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infinityogasawara / apw: Kernel's through NEW, BTW.03:41
ogasawarainfinity: cool, I'll upload lbm then03:42
infinityogasawara: When staging to -proposed, you may as well just blat linux/lbm/meta all at once.03:43
infinityogasawara: (Assuming build-deps on lbm are correct for it to dep-wait)03:43
ogasawarainfinity: I think they are, or at least I recall they were03:43
ogasawarainfinity: I'll do meta too then03:43
infinityThen yeah.  The whole point of staging it is that we don't care if it's temporarily broken, so easier for you to just fire and forget until morning. ;)03:44
infinity(This should, hopefully, simplify your workflow a tiny bit in Q)03:44
ogasawarainfinity: indeed03:45
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viktor_dHello! i've been advised to ask my question here.09:37
viktor_dIt is almost year since i can't use wi-fi on my netbook. I didn't really needed it but finally decided to investigate this issue.09:38
viktor_dI tested upstream linux kernels 3.3.1 and 3.4.0rc and have been told to perform a kernel bisection.09:38
viktor_dSince my problem appeared for the first time after i upgraded from maverick to natty, i need to compare latest maverick and earliest natty kernel.09:38
apwsmb, you have a bug linked to hardware-p-config-review, bug #91386009:38
ubot2Launchpad bug 913860 in linux "Suepend/resume causes problems with mounted and active mmcblk device" [Medium,In progress] https://launchpad.net/bugs/91386009:38
viktor_dSo here is the question: how to work with git with two kernels lying in different repositories?09:39
apwviktor_d, so i assume its not fixed in the latest kernels and the issue appeared back between those two09:39
smbapw, Oh dear... 09:39
apwbetween natty and maverick09:39
c10udi have a big question for you, i'll let you finish with this issue and then post my walltext ;)09:40
apwc10ud, we're not signly threaded here09:41
smbapw, I will have to look back at that. But I have not found a really good way around it09:41
c10udok then:09:41
c10udhello there, i do not intend to generate flames or whatever, i tried searching but no luck so far on this. here's my story: i've read there's a proposal on lkml to change the default io scheduler to deadline for ssd etc. then i discovered the possibility to change it on the fly and for my system it really feels snappier (e.g. firefox+heavy wine game+dvb-tv app) but i have SATA and AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3800+ (they say for SA09:41
c10udTA cfq is better..but..) running on lucid with 3.0.0-18-generic #31~lucid1-Ubuntu09:41
viktor_dyes, wi-fi worked in maverick and doesn't work in latest versions09:41
c10udquestion is: any reason on why deadline isn't the default for desktop?09:42
apwc10ud, partly collective wisdom and partly experimentation, deadline is normally for situations where raw throughput is needed i believe and fairness is not an issue.  so you'd also need to consider how things are when you have many things running09:43
apwc10ud, it is likely one of those things that needs someone to make a good test to allow comparitive testing09:44
cking..me senses a study of different usecases on a bunch of SSDs is required...09:45
c10udbtw, lkml thread is here: https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/4/10/19809:46
apwviktor_d, ok then personally i would do a manual bisection using the mainline kernels for the same versions, so the latest 2.6.35.x mainline kerenl and the latest 2.6.38.x mainline kernel; if those work boot ok and exhibit the same wifi working/not working, you can use the in between kernels to narrow the search to the mainline kernel tree09:46
apwc10ud, snappiness is such a subjective thing ... but without testing properly we arn't going to change the default in a hurry09:46
apwcking, something to add to your suggestions box for Q perhaps09:47
ckingapw, reckon so09:47
apwcking, given we always say use deadline for servers and not for desktop, and perhaps the decision is as the thread suggests more about ssd/rust09:47
ckingapw, yep, however, I know that whatever we do it will be wrong from some subset of users :-/09:48
c10udapw, sure, that's the main issue there "measure snappiness" but as a matter of fact till 5mins ago i feared opening a tab in firefox under such heavy load lol09:49
c10uddefaults are always tricky, yeah09:49
apwcking, well yah i assume we need some kind of latency measure for requests there must be a tool for that09:50
c10udafaik the scheduler's war is not new though09:50
ckingapw , there are tools like bonnie++ can do that 09:51
ckingc10ud, I also suspect we need to figure out what's best for a set of typical applications and a typical mix of I/O on a bunch of typical modern drives09:51
c10udyep, it's just i wtf'ed when i read "cfq is best on sata" then tried deadline and was better for me09:53
viktor_dapw, ok, i'll think about this, thank you09:54
apwhttps://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/MainlineBuilds09:55
c10udcould even be a firefox-specific thing, no idea09:55
apwviktor_d, that is where they are hiding if you need them09:55
ckingc10ud, indeed, this is the problem with tunables, everyone has different settings to suit their config09:55
ckingwe will put it down as something to study as a blueprint item for the next release09:56
apwcking, cool09:58
c10udyea, i think it could be worth checking this out (also given i don't exactly have "new" hardware so i might not be the target for the new releases)09:59
ohsixif there was a metric for it that was valid in most cases it could be switched by the kernel :> you can monitor the bio queue depths and things as the system operates to find out when deadline isn't fair enough and it starts starving things10:01
ohsixmaybe you could get a uevent for device congested out to userspace10:02
apwohsix, userspace activity triggered by disk conjection is never going to fly10:03
ohsixthere's a point where it's ok, then not ok; going to have to pick that somewhere, otherwise you sacrifice one side of the fence10:03
apwohsix, indeed but in the middle of a disk storm is not the time asking userspace to do anything is going to help10:04
apwits just going to make more stuff need the disk and that is fail10:04
ohsixeh, switching the policy to cfq while it's congested is going to make stuff need the disk more? the disk is already congested, you're just picking fairness when things are already bad, so it's not compounded and you don't pay all of the penalty for using deadline when it is10:05
apwohsix, no you are handing off a uevent which ... needs a program to handle it, which is ... on the disk10:06
apwso inevitably by the time you react it will be far too late10:06
ohsixi see10:06
ohsixwell the definition of congested can be chosen arbitrarily conservatively10:07
ohsixmaybe for the 10th percentile of the best benefit you can get from deadline10:07
apwand right now we have no idea if there is any benefit other than a subjective it seems better from one person10:08
ohsixas far as i know there'd be no huge penalty for doing it, also, doesn't cfq already have a knob that basically does that?10:08
apwwithout any numbers who knows if deadline is better for _anyone_ else10:08
apw(it probabally is, but we have nothing to base that on)10:09
ohsixwell there's probably a paper or two to be had about what it does for specific io patterns, if you have those io patterns it will be better; with ssd it's a little more certain due to the io rates and penalties for seeking being almost nil10:09
ohsix(i know there's a paper, just not where it is or by whom to cite it)10:09
apwohsix, indeed and i have personally read exactly 0 of them, and have even less idea which access patterns we have10:10
ohsixdeadline is "fair" when io takes a trivially small amount of time10:10
apwso saying 'at 10% we'll be able to switch easily' is a bit meaningless when we have nothing to take 10% of10:10
ohsixand gets progressively more unfair10:10
apwfor which definition of fair though10:10
apwsnappiness is not fair, snappiness is 'my shit gets done first'10:11
ohsixthe same one used for cfq probably, if you consider all io to be the same class10:11
apwor if that is your definition then cfq is unfair10:11
apwwe really don't give the kernel much info about which IO is important to us and which not10:12
apwfor it to make fairness decisions with10:12
ohsixnod10:13
brendandbjf - hi10:14
ohsixanyways, deadline scheduling is well documented in other contexts, and how it behaves when the "run" or io queues get larger, and how to schedule among cooperating cpus or writers doing io, if one wanted to characterize it10:14
apwbrendand, very early for bjf, he's probabally not going to be about for 4hrs10:15
ohsixnone of the papers on the optimality can be applied to disk io tho10:15
brendandapw - any idea of the Lucid -proposed kernel is going to finish verification soon?10:19
apwbrendand, it appears to be waiting on one verification, the recommendation from the engineer it to release with it either way, so i suspect it could happen today; cirtainly the deadline is up10:22
apwbrendand, i suspect they are having fun with oneiric issues which is the biggest delay10:31
ppisatimy electronic smuggler is closed... :(11:05
apwogasawara, i have a patch which i'd like in the precise kernel should you be forced to do another upload for any reason.  i believe it is not an abi bumper11:23
martinphoneif I install xubuntu 12.04 beta it will come with 3.2, right?11:25
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brendandherton - hi12:29
hertonbrendand, hi12:31
brendandherton, will verification complete on the Lucid -proposed kernel today?12:31
apwherton, there seems to be one bug unverified, but it seems the fix there was also an upstream stable patch we missed (if i am reading the last comment right) so the engineer is recommending we keep it anyhow12:33
hertonbrendand, probably not, there is still one bug not verified. we are waiting for one bug to be verified as apw said12:34
tgardnerherton, which ones are they ?12:34
hertontgardner, bug 62451012:35
ubot2Launchpad bug 624510 in linux "Copying To USB Is Very Slow" [Undecided,Fix committed] https://launchpad.net/bugs/62451012:35
hertonI talked with bjf yesterday, we could wait one more week for verification, since QA is busy now probably testing will be delayed12:36
hertonapw, yeah ming we could keep it as the patch was marked for stable12:37
herton*ming said12:37
apwok cool, thats all i had to say :)12:37
tgardnerherton, you said there were 2 bugs ? whats the 2nd one ?12:38
hertontgardner, hmm, I said still one bug not verified :)12:38
brendandherton, what about oneiric?12:40
tgardnerherton, prolly wanna get that one verified. there is a lot of stuff going on in that patch.12:41
hertonbrendand, oneiric was redone because of regressions, we decided to restart the SRU process for it, including all of master-next, since we had important fixes on there. So oneiric is on verification this week, will be released by next week, or earlier depending on how long bugs are verified12:42
hertontgardner, indeed, not a simple change12:42
ogasawaraapw: ack, send it out and I'll get it applied.  I'll be surprised if we don't have another upload.13:02
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bjfbrendand: did you get answers for your questions ?14:48
brendandbjf, yeah. herton and apw update me. thanks14:48
harry32134324hey guys I've got a quick question15:02
* ogasawara back in 2015:03
apwharry32134324, unless you ask it you won't get an answer15:08
harry32134324ahh ok :-)15:09
harry32134324so here's the deal.15:09
harry32134324i'm on 12.04 latest kernel with an intel sandy bridge15:09
harry32134324i515:09
harry32134324when resuming my pc after a suspend it freezes15:09
harry32134324however, when rc6 is disabled everything works fine15:10
harry32134324i was previously told that my motherboard is to blame since it doesn't set voltages correctly15:10
harry32134324i have an ASRock H67M-ITX15:10
harry32134324any ideas if it can be resolved?15:11
harry32134324kernel is 3.2.0-23-generic15:11
apwif the reason is because the BIOS is setting the voltages wrong, very likely not other than applying an rc6 disable for it15:11
apwwho worked out your voltages are wrong15:12
harry32134324so no way to keep rc6 enabled?15:12
apwit sounds liek the h/w is broken in that mode, so i'd guess no15:13
harry32134324hold on i can tell you who...15:13
harry32134324one of the guys that i submitted an ubuntu bug to...15:13
apwwe cirtainly don't have many sandybrige people complaining any more about it, so i assume it works well in the majority of cases15:13
harry32134324hmm got it...15:14
harry32134324sucks15:14
harry32134324here's the bug i submitted:15:14
harry32134324https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/96424615:14
ubot2Launchpad bug 964246 in linux "Kernel Freezes upon resume when rc6 is enabled." [Medium,Incomplete]15:14
apwharry32134324, yeah that information came from the upstream developers, seems that the bios was blamed15:16
harry32134324i upgraded my bios but still have the problem. i suppose ultimately my hardware is to blame...15:18
ckingharry32134324, it does appear so15:18
diwicapw, nitpick: the description for ubuntu/ubuntu-lucid.git says "Ubuntu 11.04", should be "Ubuntu 10.04" 15:18
diwicapw, on kernel.ubuntu.com gitweb15:18
apwdiwic, thanks15:18
harry32134324k guys thanks.15:18
apwharry32134324, and with the latest bios do you have an item for "iGPU voltage", the upstream bug claims success when changing it from auto to 'fixed 1.25v'15:19
harry32134324haven't tried that. i'll give a shot now.15:19
apwharry32134324, not 100% sure its the same issue he is reporting against though or not, bugs can be so unclear15:19
harry32134324well doesn't harm to give it a shot.15:20
harry32134324see you in a bit i hope :-)15:20
ogasawaracking: speaking of RC6, I was going to officially close the call for testing.  that ok with you?15:23
ckingogasawara, yep, good idea 15:24
apwogasawara, i closed out my last wi, i think you've done yours, so i think that means only smb's is open15:25
ogasawaraapw: sweet!  I didn't realize smb had one open15:26
* ogasawara looks at the charts15:26
apwits a linked bug15:26
smbapw, ogasawara Is there a chance to postpone that somehow...?15:27
ogasawarasmb: lets just unlink it15:27
apwyep if its just a bug and not going to be fixed, unlink it15:27
apwor maybe milestoning it to precise-updates may work15:27
smbI'd need to recreate the setup and then the aspire one I used to test seems slowly falling to pieces...15:27
ckingsmb, was the Aspire One tested to destruction then?15:28
ogasawaraI'll be surprised if the burn down charts are smart enough to infer that precise-updates indicates POSTPONED15:29
smbcking, at least the cheap ass ssd in it seemed to be more and more unwilling (some errors reported there) and once it hided completly15:29
ckingon a clear SSD you can seek forever15:30
ogasawarasmb: ok, unlinked from the config-review blueprint15:31
smbogasawara, Thanks, I try to get it tested again but it should not keep us from reaching 0 items15:32
smbStupid mmcblk anyway...15:32
harry32134324no good unfortunately.15:39
harry32134324it was a decent try at least.15:40
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ogasawarajsalisbury: bug 948235, lets close that out based on jamie's last comment (he's the original bug reporter).  if anyone else is still experiencing issues, have them open a separate bug report so we can gather their specific hw information and symptoms.17:14
ubot2Launchpad bug 948235 in linux "Intel wireless still randomly drops connection" [High,Confirmed] https://launchpad.net/bugs/94823517:14
jsalisburyogasawara, will do.17:22
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cyphermoxtgardner-lunch: for when you're back; https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/973241 has a link to a kernel patch for the ipw2x00 wpa caps now18:18
ubot2Launchpad bug 973241 in network-manager "ipw2200 driver doesn't report any capabilities or wireless properties using the nl80211 interface to network-manager" [High,In progress]18:18
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ppisatitoday i got the new panda and i was finally able to track down the "rebase bug" we had in the omap4, do you think there's still space for an upload?18:45
ppisatitgardner: ogasawara ^^^18:45
ogasawarappisati: you'll just have to clear it with the release team18:45
ppisatiogasawara: k18:45
ogasawarappisati: and they'll likely ask you to upload to the precise-proposed pocket18:45
ppisatiogasawara: and from there to the final image, right?18:46
ogasawarappisati: then they'll pocket copy to the release pocket after it's built in proposed18:46
ppisatiok18:46
* ppisati -> dinner, and after that, i'll do the pull req+prod release dance18:47
ogasawarappisati: I'm assuming final freeze doesn't take affect until 2100UTC today, so you have a few hours I think18:47
ppisaticool18:47
ppisatiah wait18:47
ppisatiUTC?18:47
ppisatiit's a couple of hours away18:47
ppisatianyway18:48
ogasawarappisati: eat fast :)18:48
tgardnereat while working...18:48
ogasawarappisati: what's the bug# again, I can give the release team a heads up18:50
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ppisatiogasawara: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-ti-omap4/+bug/96351219:09
ubot2Launchpad bug 963512 in linux-ti-omap4 "Latest kernel updates broke video on omap4" [Critical,Confirmed]19:09
ogasawarappisati: ack, thanks19:09
ogasawarappisati: just to confirm, the current ti-omap4 kernel is working (as in you backed out the changes which broke video)?19:14
ogasawarappisati: actually, can you jump into #ubuntu-release...19:15
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tgardnerogasawara, pushed Precise LBM w/ixgbe OEM driver update. will send meta patch on list.20:28
ogasawaratgardner: ack20:28
tgardnerppisati, let ogasawara know when you've sent your pull request. I've gotta bolt.... see y'all tomorrow.20:40
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ppisatizinc is crawling...21:35
ppisatiogasawara: ok, mail with pull req sent21:41
ogasawarappisati: ack21:41
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ogasawarappisati: did you want bug 963512 referenced in the changelog so that it's autclosed when we upload?22:03
ubot2Launchpad bug 963512 in linux-ti-omap4 "Latest kernel updates broke video on omap4" [Critical,Confirmed] https://launchpad.net/bugs/96351222:03
ppisatiogasawara: yes22:03
ppisatiogasawara: it's referenced in...22:04
ppisatiogasawara: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ppisati/ubuntu-precise.git;a=commit;h=4dc553f924976f0a595079d9fe460a222039054822:04
ppisati"UBUNTU: blend upstream hdmi detection code and TI bits"22:04
ppisatiah crap22:04
ppisatii psated in the wrong lp22:05
ogasawarappisati: I can fix it up22:05
ppisatiogasawara: thanks22:05
ogasawarappisati: uploaded, just pending archive admin to approve it in the queue22:17
ppisatiogasawara: cool, thanks22:20
ppisatiinfinity: ^^22:20
infinityppisati: Already done.22:20
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