Re: Darwin cmd import?

2004-05-27 Thread Vulpes Velox
On Fri, 28 May 2004 04:07:32 +0200 "Cyrille Lefevre" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > regarding the APSL (http://www.opensource.apple.com/apsl/), > do you think it is possible to import some darwin commands w/ mods. > > for instance, I thing to decomment and relpath from bootstrap_cmds, > sadc and sa

Darwin cmd import?

2004-05-27 Thread Cyrille Lefevre
regarding the APSL (http://www.opensource.apple.com/apsl/), do you think it is possible to import some darwin commands w/ mods. for instance, I thing to decomment and relpath from bootstrap_cmds, sadc and sar from system_cmds, and maybe some others in the future. also, how about to import NetBSD

KLD trouble

2004-05-27 Thread Vlad GALU
Hi there. I've been writing a KLD which contains a control syscall. I then use the macro SYSCALL_MODULE with the desired parameters. Normally, my syscall would automatically get the next free syscall number. But it seems I've done something wrong, because I get negative numbers all the tim

Re: KVA space problems?

2004-05-27 Thread Deepak Jain
Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote: First of all, you need to realize that GoBSD is a DragonFly advocacy site. That doesn't necessarily make it a bad site, but it does mean it's biased. I'm only going to respond to the opinion section of the post, not the technical patch. "The successor of the very stab

Re: how many IP aliases

2004-05-27 Thread Anton Alin-Adrian
Per Engelbrecht wrote: There is no upper limit. ok. I great. got that. do know that 128 addresses isn't a problem - depending of course on your setup such as ram, cpu, board and last but not least, nic. Don't do it on a $20 nomame-nic.

Re: simple, nay, elegant pop3 implementation?

2004-05-27 Thread Cyrille Lefevre
"Chris Doherty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, May 27, 2004 at 02:57:17AM +0300, Anton Alin-Adrian said: > > Andrew Beals wrote: > > >Why is there no default pop3 implementation included in the FreeBSD > > >distribution? Is it for a lack of a suitably-licensed server, or does > > >everyon

Re: KVA space problems?

2004-05-27 Thread lost inferno
You know, of all the responses i got... it seems yours is the most technical and unbiased of the lot. Thank you for that. I wish everyone here wasnt so jaded in their own oppinion. as for the problem... From what you wrote, the best idea would be to keep the mbuf limits ether at the defaults

Re: how many IP aliases

2004-05-27 Thread Per Engelbrecht
>> There is no upper limit. ok. I >>> do know that 128 addresses isn't a problem - depending of course >>> on your setup such as ram, cpu, board and last but not least, >>> nic. Don't do it on a $20 nomame-nic. >> >> It doesn't make an

Re: how many IP aliases

2004-05-27 Thread Dag-Erling Smørgrav
"Per Engelbrecht" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I don't know the exact max. number for aliases on a single nic, There is no upper limit. > but I > do know that 128 addresses isn't a problem - depending of course on > your setup such

Re: how many IP aliases

2004-05-27 Thread Per Engelbrecht
Hi Alin > Can anyone tell me what is the limit for how many IP aliases can be > setup on the same ethernet card? > > Is there a global limit for the total number of aliases in the OS? > > To be clear: one needs 128 IPs (for irc vhosts) to be setup on one > server. Is that impossible? I don't kn

Re: how many IP aliases

2004-05-27 Thread Brooks Davis
On Thu, May 27, 2004 at 04:03:58PM +0300, Anton Alin-Adrian wrote: > Hi guys. > > Can anyone tell me what is the limit for how many IP aliases can be setup > on the same ethernet card? > > Is there a global limit for the total number of aliases in the OS? > > To be clear: one needs 128 IPs (for

Re: how many IP aliases

2004-05-27 Thread Anton Alin-Adrian
Steven Hartland wrote: Ah I assumed u meant irc vhost "servers" Still leaves there question why would each psync require a specific IP? If the IRC network you connection to limits on connections per IP e.g. QuakeNet ( which all should do ). You just need to apply for a trust for "X" connections an

Re: how many IP aliases

2004-05-27 Thread Anton Alin-Adrian
Steven Hartland wrote: Cant u use namebased vhosts? Or different ports? Steve Different ports? Why would be using different ports different? They (users) need to go out to irc with a different IP each time they connect. In order to do that, psybnc needs to use that specific IP when connecting

how many IP aliases

2004-05-27 Thread Anton Alin-Adrian
Hi guys. Can anyone tell me what is the limit for how many IP aliases can be setup on the same ethernet card? Is there a global limit for the total number of aliases in the OS? To be clear: one needs 128 IPs (for irc vhosts) to be setup on one server. Is that impossible? Thanks! Yours sincerely

Re: KVA space problems?

2004-05-27 Thread Mark Tinguely
This has been seen before and there is at least one open problem report that the kernel malloc() unexpectantly returns NULL in WAITOK situations. http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=i386/53382 --- I think malloc returns before your patch, namely around line

Re: FreeBSD book recommendation

2004-05-27 Thread Slavi Agafonkin
The update to "The Design and Implementation of 4.4BSD Operating System" : http://www.mckusick.com/FreeBSDbook.html Amazon link: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0201702452/qid=1085575007/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_2/103-5919618-6163829?v=glance&s=books release date - August 27, 2004 Enjoy :-) S

Re: KVA space problems?

2004-05-27 Thread Dag-Erling Smørgrav
"lost inferno" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I posted something to stable about this, but Im wondering if anyone > has seen this... I saw something over here ( > http://gobsd.com/node/view/39 ) that made me really consider my > options as the 4.x series comes to an end... is anyone else looking >

Re: pkg_create @cwd and @srcdir

2004-05-27 Thread Peter Pentchev
On Wed, May 26, 2004 at 08:19:40PM -0700, Tim Kientzle wrote: > Brenden Grace wrote: > >In this thread: > >http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-hackers/2003-June/001673.html > > > >some people seem to think that @cwd is broken. The man pages do not > >explicitly state how @cwd should operate,