Re: PCI Hardware Modem (Really)

1999-11-08 Thread Warner Losh
In message <001801bf175d$1a9a9940$05012ccf@bopper> "Bill A. K." writes: : I've got a Rockwell PCI Modem thats full hardware, and I was wondering : if anybody has written a driver for this kind yet. I have written a driver for the pci hardware modems in -stable under contract. I plan to port

Re: Compaq RAID driver (ida) id0 vs ida0

1999-11-08 Thread Jonathan Lemon
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED]> you write: > >Why is the /dev names ida0?? for the disk when the kernel are trying to >mount rootdev to id0??? (Guess what... It is'nt compatibel ;) ``ida'' is the name of the controller. ``id'' is the name of the disk. -- Jonathan To Unsubscribe: send mail to [

Re: rm error code on FAT

1999-11-08 Thread Maxim Sobolev
"Matthew D. Fuller" wrote: > On Tue, Nov 09, 1999 at 02:18:44AM +0200, a little birdie told me > that Maxim Sobolev remarked > > > > If your logic is right, then attempt to remove existent files from FAT using > > '*' should yield absolutely the same result (i.e. EINVAL). But in fact files > > be

Stats in kernelmode (Screensaver)

1999-11-08 Thread Nicolai Petri Secure
I'm currently programming a screensaver the shows statistics (cpu load and stuff) but the interface for doing it in kernel mode sucks.. What is the right way to do it ? And would the screensaver be subject for entering the main source tree ? --- Nicolai Petri WM-data Bfc To Unsubscribe: send

Compaq RAID driver (ida) id0 vs ida0

1999-11-08 Thread Nicolai Petri Secure
Why is the /dev names ida0?? for the disk when the kernel are trying to mount rootdev to id0??? (Guess what... It is'nt compatibel ;) What is the right thing ? And were should it be fixed ??? --- Nicolai Petri WM-data Bfc Denmark To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubsc

Re: rm error code on FAT

1999-11-08 Thread Matthew D. Fuller
On Tue, Nov 09, 1999 at 02:18:44AM +0200, a little birdie told me that Maxim Sobolev remarked > > If your logic is right, then attempt to remove existent files from FAT using > '*' should yield absolutely the same result (i.e. EINVAL). But in fact files > being removed from FAT w/o any problems (

Re: rm error code on FAT

1999-11-08 Thread Maxim Sobolev
Bruce Evans wrote: > On Mon, 8 Nov 1999, Maxim Sobolev wrote: > > > Does anybody can explain why two absolutely identical attempts to remove > > unexistent files on UFS and FAT32 yields different error codes ("No such > > file or directory" and "Invalid argument" respectively)? This breaks "rm >

Re: libvgl - status and perspectives

1999-11-08 Thread Andrzej Bialecki
On Mon, 8 Nov 1999, Soren Schmidt wrote: > It seems Andrzej Bialecki wrote: > > > > > > Oops, sos and I have developed a new version of libsvgl which can > > > handle VESA modes in addition to the standard VGA graphics modes. > > > But I haven't committed it to the source tree yet (yes, I should

Re: ambiguity between -STABLE and -RELEASE

1999-11-08 Thread Peter Jeremy
On 1999-Nov-09 09:53:44 +1100, Theo PAGTZIS wrote: > If there are bugs that are resolved in >3.3-STABLE then the 3.4-RC should entail NO new functionality even if this is >supplemental. This (presumably) means that new functionality should only be introduced at major releases (eg 3.0, 4.0 etc).

Re: ambiguity between -STABLE and -RELEASE

1999-11-08 Thread Ben Rosengart
On Mon, 8 Nov 1999, Theo PAGTZIS wrote: > What are your views? I think it's fine the way it is. It took me a few minutes to wrap my mind around the FreeBSD release and patching schemata, but ever since then, they've treated me pretty well. -- Ben Rosengart UNIX Systems Engineer, Skunk Group

Re: ambiguity between -STABLE and -RELEASE

1999-11-08 Thread Theo PAGTZIS
Guys, many thanks for the response. It seems to me though, that there is a vicious circle that the user is locked in. If there are bugs that are resolved in 3.3-STABLE then the 3.4-RC should entail NO new functionality even if this is supplemental. What I mean is that as a user you, (I feel)

Re: TCP sockets stuck in the CLOSING state

1999-11-08 Thread Kenneth D. Merry
Jonathan Lemon wrote... > On Nov 11, 1999 at 01:41:48PM +0100, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote: > > Note that the state transition diagram in RFC793 does not specify a > > timeout for the CLOSING -> TIME_WAIT transition, so any faithful > > implementation of RFC793 has this bug (but why doesn't this hap

Re: cvs commit: src/share/man/man4/man4.i386 syscons.4 src/sys/i386/conf LINT

1999-11-08 Thread Nick Hibma
A hint for laptop users: Change the ATTR for the normal case if you have a weak display: options SC_NORM_ATTR="(FG_WHITE|BG_BLACK)" options SC_NORM_REV_ATTR="(FG_BLACK|BG_WHITE)" options SC_KERNEL_CONS_ATTR="(FG_YELLOW|BG_BLACK)" options SC_KERNEL_CONS_REV_ATTR="(

Re: show stopper for Gcc 2.95.2 conversion

1999-11-08 Thread Peter Jeremy
On 1999-Nov-09 05:01:43 +1100, Luoqi Chen wrote: >> + "=D" (addr), "=c" (count) : >> + "r" (bsh + offset), "0" (addr), "1" (count) : >> + "%eax", "memory"); >You may use "+D" and "+c" for the in-out operands, > "

Re: ambiguity between -STABLE and -RELEASE

1999-11-08 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Mon, 8 Nov 1999, Jonathan M. Bresler wrote: > ps. note this explaination is somewaht simplified, but it accurate in > all its major points. It's also explained quite clearly in the FAQ, for people who care to read it. Kris Cthulhu for President! For when you're tired of choosing

Re: ambiguity between -STABLE and -RELEASE

1999-11-08 Thread Jonathan M. Bresler
> > just a very basic question that would resolve a dispute between colleagues. > > When one talks about Fbsd3.3-STABLE my impression is that such version is a > stage before the Fbsd3.3-RELEASE. In other words the -RELEASE is for the > final version and the -STABLE is the version that is s

Re: ambiguity between -STABLE and -RELEASE

1999-11-08 Thread Brooks Davis
On Mon, Nov 08, 1999 at 07:47:23PM +, Theo PAGTZIS wrote: > just a very basic question that would resolve a dispute between colleagues. > > When one talks about Fbsd3.3-STABLE my impression is that such version is a > stage before the Fbsd3.3-RELEASE. In other words the -RELEASE is for th

Re: ambiguity between -STABLE and -RELEASE

1999-11-08 Thread Jesper Skriver
On Mon, Nov 08, 1999 at 07:47:23PM +, Theo PAGTZIS wrote: > just a very basic question that would resolve a dispute between colleagues. > > When one talks about Fbsd3.3-STABLE my impression is that such version is a > stage before the Fbsd3.3-RELEASE. In other words the -RELEASE is for t

ambiguity between -STABLE and -RELEASE

1999-11-08 Thread Theo PAGTZIS
Hi all, just a very basic question that would resolve a dispute between colleagues. When one talks about Fbsd3.3-STABLE my impression is that such version is a stage before the Fbsd3.3-RELEASE. In other words the -RELEASE is for the final version and the -STABLE is the version that is s

Re: new sigaction struct

1999-11-08 Thread Marcel Moolenaar
Steve Price wrote: > Just curious as to what the motivation for re-ordering the > sa_flags and sa_mask members in sigaction were? The manpage > still describes the old order BTW. If sigset_t is to be changed again, then having it the last field in the structure leaves us some room to avoid intr

Re: Please test Vinum with this (was: bdev patch looking for review & testers)

1999-11-08 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Greg Lehey writes: >On Sunday, 7 November 1999 at 16:52:12 +0100, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: >> >> The main thing in this patch is to make bdevs use the same (ie: normal) >> vnode locking as character devices. >> >> Secondary effects are general cleanup in spec_vnops

Please test Vinum with this (was: bdev patch looking for review & testers)

1999-11-08 Thread Greg Lehey
On Sunday, 7 November 1999 at 16:52:12 +0100, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > > The main thing in this patch is to make bdevs use the same (ie: normal) > vnode locking as character devices. > > Secondary effects are general cleanup in spec_vnops.c > > You should see no operational changes by applying

Re: show stopper for Gcc 2.95.2 conversion

1999-11-08 Thread Luoqi Chen
> Here is the patch I've been working on (before I 1st got BDE's reply). > The changes are mostly from OpenBSD + style changes for the way we do > things. Can you also test this one? > > > Index: bus.h > === > RCS file: /home/ncvs/

Re: sio working

1999-11-08 Thread Greg Lehey
On Monday, 8 November 1999 at 10:05:54 -0700, Warner Losh wrote: > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Greg Lehey writes: > : I need to check why I'm not getting irq 3 for the port, but everything > : else looks OK. > > Likely because you don't have irq 3 listed in the line of available > irqs for pcc

Re: sio working

1999-11-08 Thread Warner Losh
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Greg Lehey writes: : I need to check why I'm not getting irq 3 for the port, but everything : else looks OK. Likely because you don't have irq 3 listed in the line of available irqs for pccardd Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscri

Re: Release schedule of 4.0

1999-11-08 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Forrest Aldrich writes: >We're building a few new systems. I wondered what the status >was of the 4.0 project (stability and release date estimate). We expect release Q1/2000 some time. Feature freeze will probably happen this year. -- Poul-Henning Kamp

Release schedule of 4.0

1999-11-08 Thread Forrest Aldrich
We're building a few new systems. I wondered what the status was of the 4.0 project (stability and release date estimate). Thanks. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message

Re: syncing disks giving up

1999-11-08 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Kenneth Wayne Culver writes: >Alright I did what PHK told me to, and updated, but now for some reason >when I reboot, I can't get the root directory to keep the new kernel. this >is what happens before I reboot: > >culverk:~> ls -l /kernel* >-r-xr-xr-x 1 root whe

Re: sh bug

1999-11-08 Thread Jean-Marc Zucconi
> Steve Price writes: > On Mon, 8 Nov 1999, Jean-Marc Zucconi wrote: > # > Jean-Marc Zucconi writes: > # > # > Try this in -current > # > $ cat some_file | head > # > # > I have to use ^C to regain control. > # > # ... and reverting to rev. 1.22 of eval.c fixes the problem.

syncing disks giving up

1999-11-08 Thread Kenneth Wayne Culver
Alright I did what PHK told me to, and updated, but now for some reason when I reboot, I can't get the root directory to keep the new kernel. this is what happens before I reboot: culverk:~> ls -l /kernel* -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 1551621 Nov 8 08:18 /kernel* -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 1551621

Re: sio working

1999-11-08 Thread Greg Lehey
On Saturday, 6 November 1999 at 10:49:26 -0700, Warner Losh wrote: > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Greg Lehey writes: > : Nov 5 17:15:19 mojave /kernel: sio1: configured irq 3 not in bitmap of probed >irqs 0 > > Unless you are running pccardd, you won't see the pccard devices show > up. The p

Re: Dr Neuhaus niccy go not recognized

1999-11-08 Thread Matthew N. Dodd
On Mon, 8 Nov 1999, Hellmuth Michaelis wrote: > Check the reality. Have a look at the PnP documentation available for > the old PnP architecture at > http://www.freebsd.org/~luigi/pnp971020.tgz and then tell me where i > find "as much or more" than this for the new one. PnP devices are handled no

Re: sh bug

1999-11-08 Thread Steve Price
On Mon, 8 Nov 1999, Jean-Marc Zucconi wrote: # > Jean-Marc Zucconi writes: # # > Try this in -current # > $ cat some_file | head # # > I have to use ^C to regain control. # # ... and reverting to rev. 1.22 of eval.c fixes the problem. Does revision 1.24 work? # Jean-Marc # # -- # J

Re: syncing disks giving up.

1999-11-08 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
Update, that is caused by a leak from my experimental branch into -current. In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Kenneth Wayn e Culver writes: >I just cvsupped this morning, and noticed that now whenever I reboot (I do >this to make sure everything works right with the new kernel) the machine >does t

syncing disks giving up.

1999-11-08 Thread Kenneth Wayne Culver
I just cvsupped this morning, and noticed that now whenever I reboot (I do this to make sure everything works right with the new kernel) the machine does this: syncing disks 15 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 giving up.. Rebooting... Then fsck has to fix a whole lot of stuf

Re: cvs commit: src/libexec/uucpd uucpd.c

1999-11-08 Thread Eivind Eklund
On Mon, Nov 08, 1999 at 01:04:29PM +0200, Valentin Nechayev wrote: [Regarding a change to UUCP to have it log the username when the password entry fails] > > I don't have any religious feeling about this change, and I'm willing > > to back it out and keep it as a local change again (the way it has

Re: cvs commit: src/libexec/uucpd uucpd.c

1999-11-08 Thread Valentin Nechayev
Hello Eivind Eklund! Sun, Nov 07, 1999 at 14:25:22, eivind wrote about "Re: cvs commit: src/libexec/uucpd uucpd.c" in cvs-commiters@, cvs-all@: > > Just for the record, this is considered a really bad thing, because > > one common error is typing the password when the username is being > > ex

Re: doscmd broken on current? fixed

1999-11-08 Thread Bruce Evans
On Sun, 7 Nov 1999, John Hay wrote: > Ok, with these patches doscmd is working for me again. I can boot dos and > run the topspeed C compiler like I used to a few months ago. > > If nobody has any complaints I'll commit it. I'm just not 100% sure about > the patch to doscmd.c and would like if s

Re: libvgl - status and perspectives

1999-11-08 Thread Soren Schmidt
It seems Andrzej Bialecki wrote: > > > > Oops, sos and I have developed a new version of libsvgl which can > > handle VESA modes in addition to the standard VGA graphics modes. > > But I haven't committed it to the source tree yet (yes, I should have > > done so weeks ago ;-( > > > > Anyway, if

Re: libvgl - status and perspectives

1999-11-08 Thread Andrzej Bialecki
On Mon, 8 Nov 1999, Kazutaka YOKOTA wrote: > > >Today I noticed accidentally that either libvgl is broken, or the demo > >program does something wrong - the mouse cursor doesn't move. > > Oops, sos and I have developed a new version of libsvgl which can > handle VESA modes in addition to the st

Re: libvgl - status and perspectives

1999-11-08 Thread Soren Schmidt
It seems Donn Miller wrote: > On Sun, 7 Nov 1999, Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai wrote: > > > libggi has more support for FreeBSD than svgalib has and it also seems > > to be preferred over svgalib due to security hassles and all that. > > > > So you might want to try that route. > > I saw where libvgl

Re: libvgl - status and perspectives

1999-11-08 Thread Donn Miller
On Sun, 7 Nov 1999, Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai wrote: > libggi has more support for FreeBSD than svgalib has and it also seems > to be preferred over svgalib due to security hassles and all that. > > So you might want to try that route. I saw where libvgl is now new and improved, and is called "lib

No buffer space available errors

1999-11-08 Thread Bill Marquette
For the last week and a half or so I've been trying to track this down assuming it was a configuration error on my part or a problem with my ISP's DHCP configuration. After switching from a DEC 20141 chipset card to a 3com 3c905, I found I was still having problems although the error message had

Re: sh bug

1999-11-08 Thread Martin Cracauer
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jean-Marc Zucconi wrote: > > Jean-Marc Zucconi writes: > > > Try this in -current > > $ cat some_file | head > > > I have to use ^C to regain control. > > ... and reverting to rev. 1.22 of eval.c fixes the problem. Steve Price fixed my 1.23 mistake in 1.24. Mar