Re[6]: vkernel GSoC, some questions

2008-03-18 Thread Igor Shmukler
Matt, We use VMWare Server at work. It does not have the same nice image management interface and/or video capture as commercial counterparts. However, it is is free and testing on it helps us out big time. We never concluded whether it maked sense to pay for VMWare licenses, instead of using

Re: Re[2]: vkernel GSoC, some questions

2008-03-18 Thread Peter Jeremy
On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 01:16:41PM -0700, Matthew Dillon wrote: This reminds me of XEN. Basically instead of trying to rewrite instructions or do 100% hardware emulation it sounds like they are providing XEN-like functionality where the target OS is aware it is running inside a

Re: remote operation or admin

2008-03-18 Thread Peter Jeremy
On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 08:43:49PM -0400, Chuck Robey wrote: I have 4 computers, 1 big FreeBSD-current (4 x86 procs), 2 GentooLinux (1 is a dial AMD Opteron, the other a dual older x86), and 1 MacOSX (dual PPC). I was thinking about looking for two items, I'm not sure if I want one or both of

Re: remote operation or admin

2008-03-18 Thread Jeremy Chadwick
On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 08:43:49PM -0400, Chuck Robey wrote: I have 4 computers, 1 big FreeBSD-current (4 x86 procs), 2 GentooLinux (1 is a dial AMD Opteron, the other a dual older x86), and 1 MacOSX (dual PPC). I was thinking about looking for two items, I'm not sure if I want one or both of

Freebsd/Xen: pcifront: IRQ resource allocation failed: Query

2008-03-18 Thread sanket hase
Hi , I am a Masters student at Carnegie Mellon Uni, working on xen/freebsd opensource project. I have been working on pci-passtrhough support for freebsd domU. I am testing pcifront on freebsd domU using following sound card [ Cirrus Logic CS 4614/22/24 [CrystalClear SoundFusion Audio

Freebsd/Xen: pcifront: IRQ resource allocation failed: Query

2008-03-18 Thread sanket hase
Hi All, I am a Masters student at Carnegie Mellon Uni, working on xen/freebsd opensource project. I have been working on pci-passtrhough support for freebsd domU. I am testing pcifront on freebsd domU using following sound card [ Cirrus Logic CS 4614/22/24 [CrystalClear SoundFusion Audio

Re: Summer of Code 2008 Project Ideas

2008-03-18 Thread Garrett Cooper
On Mar 17, 2008, at 3:15 PM, Murray Stokely wrote: The FreeBSD Project was again accepted as a mentoring organization for the Google Summer of Code. The student application period will begin next week so if you have any ideas for great student projects, please send them to [EMAIL

Re: Summer of Code 2008 Project Ideas

2008-03-18 Thread Vadim Goncharov
Hi Murray Stokely! On Mon, 17 Mar 2008 15:15:40 -0700; Murray Stokely wrote about 'Summer of Code 2008 Project Ideas': The FreeBSD Project was again accepted as a mentoring organization for the Google Summer of Code. The student application period will begin next week so if you have any

Re: Freebsd 7.0 on ASUS P4R8L - No Disks Found!

2008-03-18 Thread sam
But with that said, what mode is your SATA/IDE controller in? If there is an AHCI or Legacy mode, try it again. or Compatible mode (not Enchansed) in BIOS /Vladimir Ermakov // ___ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: remote operation or admin

2008-03-18 Thread Bill Moran
In response to Chuck Robey [EMAIL PROTECTED]: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I have 4 computers, 1 big FreeBSD-current (4 x86 procs), 2 GentooLinux (1 is a dial AMD Opteron, the other a dual older x86), and 1 MacOSX (dual PPC). I was thinking about looking for two items,

Re: Re[2]: vkernel GSoC, some questions

2008-03-18 Thread Robert Watson
On Tue, 18 Mar 2008, Peter Jeremy wrote: with the BIOS, and see BIOSes then respec to a new far cleaner API. The BIOS is the stinking pile of horseshit that has held back OS development for the last 15 years. I'd go further and say that BIOSes are getting worse: Back in the

Re: Graphic boot loader?

2008-03-18 Thread Oliver Fromme
Jeremy Chadwick wrote: Igor_Z wrote: Does anybody know something about graphic boot loader? I mean how to make this? I know that some guy is did it, but how? That is the question! =) This is currently in development, as I understand it. The individual working on it is Oliver

Re: Re[6]: vkernel GSoC, some questions

2008-03-18 Thread Matthew Dillon
:Matt, : :We use VMWare Server at work. It does not have the same nice image management interface and/or video capture as commercial counterparts. However, it is is free and testing on it helps us out big time. We never concluded whether it maked sense to pay for VMWare licenses, instead of

Re: vkernel GSoC, some questions

2008-03-18 Thread Jordan Gordeev
Matthew Dillon wrote: :Matt, : :We use VMWare Server at work. It does not have the same nice image management interface and/or video capture as commercial counterparts. However, it is is free and testing on it helps us out big time. We never concluded whether it maked sense to pay for VMWare

Building in /usr/src copied to $HOME

2008-03-18 Thread Václav Haisman
Hi, I am trying to use /usr/src copied to my $HOME but the build process doesn't want to work. For example when I try build /bin/cp I get the following: shell::wilx:~/freebsd/src/bin/cp make /usr/home/users/wilx/freebsd/src/bin/cp/../Makefile.inc, line 9: Malformed conditional

Re: Building in /usr/src copied to $HOME

2008-03-18 Thread Marco Walraven
On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 09:28:50PM +0100, Vclav Haisman wrote: Hi, I am trying to use /usr/src copied to my $HOME but the build process doesn't want to work. For example when I try build /bin/cp I get the following: shell::wilx:~/freebsd/src/bin/cp make

Re: Building in /usr/src copied to $HOME

2008-03-18 Thread Václav Haisman
Václav Haisman wrote, On 18.3.2008 21:28: Hi, I am trying to use /usr/src copied to my $HOME but the build process doesn't want to work. For example when I try build /bin/cp I get the following: shell::wilx:~/freebsd/src/bin/cp make /usr/home/users/wilx/freebsd/src/bin/cp/../Makefile.inc,

Re: vkernel GSoC, some questions

2008-03-18 Thread Antony Mawer
Jordan Gordeev wrote: Matthew Dillon wrote: We use vkernel's for development and debugging. ... One interesting side-effect of having a vkernel so easily accessible is that it opens up kernel development to normal programmers. More DragonFly developers have been dipping their

Re: vkernel GSoC, some questions

2008-03-18 Thread walt
Matthew Dillon wrote: :Matt, ... :Don't you use something like VMWare for development and debugging? We use vkernel's for development and debugging. Pretty much everything except hardware device driver development can be done using a vkernel... Does that include trying to get rid

Re: Building in /usr/src copied to $HOME

2008-03-18 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2008-03-18 21:28, V??clav Haisman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I am trying to use /usr/src copied to my $HOME but the build process doesn't want to work. For example when I try build /bin/cp I get the following: shell::wilx:~/freebsd/src/bin/cp make