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unixlust

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From: Sebes, Romania

Registered: 2007-01-12

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Kernel 2.6.20 released !

That's good news !

http://kernel.org

Can't wait for the arch package to update.

quetzyg

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From: /home/quetzyg

Registered: 2006-08-03

Posts: 130

Re: Kernel 2.6.20 released !

Already running on my laptop

[quetzyg@DRUMCODE ~]$ uname -a
Linux DRUMCODE 2.6.20-DRUMCODE #1 PREEMPT Sun Feb 4 20:46:39 WET 2007 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 2.00GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux
[quetzyg@DRUMCODE ~]$

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Cerebral

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From: Waterloo, ON, CA

Registered: 2005-04-08

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Re: Kernel 2.6.20 released !

I take it this is a big release?

Snarkout

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Registered: 2005-11-13

Posts: 542

Re: Kernel 2.6.20 released !

I take it this is a big release?

The changelog was pretty big - more than I wanted to wade through w/o some coffee.

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iBertus

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From: Greenville, NC

Registered: 2004-11-04

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Re: Kernel 2.6.20 released !

I'll have to test this build later as it adds lots of new sata_promise stuff. It just might get those PATA ports on my promise controller working!

tpowa

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From: Lauingen , Germany

Registered: 2004-04-05

Posts: 2,328

Re: Kernel 2.6.20 released !

me has to fix 3 binary modules this evening, then new kernel will show up in testing soon
greetings
tpowa

jinn

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From: Gothenburg

Registered: 2005-12-10

Posts: 506

Re: Kernel 2.6.20 released !

@tpowa,

can you add this patch to the kernel for arch, its for the bcm43xx module. Would appreciate it.

This is from Broadcom Linux <bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de>

As you probably know, kernel 2.6.20 was released on Sunday (As Linus said "A Super Kernel for the
American Football Super Bowl Sunday. - I paraphrased a little.). For most people, that version will
run without problems other than the usual ones. There are, however, some changes that may be needed
for certain hardware and/or conditions. The recent changes/bug fixes that will not appear until
2.6.21 are:

1. The fix for DMA with > 1 GB RAM.
2. The code change to operate the radio LED for systems with a switch.
3. The changes to get proper scaling for rates and frequencies in iwlist.
4. The fix for the oops that occurs in hwrng_unregister on resuming. By the definitions used to
control the changes in a stable release, this is a BUG and should be fixed in 2.6.20.1.

If you wish to patch your source for all of the above, you should download
ftp://lwfinger.dynalias.org/patches/2.6.20_combined.

thx
Jinn

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Jacek Poplawski

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From: Poland

Registered: 2006-01-10

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Re: Kernel 2.6.20 released !

Any progress with 2.6.20 package...?

tpowa

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From: Lauingen , Germany

Registered: 2004-04-05

Posts: 2,328

Re: Kernel 2.6.20 released !

please just give me some time we had found some issues yesterday, bcm patch is now added too. this lunch it should be finished.

kth5

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Registered: 2004-04-29

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Re: Kernel 2.6.20 released !

bcm43xx is quite stable compared to 2.6.19.x ever since rc5. i see no reason why it should be patched at all.

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xerverius

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Registered: 2004-11-02

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Re: Kernel 2.6.20 released !

Much kuddus to tpowa for getting 2.6.20 in testing so fast, I'm really looking forward to the virtual stuff.

PS. Will Qemu (with kvm patch) also enter testing?

Last edited by xerverius (2007-02-06 09:56:17)

jinn

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From: Gothenburg

Registered: 2005-12-10

Posts: 506

Re: Kernel 2.6.20 released !

@ kth5

Since i have above 1gb ram without this patch my system crashes. The only major bug that is left to be resolved is the txpower. Right now the native driver has the speed of aprox. 70kb/s with 1mb rate set, and 20kb/s with 11M rate set.

@ tpowa
Thanks alot.. really appreciate it.

Last edited by jinn (2007-02-06 10:42:54)

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kth5

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Re: Kernel 2.6.20 released !

@ kth5

the bcm patch is for the native linux driver.. not with ndiswrapper. This means kismet baby! With these patches the native driver works just fine, the only major bug that is left to be resolved is the txpower. Right now the native driver has the speed of aprox. 70kb/s with 1mb rate set, and 20kb/s with 11M rate set.

i do know that we are talking about this driver. how could i use ndiswrapper on ppc, eh? plus, i've been having the full 11mbit like promised even before .20.
anyway, also on a x86_64 laptop i rarely use as a desktop works stable ever since rc5. no interference related connection drops anymore etc. don't fix it if it ain't broken.

Last edited by kth5 (2007-02-06 10:43:39)

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jinn

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From: Gothenburg

Registered: 2005-12-10

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Re: Kernel 2.6.20 released !

Yeah i noticed that about ndiswrapper when i reread your post and reedited my post..

You probably have the bcm4306, which should work fine. But i have the bcm4312 and the patches necessary for me atleast. The txpower issues are only on 4311/4312/4318 if i remember correctly.

http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/?go=devices

4303      PCI/Cardbus      Supported
4306     PCI/Cardbus     Supported
4309     PCI/Cardbus     Unstable (802.11a unsupported, work in progress)
4311     PCI-E     Unstable
4312     PCI-E     Unstable (802.11a unsupported, work in progress)
4318     PCI/Cardbus     Unstable (transmission power issues, work in progress)
4319     PCI/Cardbus     Unstable (transmission power issues, 802.11a unsupported, work in progress)
43XG     PCI/Cardbus     Supported
Unknown     USB     Unsupported (work in progress)
Unknown     CompactFlash     Unsupported (work in progress)

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jinn

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From: Gothenburg

Registered: 2005-12-10

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Re: Kernel 2.6.20 released !

Thanks tpowa. tested the kernel works just fine! Tried the bcm43xx module works great. Not only that ndiswrapper works great now also.. with kernel 2.6.19 it always ended up in irq conflicts for me..

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cromo

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From: Czestochowa, Poland

Registered: 2006-09-20

Posts: 87

Re: Kernel 2.6.20 released !

fglrx & ath seems to not work with 2.6.20. fglrx causes black screen, ath_hal dies during boot. Only positive thing here about the new kernel is that the Suspend2ram is back and  working with laptop! yay!

Last edited by cromo (2007-02-08 21:48:53)

Xilon

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Registered: 2007-01-01

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Re: Kernel 2.6.20 released !

Using 2.6.20 and I have had no problem with it (afait). Will report if I find any bugs

Thanks tpowa!!

jinn

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From: Gothenburg

Registered: 2005-12-10

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Re: Kernel 2.6.20 released !

Hey tpowa!

yesterday a new patch was released for bcm43xx! it fixes the txpower bug for 4311 & 4312! This means no more ndiswrapper for any bcm4311 & 4312 users! If you recompile the kernel please do add this patch also.

larry from bcm43xx-dev:

The patch below will only affect cards with PHY revision 8, which I think are only BCM4311 and
BCM4312. At least those are the only ones in the database.

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Index: linux-2.6/drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx_phy.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx_phy.c
+++ linux-2.6/drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx_phy.c
@@ -1225,7 +1225,7 @@ static void bcm43xx_phy_initg(struct bcm
       }
       if (phy->rev < 3 && phy->connected)
               bcm43xx_phy_write(bcm, 0x047E, 0x0078);
-       if (phy->rev >= 6 && phy->rev <= 8) {
+       if (phy->rev >= 6 && phy->rev < 8) {
               bcm43xx_phy_write(bcm, 0x0801, bcm43xx_phy_read(bcm, 0x0801) | 0x0080);
               bcm43xx_phy_write(bcm, 0x043E, bcm43xx_phy_read(bcm, 0x043E) | 0x0004);
       }

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Pierre

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Registered: 2004-07-05

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Re: Kernel 2.6.20 released !

Nice; suspend2ram is working again with this kernel. It was broken since 2.6.17.

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filoktetes

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From: Skien, Norway

Registered: 2003-12-29

Posts: 287

Re: Kernel 2.6.20 released !

I'm trying to build this for Lowarch, but the dmfe-link-detection-revert.patch, usb-storage-unusual-devs.patch and bcm43xx_2.6.20_combined.patch files aren't included in the PKGBUILD directory. I guess it they arn't very important for Lowarch, but I thought I should tell you, since it breaks the PKGBUILD...

Last edited by filoktetes (2007-02-07 21:55:51)

brain0

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From: Aachen - Germany

Registered: 2005-01-03

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Re: Kernel 2.6.20 released !

I added dmfe-link-detection-revert.patch and usb-storage-unusual-devs.patch to CVS, I don't have the bcm patch though. I will bug tpowa about this when I speak to him.

tpowa

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From: Lauingen , Germany

Registered: 2004-04-05

Posts: 2,328

Re: Kernel 2.6.20 released !

added the missing patch, sorry guys just forgot to add them

karel

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From: Czech republic

Registered: 2007-01-15

Posts: 17

Re: Kernel 2.6.20 released !

I compile new kernel, but no working.
ramdisk: couldn't find valid ramdisk image starting at 0
no filesystem could mount root,, tired
kernel panic-not syncing VFS:unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0)

My grub:
title  Arch Linux
root   (hd0,0)
kernel /2.6.20/bzImage root=/dev/sda3 ro
initrd /2.6.20/System.map

thanks. Sorry my english is't good

skioppetto

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Registered: 2007-02-08

Posts: 24

Re: Kernel 2.6.20 released !

working great on my laptop!!

only two little troubles....

1) mmc doesn't work

tifm_7xx1: sd card detected in socket 3

I think driver works good but... no devices are created

2) some problems with ACPI.. my log is full of rows like these:

ACPI Error (psargs-0355): [PBST] Namespace lookup failure, AE_NOT_FOUND
ACPI Error (psparse-0537): Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.LPCB.BAT1._BST] (Node dfd0d2e8), AE_NOT_FOUND
ACPI Exception (acpi_battery-0207): AE_NOT_FOUND, Evaluating _BST [20060707]

any advice???

zeus

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From: Korolev / Russia

Registered: 2006-09-19

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Re: Kernel 2.6.20 released !

anyone have successful build for x64 platform?