Re: i386 trap code

2002-07-06 Thread David Xu
--- Jonathan Lemon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In article > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > you write: > >sorry for a bit OT, does anyone see this in_vm86call crazy global variable? > >it prevents two CPUs to trap into VM86 model :( > > Um, unfortunately, this is by design. Most (all?) BIOSen code are >

Re: i386 trap code

2002-07-06 Thread Bruce Evans
On Fri, 5 Jul 2002, Jake Burkholder wrote: > Apparently, On Fri, Jul 05, 2002 at 05:43:26PM -0700, > Julian Elischer said words to the effect of; > > > > > Looking at i386/exception.s > > one sees: > > [...] > > > > > Now: > > > > would it not make a lot of sense to put doreti immediatly af

Re: i386 trap code

2002-07-06 Thread David Schultz
Thus spake David Xu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I don't know if FreeBSD can run DOS program, if it can, then one CPU running > DOS program can confuse another CPU which is running BIOS code because of this > global flags. > > my current patch does not remove vm86_lock, it is still there, my orginal >

Re: more on dumping

2002-07-06 Thread Bruce Evans
On Sat, 6 Jul 2002, Andrew Gallatin wrote: > OK, current is really confusing me. When we are panic'ing and syncing > disks, how are we supposed to come back to the current thread which > caused the dump after we do an mi_switch() to allow an interrupt > thread to run? > > The alpha seems to get

Re: Removing perl in make world

2002-07-06 Thread Terry Lambert
Here are two files that make stateful configuration of world building somewhat easier. I expect that the way this will be used is to allow Paul, et. al. the option of setting a default, and having the system ask users if they want to live with Paul's default, or if they want to select their own d

Re: Removing perl in make world

2002-07-06 Thread Paul Richards
On Sat, 2002-07-06 at 03:46, Garance A Drosihn wrote: > At 3:05 AM +0100 7/6/02, Paul Richards wrote: > >Let's start with a premise: No-one running current is using > >it for anything other than developing FreeBSD. > > This is assumption is too limiting. It shouldn't be. You're trying to defend

Re: Removing perl in make world

2002-07-06 Thread Terry Lambert
Paul Richards wrote: > On Sat, 2002-07-06 at 03:46, Garance A Drosihn wrote: > > At 3:05 AM +0100 7/6/02, Paul Richards wrote: > > >Let's start with a premise: No-one running current is using > > >it for anything other than developing FreeBSD. > > > > This is assumption is too limiting. > > It sh

Re: i386 trap code

2002-07-06 Thread David Xu
--- David Schultz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thus spake David Xu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I don't know if FreeBSD can run DOS program, if it can, then one CPU > running > > DOS program can confuse another CPU which is running BIOS code because of > this > > global flags. > > > > my current pa

Re: Removing perl in make world

2002-07-06 Thread Ruslan Ermilov
On Fri, Jul 05, 2002 at 10:45:41AM +0100, Paul Richards wrote: > I think we should add a target to make world that checks for the > existence of an old base install of Perl and removes it if it exists. > > As a general principle, if we do things like remove code during -current > development then

Re: Removing perl in make world

2002-07-06 Thread Paul Richards
On Sat, 2002-07-06 at 13:29, Ruslan Ermilov wrote: > On Fri, Jul 05, 2002 at 10:45:41AM +0100, Paul Richards wrote: > > I think we should add a target to make world that checks for the > > existence of an old base install of Perl and removes it if it exists. > > > > As a general principle, if we

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Re: more on dumping

2002-07-06 Thread Andrew Gallatin
Bruce Evans writes: > On Sat, 6 Jul 2002, Andrew Gallatin wrote: > > > OK, current is really confusing me. When we are panic'ing and syncing > > disks, how are we supposed to come back to the current thread which > > caused the dump after we do an mi_switch() to allow an interrupt > > thr

Re: more on dumping

2002-07-06 Thread Andrew Gallatin
Julian Elischer writes: > > > On Sat, 6 Jul 2002, Andrew Gallatin wrote: > > > > > > > OK, current is really confusing me. When we are panic'ing and syncing > > disks, how are we supposed to come back to the current thread which > > caused the dump after we do an mi_switch() to all

Re: Removing perl in make world

2002-07-06 Thread Sheldon Hearn
On (2002/07/05 17:24), Sheldon Hearn wrote: > You and Paul are both pretty "out there" if you think -current users > will graciously accept a new world order in which ports linked > dymanically against system libraries won't work between a system upgrade > and the next port reinstall. Sorry abou

Re: Removing perl in make world

2002-07-06 Thread Brooks Davis
On Sat, Jul 06, 2002 at 12:42:53PM +0100, Paul Richards wrote: > On Sat, 2002-07-06 at 03:46, Garance A Drosihn wrote: > > At 3:05 AM +0100 7/6/02, Paul Richards wrote: > > >Let's start with a premise: No-one running current is using > > >it for anything other than developing FreeBSD. > > > > Thi

Incomplete shutdown for -CURRENT built today

2002-07-06 Thread David Wolfskill
Thatis, after issuing sudo boot0cfg -s 1 ad0 && sudo halt -p I see (on the serial console): Additional TCP options:. Starting background filesystem checks Sat Jul 6 08:07:46 PDT 2002 FreeBSD/i386 (freebeast.catwhisker.org) (cuaa0) login: Juboot() called on cpu#0 Waiting (max 60 seco

Re: i386 trap code

2002-07-06 Thread Jonathan Lemon
On Sat, Jul 06, 2002 at 05:15:26AM -0700, David Xu wrote: > > I don't know how DOS emulating program works, but if it let DOS > program run in VM86 mode, the in_vm86call global flag can prevent > one CPU to run VM86 BIOS call and another CPU run DOS VM86 code, > because it can not distinct which

Re: more on dumping

2002-07-06 Thread Bruce Evans
On Sat, 6 Jul 2002, Andrew Gallatin wrote: > Julian Elischer writes: > > On Sat, 6 Jul 2002, Andrew Gallatin wrote: > > > OK, current is really confusing me. When we are panic'ing and syncing > > > disks, how are we supposed to come back to the current thread which > > > caused the dump afte

Possible solution to /tmp on md filesystem

2002-07-06 Thread Chris Hedley
Hi all, If anyone's still looking at the /tmp on md stuff, I've thrown together a workaround/solution based on the "mount_md" idea. Okay, I know that using a shell-script for a mount program may be seen as a Bad Thing and I'm not sure I want to broadcast my duff shell-programming for all to see,

Re: Incomplete shutdown for -CURRENT built today

2002-07-06 Thread Andrew Gallatin
David Wolfskill writes: > syncing disks... > done > > And at that point, nothing further. I'm able to ping the machine, but I > didn't see the (usual) mention of an attempt to shut power off via ACPI. > (Sometimes that would work; sometimes it would time out, but this is the > first tim

Re: more on dumping

2002-07-06 Thread Andrew Gallatin
Bruce Evans writes: > On Sat, 6 Jul 2002, Andrew Gallatin wrote: > > > Julian Elischer writes: > > > On Sat, 6 Jul 2002, Andrew Gallatin wrote: > > > > OK, current is really confusing me. When we are panic'ing and syncing > > > > disks, how are we supposed to come back to the current t

Re: Possible solution to /tmp on md filesystem

2002-07-06 Thread Bernd Walter
On Sat, Jul 06, 2002 at 09:08:39PM +0100, Chris Hedley wrote: > Hi all, > > If anyone's still looking at the /tmp on md stuff, I've thrown together a > workaround/solution based on the "mount_md" idea. Okay, I know that using > a shell-script for a mount program may be seen as a Bad Thing and I'

Re: Possible solution to /tmp on md filesystem

2002-07-06 Thread Chris Hedley
On Sat, 6 Jul 2002, Bernd Walter wrote: > I abused diskless_mount for md filesystems: Either solution's preferable to my first inelegant attempt at an rc.tmp involving making a complete pigs' ear of rc! :) > [351]cicely5> cat /etc/rc.md > DEV=`mdconfig -a -t swap -s 1400M` > disklabel -r -w ${D

Re: Removing perl in make world

2002-07-06 Thread Terry Lambert
Sheldon Hearn wrote: > On (2002/07/05 17:24), Sheldon Hearn wrote: > > You and Paul are both pretty "out there" if you think -current users > > will graciously accept a new world order in which ports linked > > dymanically against system libraries won't work between a system upgrade > > and the ne

Re: Incomplete shutdown for -CURRENT built today

2002-07-06 Thread Julian Elischer
looks to me like the idle thread is running.. what does 'ps' show from ddb and "show locks" On Sat, 6 Jul 2002, Andrew Gallatin wrote: > > David Wolfskill writes: > > syncing disks... > > done > > > > And at that point, nothing further. I'm able to ping the machine, but I > > didn't

APIC on UP motherboard, Kernel trap

2002-07-06 Thread Johan Granlund
Hi, I have a ASUS A7V333 motherboard. Thats a UP motherboard vith a VIA KT333 chipset and a AMD XP Processor. There is a setting in BIOS where you can select "Interrupt Mode" between APIC an PIC, default APIC. What happends if i set options APIC_IO in the kernel config on a UP system with APIC

Re: Removing perl in make world

2002-07-06 Thread M. Warner Losh
In message: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Paul Richards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: : A 'sysclean' target would be the same in my mind. If you're "within : spec" of what -current supports then running that target shouldn't hose : you. If you're outside spec then you need to take your own precaut

Re: Incomplete shutdown for -CURRENT built today

2002-07-06 Thread W Gerald Hicks
Try again with new vfs_subr.c, vfs_bio.c Latest updates seem to have fixed it for me. (Thanks Jeff) Cheers, Jerry Hicks [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message

KSE M-III status & junior hacker project.

2002-07-06 Thread Julian Elischer
Well with various hints from here and there I have fixed the ^Z/fg problem (at least it seems fixed to me and others that have tested) This basically leaves only one outstanding problem that I know of which is a problem that Warner has with a particular progam. (This may also be fixed but I don'

Re: Removing perl in make world

2002-07-06 Thread Garance A Drosihn
At 12:42 PM +0100 7/6/02, Paul Richards wrote: >On Sat, 2002-07-06 at 03:46, Garance A Drosihn wrote: >> At 3:05 AM +0100 7/6/02, Paul Richards wrote: >> >Let's start with a premise: No-one running current is using >> >it for anything other than developing FreeBSD. >> >> This is assumption is

Re: dump(8) is hosed

2002-07-06 Thread Don Lewis
On 5 Jul, Georg-W. Koltermann wrote: > Am Mi, 2002-07-03 um 17.31 schrieb David O'Brien: >> On a 27-June-2002 23:02:00 UTC system (just before ipfw2 went in, >> pre-KSE3), dump will not complete dumping more than 5GB. At that point >> it stops responding properly to ^T, which should give "DUMP:

Does uplcom(4) support Bencole 08303?

2002-07-06 Thread Craig Rodrigues
Hi, The uplcom(4) driver which supports USB-to-serial converters lists support for the following devices which use the Prolific PL-2303 chipset. Man page for uplcom driver: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/share/man/man4/uplcom.4 Supported cables: ATEN UC-232A http://www.aten.com.tw

Re: dump(8) is hosed

2002-07-06 Thread Don Lewis
On 5 Jul, Georg-W. Koltermann wrote: > Am Mi, 2002-07-03 um 17.31 schrieb David O'Brien: >> On a 27-June-2002 23:02:00 UTC system (just before ipfw2 went in, >> pre-KSE3), dump will not complete dumping more than 5GB. At that point >> it stops responding properly to ^T, which should give "DUMP:

UMA statistics feedback.

2002-07-06 Thread Jeff Roberson
To those of you who provided me with UMA statistics; Thank you! The information was enlightening. The current bucket sizes aren't as bad as I had originally anticipated. I think I need to rework the mechanism by which the statistics are collected to get more interesting results, but for now wha

Re: cvs commit: src/sys/tools vnode_if.awk

2002-07-06 Thread Jeff Roberson
On Sat, 6 Jul 2002, Jeff Roberson wrote: > jeff2002/07/06 23:39:37 PDT > > Modified files: > sys/toolsvnode_if.awk > Log: >- Use 'options DEBUG_VFS_LOCKS' instead of the DEBUG_ALL_VFS_LOCKS > environment variable to enable the lock verifiction code. > > Revi

Re: i386 trap code

2002-07-06 Thread David Xu
Jonthan, I just use DOS program as an example, for any program, if it wants to go into VM86 mode, it is very easy, just calls i386_vm86() to initailize its VM86 pcb extension, setups some memory area, then call sigreturn() to turn into VM86 mode. I think global in_vm86call flags is a bug unde