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AES-NI on Dell Vostro 3360

I don't have AES-NI available on my Dell Vostro 3360 laptop. Why? Does this machine not support it? My /proc/cpuinfo: processor : 0 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 58 ...
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What is the appropriate value of vm.swappiness when using zram?

I'm using zram on my computer as a compressed RAM-backed swap. When the system needs to swap something out, swapping it to a zram-backed swap file is more or less equivalent to compressing that data ...
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How to list console and kernel fonts?

I have a number of console fonts installed in /lib/kbd/consolefonts/ installed. How do I list them (obviously all I can do, is just look at the filenames, but not at a list at available fonts). How ...
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What does “INFO: task XXX blocked for more than 120 seconds” exactly mean on Linux?

I had this message in my kernel log : INFO: task XXX blocked for more than 120 seconds. I would like to know what it means technically: under what conditions does the kernel display this message about ...
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File system CRC check

I know that before running the kernel, u-boot (the boot loader) will check the kernel image CRC. Only if it is correct it will go further, else it will give a "Bad CRC" error. I want to do same thing ...
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how to uniformly execute benchmarks on linux

I am doing project on adapting Linux for scalable multi core architecture. I am testing Linux's performance with benchmarks. When I am running the benchmarks in the system then other programs like ...
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How should I solicit feedback from a tree maintainer for patches sent to the lkml?

I have submitted a patch to the linux kernel that has gotten several reviews and gone through a couple iterations on the mailing list. It has been ACKed and reviewed by two developers, but they say ...
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Linux /proc/sys/kernel: where are the files sysrq-sticky, sysrq-key, and sysrq-timer?

Documentation for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (section 5.3.9.3) mentions these files in /proc/sys/kernel/: sysrq sysrq-key sysrq-sticky sysrq-timer The documentation for RHEL 5 also mentions them. ...
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Loading speedstep_centrino kernel module

Because of a noisy fan in my laptop, I need to change CPU frequency and for this task I need to load the appropriate kernel module. The CPU in my laptop Acer TravelMate 4002WLMi is: $ cat ...
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obtaining kernel build tree

Could anyone explain me what the kernel build tree is? What files does it include? How can I obtain it from a cross-compiled kernel source (e.g. 3.4.0)?
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building/compiling kernel headers

I am compiling kernel 3.4 and 3.8 for different target devices. I would like to install compat wireless driver which requires kernel header. Could anyone tell me how I can compile/build the kernel ...
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“Acpi-State” in slabtop's output gets increased — what is it? Is it a bug?

Since boot it gets increased occupying even more RAM than anything else: Active / Total Objects (% used) : 680608 / 719176 (94.6%) Active / Total Slabs (% used) : 17390 / 17390 (100.0%) ...
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What are the other congestion control algorithms specially designed for lossy Wireless Networks like LTE and WiMax?

I am trying different congestion control algorithms for getting maximum throughput and minimum delay across my setup for TCP flow.Please suggest other available algorithms apart from Veno, ...
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Invoking memory compaction on linux 2.6.35 kernels and beyond

This LWN article about memory compaction indicates that memory compaction can be invoked in the linux kernel by Writing a node number to /proc/sys/vm/compact_node, causing compaction to happen on ...
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Enabling IOMMU in the kernel for graphics card pass-through

Short question: How can I turn on the intel_iommu setting in the Linux kernel? I run a Debian host, using the grub2 bootloader. Documentation I've seen says to edit /boot/grub/menu.lst, which seems ...
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What is the relation between the Linux device drivers “domains”?

As I'm reading about the Linux device drivers and power management API I keep encountering terms like "system level", "subsystem", "platform", "class", and so on. What is the relation between them? ...
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Is it possible to run any distro from RAM from within an .iso saved on an NTFS file system?

Running entirely from RAM been done on various distros such as Slax, DamnSmallLinux, and newer Ubuntu versions, and since I have 8GB it seems reasonable that I could run many distros entirely from RAM ...
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Update jiffies value after waking up from suspend

The global variable jiffies holds the number of ticks that have occurred since the system booted. On boot, the kernel initializes the variable to zero, and it is incremented by one during each timer ...
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kgdb not returning control to gdb

I've compiled a kernel with kgdb support and I'm trying to debug it. I have two machines running, a debug machine (running the kgdb kernel) and the machine I'm using to debug it. They are connected ...
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Error cross compiling linux kernel using buildroot

I am trying to build a kernel bt in cross compiling the kernel when I ran following command make CROSS_COMPILE=i686-linux- ARCH=x86 I got the following error: UCLIB_EXTRA_CFLAGS="" \ ...
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How to deal with closed source modules when configuring a new kernel build

I found this command very useful: make localmodconfig However, having some closed source drivers/modules ends up being a problem because this command can't find an appropriate way of including the ...
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When would I use FBDEV vs DRM vs DSS?

I'm new to Linux graphics, and I'm interested in developing a graphics driver. I see that Linux supports three methods for writing graphics to the display device FBDEV DRM DSS2 When would I use ...
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Linux kernel headers' organization

While I was doing some reading on system calls, I did a search for "syscalls.h" to find the header file in LXR. The search results puzzled me. There is a dozen of "syscalls.h" files coming from ...
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Kernel 3.0.0-1 and NVIDIA driver boot problems

I can't boot kernel 3.0.0-1 on Asus G53S running Debian, it freezes when booting with: NVRM loading NVIDIA Unix x86_64 kernel module 275.28 then it times out with: udevd[350]: timeout: killing ...
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Determine whether kernel built-in driver supports a device

I'm trying to find a way to accurately determine whether all the hardware on some system has a valid driver installed either via a kernel module or built-in to the kernel. I'm working with RHEL 5.5 ...
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GRUB2 and kernel vga= parameter

According to the documentation, use of the vga= kernel parameter is deprecated as of GRUB2. The fact that some newer kernels don't seem to support it anymore on certain adapters is of no concern as ...
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Unable to install the selected kernel

I have problem with my DVD drive. It's corrupted and when I'm trying to install Ubuntu it stucks (even with the miniISO) I was able to successfully start the OS from system rescue CD. I'd like to ...
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Unable to install Atheros AR8161 Ethernet controller driver for centOS 6

I've installed CentOS 6.3. However, eth0 does not show up on ifconfig. So I figured out that I need to install alx Ethernet driver from here. Since my internet is not working, as ethernet drivers are ...
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No make target “uImage” with Buildroot 2013.05

After enabling Linux Kernel option and setting the Kernel binary format to uImage, I always get the following error: make[1]: * No rule to make target `uImage'. Stop. My buildroot configuration is ...
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Is there any ARM platform for which high resolution timers are available in mainline (unpatched) kernels?

I currently have some projects using a TS-7400 board, which has a Cirrus Logic EP9302 ARM9 processor. Some of my applications require a 1ms periodic timer, so after lots of struggling I found these ...
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How customize initrd via linuxrc

I have the need to use the same disk and so the same bootloader on devices with different motherboard. Each motherboard has it's own way of mapping devices so sometime the bootdisk is mapped ad hda ...
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How to setup an audio/sound output monitor/listener?

I am working with an Arduino and am trying to get it to respond to sound when it is played on my computer. I'm communicating with it over a serial port. I need to know if there are any audio/sound ...
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Where does the Linux kernel reside in memory ?

From some book I have, I have in my notes that the Linux kernel resides at 0xc00000000 on 32-bit systems, and is mapped into user space for performance reasons. Is this accurate ? How can I verify ...
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Android strace error: “strace: 2: Syntax error: ”&“ unexpected”

I was using built-in strace given in /system/xbin/ directory in the emulator and it was giving me wrong set of system calls such as msgget() and msgrecv() which are not supported by Android even. I ...
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What changed in Linux kernel (2.6.22) that gives hdparm support for power-on in standby?

Hdparm man page lists for parameter -s: Enable/disable the power-on in standby feature, if supported by the drive. VERY DANGEROUS. Do not use unless you are abso- ...
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CFLAGS in Linux kernel makefiles: which one is used when?

I'm not familiar with Makefiles, I can kinda understand them, but with the Linux Kernel I have a question. (Using 3.7.1, Patched with BFS so line numbers may be a bit off) On line 248 HOSTCFLAGS ...
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Would it be possible to not have the network link cycled on loading the kernel module?

Using some cheap hardware in a thin-client setup we use a diskless PXE booting a small Linux kernel. Currently, it takes a quite some time to boot it fully up and we're looking into some optimizations ...
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Booting linux from SD Card on a Leopard board (Ti DM365)

I have a Leopard board with Ti DM365 processor. Problem is that I tried to flash the bootloader (uboot) to nand and landed up corrupting the NAND. Now I can't use the NAND to bring up the board. So I ...
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How do I create more /dev/tty entries and /dev/ptmx on boot up?

After building kernel 3.2.13 and installing via RPM on my system, I have this problem: There is no /dev/ptmx which the rest of my system is expecting. There is actually a /dev/tty/ptmx device ...
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Decreasing mouse sensitivity at kernel level

I have developed a custom-GUI Server, which runs on virtual console of Linux.For mouse-handling purpose, it reads the mouse device file /dev/input/mice and retrieves the event data and updates ...
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Problem with keyboard backlight in Asus N56VZ. Suspected asus-wmi problem

I use Ubuntu mainline kernel 3.8.x and 3.9.RCx on Linux Mint 14. On those kernels keyboard backlight is not working very consistently. Sometimes kernel boots and keyboard brightness is available. ...
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Building and loading modules Beagle board - xM Rev C

I'm using Linux kernel 2.6.38 on Beagle board - xM Rev C and I want to build and load modules. I'm selected HID gadget as a module in menuconfig ([M] HID Gadget) but I don't know how to load g_hid.ko ...
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make: i686-linux-gcc: Command not found

I am using Ubuntu-11.10 amd64 and trying to cross-compile a linux-2.6.38.8 kernel for a 32-bit target.I tried make CROSS_COMPILE=i686-linux- ARCH=i386 But I got error make: i686-linux-gcc: ...
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Compiling the Linux kernel in Eclipse

I have a Mac running Snow Leopard and I know that I cannot compile the Linux kernel. I have used a Linux VM (virtualbox) to compile the kernel but I was wondering if I could compile it on Eclipse ...
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mounting udev on /dev failed: No such device

I am trying to compile Linux kernel 3.2.36 with its source code on the x86_64 architecture. I followed the following set of commands under my Linux source distribution directory: make defconfig ...
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Linux, Debugger program development

We are trying to implement the debugger program which will takes either PID or Program name as input and Invoke the gdb by using PID. Below is two small programs are written, Not able to figure out ...
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Creating a Virtual filesystem to boot linux

I am trying to boot the linux kernel (bzImage) in QEMU but have had issues. After asking on U&L I found out that my problem was that I was booting the kernel without a filesystem to boot from. So ...
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how to over come controller kernel panic

We have a IBM server xseries 260 with suse enterprises linux 9 recently I have faced with the following error I dont know how to over come can any one tell out the way error is Fatal Error: ...
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SiI 3132 Serial ATA Raid II Controller hangs ubuntu server 12.04 after a while

After a while an ubuntu server suddenly stop to work because of input/output error on master hard disk. I do a hard reboot and everything is working fine (any input/output error) for several days (fom ...
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network device module equivalent to ping

I have made a module which is transmitting but I don't know whether the packet which I am transmitting is a ping packet or not. Code is shown below: icmp.type = 8; icmp.code = 0; ...