On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 3:00 AM, Tobias Powalowski wrote:

Hi guys, kernel 2.6.32 first test run ...

Upstream changes: http://kernelnewbies.org/LinuxChanges

Arch Linux bugfixes/feature requests: http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/16855 # added CONFIG_PM_DEBUG http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/17106 # added CONFIG_MMIOTRACE

Arch Linux changes: - splitted kernel-headers to extra package  If you want to build external modules please install:  pacman -S kernel26-headers  Please change your PKGBUILDS to makedepend on this package. - added xen support to 64bit kernel - changed intel kms enabled by default

I don't know if it's because the kms-enabled kernel or the new xorg packages, but the intel drivers are working again on my i686 with 855GM Intel graphics. Xv support is not working but it's still much better than the vesa drivers that I had to use since the intel-legacy drivers stopped working a while ago. Eric

- changed to new firewire subsystem: http://ieee1394.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Juju_Migration

Broken binary modules: - lirc still needs to be patched, though no fix available yet.

Enjoy have fun and give me feedback, greetings tpowa -- Tobias Powalowski Archlinux Developer & Package Maintainer (tpowa) http://www.archlinux.org tpowa@archlinux.org

1) as posted some weeks ago: early KMS mode is broken for me. mkinitcpio fails to load the firmware though the firmware hook is enabled and is included in the image. last line I see is: platform radeon_cp.0: firmware: requesting radeon/R300_cp.bin then it stops working. CTRL+ALT+DEL is working so I expect the kernel not to be crashed. 2) KMS late mode is working in proper resolution now but it's highly unstable for me in X. I will try to update to a new ddx git shot and maybe we need a new libdrm to get this stable. 3) without kms radeon seems stable for me. 4) glxgears nearly doubled to 31 kernels but supertuxkart instantly crashes: [andyrtr@laptop64 ~]$ unset LC_ALL; LANG=C supertuxkart Data files will be fetched from: '/usr/share/supertuxkart/' Highscores will be saved in '/home/andyrtr/.supertuxkart/highscore.data'. *********************************WARN_ONCE********************************* File radeon_dma.c function radeonReleaseDmaRegions line 348 Leaking dma buffer object! *************************************************************************** supertuxkart: radeon_bo_legacy.c:207: legacy_is_pending: Assertion `bo_legacy->is_pending <= bo->cref' failed. Abgebrochen Just a few first impressions with this "stable" kernel release. -Andy

Nouveau upgrade path was broken for me. It printed out to the screen something like "module 'nouveau' not found" while building the new initrd. It's not in the pacman.log. I'm using early kms mode. This probably happens because the new nouveau module is not yet present when the kernel is updated and new initrd is built. Maybe we should start to rebuild the initrd from nouveau post.update because we recommend early kms mode anyway whenever possible? After reboot kms wasn't enabled. I did pacman -S kernel26 again and this time it picked up the module into the initrd. -Andy [2009-12-07 05:47] upgraded kernel26-firmware (2.6.31-1 -> 2.6.32-1) [2009-12-07 05:47] >>> Updating module dependencies. Please wait ... [2009-12-07 05:47] >>> MKINITCPIO SETUP [2009-12-07 05:47] >>> ---------------- [2009-12-07 05:47] >>> If you use LVM2, Encrypted root or software RAID, [2009-12-07 05:47] >>> Ensure you enable support in /etc/mkinitcpio.conf . [2009-12-07 05:47] >>> More information about mkinitcpio setup can be found here: [2009-12-07 05:47] >>> http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Mkinitcpio [2009-12-07 05:47] [2009-12-07 05:47] >>> Generating initial ramdisk, using mkinitcpio. Please wait... [2009-12-07 05:47] ==> Building image "default" [2009-12-07 05:47] ==> Running command: /sbin/mkinitcpio -k 2.6.32-ARCH -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/kernel26.img [2009-12-07 05:47] :: Begin build [2009-12-07 05:47] :: Parsing hook [base] [2009-12-07 05:47] :: Parsing hook [udev] [2009-12-07 05:47] :: Parsing hook [autodetect] [2009-12-07 05:47] :: Parsing hook [sata] [2009-12-07 05:48] :: Parsing hook [filesystems] [2009-12-07 05:48] :: Generating module dependencies [2009-12-07 05:48] :: Generating image '/boot/kernel26.img'...SUCCESS [2009-12-07 05:48] ==> SUCCESS [2009-12-07 05:48] ==> Building image "fallback" [2009-12-07 05:48] ==> Running command: /sbin/mkinitcpio -k 2.6.32-ARCH -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/kernel26-fallback.img -S autodetect [2009-12-07 05:48] :: Begin build [2009-12-07 05:48] :: Parsing hook [base] [2009-12-07 05:48] :: Parsing hook [udev] [2009-12-07 05:48] :: Parsing hook [sata] [2009-12-07 05:48] :: Parsing hook [filesystems] [2009-12-07 05:48] :: Generating module dependencies [2009-12-07 05:48] :: Generating image '/boot/kernel26-fallback.img'...SUCCESS [2009-12-07 05:48] ==> SUCCESS [2009-12-07 05:48] upgraded kernel26 (2.6.31.6-1 -> 2.6.32-1) [2009-12-07 05:48] upgraded kexec-tools (2.0.0-1 -> 2.0.1-1) [2009-12-07 05:48] upgraded lib32-fontconfig (2.6.0-2 -> 2.8.0-1) [2009-12-07 05:48] upgraded libcddb (1.3.2-1 -> 1.3.2-1.1) [2009-12-07 05:48] upgraded libv4l (0.6.3-1 -> 0.6.3-2) [2009-12-07 05:48] upgraded miro (2.5.3-1 -> 2.5.3-2) [2009-12-07 05:48] upgraded mpd (0.15.5-2 -> 0.15.6-1) [2009-12-07 05:48] if you are running kms in early mode please rebuild your initrd [2009-12-07 05:48] In order to use the new nouveau module, exit Xserver and unload it manually. [2009-12-07 05:48] upgraded nouveau-drm (0.0.15_20091120-1 -> 0.0.15_20091120-2)