2.5.x kernel questions

[Aaron Grewell]

OK.  Have you created the new conf file for your modules?  It uses a different 
filename and slightly different format from the old.  There's a script to 
generate it included with the new module-init-tools.  Sadly, that script 
didn't do jack for me.  Your best bet is probably the manpage for the new 
conf file (/etc/modprobe.conf).  I'm not using XFS so I don't know about that 
one.  ACPI is probably a waste of time if your box doesn't need it to boot.  
The tools haven't caught up with the capabilities in the kernel yet anyway, 
so I haven't been able to get it to do anything at all.  v1 swapfiles are 
safe for at least 2.4 and higher, so no problem there.

On Monday 05 May 2003 15:29, Net Llama! wrote:
> On Mon, 5 May 2003, Aaron Grewell wrote:
> > Make sure you go through the Documentation/Changes file that comes with
> > the kernel source.  There are a fair number of programs that have to be
> > upgraded and/or replaced (modutils is one, xfsutils is another) and the
> > URL's are there.  I'm surprised you didn't get more in the way of
> > outright failures, really.  So many things have changed.
>
> I already did that, and actually, very little on my system needed to be
> upgraded.
>
> > On Monday 05 May 2003 13:37, Net Llama! wrote:
> > > This one is for those brave enough to have been playing with 2.5.x
> > > kernels.  I build my first 2.5.x today, 2.5.68 to be precise.
> > >
> > > Overall, its not too bad of a mess, although i've got some
> > > 'interesting' errors in dmesg that i'd like to run by you folks:
> > >
> > > 1) None of the entries in my /etc/modules.conf got parsed.  I was able
> > > to manually load the modules i needed with modprobe, but i'm kinda
> > > puzzled as to how to resolve this without breaking my fully functional
> > > 2.4.20 kernel configuration.
> > > 2) I'm seeing this appear immediately after all the filesystems
> > > get mounted (BTW, i'm using XFS) "warning: process `update' used the
> > > obsolete bdflush system call Fix your initscripts?"  Any idas what this
> > > is about?
> > > 3) I've got a massive number of ACPI errors similar to this "ACPI-1120:
> > > *** Error: Method execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.SBRG.PS2M._STA] (Node
> > > cfe38680), AE_AML_REGION_LIMIT"  Should I even both with ACPI, since
> > > this is not a laptop?
> > > 4) This appeared immediately before it detects my SCSI controller "scsi
> > > HBA driver sym53c8xx didn't set a release method, please fix the
> > > template" 5) My swap partition failed to get activated "version 0 swap
> > > is no longer supported. Use mkswap -v1 /dev/hda2".  Is it safe to do
> > > this if i switch back to 2.4.20?
> > >
> > >
> > > That's what i've found so far.  If this stuff is documented somewhere,
> > > please point the way, and i'll gladly start reading.
> > >
> > > thanks!
> >
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