote: >>> Am 21.12.2014 um 18:34 schrieb Heinz Diehl: On 21.12.2014, Klaus-Peter Schrage wrote: > I first tried the latest and greatest nouveau driver fr

Re: [OT] Compiling a module for the Fedora kernel

Gesendet von: YOGA TABLET 10 HD+ Am 22.12.2014 20:37 schrieb Heinz Diehl : > > On 22.12.2014, Klaus-Peter Schrage wrote: > > > Heinz, it was you who pointed me to the offending patch: > > http://tinyurl.com/mz4vsr8 > > As far as I can see, the nouveau driver hasn't changed much since then. > > Hmm,

Re: [OT] Compiling a module for the Fedora kernel

On 22.12.2014, Klaus-Peter Schrage wrote: > Heinz, it was you who pointed me to the offending patch: > http://tinyurl.com/mz4vsr8 > As far as I can see, the nouveau driver hasn't changed much since then. Hmm, I wrote this because it seems to me that reverting this particular commit does work for

Re: [OT] Compiling a module for the Fedora kernel

Am 22.12.2014 um 19:48 schrieb Heinz Diehl: On 22.12.2014, Lars E. Pettersson wrote: I then compiled it for the new kernel, but for me the problem is still there, a noisy fan. I will investigate further... How about finding the first official kernel with the faulty behaviour, bisecting the of

Re: [OT] Compiling a module for the Fedora kernel

On 12/22/14 19:48, Heinz Diehl wrote: How about finding the first official kernel with the faulty behaviour, bisecting the offending commit and reporting it to the lkml people? This bugzilla-comment contains a link to the kernel patch that seem to create problems for some of us. The question i

Re: [OT] Compiling a module for the Fedora kernel

Am 22.12.2014 um 19:05 schrieb Rick Stevens: On 12/22/2014 09:58 AM, Klaus-Peter Schrage wrote: Am 22.12.2014 um 17:52 schrieb Klaus-Peter Schrage: Am 22.12.2014 um 00:11 schrieb poma: On 21.12.2014 19:45, Klaus-Peter Schrage wrote: Am 21.12.2014 um 18:34 schrieb Heinz Diehl: On 21.12.2014,

Re: [OT] Compiling a module for the Fedora kernel

On 22.12.2014, Lars E. Pettersson wrote: > I then compiled it for the new kernel, but for me the problem is still > there, a noisy fan. I will investigate further... How about finding the first official kernel with the faulty behaviour, bisecting the offending commit and reporting it to the lkml

Re: [OT] Compiling a module for the Fedora kernel

On 12/22/14 19:10, Rick Stevens wrote: On 12/22/2014 10:03 AM, Lars E. Pettersson wrote: Regarding Nicks question, here I get: $ modinfo nouveau filename: /lib/modules/3.17.7-300.fc21.x86_64/updates/nouveau.ko Which is the file I compiled. I was more interested in the "version:" line, n

Re: [OT] Compiling a module for the Fedora kernel

On 12/22/2014 10:03 AM, Lars E. Pettersson wrote: On 12/22/14 17:52, Klaus-Peter Schrage wrote: 2. The make process of the nouveau module finished without error, I copied nouveau.ko to /lib/modules/3.17.6-300.fc21.x86_64/updates/ I did exactly this, but did not realize that the kernel had been

Re: [OT] Compiling a module for the Fedora kernel

On 12/22/2014 09:58 AM, Klaus-Peter Schrage wrote: Am 22.12.2014 um 17:52 schrieb Klaus-Peter Schrage: Am 22.12.2014 um 00:11 schrieb poma: On 21.12.2014 19:45, Klaus-Peter Schrage wrote: Am 21.12.2014 um 18:34 schrieb Heinz Diehl: On 21.12.2014, Klaus-Peter Schrage wrote: I first tried the

Re: [OT] Compiling a module for the Fedora kernel

On 12/22/14 17:52, Klaus-Peter Schrage wrote: 2. The make process of the nouveau module finished without error, I copied nouveau.ko to /lib/modules/3.17.6-300.fc21.x86_64/updates/ I did exactly this, but did not realize that the kernel had been updated since I started my computer, so after the

Re: [OT] Compiling a module for the Fedora kernel

Am 22.12.2014 um 17:52 schrieb Klaus-Peter Schrage: Am 22.12.2014 um 00:11 schrieb poma: On 21.12.2014 19:45, Klaus-Peter Schrage wrote: Am 21.12.2014 um 18:34 schrieb Heinz Diehl: On 21.12.2014, Klaus-Peter Schrage wrote: I first tried the latest and greatest nouveau driver from freedesktop

Re: [OT] Compiling a module for the Fedora kernel

On 12/22/2014 08:52 AM, Klaus-Peter Schrage wrote: Am 22.12.2014 um 00:11 schrieb poma: On 21.12.2014 19:45, Klaus-Peter Schrage wrote: Am 21.12.2014 um 18:34 schrieb Heinz Diehl: On 21.12.2014, Klaus-Peter Schrage wrote: I first tried the latest and greatest nouveau driver from freedesktop.

Re: [OT] Compiling a module for the Fedora kernel

Am 22.12.2014 um 00:11 schrieb poma: On 21.12.2014 19:45, Klaus-Peter Schrage wrote: Am 21.12.2014 um 18:34 schrieb Heinz Diehl: On 21.12.2014, Klaus-Peter Schrage wrote: I first tried the latest and greatest nouveau driver from freedesktop.org "as is", but the fan problem remains, so I still

Re: [OT] Compiling a module for the Fedora kernel

On 21.12.2014 19:45, Klaus-Peter Schrage wrote: > Am 21.12.2014 um 18:34 schrieb Heinz Diehl: >> On 21.12.2014, Klaus-Peter Schrage wrote: >> >>> I first tried the latest and greatest nouveau driver from >>> freedesktop.org "as is", but the fan problem remains, so I still >>> have to apply "my" pat

Re: [OT] Compiling a module for the Fedora kernel

Am 21.12.2014 um 18:34 schrieb Heinz Diehl: On 21.12.2014, Klaus-Peter Schrage wrote: I first tried the latest and greatest nouveau driver from freedesktop.org "as is", but the fan problem remains, so I still have to apply "my" patch to the nouveau source.. I think you should file a bug again

Re: [OT] Compiling a module for the Fedora kernel

On 21.12.2014, Klaus-Peter Schrage wrote: > I first tried the latest and greatest nouveau driver from > freedesktop.org "as is", but the fan problem remains, so I still > have to apply "my" patch to the nouveau source.. I think you should file a bug against the nouveau driver on bugs.freedesktop

Re: [OT] Compiling a module for the Fedora kernel

Am 21.12.2014 um 16:27 schrieb poma: On 21.12.2014 15:09, Klaus-Peter Schrage wrote: ... So I thought about rebuilding only the nouveau module instead of compiling the complete kernel source each time the Fedora kernel gets an update. Of course, there are lots of instructions available on buildi

Re: [OT] Compiling a module for the Fedora kernel

On 21.12.2014 15:09, Klaus-Peter Schrage wrote: > I am having a permanent fan problem with my obviously esoteric graphics > card (NVIDIA GeForce GT 630, see [1], [2]) for which I found a viable, > but tediuos workaround: > - get the kernel src.rpm > - apply a specific patch to the nouveau driver >

[OT] Compiling a module for the Fedora kernel

I am having a permanent fan problem with my obviously esoteric graphics card (NVIDIA GeForce GT 630, see [1], [2]) for which I found a viable, but tediuos workaround: - get the kernel src.rpm - apply a specific patch to the nouveau driver - build and install new kernel rpms (see [3]). I still hav