On Tue, 10 Aug 1999, eT wrote:
Joe Groff wrote:
I have a device 'foo' which I'm working on. What files do I need to edit so
that config recognizes foo as a controller/pseudo-device/device/disk/whatever?
Take a look at /usr/src/sys/i386/files.i386. You device driver files
need to
Is there anyone using FreeBSD on a VMEbus PC?
I have an application which should use VxWorks like the rest of the
project, but since this part has been subcontracted, Wind River wants
A$35,000 for an expletive deleted OEM licence for the right to link to
their libraries. Blood suckers. They only
Hi,
I am looking at the STAILQ macros defined in sys/queue.h and I am curious why
it is necessary to declare stqh_last in the STAILQ_HEAD as a pointer to
pointer, rather than just a pointer? (like the head pointer)
Please don't laugh too hard.. my head hurts :)
---
Daniel O'Connor software and
John Birrell wrote:
I have an application which should use VxWorks like the rest of the
project, but since this part has been subcontracted, Wind River wants
A$35,000 for an expletive deleted OEM licence for the right to link to
their libraries. Blood suckers. They only charge A$5990 for the
Dan Moschuk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
A quicker fix would be just to enclose those global variables in
mutexes.
God, no. The resolver is already stupidly unparallelizable -- there's
no need to make it thread-resistant too.
Tony.
--
f.a.n.finch[EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED]e
On Aug 9, 9:21pm, Dan Moschuk wrote:
} Subject: Re: gethostbyaddr() and threads.
}
} | Well, I guess we might as well change the API, since everyone else does. Unless
} | someone comes up with a bettter idea, of course :)
} |
} | -Joe
}
} The API should not change. There is already enough
| Yeah, that IS a horrible idea of mine. :) Changing the API should be a last
| resort, though, since we don't want to introduce to many FreeBSDisms into the
| already-fragmented-enough Unix world.
|
| Just a thought, how does Linux's GNU libc handle gethostby* in threaded apps?
|
|
Dan Moschuk wrote:
| Yeah, that IS a horrible idea of mine. :) Changing the API should be a last
| resort, though, since we don't want to introduce to many FreeBSDisms into the
| already-fragmented-enough Unix world.
|
| Just a thought, how does Linux's GNU libc handle gethostby* in
On Tue, 10 Aug 1999, Wes Peters wrote:
Dan Moschuk wrote:
| Yeah, that IS a horrible idea of mine. :) Changing the API should be a last
| resort, though, since we don't want to introduce to many FreeBSDisms into the
| already-fragmented-enough Unix world.
|
| Just a thought,
Dan Moschuk wrote:
Does anyone have any issues with merging the new bind resolver API into
libc?
Well, Terry does, though I don't quite recall his reasoning. :-)
Notice, he objects the way FreeBSD is today, with the bind resolver
API inside libc.
Of foremost importance, though, check the
"Alton, Matthew" wrote:
I am currently conducting a thorough study of the VFS subsystem
in preparation for an all-out effort to port SGI's XFS filesystem to
FreeBSD 4.x at such time as SGI gives up the code. Matt Dillon
has written in hackers- that the VFS subsystem is presently not
well
On Tue, 10 Aug 1999, Chris Csanady wrote:
I don't know, but I came across this at SGI:
http://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/
It looks as though they plan to release it under the GPL. :(
So? It can still be distributed with FreeBSD. How many people are
going to want to modify this code
On Tue, 10 Aug 1999, Chris Csanady wrote:
I don't know, but I came across this at SGI:
http://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/
It looks as though they plan to release it under the GPL. :(
This is why people should start emailing asking for a dual-license that
would support incorporation
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Daniel C. Sobral" writes:
: Well, Terry does, though I don't quite recall his reasoning. :-)
: Notice, he objects the way FreeBSD is today, with the bind resolver
: API inside libc.
The size of _res has changed. Although it starts with an _, it is
officially part
could you tell me, what size is ppp header on FreeBSD?
anton.
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Hello All.
I have a question. I buy 6 MegaRAID Ultra PCI SCSI Disk Array Controller's
and want to use they in FreeBSD, but not found driver. I wrote to
[EMAIL PROTECTED] and they siad that no driver for FreeBSD. I found driver for
Linux and want use it in FreeBSD 3.1-3.2. How ?
P.S.
We are experiencing what appears to be a memory corruption
problem with a kernel device driver running under FreeBSD
2.2.8-STABLE with the CAM patches.
The driver manages a series of memory buffers implemented
using a singly-linked tail list. The number and size of
buffers may be changed via an
:size - to be malloc'ed. The tail queue holding the newly-
:allocated buffers is a local copy, and not subject to change
:in the event of an interrupt meant for the driver. Given
If the interrupt scans or in any way accesses the buffer list,
you have to disable interrupts temporarily
hi, there!
are there any device drivers for any *BSD for DigiBoard AccelePort C/X or
should I start writing them myself?
/fjoe
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Joe Groff wrote:
On Mon, 9 Aug 1999, Wes Peters wrote:
struct rpcent *getrpcent_r(struct rpcent *result,
char *buffer, int buflen);
Any questions?
Looks pretty close to the POSIX/GNU way. Good luck with it.
;^) Straight from the Solaris man pages. Should be as
On Tue, 10 Aug 1999, eT wrote:
Joe Groff wrote:
I have a device 'foo' which I'm working on. What files do I need to edit so
that config recognizes foo as a
controller/pseudo-device/device/disk/whatever?
Take a look at /usr/src/sys/i386/files.i386. You device driver files
need to
Is there anyone using FreeBSD on a VMEbus PC?
I have an application which should use VxWorks like the rest of the
project, but since this part has been subcontracted, Wind River wants
A$35,000 for an expletive deleted OEM licence for the right to link to
their libraries. Blood suckers. They only
Hi,
I am looking at the STAILQ macros defined in sys/queue.h and I am curious why
it is necessary to declare stqh_last in the STAILQ_HEAD as a pointer to
pointer, rather than just a pointer? (like the head pointer)
Please don't laugh too hard.. my head hurts :)
---
Daniel O'Connor software and
John Birrell wrote:
I have an application which should use VxWorks like the rest of the
project, but since this part has been subcontracted, Wind River wants
A$35,000 for an expletive deleted OEM licence for the right to link to
their libraries. Blood suckers. They only charge A$5990 for the
Dan Moschuk d...@trinsec.com wrote:
A quicker fix would be just to enclose those global variables in
mutexes.
God, no. The resolver is already stupidly unparallelizable -- there's
no need to make it thread-resistant too.
Tony.
--
f.a.n.finchd...@dotat.atf...@demon.nete pluribus
On Aug 9, 9:21pm, Dan Moschuk wrote:
} Subject: Re: gethostbyaddr() and threads.
}
} | Well, I guess we might as well change the API, since everyone else does.
Unless
} | someone comes up with a bettter idea, of course :)
} |
} | -Joe
}
} The API should not change. There is already enough
gethostbyaddr... actually, most of the gethostby* functions... are not
thread safe. They all use a static buffer in the library.
Therefore, with threads, if you don't take precautions, I'd expect your
results to be odd.
-Brian
Couldn't this be easily fixed? I haven't looked at the
| Yeah, that IS a horrible idea of mine. :) Changing the API should be a last
| resort, though, since we don't want to introduce to many FreeBSDisms into
the
| already-fragmented-enough Unix world.
|
| Just a thought, how does Linux's GNU libc handle gethostby* in threaded
apps?
|
|
| } If no one has any objections, I'd like to start on this tomorrow.
|
| You might want to grab the latest BIND release from ftp.isc.org. One
| of the comments in the CHANGES file from a while ago is:
|
| 384. [feature] there is now a nearly-thread-safe resolver API, with
|
Dan Moschuk wrote:
| Yeah, that IS a horrible idea of mine. :) Changing the API should be a
last
| resort, though, since we don't want to introduce to many FreeBSDisms into
the
| already-fragmented-enough Unix world.
|
| Just a thought, how does Linux's GNU libc handle gethostby*
On Tue, 10 Aug 1999, Wes Peters wrote:
Dan Moschuk wrote:
| Yeah, that IS a horrible idea of mine. :) Changing the API should be a
last
| resort, though, since we don't want to introduce to many FreeBSDisms
into the
| already-fragmented-enough Unix world.
|
| Just a
Dan Moschuk wrote:
Does anyone have any issues with merging the new bind resolver API into
libc?
Well, Terry does, though I don't quite recall his reasoning. :-)
Notice, he objects the way FreeBSD is today, with the bind resolver
API inside libc.
Of foremost importance, though, check the
Alton, Matthew wrote:
I am currently conducting a thorough study of the VFS subsystem
in preparation for an all-out effort to port SGI's XFS filesystem to
FreeBSD 4.x at such time as SGI gives up the code. Matt Dillon
has written in hackers- that the VFS subsystem is presently not
well
On Tue, 10 Aug 1999, Chris Csanady wrote:
I don't know, but I came across this at SGI:
http://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/
It looks as though they plan to release it under the GPL. :(
So? It can still be distributed with FreeBSD. How many people are
going to want to modify this code
Thank you for this link. I assume that SGI will release the XFS code
under some species of corporate community licensing scheme. The
BSD/XFS will be implemented as an optional bolt-on set of kernel
modules in a manner designed to avoid GPL-ifying the BSD kernel.
I currently believe that this can
On Tue, 10 Aug 1999, Chris Csanady wrote:
I don't know, but I came across this at SGI:
http://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/
It looks as though they plan to release it under the GPL. :(
This is why people should start emailing asking for a dual-license that
would support incorporation
In message 37b05320.e6722...@newsguy.com Daniel C. Sobral writes:
: Well, Terry does, though I don't quite recall his reasoning. :-)
: Notice, he objects the way FreeBSD is today, with the bind resolver
: API inside libc.
The size of _res has changed. Although it starts with an _, it is
Daniel C. Sobral d...@newsguy.com writes:
Of foremost importance, though, check the license.
Are we still talking about irs? I don't find any particular strange
licenses in src/lib/irs in recent bind distributions:
/assar
/*
* Copyright (c) 1996,1999 by Internet Software Consortium.
*
*
Hi folks,
I've just gotten feedback from PR 12777, in which at least 2 people are
complaining that sysinstall as installed by 3.1-RELEASE can not be used
to upgrade a live machine to 3.2-RELEASE on the fly.
I've told both parties that they need to use a boot floppy with the
correct version of
could you tell me, what size is ppp header on FreeBSD?
anton.
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Hello All.
I have a question. I buy 6 MegaRAID Ultra PCI SCSI Disk Array Controller's
and want to use they in FreeBSD, but not found driver. I wrote to
supp...@ami.com and they siad that no driver for FreeBSD. I found driver for
Linux and want use it in FreeBSD 3.1-3.2. How ?
P.S. Sorry
We are experiencing what appears to be a memory corruption
problem with a kernel device driver running under FreeBSD
2.2.8-STABLE with the CAM patches.
The driver manages a series of memory buffers implemented
using a singly-linked tail list. The number and size of
buffers may be changed via an
:size - to be malloc'ed. The tail queue holding the newly-
:allocated buffers is a local copy, and not subject to change
:in the event of an interrupt meant for the driver. Given
If the interrupt scans or in any way accesses the buffer list,
you have to disable interrupts temporarily
On 11-Aug-99 Matthew Dillon wrote:
If the interrupt scans or in any way accesses the buffer list,
you have to disable interrupts temporarily using the appropriate
spl*() calls whenever your non-interrupt code (i.e. the ioctl code)
makes modifications to the list.
hi, there!
are there any device drivers for any *BSD for DigiBoard AccelePort C/X or
should I start writing them myself?
/fjoe
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