January 2013 - kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org

Boot from hard disk?
by horseriver Feb. 3, 2013

Feb. 3, 2013

hi:) When boot from hard disk , is GURB at the MBR a must ? thanks!

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Android Kernel Compilation
by Rahul Gandhi Jan. 31, 2013

Jan. 31, 2013

I am trying to compile Kernel for my Android device. I am using the NDK Toolchain (arm-linux-androideabi-4.4.3). When I use the defconfig, the kernel compiles without any errors but when I flash it onto my device, it either gets stuck on the HTC logo or continuously reboots. If I pull the config.gz from my device, it gives errors at the tome of compilation. What could have possibly gone wrong?

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How to receive DAD notifications in userspace
by Murali Annamneni Jan. 31, 2013

Jan. 31, 2013

Hi, I'm trying to retrieve DAD(duplicate address detection) notifications in userspace using netlink sockets. The code snippet is - struct sockaddr_nl addr; sock = socket(PF_NETLINK, SOCK_RAW, NETLINK_ROUTE) addr.nl_family = AF_NETLINK; addr.nl_groups = RTMGRP_IPV6_IFADDR; I'm receiving notifications when an ipv6 address added/deleted for an interface. But I'm not receiving any notifications when the address is in tentative state(dadfailed) I think I have to play with members of struct sockaddr_nl by setting proper values to receive notifications properly. Can anyone please tell me what's wrong in my code . Thanks & Regards Murali Annamneni ::DISCLAIMER:: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The contents of this e-mail and any attachment(s) are confidential and intended for the named recipient(s) only. E-mail transmission is not guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or may contain viruses in transmission. The e mail and its contents (with or without referred errors) shall therefore not attach any liability on the originator or HCL or its affiliates. Views or opinions, if any, presented in this email are solely those of the author and may not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of HCL or its affiliates. Any form of reproduction, dissemination, copying, disclosure, modification, distribution and / or publication of this message without the prior written consent of authorized representative of HCL is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error please delete it and notify the sender immediately. Before opening any email and/or attachments, please check them for viruses and other defects. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Kernel kallsyms
by Shraddha Kamat Jan. 31, 2013

Jan. 31, 2013

What are kernel kallsyms - and why are they used ? -- shraddha

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Needs Valuable Suggestions for Important Topics
by gaurav holey Jan. 31, 2013

Jan. 31, 2013

Dear All, This is gaurav. I would like to thank you all for your valuable contribution to this community. I am in process of designing a introductory training module for my students at the university for that i want suggestions from everybody out there. As you people working on the real stuff in industry, you know the potential and importance of good tutorials at the early stage of ones career.I want you to suggest me the topics in the increasing order of the complexity and importance in industrial scenario. I want to divide this module as Basics of Linux Kernel Programming and LDD Programming with some hands on training. I have some ARM LPC2148 board (ARM7),some AVR ATMega 16/32 boards with basic LED Interface,Serial Communication,Relay Interface. I can connect RTC DS1307 over I2C and SD Card through SPI with ARM Board. I am working in the field of embedded electronics product development,Application design using Qt and Training students in embedded since 8+years and i have tried tutorial out there on LDD and taken few topics as guidelines for this tutorial. Every suggestion to devise a good tutorial with examples motivating students to learn the basics of this wonderful field and try something different apart from their curriculum. I am looking forward to your valuable contribution. Thanking you in anticipation. Best Regards, Gaurav Holey

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Linux kernel book
by Rahul Bedarkar Jan. 31, 2013

Jan. 31, 2013

Hi, Can you suggest book on Linux kernel and device drivers which covers kernel version 3.0 on words? Thanks, Rahul B.

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Where does kernel store per task file position?
by Pranay Kumar Srivastava Jan. 30, 2013

Jan. 30, 2013

Hi Everyone, I was trying to find out where does Linux store per process file position? Since struct file is allocated once when the file is first opened (get_empty_filp() via do_sys_open) .I looked at these, Copy_process--->copy_files-->dup_fd it seemed to allocate only (struct file*) struct files_struct , but I couldn't find any field that is actually being used to store the file position. I'm still not able to figure out where exactly is the position of file stored per task_struct. Secondly even if this was being saved does the kernel changes f_pos of struct file whenever a (read/write) is done? I don't that happens [Correct?]. Regards, Pranay Kumar Srivastava ::DISCLAIMER:: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The contents of this e-mail and any attachment(s) are confidential and intended for the named recipient(s) only. E-mail transmission is not guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or may contain viruses in transmission. The e mail and its contents (with or without referred errors) shall therefore not attach any liability on the originator or HCL or its affiliates. Views or opinions, if any, presented in this email are solely those of the author and may not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of HCL or its affiliates. Any form of reproduction, dissemination, copying, disclosure, modification, distribution and / or publication of this message without the prior written consent of authorized representative of HCL is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error please delete it and notify the sender immediately. Before opening any email and/or attachments, please check them for viruses and other defects. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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guides to board files -> device-tree and Android -> mainline?
by Paul Wise Jan. 30, 2013

Jan. 30, 2013

Hi all, Are there any guides for developers new to Linux for: * converting board files to device-tree * porting drivers and patches from Android to current mainline? There are a lot of ARM mobile devices out there that aren't supported by Linux mainline and having these guides available would really help getting the usual Linux distros to support more mobile devices. Usually the SoC is supported by mainline but the board is not, as is the case for the device I have been trying to work on: http://bonedaddy.net/pabs3/log/2012/12/03/debian-mobile/ -- bye, pabs http://bonedaddy.net/pabs3/

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GRUB question
by horseriver Jan. 29, 2013

Jan. 29, 2013

hi:) Is /boot/initrd.img a root filesystem? what is the filetype of it? Can I put initrd.img in a floppy to boot system ? thanks!

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use of EXPORT_SYMBOL()
by horseriver Jan. 29, 2013

Jan. 29, 2013

hi:) In kernel code ,what is the use of EXPORT_SYMBOL()? Does it export a function to user application , so this function can be used in user application ? thanks!

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