Re: How to enable a SCSI CD-ROM ?

2011-10-09 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, > > can anybody remember to have used a SCSI CD-ROM with Hurd ? > I have just pushed a driver which should permit it. So it will be possible to test the command transport via an SCSI controller when there is a RPC to reach the transaction calls in gnumach. > Unfortunately, when enabling a

Re: Interface for SCSI transactions ?

2011-10-09 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, > Well, the problem is that if we decide on a solution you don't like, you > won't be very motivated to follow it :-) That's why I'd prefer a > solution in consensus between all involved parties, i.e. You, Samuel, > and me. In general, this mindfulness is surely helpful to gain co-workers. Bu

glibc: pagesize

2011-10-09 Thread Thomas Schwinge
Hi! Linux has a EXEC_PAGESIZE macro, exposed in asm/param.h, typically accessed via linux/param.h, then sys/param.h. This is now taken for granted in glibc: commit 02d46fc4b969e25e4ba0c54aa95fa98d7279bd05 Author: Ulrich Drepper Date: Sat Sep 10 21:47:36 2011 -0400 Sim

Re: How to enable a SCSI CD-ROM ?

2011-10-09 Thread Samuel Thibault
Thomas Schmitt, le Sun 09 Oct 2011 11:45:59 +0200, a écrit : > > CD ROM devices are actually called /dev/cd0 in GNU Mach. With the > > command line above I could mount /dev/cd0. cd to /dev and run > > ./MAKEDEV cd0 there to create the device node. > > In this sequence ? mount, cd, MAKEDEV ? No, m

Disk drivers at SPL6 rather than 5?

2011-10-09 Thread Samuel Thibault
Hello, The sym53c8xx vs rtl8139 issue is actually partly due to block drivers running at spl5, while net drivers running at spl6. Is there a reason for not raising block drivers to spl6, to just drop that issue? I can't find any reason in our current code. Samuel

Re: How to enable a SCSI CD-ROM ?

2011-10-09 Thread Samuel Thibault
Thomas Schmitt, le Sun 09 Oct 2011 11:45:59 +0200, a écrit : > So it will be possible to test the command transport via an SCSI > controller when there is a RPC to reach the transaction calls > in gnumach. Yes. > > Unfortunately, when enabling a SCSI hosts, the network card stops > > working for