Request: kernel subforum.

[rew]

Wouldn't it be nice to have a kernel-development subforum here?

I just got a kernel-oops, and I would like to post it somewhere the kernel developers can see it...

[dom]

The issues list on GitHub is usually used for posting bug reports.

[rew]

I think that "discussions" are better handled here, and that when we determine that it's a "issue" that we make it an issue on the github issue list.

[jojopi]

I just got a kernel-oops, and I would like to post it somewhere the kernel developers can see it...

If you are using the official binary kernel the oops will be a useless pile of hex anyway.

[rew]

Well, if the hex cannot be translated to something useful, then we should have a forum where I could suggest to change that. The RPI kernel is NOT stable. Not for production use.

This means that we should enable debugging by including the debugging symbols.

I went and checked on my 'pi yesterday at 22:00 (10PM) and it was still running (since 8:30 in the morning). It crashed again around 03:26.

[dom]

GitHub contains:
https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware ... System.map
which allows you to look up the addresses.

You can also boot kernel_debug.img instead, then you get proper backtraces (and other debug features).
(you may need to install the debug/lib/modules too, if you require modules).

[rew]

I compile my own kernel. What do I enable to get a more readable kernel oops?

[dom]

I compile my own kernel. What do I enable to get a more readable kernel oops?

Look at the diffs between bcmrpi_cutdown_defconf and bcmrpi_defconfig.

[rew]

Is my English deficient or is the naming weird?

With "cutdown" I understand that this is a config that has less drivers enabled for a smaller memory footprint (or something like that).

update: I compared them. You mean the cutdown config is what "debian" uses, and the normal config has the debugging symbols enabled?

My .config is completely different from the bcm_defconfig files. IIRC, I started out with a raspberry pi default config and enabled small things like "spi" which I was working on.