[PlanetCCRMA] FC3 versus FC2 - experiences (double edge?)

Fernando Lopez-Lezcano nando@ccrma.Stanford.EDU
Tue Apr 12 11:27:01 2005


On Tue, 2005-04-12 at 06:55, Shayne O'Connor wrote:
> Fernando Lopez-Lezcano wrote:
> >Nice timing, I just moved a new edge kernel to the edge repository. If
> >this sounds confusing then it is perhaps because it is (confusing). The
> >"Edge" kernels are the sort of bleeding edge kernels that can be
> >installed alongside the more "normal" kernels. But this edge is (for
> >now) in the planetedge _repository_, not the normal planetcore
> >repository. 
> >
> >Anyway, it is 2.6.11-0.7.rdt.rhfc3.ccrma and is based on:
> >  2.6.11 +
> >  2.6.12-rc2 +
> >  realtime preempt 0.7.45-01
> >This is all garnished with a very nice:
> >  alsa version 1.0.9-0.3.rc2
> >sprinkled with tasty kernel modules for:
> >  2.6.10-2.1.ll, 2.6.11-0.3.rdt and 2.6.11-0.7.rdt
>
> i could never refuse a whopper with cheese ... so bad for me, but  it's
> all about the anticipation :)

> >All this only available on fc3 for now. 
> >
> >If you want to again mess up your machine you can if you point apt to
> >the planetedge repository. Use the same url as planetcore, only replace
> >planetcore with planetedge... Install planetccrma-core-edge or the more
> >bland but still filling planetccrma-core (or their smp versions). 
>
> well, i'm keepin the configuration i've got with my (self!) compiled
> alsa, but there's no way i can resist at least checking out a new CCRMA
> kernel ...
> 
> and, while everything seems to *run* ok for the five minutes i used the
> edge update, i get this in dmesg:
> 
> BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context modprobe(2377) at
> mm/slab.c:2114
> in_atomic():1 [00000001], irqs_disabled():0
>  [<c011cfe9>] __might_sleep+0xd9/0xf0 (8)
>  [<c014f1a0>] kmem_cache_alloc+0x50/0x60 (40)
>  [<c014e13c>] kmem_cache_create+0xfc/0x620 (16)
>  [<c02d2385>] proto_register+0x95/0xc0 (56)
>  [<e083e090>] inet6_init+0x10/0x1e0 [ipv6] (28)
>  [<c013da92>] sys_init_module+0x152/0x240 (8)
>  [<c010313b>] sysenter_past_esp+0x54/0x75 (20)
> ---------------------------
> | preempt count: 00000002 ]
> | 2-level deep critical section nesting:
> ----------------------------------------
> .. [<c02d2312>] .... proto_register+0x22/0xc0
> .....[<00000000>] ..   ( <= 0x0)
> .. [<c013995d>] .... print_traces+0xd/0x40
> .....[<00000000>] ..   ( <= 0x0)

Yes, I have seen this as well. Does not seem to have any side effects
that I noticed...

> >If I were you I'd just ignore this and make some music. 
>
> point taken :D
> 
> in any case, had band practice tonight and took my CCRMA box along
> (configured as mentioned in my previous post) to provide drums and
> multi-track recording - performed admirably for 3 hours straight ...
> that's what i like :)

Great!
-- Fernando