From: "Lee Leahu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> would somebody be kind enough to explain why writing to
> the ntfs file system is extremely dangerous, and what are the
> developers doing to make writing to ntfs filesystem safe?
My understanding of the situation is that writing to an NTFS volume is not
From: "Alan Cox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Please check out this article. Looks like microsoft know open source is the
> > thing of the future. I would consider that it is a begining step for full
> > blown GPL
>
> Oh sure
>
> Maybe 1200 people
>
> "Users are prohibited from amending"
>
> S
From: "Jens Axboe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Andre Hedrick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: "Alan Cox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Linus Torvalds"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > This is a LIE, it does not destroy the drive, only the partition table.
> > Please recally the limited effects of "DiskD
From: "Miles Lane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> I noticed that this article mentions that Unisys has
> no plans to port Linux to it's "cellular multiprocessor"
> machines. So, I am wondering if anyone is working
> on this independantly.
Miles, if these babies are the 32 processor monsters that UniSys
From: "J Sloan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> My take on it is that unisys is an example of brain damage
> and it's easiest to ignore/work around them rather than
> trying to get them out of bed with microsoft. Nature will
> eventually take it's course with unisys as it did with Dec.
jjs, you can take t
From: "Federico Grau" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> We have several linux boxes useing 8 port rocketport pci multiport serial
> cards. Earlier last week 3 of them stopped working within a 24 hour period.
> These three boxes had similar uptimes (since their last kernel rebuild); 249
> days, 248 days, 250
From: "John Crowhurst" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > For example, Class B address range is 128.1.0.0 ~ 191.254.0.0
> >
> > Why 128.0.0.0 and 191.255.0.0 can't use ?
> >
> > I can't understand it
>
> This is because its the network and broadcast addresses of a Class A address
> range. Simple answer :
From: "Dan Kegel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] asked:
> > [Why does this program not crash?]
> >
> > main()
> > {
> >char *s;
> >s = (char*)malloc(0);
> >strcpy(s,"f");
> >printf("%s\n",s);
> > }
>
> It doesn't crash because the standard malloc is
> optimized
From: "Leen Besselink" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> On Mon, 6 Nov 2000, Jeff Dike wrote:
>
> > After a stranger than usual late-night #kernelnewbies session on Thursday, I
> > was inspired to come up with Kernel Hangman. This is the traditional game
of
> > hangman, except that the words you have to gue
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> If Bill said 'screw you' to the blackmailer and made the press release,
> we should see the source on web sites soon. Then we can see how bad it
> really is. Maybe even fix it.
Dave, my partner has legal access to the MS source code. In some of my own
work I discove
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From: "J. Dow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Andre Hedrick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, October 06, 2000 0:35
Subject: Re: failure to burn CDs under 2.4.0-test9
> From: "Andre Hedrick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
From: "Andre Hedrick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> On Thu, 5 Oct 2000, Jeff V. Merkey wrote:
>
> > I am seeing this as well. I got around it by setting speed=2. If you
> > are using one of the newer R/W CD/DVD drives (which are slower than
> > crap, BTW on Linux), you should set the speed manually a
From: "Daniel Phillips" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Yes, I know the game, Unisys played it with gif. Wait until it's in
> widespread use then appear out of the woodwork and demand licence fees.
> It's called submarining. It's evil. People and corporations who do it
> are little better than thugs.
The install process for 7.0 includes the opportunity to install kgcc. If
you look at its description it tells you it is for kernel compiles. Use it.
It works. Quit complaining and RTFM sometime.
This list has enough traffic it should not have to suffer from people who
cannot RTFM.
{O.O}
- O
From: "Jeff V. Merkey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> Marty,
>
> I think they said they could care less about kernel debuggers. Just go
> write one, use Keith's or ours or whatever, and do what you want with
> your Linux development -- Linus doesn't seem to care if you just make a
> fork of Linux or s
From: "Stephen E. Clark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Linus Torvalds wrote:
> >
> > On Sat, 9 Sep 2000, Oliver Xymoron wrote:
> > >
> > > Tools are tools. They don't make better code. They make better code easier
> > > if used properly.
> >
> > I think you missed the point of my original reply completel
From: "Linus Torvalds" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Yes, using a power-drill and other tools makes a lot of carpentry easier.
> To the point that a lot of carpenters don't even use their hands much any
> more. Almost all the "carpentry" today is 99% automated, and sure, it
> works wonderfuly - especially
> obpainintheass: haven't you anti-debugger-religion folks been claiming
> that if you don't have a debugger you're forced to "think about the code
> to find the correct fix"? so, like, why are you guessing right now? :)
dean, that is another man behind the curtain we are supposed to ignore
wh
Timur,
> Well, if it really is just his hobby, then he shouldn't be chanting the "World
> Domination" mantra. Either Linux belongs to Linus, in which case it's
> irrelevant outside his personal world, or it is a tool for all computer users.
> If Linus really doesn't care who uses his OS, then he
From: "Horst von Brand" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> "J. Dow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>
> [...]
>
> > The point is that WITH a debugger you have to take that step as well.
> > A person without the self discipline to do that is still a child an
> On Thu, 7 Sep 2000, George Anzinger wrote:
>
> > Chris Wedgwood wrote:
> > >
> > > On Wed, Sep 06, 2000 at 12:52:29PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > >
> > > [... words of wisdom removed for brevity ...]
> > >
> > > I'm a bastard, and proud of it!
> > >
> > >
> Or, to misquote Feynman (another cantankorous bastard, but proud of it):
>
> "Look at the problem. Think really hard. And write the correct code."
In a smallish voice I note that the debugger helps you look at the problem.
It is your X-Ray vision.
{o.o}
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Quoth Linus
> Apparently, if you follow the arguments, not having a kernel debugger
> leads to various maladies:
> - you crash when something goes wrong, and you fsck and it takes forever
>and you get frustrated.
> - people have given up on Linux kernel programming because it's too hard
>
From: "Horst von Brand" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Problem is:
>
> - Debugging code has to be written, integrated and debugged. It has to be
> designed for collecting certain types of data. If you get the data to be
> collected wrong, it is useless (and as you don't know what bugs you are
> look
> > A good debugger is a very
> > good leveraging agent. I can cut a 2x4 with a largish pocket knife,
> > in theory. (I have never wasted the time.) In a pinch I have cut a
> > 2X4 with a hand saw. I can see that if I wanted to do this for any
> > serious work power tools are required. The same l
From: "Ingo Molnar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > If the Kernel Debugger creates faulty solutions through lack of
> > thinking, and asking why, then surely printk is at least as bad
> > because it allows somebody to view the operation of the kernel through
> > a keyhole darkly. [...]
>
> i'd like to qu
From: "Ingo Molnar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> On Tue, 5 Sep 2000, Richard Gooch wrote:
>
> > Would you classify IKD as a pile of warts you wouldn't want to see in
> > the kernel?
>
> the quality of IKD is IMO excellent ( having written parts of it),
> yet i wouldnt want to see it in the kernel. T
Sorry - I punched the wrong key on that message.
Mea Culpa - mea maxima culpa.
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OK, I decided to do it, since it gave me a chance to tweak two people
in the nose, one who really earned it and one who probably should know
better. It is up on my web page and may be used and copied freely by
anyone whose email service does not have Earthlink.net black holed.
(Somebody who himsel
From: "David Ford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Alan Cox wrote:
>
> > > My server is in the tested/good list w/ orbs. Aren't you following your
own advice
> > > about properly setting up your MTA to allow good guys and stop bad guys in
accord
> > > with ORBS DNS?
> >
> > I get too much junk to care abo
> That's B.S. The GPL is a Copyright license; it applies whether or not
> it is in the kernel. Microsoft (or anyone else for that matter) can't
> take your code and use it without consent. The GPL is one way of giving
> consent, with certain strings attached.
And, Ted, THAT is brown steaming m
> In summary, when "multithreading" floats into your mind, think
> "concurrency." Think very carefully about how you might simultaneously
> exploit all of the independent resources in your computer. Due to the long
> and complex history of OS development, a different API is usually required
> to c
(Hm, I meant for a copy of this to go to the list, too. So here it is.)
Mike Harris comments:
> > I've heard comments from Alan, and others in the past bashing
> > threads, and I can understand the "threads are for people who
> > can't write state machines" comments I've heard, but what other
> >
> >And if got lost. That should tell you something. Perhaps something like
> >"*Advanced interface support for USB, FireWire, and AGP!"
> >
> >Then place any expostulatory text indented under that as complete
sentences.
> >This treates the bulleted items as "titles". Your target audience
dispi
From: "Chris Wedgwood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Alan Cox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> We ran 1.2.13lmp for about 1100 days before the box finally got
> turned off - twice around the uptime clock and more
>
> That's must be some kind of unofficial record... I though 400+ days
> was pretty neat,
> I am not a lawyer, marketing manager, marketer, salesperson, pre-sales
> person, or indeed even a "real" kernel hacker. I'm a bloody high school
> student. Hence the lack of the "journalistic touch". I'm just hacking
away,
> hoping someone will notice, tell me everything to fix, I fix it, and in
Alexander wrote vs I wrote vs he wrote etc.
> > > And let's not go into the links to directories, implemented well
> > > after it became painfully obvious that they were an invitation for
> > > troubles (from looking into Amiga newsgroups it seems that miracle
> > > didn't happen - I've seen quit
Quoth a misinformed Alexander Viro re AFFS,
> As for the silliness of the OFS... I apologize for repeating the
> story if you know it already, but anyway: OFS looks awfully similar to
> Alto filesystem. With one crucial difference: Alto kept the header/footer
> equivalents in the sector framing. N
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