Re: FreeBSD-6.1/amd64 bge(4) driver performance problems

2006-12-02 Thread MQ
2006/11/29, Vladimir Terziev [EMAIL PROTECTED]: The cable and the switch port, both were one and the same in the test with Broadcom NIC and in the test with D-Link NIC. So, the reason is not in them for sure. I didn't mention in my initial e-mail, that since the swtich is

tracing AND intercepting syscalls?

2006-12-02 Thread Stanislav Ochotnicky
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Hi I'm doing some research concerning tracing and intercepting of syscalls. Ideally this would be done in userspace. It doesn't have to be system-wide. It would be enough if I could fork/exec new process, and somehow be noticed every time it makes

Re: tracing AND intercepting syscalls?

2006-12-02 Thread Kostik Belousov
On Sat, Dec 02, 2006 at 05:32:06PM +0100, Stanislav Ochotnicky wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Hi I'm doing some research concerning tracing and intercepting of syscalls. Ideally this would be done in userspace. It doesn't have to be system-wide. It would be enough

Re: USB keyboard problem

2006-12-02 Thread Michael M. Press
I have a usb keyboard (Genius slimstar pro) and am having the same problems as others are experiencing. When the kb is first loaded, the two modifiers ctrl and shift are stuck on. This results in keys like d exiting your terminal. If you hit ctrl and shift on another kb (I have an at kb hooked up

Tools for FreeBSD development

2006-12-02 Thread Vishal Patil
I have recently moved over from Linux to FreeBSD and would like to know if there is something similar to UML (User Mode Linux) for doing kernel development for FreeBSD. Reading different mailing lists, wikis etc it seems that qemu seems to be the best option. Is this tool used by most of the

BootCache for FreeBSD

2006-12-02 Thread Vishal Patil
Is anyone working on the idea of implementing BootCache for FreeBSD? MacOS has this idea implemented http://www.osxbook.com/book/bonus/misc/optimizations and I was wondering if FreeBSD had such an implementation. I think it would be especially usefull for laptops and desktops with slow drives

Tools for FreeBSD development

2006-12-02 Thread Vishal Patil
I have recently moved over from Linux to FreeBSD and would like to if there is something similar to UML (User Mode Linux) for doing kernel development for FreeBSD. Reading different mailing lists, wikis etc it seems that qemu seems to be the best option. Is this tool used by most of the FreeBSD

Re: tracing AND intercepting syscalls?

2006-12-02 Thread Stanislav Ochotnicky
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Kostik Belousov wrote: On Sat, Dec 02, 2006 at 05:32:06PM +0100, Stanislav Ochotnicky wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Hi I'm doing some research concerning tracing and intercepting of syscalls. Ideally this would be

Re: Tools for FreeBSD development

2006-12-02 Thread Kip Macy
Qemu / vmware is probably the best way to go at the moment. On 12/2/06, Vishal Patil [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have recently moved over from Linux to FreeBSD and would like to if there is something similar to UML (User Mode Linux) for doing kernel development for FreeBSD. Reading different

Re: Tools for FreeBSD development

2006-12-02 Thread Alexander Kabaev
On Sat, 2 Dec 2006 18:28:57 -0500 Vishal Patil [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have recently moved over from Linux to FreeBSD and would like to if there is something similar to UML (User Mode Linux) for doing kernel development for FreeBSD. Reading different mailing lists, wikis etc it seems that

Re: Tools for FreeBSD development

2006-12-02 Thread Julian Elischer
Vishal Patil wrote: I have recently moved over from Linux to FreeBSD and would like to know if there is something similar to UML (User Mode Linux) for doing kernel development for FreeBSD. Reading different mailing lists, wikis etc it seems that qemu seems to be the best option. Is this tool

Re: Tools for FreeBSD development

2006-12-02 Thread Kevin Sanders
On 12/2/06, Alexander Kabaev [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I personally think that having a dedicated box in disk-less configuration is the best option out there. The ability to quickly go through series of hands/reboots without any associated fsck runs and without the risk of terminally damaging any

Re: Tools for FreeBSD development

2006-12-02 Thread Mike Meyer
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Julian Elischer [EMAIL PROTECTED] typed: Vishal Patil wrote: I have recently moved over from Linux to FreeBSD and would like to know if there is something similar to UML (User Mode Linux) for doing kernel development for FreeBSD. Reading different mailing lists, wikis

Re: Tools for FreeBSD development

2006-12-02 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2006-12-02 20:05, Kevin Sanders [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 12/2/06, Alexander Kabaev [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I personally think that having a dedicated box in disk-less configuration is the best option out there. [...] Alexander, when you say disk-less configuration, are you referring