Re: How to read a file from a device driver?

2000-03-20 Thread Darrell Anderson
On Fri, 17 Mar 2000, Gary T. Corcoran wrote: I'm trying to initialize a network device, and I'm trying to download code *into* my device from some binary system files. There is no "user space" or user process, for that matter, to deal with at this point. I just want to (at this step) open a

Re: splFoo() question

2000-03-20 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Warner Losh writes: I'd like to be able to do some simple spl locking in a driver that I'm writing. While I could go the splhigh() route, I'm concerned that spending lots of time at splhigh could cause problems, and some of my critical sections look to be very

Re: kERNEL

2000-03-20 Thread Greg Lehey
[moved to FreeBSD-questions -- *again* ] On Friday, 17 March 2000 at 9:09:41 -0400, Rafael Gomez wrote: Can any of you send me a copy of a text kernel file? This is the second time you've sent a message which we can't understand to FreeBSD-hackers. The first time I told you to post to

Re: WaveLAN/IEEE Turbo (Silver)

2000-03-20 Thread Bill Fenner
I know the WaveLAN stuff is crap Actually, I've had terrific luck with WaveLAN IEEE stuff on laptops for the last year or so. I'm not sure what's so bad about it?... Bill To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message

Unicode on FreeBSD

2000-03-20 Thread MikeM
Has anyone thought of Unicode support on FreeBSD? I think that it is inevitable that eventually FreeBSD will *need* to support unicode if it wants to continue as a viable operating system in the future. This means that it probably will need to be modified from the ground up. I am not well

Re: splFoo() question

2000-03-20 Thread Guido van Rooij
On Sat, Mar 18, 2000 at 01:31:28PM -0700, Warner Losh wrote: I'd like to be able to do some simple spl locking in a driver that I'm writing. While I could go the splhigh() route, I'm concerned that spending lots of time at splhigh could cause problems, and some of my critical sections look

Re: WaveLAN/IEEE Turbo (Silver)

2000-03-20 Thread Nate Williams
I know the WaveLAN stuff is crap Actually, I've had terrific luck with WaveLAN IEEE stuff on laptops for the last year or so. I'm not sure what's so bad about it?... Agreed. WaveLAN hardware is good stuff. We deployed 200+ users in a network, and aside from the normal problems associated

4.0 using dd and cdroms

2000-03-20 Thread FreeBSD MAIL
I have tried using dd on serveral 4.0 systems in order to capture an image off a cdrom. I tried dd if=/dev/acd0a of=file.img as well as on a scsi system (/dev/cd0a) and eovery other cd device (/dev/acd0c /cdv/racd0c /dev/cd0c ect) and I get dd: /dev/acd0a Bad address 0+0 records in 0+0 records

Re: splFoo() question

2000-03-20 Thread Warner Losh
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] Guido van Rooij writes: : perhaps we need some mutex mechanism? Yes. Right now the mutex mechanism that we have is blocking of interrupts when the bit is set in the cpl. I guess I'm a little too close to the mechanism and need to step back. You are right that I'm

ports security advisories..

2000-03-20 Thread Dave McKay
Is it really necessary to post the ports security advisories? The exploitable programs are not part of the FreeBSD OS, they are third party software. I think the proper place for these is the Bugtraq mailing list on securityfocus.com. Also to add to the arguments, most of the advisories are not

Re: T/TCP friendly inetd change?

2000-03-20 Thread James FitzGibbon
* David Malone ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [000316 16:51]: I've tried this over my slip link and it does seem to reduce the number of packets sent by 2 for telnetting to the daytime port. I also had a look at fetch (the only thing in the tree which uses MSG_EOF at the moment), which has an option

Re: ports security advisories..

2000-03-20 Thread Marc Rassbach
Is it necessary to post ports security advisories? YES. Should they be on this list? You think not. And until a list exists for security on FreeBSD not related to core OS/packages, this is the best forum for it, as it relates to FreeBSD Security. On Mon, 20 Mar 2000, Dave McKay wrote: Is

Re: splFoo() question

2000-03-20 Thread Nate Williams
: perhaps we need some mutex mechanism? Yes. Right now the mutex mechanism that we have is blocking of interrupts when the bit is set in the cpl. I guess I'm a little too close to the mechanism and need to step back. You are right that I'm asking for a call that is approximately

need help

2000-03-20 Thread Mourad Lakhdar
hi every body: when i change in the kernel , i config it , made : make depend while doing make i got the error : /var : write failed , file system is full cpp: /var/tmp/ccT1684.i:No space left on device error code 1 stop so what should i do best regards, To

Re: WaveLAN/IEEE Turbo (Silver)

2000-03-20 Thread Bill Fenner
The FreeBSD driver doesn't currently support encryption, correct. The Linux driver does, so perhaps it would be fairly easy to port the functionality, and the Linux driver is dual-licensed under GPL and BSD licenses so there's no worry of GPL contamination.

Re: WaveLAN/IEEE Turbo (Silver)

2000-03-20 Thread Brooks Davis
On Mon, Mar 20, 2000 at 06:32:49PM -0800, Bill Fenner wrote: The FreeBSD driver doesn't currently support encryption, correct. The Linux driver does, so perhaps it would be fairly easy to port the functionality, and the Linux driver is dual-licensed under GPL and BSD licenses so there's no

Re: need help

2000-03-20 Thread Laurence Berland
1. Put more descriptive subjects, it'll help people with less time locate the questions they can and/or want to answer. 2. Try one of these: -get a new /var with more space -use vinum so you can add more hds to add space -make one of the larger directories on /var a

Re: if_fxp driver

2000-03-20 Thread Dennis
Well its gone from cdrom.com which is where i usually get it ftp://ftp.freesoftware.com/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/3.4-STABLE/ is just a packages directory. cdrom.com redirects you to freesoftware.com...just FYI. Dennis At 11:49 AM 3/18/00 -0700, Wes Peters wrote: Dennis wrote: Is

Re: WaveLAN/IEEE Turbo (Silver)

2000-03-20 Thread Bill Fenner
Er, I meant the 3.x driver =) How embarassing. Bill To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message

Re: if_fxp driver

2000-03-20 Thread Peter Wemm
Dennis wrote: Well its gone from cdrom.com which is where i usually get it cdrom.com has not been the correct location for a *long* time (like 4+ years!). The proper hostname is ftp.freebsd.org - that hasn't changed and the paths there are still perfectly valid. Cheers, -Peter To

Re: WaveLAN/IEEE Turbo (Silver)

2000-03-20 Thread Bill Fenner
I have an Airport configuration utility almost usable, if you're interested in trying it. (It doesn't support configuring keys yet, although I think I know where they're stored so if you want to experiment...) Bill To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe

Re: ports security advisories..

2000-03-20 Thread Peter Wemm
Dave McKay wrote: Is it really necessary to post the ports security advisories? The exploitable programs are not part of the FreeBSD OS, they are third party software. I think the proper place for these is the Bugtraq mailing list on securityfocus.com. Also to add to the arguments, most

Re: 4.0 using dd and cdroms

2000-03-20 Thread Brian Fundakowski Feldman
Don't post to multiple lists; it's rude. I'll reply to both so others on -hackers won't think noone replied and reply, too. On Mon, 20 Mar 2000, FreeBSD MAIL wrote: I have tried using dd on serveral 4.0 systems in order to capture an image off a cdrom. I tried dd if=/dev/acd0a of=file.img

RE: ports security advisories..

2000-03-20 Thread Casey Dinsmore
I think that it is a necessary thing to do, since these programs are offered in the ports collection, and this is -security after all. It was nice and convienant to have the advisories posted because I just happened to have completed installing lynx-ssl from the ports collection mere hours

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2000-03-20 Thread luser
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Re: splFoo() question

2000-03-20 Thread Wes Peters
Warner Losh wrote: In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] Guido van Rooij writes: : perhaps we need some mutex mechanism? Yes. Right now the mutex mechanism that we have is blocking of interrupts when the bit is set in the cpl. I guess I'm a little too close to the mechanism and need to step

Re: How to read a file from a device driver?

2000-03-20 Thread Gary T. Corcoran
Darrell, I'm trying to initialize a network device, and I'm trying to download code *into* my device from some binary system files. There is no "user space" or user process, for that matter, to deal with at this point. I just want to (at this step) open a file(s) directly from my

Re: ports security advisories..

2000-03-20 Thread Warner Losh
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dave McKay writes: : Is it really necessary to post the ports security advisories? Yes. : The exploitable programs are not part of the FreeBSD OS, they : are third party software. I think the proper place for these : is the

NSS for FreeBSD

2000-03-20 Thread Oscar Bonilla
[ long email --- there's a specific question at the end ] I've started work a couple of weeks ago to port the NSS implementation from NetBSD to FreeBSD. This is needed for things like authenticating with an LDAP server, etc. If you search for LDAP in Hackers you'll find a thread that discusses

Re: WaveLAN/IEEE Turbo (Silver)

2000-03-20 Thread Stefan Molnar
With Encryption? From last I saw it is not an option. Stefan On Mon, 20 Mar 2000, Bill Fenner wrote: I know the WaveLAN stuff is crap Actually, I've had terrific luck with WaveLAN IEEE stuff on laptops for the last year or so. I'm not sure what's so bad about it?... Bill

Re: need help

2000-03-20 Thread Chris D. Faulhaber
...redirecting to -questions On Mon, 20 Mar 2000, Mourad Lakhdar wrote: hi every body: when i change in the kernel , i config it , made : make depend while doing make i got the error : /var : write failed , file system is full cpp: /var/tmp/ccT1684.i:No space left

Re: WaveLAN/IEEE Turbo (Silver)

2000-03-20 Thread Mike Smith
The FreeBSD driver doesn't currently support encryption, correct. Incorrect. I'm going to have to figure this out soon, since we're going to turn encryption on soon. I'd be ecstatic if someone else figured it out first =) As I posted just a little while ago, we were using WEP at

Re: if_fxp driver

2000-03-20 Thread Dennis
I hope your happy, but do you know the answer to my question? Has the driver been updated recently? DB At 11:49 AM 3/18/00 -0700, Wes Peters wrote: Dennis wrote: Is there a version of the fxp driver that works with intels latest boards without giving the "unsupported PHY" message? All the

Re: if_fxp driver

2000-03-20 Thread David Greenman
I hope your happy, but do you know the answer to my question? Has the driver been updated recently? Not to fix the problem that you are reporting. The solution might be as simple as adding another PHY identifier to the list of supported ones. I need to find some time to sit down with one of

Re: WaveLAN/IEEE Turbo (Silver)

2000-03-20 Thread Stefan Molnar
Well shuck my corn and call me Sally. I will try it out. Esp after I figure out to make this AirConnect work with the Apple AirPort. Stefan On Mon, 20 Mar 2000, Mike Smith wrote: The FreeBSD driver doesn't currently support encryption, correct. Incorrect. I'm going to have to

Re: if_fxp driver

2000-03-20 Thread Jordan K. Hubbard
It's also the case that there's never been anything in the release/3.x-STABLE or release/4.x-STABLE directories except a package link since those directories are there only for sysinstall, they're not for humans to go to and browse. Humans looking for actual source code for these branches should

Odd problem..

2000-03-20 Thread [ -dp- ]
Hi- dissent.p200.box kernel log messages: wd1s1f: wdstart: timeout waiting to give command writing fsbn 262208 of 262208-262223 (wd1s1 bn 7430208; cn 462 tn 129 sn 51) (status d0busy,rdy,seekdone error 0) wd1s1f: wdstart: timeout waiting to give command writing fsbn 262208 of 262208-262223

need help

2000-03-20 Thread Mourad Lakhdar
i have always problems when trying to work with the inet_addr(), inet_network() ,inet_ntoa() functions ,when changin in the ip_input file: i got error like(when making): ip_input.o(.text+0xce9):undefined reference to

Re: if_fxp driver

2000-03-20 Thread Wes Peters
Dennis wrote: I hope your happy, I'll be happier when you stop FUD'ing two separate FreeBSD development lists with your bleating about this driver. but do you know the answer to my question? Has the driver been updated recently? Define "updated" and "recently". On which code branch?

Re: splFoo() question

2000-03-20 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Wes Peters writes: Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Warner Losh writes: I'd like to be able to do some simple spl locking in a driver that I'm writing. While I could go the splhigh() route, I'm concerned that spending lots of time at

Re: spontaneous reboots FreeBSD 3.x and 4.0-stable

2000-03-20 Thread Nadav Eiron
On Tue, 21 Mar 2000, Jim Mercer wrote: i've got two systems, one a pentium 233 with adaptec 2940, scsi, using vinum running a big postgresql database, and a new one, dual pentium 550, dual adaptec 29160, not using vinum, and another big postgresql database. the first system runs

Re: splFoo() question

2000-03-20 Thread Wes Peters
Warner Losh wrote: In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wes Peters writes: : In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] Guido van Rooij writes: : : perhaps we need some mutex mechanism? : : Yes. Right now the mutex mechanism that we have is blocking of : interrupts when the bit is set in the cpl. I