[ 3.5.y.z extended stable ] Linux 3.5.7.15 stable review

This is the start of the review cycle for the Linux 3.5.7.15 stable kernel. This version contains 93 new patches, summarized below. The new patches are posted as replies to this message and also available in this git branch: ...

Message posted on the June 18th, 2013 - 8:20 AM ET

[PATCH] amd_iommu: Fix leak in free_pagetable()

AMD IOMMU initializes domains with a 3 level page table by default and will dynamically size it up to a 6 level page table. Sadly, free_pagetable() ignores this feature and statically frees as if it's a 3 level page table. Recurse through all the ...

Message posted on the June 17th, 2013 - 09:50 pm ET

linux-next: slab shrinkers: BUG at mm/list_lru.c:92

Hi, I managed to trigger: [ 1015.776029] kernel BUG at mm/list_lru.c:92! [ 1015.776029] invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP [ 1015.776029] Modules linked in: edd nfsv3 nfs_acl nfs fscache lockd sunrpc af_packet bridge stp llc cpufreq_conservative ...

Message posted on the June 17th, 2013 - 10:20 am ET

Questions about installation

Hi All I have a new PC, I am planning to install both win7 and Debian, My hardware is as following: CPU: intel i4770k, 8 core, 3.5GHz GPU: AMD HD7970 Motherboard: Gigabyte Z87X-UD4H during the installation process, debian cannot recognized my ...

Message posted on the June 16th, 2013 - 05:40 pm ET

Regression: 3.9.0+ .. 3.10-rc5 freezes during boot, Radeon update ??

Was about to test 3.10-rc5 but kernel freezes during boot. With freeze, I mean I've to hit reset button to recover, system is basically dead, last line on the screen is: fb: conflicting fb hw usage radeondrmfb vs EFI VGA - removing generic driver ...

Message posted on the June 16th, 2013 - 07:20 am ET

Bug#712449: linux-image: Marvell Gigabit Ethernet sky2 driver panics on unplug re-plug, found a fix

Package: linux-image-3.9.5 Version: 3.9.5-3 Severity: important Tags: patch I get "kernel panic - not syncing: Exception occurred in interrupt" about 25% of time when I unplug or I turn off any device plugged into my "Marvell ...

Message posted on the June 16th, 2013 - 03:50 am ET

Bug#712283: qcontrol: add support for i386/amd64 based devices like the QNAP TS-569 Pro

Package: qcontrol Version: 0.5.1-3 Severity: wishlist Tags: upstream Hi. As discussed previously, support for i386/amd basd devices (I have the QNAP TS-569 Pro) would be nice. It seems that many of the newer QNAPs have Atom CPUs, especially all ...

Message posted on the June 14th, 2013 - 05:50 pm ET

Bug#712245: many segfault occur concerning libglib-2.0.so.0.3200.4

Package: libglib2.0-0 Version: 2.33.12 Many segfaults are recorded in /var/syslog. Error messages are as follows. Jun 14 21:17:35 debian kernel: [518349.716234] bluetooth-apple[4946]: segfault at fbe5c ip b6d7cb88 sp bfef6b50 error 4 in ...

Message posted on the June 14th, 2013 - 09:10 am ET

Problems with ixgbe driver

Hello, I have dual port 10Gb Intel network card on a 2 socket (Xeon X5690) with a total of 12 cores. Hyperthreading is enabled so there are 24 cores. The problem I have is that when other systems send large amount of data the network with the intel ...

Message posted on the June 14th, 2013 - 08:00 am ET

[PATCH] x86: Fix /proc/mtrr with base/size more than 44bits

On one sytem that mtrr range is more then 44bits, in dmesg we have [ 0.000000] MTRR default type: write-back [ 0.000000] MTRR fixed ranges enabled: [ 0.000000] 00000-9FFFF write-back [ 0.000000] A0000-BFFFF uncachable [ 0.000000] ...

Message posted on the June 13th, 2013 - 03:00 pm ET

No Wifi under 13.04

I found the setup for wifi a bit odd under ubuntu compared with Mageia which makes me wonder if I am missing some interface that enables one to start/stop or connect. This is desktop HTPC by the way. I went into ...

Message posted on the June 12th, 2013 - 10:55 am ET

AMD to the rescue

AMD has just announced a new processor, that will run @ 5GHz stock speed: http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/06/11/e3-2013-amd-introduces-worlds-first-5ghz-consumer-cpu So now we will finally be able to run FSX with all settings at max value :o) ...

Message posted on the June 12th, 2013 - 10:54 am ET

hangs after acpid exiting

This is kubuntu 13.04 again. The subject is the last displayed line before the system hangs. # poweroff --force does indeed do the trick but is very inelegant. I tried adding the line: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="acpi=off" at the foot of ...

Message posted on the June 12th, 2013 - 10:37 am ET

My unbranded Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64 bit Operating System reports cannot save file as memory low

My unbranded Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64 bit Operating System Computer has 8 GB DRAM Yet on trying to save a file it reports out of memory! Have just run the windows memory checker and it reports no problems found. Can anyone advise what I ...

Message posted on the June 11th, 2013 - 05:50 pm ET

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