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http://lists.us.dell.com/pipermail/linux-poweredge/2005-April/020095.html notes about dell switch hardware and linux ethernet bonding

http://konstantin.antselovich.com/archives/2006/08/17/more-bugs-depmod-segfaults-on-fc5-agrrrr/ Fedora bug #202927 depmod segfaults So, me fighting irq kernel bug (see my previous post). I went to kernel.org, got a stock kernel, build it, tried to install : /sbin/depmod -e -F System.map 2.6.17.8 WARNING: Module /lib/modules/2.6.17.8/kernel/net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_DSCP.ko is not an elf object …. some stuff skipped …. Segmentation fault Nice! Apearantly, depmod segfaults after looking at /lib/modules/$kernel_verion/updates strace output: open("/lib/modules/2.6.17.8/updates", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK|O_LARGEFILE|O_DIRECTORY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) -– SIGSEGV (Segmentation fault) @ 0 (0) — +++ killed by SIGSEGV +++ ...

http://konstantin.antselovich.com/archives/2006/08/14/more-bugs-irq11-nodoby-cared/ Fedora bug #202567 “irq 11 nobody cared” I encuntered an annoying bug after I upgraded from Fedora Core 4 to Fedora Core 5. The result of this bug is that after X server restart or switching to a console or after suspend-resume USB, Sound and Network does not work any more. It happens because kernel disables IRQ that mentioned hardware uses to get CPU’s attention. Hopes that it will be fixed soon. ...

Watching flame wars on forums, newgroups and mailing list is always entertaining. The ever-lasting KDE-vs-Gnome saga just got an interesting update. On gnome-usability mailing list Linux Torvalds just said, “just tell people to use KDE” … so, other people jumped in and you can watch flames flowing in all directions. And of course slashdot just couldn’t miss this one and created it’s on version of this debate. Enjoy! PS; I use Gnome btw ;-) see screenshot ...

RPM GUIDE [ from fedora.redhat.com/docs] Fedora Project has made available online excellent RPM Guide written by Eric Foster-Johnson. This is a long document, including history of package managers, software design goals and implementation details. This guide is a must-read for anyone planning to create and/or maintain RPM packages.

http://konstantin.antselovich.com/archives/2005/06/18/linux-kernel-2612/ Nothing revolutionary, just another stable Linux kernel 2.6.12 was relased yesterday. It contains no surprises, but a lot of small changes that lead to a better performance under high load, better memory and process management. As usual, you can grab your fresh copy from www.kernel.org