<kyak>
jow_laptop: what do you think about the ffmpeg update? Will it be reverted or we must live with it and adapt/throw away other packages?
<bartbes>
so did anyone ever get the image to run in qemu?
<jow_laptop>
kyak: up until now I didn't think anything at all :) So the problem is the api change?
<viric>
is anyone here good at hanging the linux in the nanote?
<viric>
or it's something you find hard to do?
<alcy>
hanging ?
<viric>
:)
<viric>
yes. hang the system
<alcy>
heh.
<viric>
I've a weird problem with a sheevaplug
<viric>
I think that 'tmpfs' don't cope well with the OOM killer
<viric>
if you manage to be writing small things often to a tmpfs, and at the same time you have a OOM killer situation, it will hang.
<viric>
(I talk about the case of no swap)
<viric>
I can reproduce the issue easily. The kernel stops working.
<C-Keen>
viric: check if you have configured the correct amount of RAM?
<viric>
yes. 512MiB
<viric>
I think that if I disable tmpfs, I'll have no trouble
<viric>
But now I think there is some race between tmpfs and the oom killer.
<viric>
the oom killer all the time hits fine the process it should kill
<viric>
and sometimes the system keeps on running fine... and suddenly, just at one oom kill, the kernel kill report is the last thing you can expect from that kenrel
<kyak>
jow_laptop: yeah, the problem is the api change
<qi-bot>
[commit] Werner Almesberger: cngt/cngt.c: added small steps (default) and long steps (with shift) (master) http://qi-hw.com/p/cae-tools/639d9a2
<lekernel>
wpwrak, for your optocoupler thing, what about 1) putting a forward diode in series 2) having a resistor connected in parallel to to optocoupler diode so the protection diode takes all the voltage when the polarity is reversed ?
<lekernel>
(and if Murphy is there, a capacitor to absorb voltage spikes due to the parasitic capacitance of the protection diode... kidding ;-)
<wpwrak>
lekernel: hmm, the series diode would add its own Vf, raising the minimum input voltage at which the whole thing can operate
<wpwrak>
lekernel: i.e., i'd like to be able to handle 1.8 V systems. that's kinda the next step after 3.3 V. future-proofing ;-)
<lekernel>
use those icouplers you mentioned, then
<wpwrak>
yeah, with them it would be easy ;-) but they're rare birds. e.g., there doesn't even seem to be a second source for functionally similar parts. guess we just have to sit out these 20 years until the technology becomes safe to use.
<wpwrak>
(you can second-source some that don't carry power, though. but then you need an independent supply on the secondary side)
<DocScrutinizer>
wtf now you consider specialized optocouplers, but you don't like a solution with a rather standard MAXIM chip plus a (FET-)transistor