Re: XFS with a few patches

[mdew <mdew@orcon.net.nz>]

This is from the (0)1 Scheduler.. Its not patching at all (obviously)
..used for pre8 ..no rc4 version

--- linux/include/asm-i386/hw_irq.h.orig        Tue Feb  5 13:51:40 2002
+++ linux/include/asm-i386/hw_irq.h     Tue Feb  5 13:52:12 2002
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@
 #define ERROR_APIC_VECTOR      0xfe
 #define INVALIDATE_TLB_VECTOR  0xfd
 #define RESCHEDULE_VECTOR      0xfc
-#define CALL_FUNCTION_VECTOR   0xfb
+#define TASK_MIGRATION_VECTOR  0xfb
+#define CALL_FUNCTION_VECTOR   0xfa

Off 2.4-XFS (CVS) linux/include/asm-i386/hw_irq.h

/*
 * Special IRQ vectors used by the SMP architecture, 0xf0-0xff
 *
 *  some of the following vectors are 'rare', they are merged
 *  into a single vector (CALL_FUNCTION_VECTOR) to save vector space.
 *  TLB, reschedule and local APIC vectors are performance-critical.
 *
 *  Vectors 0xf0-0xfa are free (reserved for future Linux use).
 */
#define SPURIOUS_APIC_VECTOR    0xff
#define ERROR_APIC_VECTOR       0xfe
#define INVALIDATE_TLB_VECTOR   0xfd
#define RESCHEDULE_VECTOR       0xfc
#define CALL_FUNCTION_VECTOR    0xfb
#define KDB_VECTOR              0xfa

Something must of happened between pre8->rc4..if I was gonna patch it by
hand, what would I remove/add? Or just wait for Ingo's new patch?

On Wed, 2002-02-27 at 17:43, jacob berkman wrote:
> On Tue, 2002-02-26 at 11:50, mdew wrote:
> > On Wed, 2002-02-27 at 16:32, jacob berkman wrote:
> > > On Tue, 2002-02-26 at 08:36, mdew wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Has anyone succesully used XFS 2.4.18 with AA+0(1) Scheduler+Preemptive?
> > > 
> > > i've been using these for a while and it's been quite nice so far.
> > 
> > In what order do you apply the patches?
> 
> starting with 2.4.17:
> 2.4.18-pre9
> -split-kernel
> -split-only
> acpi-20020214
> sched-01
> preempt-kernel
> 
> although i don't really remember - it's been a couple of weeks.
> 
> jacob
> --