Re: Documenting writev(2) ENOBUFS error

1999-07-30 Thread Wes Peters
Ville-Pertti Keinonen wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Wes Peters) writes: > > > [ENOBUFS] Insufficient system buffer space exists to complete the op- > >eration. > > Do you know what kind of circumstances that error *really* occurs > u

Re: Documenting writev(2) ENOBUFS error

1999-07-29 Thread Wes Peters
-- write.2 Tue Jul 13 06:53:41 1999 +++ /home/wes/src/write.2 Thu Jul 29 08:49:54 1999 @@ -242,6 +242,8 @@ values in the .Fa iov array overflowed a 32-bit integer. +.It Bq Er ENOBUFS +Insufficient system buffer space exists to complete the operation. .El .Pp The -- &

Re: Documenting writev(2) ENOBUFS error

1999-07-29 Thread Wes Peters
-- write.2 Tue Jul 13 06:53:41 1999 +++ /home/wes/src/write.2 Thu Jul 29 08:49:54 1999 @@ -242,6 +242,8 @@ values in the .Fa iov array overflowed a 32-bit integer. +.It Bq Er ENOBUFS +Insufficient system buffer space exists to complete the operation. .El .Pp The -- &

Re: FreeBSD: the stealth OS?

1999-07-23 Thread Wes Peters
Nope, you get charged double for attempting to share in the Matt-light. -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC http://softweyr.com/ w...@softweyr.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message

Re: FreeBSD: the stealth OS?

1999-07-23 Thread Wes Peters
Nope, you get charged double for attempting to share in the Matt-light. -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC http://softweyr.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message

Re: IDE breakage

1999-07-22 Thread Wes Peters
ere we cannot do unalligned > transfers by DMA anyhow, so we never hit this bug.. > > fixed in -current > will be fixxed in -stable when I reintroduce the patch... Bad Programmer! No doughnuts! ;^) -- "Where am I, and what

Re: IDE breakage

1999-07-22 Thread Wes Peters
ere we cannot do unalligned > transfers by DMA anyhow, so we never hit this bug.. > > fixed in -current > will be fixxed in -stable when I reintroduce the patch... Bad Programmer! No doughnuts! ;^) -- "Where am I, and what

Re: FreeBSD: the stealth OS?

1999-07-22 Thread Wes Peters
the MSNBC article, BSD users rarely claim that BSD is the solution to every problem on the planet, but rather just a good tool to solve problems that are commonly encountered. I am dissappointed he didn't include my plug for companies embedding BSD in products, though. -- &quo

Re: FreeBSD: the stealth OS?

1999-07-22 Thread Wes Peters
the MSNBC article, BSD users rarely claim that BSD is the solution to every problem on the planet, but rather just a good tool to solve problems that are commonly encountered. I am dissappointed he didn't include my plug for companies embedding BSD in products, though. -- &quo

Re: poor ethernet performance?

1999-07-21 Thread Wes Peters
erform more like a Level 2. Wait'll you see IP routing at 12,000,000 packets per second. ;^) Layer 3 switches are not inherently slower than Layer 2, if they're built right. -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?&quo

Re: poor ethernet performance?

1999-07-21 Thread Wes Peters
erform more like a Level 2. Wait'll you see IP routing at 12,000,000 packets per second. ;^) Layer 3 switches are not inherently slower than Layer 2, if they're built right. -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?&quo

Re: speed of file(1)

1999-07-21 Thread Wes Peters
oesn't beat me to the punch. ;^) Thanks for the patch, Peter. -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC http://softweyr.com/ w...@softweyr

Re: speed of file(1)

1999-07-21 Thread Wes Peters
Are there any other committers following this thread? -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC http://softweyr.com/ w...@softwe

Re: speed of file(1)

1999-07-21 Thread Wes Peters
oesn't beat me to the punch. ;^) Thanks for the patch, Peter. -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC http://softweyr.com/ [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: speed of file(1)

1999-07-21 Thread Wes Peters
I will, if nobody else has. Are there any other committers following this thread? -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC http://softweyr.com/

Re: linking question...

1999-07-20 Thread Wes Peters
> And if I change the '-lwcs' line to '/usr/local/lib/libwcs.a' it links fine. Did you remember -L/usr/local/lib so the linker will know to search for libraries there? Do you have a bogus libwcs.a in /usr/lib? -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this h

Re: linking question...

1999-07-20 Thread Wes Peters
t; And if I change the '-lwcs' line to '/usr/local/lib/libwcs.a' it links fine. Did you remember -L/usr/local/lib so the linker will know to search for libraries there? Do you have a bogus libwcs.a in /usr/lib? -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this hand

Re: speed of file(1)

1999-07-19 Thread Wes Peters
begs the question "Why?" Can't the program cache the results of file(1) instead of calling it multiple times? Premature optimization is the root of all evil. -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters

Re: PAM & LDAP in FreeBSD

1999-07-19 Thread Wes Peters
e to work and be maintainable. Following prior art remains a good idea; the Solaris "name service switch" implementation is a good starting point to consider. -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC http://softweyr.com/ w...@softweyr.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message

Re: speed of file(1)

1999-07-19 Thread Wes Peters
begs the question "Why?" Can't the program cache the results of file(1) instead of calling it multiple times? Premature optimization is the root of all evil. -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters

Re: PAM & LDAP in FreeBSD

1999-07-19 Thread Wes Peters
> > /etc/auth.conf > > > > Given that this is a PAM module, wouldn't /etc/pam.conf be more appropriate? /etc/pam.conf would be appropriate for configuring the behavior of PAM modules. /etc/auth.conf would be appropriate for configuring WHICH authen

Re: PAM & LDAP in FreeBSD

1999-07-19 Thread Wes Peters
nd be maintainable. Following prior art remains a good idea; the Solaris "name service switch" implementation is a good starting point to consider. -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC http://softweyr.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message

Re: PAM & LDAP in FreeBSD

1999-07-19 Thread Wes Peters
r configuring WHICH authentication method to use. Let's please don't confuse the two. -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC http://softweyr.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message

Re: bug in ip_forward() ?

1999-07-19 Thread Wes Peters
which packets should be routed. -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC http://softweyr.com/ w...@softweyr.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message

Re: bug in ip_forward() ?

1999-07-19 Thread Wes Peters
which packets should be routed. -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC http://softweyr.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message

Re: Determining the return address

1999-07-18 Thread Wes Peters
address in a register... On the SPARC, FWIW, the return address is in %i7. What is difficult to determine (programmatically) is if the function is a normal or leaf function; different return sequences are used for each. -- "Wh

Re: Determining the return address

1999-07-18 Thread Wes Peters
address in a register... On the SPARC, FWIW, the return address is in %i7. What is difficult to determine (programmatically) is if the function is a normal or leaf function; different return sequences are used for each. -- "Wh

Re: matcd on an SB16

1999-07-16 Thread Wes Peters
do with the > idea the hardware in this box is generally crap. > > The disappointing thing is that Linux works on it, though :-/ Uh, no, that's the way it's supposed to be. They support every stupid dongle and widget on the planet, remember? ;^) -- "

Re: matcd on an SB16

1999-07-16 Thread Wes Peters
do with the > idea the hardware in this box is generally crap. > > The disappointing thing is that Linux works on it, though :-/ Uh, no, that's the way it's supposed to be. They support every stupid dongle and widget on the planet, remember? ;^) -- "

Re: gdb instead of adb

1999-07-15 Thread Wes Peters
ing kernel, in which case you should know that > interrupts are vectored through functions, and thus the entire issue is > moot. > > Note also that debugging through interrupt handlers can be problematic > on PC hardware. Logic analyzers and/or ICEs are your friends here. Expensi

Re: gdb instead of adb

1999-07-15 Thread Wes Peters
ing kernel, in which case you should know that > interrupts are vectored through functions, and thus the entire issue is > moot. > > Note also that debugging through interrupt handlers can be problematic > on PC hardware. Logic analyzers and/or ICEs are your friends here. Expensi

Re: PCCARD and Vpp voltage

1999-07-12 Thread Wes Peters
Warner Losh wrote: > > In message <378987f5.8d53...@softweyr.com> Wes Peters writes: > : It shouldn't be all that hard to read the register and set the voltages > : appropriately. Table 5-1 on p. 54 has the PC Card register values for > : CVS[2:1] and w

Re: PCCARD and Vpp voltage

1999-07-12 Thread Wes Peters
Warner Losh wrote: > > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Wes Peters writes: > : It shouldn't be all that hard to read the register and set the voltages > : appropriately. Table 5-1 on p. 54 has the PC Card register values for > : CVS[2:1] and what they mean. > > Ag

Re: a BSD identd

1999-07-10 Thread Wes Peters
" : USERID : UNIX : Warm-Fuzzy\r\n", BUFSIZ - iolen); if (write(client_sock, iobuf, strlen(iobuf)) < strlen(iobuf)) { perror("writing response to client"); } close(client_sock); }

Re: a BSD identd

1999-07-10 Thread Wes Peters
" : USERID : UNIX : Warm-Fuzzy\r\n", BUFSIZ - iolen); if (write(client_sock, iobuf, strlen(iobuf)) < strlen(iobuf)) { perror("writing response to client"); } close(client_sock); }

Re: PCCARD and Vpp voltage

1999-07-10 Thread Wes Peters
l three voltages should be initialized to 5V. It would be nice if we handled 3.3V cards also; I don't want to know what happens to a 3.3V card when you stick it in your FreeBSD machine and it dumbly applies 5V to it. Looks like the inserted() routine needs some serious help. --

Re: PCCARD and Vpp voltage

1999-07-10 Thread Wes Peters
l three voltages should be initialized to 5V. It would be nice if we handled 3.3V cards also; I don't want to know what happens to a 3.3V card when you stick it in your FreeBSD machine and it dumbly applies 5V to it. Looks like the inserted() routine needs some serious help. --

Re: FW: NIS, + in the passwd file

1999-07-09 Thread Wes Peters
an IRIX network. FreeBSD 2.11? Never heard of such a beast. Do you mean 2.1.1? Ugh! -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC http://softweyr.com/

Re: FW: NIS, + in the passwd file

1999-07-09 Thread Wes Peters
an IRIX network. FreeBSD 2.11? Never heard of such a beast. Do you mean 2.1.1? Ugh! -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC http://softweyr.com/

Re: matcd on an SB16

1999-07-09 Thread Wes Peters
Linux vs. FreeBSD. An IDE CD-ROM is completely beyond his reach? Send me his address, I'll go buy one of the cheapo USDrive 24x models they're selling around here for $24 and mail it to him. It will, of course, cost him AU$40 to receive it. ;^( --

Re: 10/100 highly reliable supported ethernet cards?

1999-07-09 Thread Wes Peters
to perform quite well. The EtherExpress Pro is probably the most respected card around these days. Perhaps working with DG to identify and solve your problems might be the best tack? -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters

Re: matcd on an SB16

1999-07-09 Thread Wes Peters
in Linux vs. FreeBSD. An IDE CD-ROM is completely beyond his reach? Send me his address, I'll go buy one of the cheapo USDrive 24x models they're selling around here for $24 and mail it to him. It will, of course, cost him AU$40 to receive it. ;^( --

Re: 10/100 highly reliable supported ethernet cards?

1999-07-09 Thread Wes Peters
to perform quite well. The EtherExpress Pro is probably the most respected card around these days. Perhaps working with DG to identify and solve your problems might be the best tack? -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters

Re: Berkeley DB question

1999-07-08 Thread Wes Peters
does (note version 2, > not 1.85 as shipped with FreeBSD). http://www.sleepycat.com/. Also note the non-Berkeley license, if you're planning a contribution to FreeBSD. -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters

Re: Berkeley DB question

1999-07-08 Thread Wes Peters
2 claim that it does (note version 2, > not 1.85 as shipped with FreeBSD). http://www.sleepycat.com/. Also note the non-Berkeley license, if you're planning a contribution to FreeBSD. -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters

Re: Replacement for grep(1) (part 2)

1999-07-08 Thread Wes Peters
er' at Weber State. It allows two programmers to edit the same file on two terminals; it displays the line of code the OTHER user's cursor is on in red and won't let your cursor on that line. ;^) -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in

Re: Replacement for grep(1) (part 2)

1999-07-08 Thread Wes Peters
ditor from 'Dave-n-Val the two- headed programmer' at Weber State. It allows two programmers to edit the same file on two terminals; it displays the line of code the OTHER user's cursor is on in red and won't let your cursor on that line. ;^) -- "Where am

Re: Berkeley DB question

1999-07-07 Thread Wes Peters
it out myself. It may bear looking into. -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC http://softweyr.com/ w...@softweyr.com To

Re: 'rtfm' script

1999-07-07 Thread Wes Peters
rm running rtfm on strings that are dropped onto or pasted into the dock icon. You know, being a program designer is a WHOLE lot easier than being a programmer. ;^) -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters

Re: Berkeley DB question

1999-07-07 Thread Wes Peters
out myself. It may bear looking into. -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC http://softweyr.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe:

Re: 'rtfm' script

1999-07-07 Thread Wes Peters
rm running rtfm on strings that are dropped onto or pasted into the dock icon. You know, being a program designer is a WHOLE lot easier than being a programmer. ;^) -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters

Re: 'rtfm' script

1999-07-06 Thread Wes Peters
RTFM isn't a newby-apparent term. Name it help(1). And link it to whatthehell(1). -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC http://softweyr.com/

Re: 'rtfm' script

1999-07-06 Thread Wes Peters
RTFM isn't a newby-apparent term. Name it help(1). And link it to whatthehell(1). -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC http://softweyr.com/

Re: Connect and so on..

1999-07-06 Thread Wes Peters
the subsystem seems to reside in kernel, and is > (possibly precompiled) table driven so that it does not cause gross > inefficiency. > > You should ask a local mainframe guru about that. RACF. Remote Access Control Facility, IIRC. -- "Where am I,

Re: Connect and so on..

1999-07-06 Thread Wes Peters
ever, the subsystem seems to reside in kernel, and is > (possibly precompiled) table driven so that it does not cause gross > inefficiency. > > You should ask a local mainframe guru about that. RACF. Remote Access Control Facility, IIRC. -- "Where am I, and w

Re: FreeBSD locations (was: Pictures from USENIX)

1999-07-06 Thread Wes Peters
Warner Losh wrote: > > In message <3780fb62.96c77...@softweyr.com> Wes Peters writes: > : Oh lord, are we going to have to rename ourselves OzBSD now? ;^) > > We could have BoulderBSD, which would be 10MB surrounded by reality > :-) We could all stick our computers

Re: Pictures from USENIX

1999-07-05 Thread Wes Peters
Soren Schmidt wrote: > > It seems Wes Peters wrote: > > Tim Vanderhoek wrote: > > > > > > On Sun, Jul 04, 1999 at 12:15:02PM -0700, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > > > > > > > read a bit about them. Same for the committers group, but at 165

Re: FreeBSD locations (was: Pictures from USENIX)

1999-07-05 Thread Wes Peters
Warner Losh wrote: > > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Wes Peters writes: > : Oh lord, are we going to have to rename ourselves OzBSD now? ;^) > > We could have BoulderBSD, which would be 10MB surrounded by reality > :-) We could all stick our computers in cases

Re: Pictures from USENIX

1999-07-05 Thread Wes Peters
Soren Schmidt wrote: > > It seems Wes Peters wrote: > > Tim Vanderhoek wrote: > > > > > > On Sun, Jul 04, 1999 at 12:15:02PM -0700, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > > > > > > > read a bit about them. Same for the committers group, but at 165

Re: FreeBSD locations (was: Pictures from USENIX)

1999-07-05 Thread Wes Peters
Greg Lehey wrote: > > On Monday, 5 July 1999 at 0:12:55 -0600, Wes Peters wrote: > > > > Here's what I have so far: > > > > 52.0, 13.8, "joerg" # Germany > > You've put Jörg somewhere near Berlin. He's in

Re: FreeBSD locations (was: Pictures from USENIX)

1999-07-05 Thread Wes Peters
Greg Lehey wrote: > > On Monday, 5 July 1999 at 0:12:55 -0600, Wes Peters wrote: > > > > Here's what I have so far: > > > > 52.0, 13.8, "joerg" # Germany > > You've put Jörg somewhere near Berlin. He's in

Re: Pictures from USENIX

1999-07-04 Thread Wes Peters
r. I've had a beard for over 10 years now. I shaved it once right after I was married. My wife told me I looked like my brother and should grow it back posthaste. ;^) -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters

Re: Pictures from USENIX

1999-07-04 Thread Wes Peters
Tim Vanderhoek wrote: > > On Sun, Jul 04, 1999 at 12:15:02PM -0700, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > > > read a bit about them. Same for the committers group, but at 165+ > > members that's going to be a somewhat larger, long-term project. :-) > > Did Wes Peters

Re: Pictures from USENIX

1999-07-04 Thread Wes Peters
nks. Shouldn't be too > unwieldy, assuming you don't also choose to include the cats of the > core team as well. Why not? Cats are important, you know. -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters

Re: Pictures from USENIX

1999-07-04 Thread Wes Peters
summer. I've had a beard for over 10 years now. I shaved it once right after I was married. My wife told me I looked like my brother and should grow it back posthaste. ;^) -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters

Re: Pictures from USENIX

1999-07-04 Thread Wes Peters
Tim Vanderhoek wrote: > > On Sun, Jul 04, 1999 at 12:15:02PM -0700, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > > > read a bit about them. Same for the committers group, but at 165+ > > members that's going to be a somewhat larger, long-term project. :-) > > Did Wes Peters

Re: Pictures from USENIX

1999-07-04 Thread Wes Peters
nks. Shouldn't be too > unwieldy, assuming you don't also choose to include the cats of the > core team as well. Why not? Cats are important, you know. -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters

Re: how to start to be a hacker?

1999-07-04 Thread Wes Peters
"G. Adam Stanislav" wrote: > > On Sat, Jul 03, 1999 at 06:11:08PM -0600, Wes Peters wrote: > > Trust me, greenie, those of us who a FAR from 16 wish we weren't. ;^) > > What, and miss the sixties??? Get back to your handbasket! :-) Our experiences of the si

Re: how to start to be a hacker?

1999-07-04 Thread Wes Peters
"G. Adam Stanislav" wrote: > > On Sat, Jul 03, 1999 at 06:11:08PM -0600, Wes Peters wrote: > > Trust me, greenie, those of us who a FAR from 16 wish we weren't. ;^) > > What, and miss the sixties??? Get back to your handbasket! :-) Our experiences of the si

Re: how to start to be a hacker?

1999-07-03 Thread Wes Peters
hacker. I rarely post to this list - so I hope that my lengthy post > > doesn't offend. So on that note - I will continue observing the minds > > at work. No problem, you're always welcome. Do try to keep the quoting to a minimum. ;^) -- "Where am I, and wh

Re: how to start to be a hacker?

1999-07-03 Thread Wes Peters
hacker. I rarely post to this list - so I hope that my lengthy post > > doesn't offend. So on that note - I will continue observing the minds > > at work. No problem, you're always welcome. Do try to keep the quoting to a minimum. ;^) -- "Where am I, and wha

Re: poll() vs select()

1999-07-03 Thread Wes Peters
) aio_write() as opposed to > write(). I suppose if you're masochistic, you won't mind doing that :) He wouldn't be a programmer unless masochistic. -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters

Re: how to start to be a hacker?

1999-07-03 Thread Wes Peters
"G. Adam Stanislav" wrote: > > On Sat, Jul 03, 1999 at 01:18:52AM -0600, Wes Peters wrote: > > > > You either are a hacker, or you are not. It is not something someone else > > > > can teach you. > > > > > > This deserves a FAQ entry

Re: poll() vs select()

1999-07-03 Thread Wes Peters
) as opposed to > write(). I suppose if you're masochistic, you won't mind doing that :) He wouldn't be a programmer unless masochistic. -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters

Re: how to start to be a hacker?

1999-07-03 Thread Wes Peters
"G. Adam Stanislav" wrote: > > On Sat, Jul 03, 1999 at 01:18:52AM -0600, Wes Peters wrote: > > > > You either are a hacker, or you are not. It is not something someone > > > > else > > > > can teach you. > > > > > > This dese

Re: how to start to be a hacker?

1999-07-03 Thread Wes Peters
Wes Peters wrote: > > Dominic Mitchell wrote: > > > > On Thu, Jul 01, 1999 at 08:17:59AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I know the basic admin knowledge of UNIX,perl,cgi,c > > > how to become a hacker? > > > > Not everyone will agree with

Re: how to start to be a hacker?

1999-07-03 Thread Wes Peters
Wes Peters wrote: > > Dominic Mitchell wrote: > > > > On Thu, Jul 01, 1999 at 08:17:59AM -0700, haodong...@netease.com wrote: > > > I know the basic admin knowledge of UNIX,perl,cgi,c > > > how to become a hacker? > > > > Not everyone w

Re: how to start to be a hacker?

1999-07-03 Thread Wes Peters
ten done by a mentor. -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC http://softweyr.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail to

Re: how to start to be a hacker?

1999-07-03 Thread Wes Peters
st often done by a mentor. -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC http://softweyr.com/ w...@softweyr.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to

Re: how to start to be a hacker?

1999-07-02 Thread Wes Peters
uxedo.org/~esr/faqs/index.html Disagree? Eric even managed to mention the existence of freely available BSD! I'm ecstatic! Actually, it's not a bad description of what most of us have actually done. ;^) -- "Where am I, and wha

Re: how to start to be a hacker?

1999-07-02 Thread Wes Peters
ttp://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/index.html Disagree? Eric even managed to mention the existence of freely available BSD! I'm ecstatic! Actually, it's not a bad description of what most of us have actually done. ;^) -- "Where am I, and wha

Re: Redundant Remote Webserver clustering

1999-06-30 Thread Wes Peters
"David E. Cross" wrote: > > Wes Peters wrote: > > > You do this on FreeBSD (or Linux or Solaris) by creating a "layer 4 > > router" or HTTP switch that directs traffic evenly among your several > > web servers, and stops sending traffic to servers

Re: tcpdump(1) additions.

1999-06-30 Thread Wes Peters
ame of this file system > in FreeBSD ? Should we consider changing it to cifs, to follow the Microsnot name du jour? -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC http://www.softweyr.com/~softw

Re: tcpdump(1) additions.

1999-06-30 Thread Wes Peters
ame of this file system > in FreeBSD ? Should we consider changing it to cifs, to follow the Microsnot name du jour? -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC http://www.softweyr.com/~softwe

Re: Redundant Remote Webserver clustering

1999-06-30 Thread Wes Peters
"David E. Cross" wrote: > > Wes Peters wrote: > > > You do this on FreeBSD (or Linux or Solaris) by creating a "layer 4 > > router" or HTTP switch that directs traffic evenly among your several > > web servers, and stops sending traffic to servers

Re: Redundant Remote Webserver clustering

1999-06-29 Thread Wes Peters
NOT do this. You do this on FreeBSD (or Linux or Solaris) by creating a "layer 4 router" or HTTP switch that directs traffic evenly among your several web servers, and stops sending traffic to servers that have failed. -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this ha

Re: Redundant Remote Webserver clustering

1999-06-29 Thread Wes Peters
NOT do this. You do this on FreeBSD (or Linux or Solaris) by creating a "layer 4 router" or HTTP switch that directs traffic evenly among your several web servers, and stops sending traffic to servers that have failed. -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this ha

Re: environment strings

1999-06-28 Thread Wes Peters
duced in the Seventh Edition, which came after K&R. Time for a main() man page? Where would it go? Section 2, 3, or 9? Hmm... -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC http://www.softweyr.com/~softwey

Re: environment strings

1999-06-28 Thread Wes Peters
duced in the Seventh Edition, which came after K&R. Time for a main() man page? Where would it go? Section 2, 3, or 9? Hmm... -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC http://www.softweyr.com/~softweyr

Re: building thread-safe Xlibs

1999-06-26 Thread Wes Peters
g to be nasty. Locking access to a dbm database doesn't look good, so we may have to change to the newlib version of dbm in order to support them. This probably wouldn't happen until 4.0, and I'd have to come up with a binary file coverter, unle

Re: building thread-safe Xlibs

1999-06-26 Thread Wes Peters
o be nasty. Locking access to a dbm database doesn't look good, so we may have to change to the newlib version of dbm in order to support them. This probably wouldn't happen until 4.0, and I'd have to come up with a binary file coverter, unle

Re: [Re: coarse vs fine-grained locking in SMP systems]

1999-06-26 Thread Wes Peters
-processor system because the timer ran in timer context, which is not interruptable by a normal process regardless of the priority, but had failed to protect itself from a normal process on the other CPU. -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters

Re: [Re: coarse vs fine-grained locking in SMP systems]

1999-06-26 Thread Wes Peters
e the timer ran in timer context, which is not interruptable by a normal process regardless of the priority, but had failed to protect itself from a normal process on the other CPU. -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters

Re: System unique identifier.....

1999-06-25 Thread Wes Peters
OpenBoot environment. I dunno about the Alpha. -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC http://www.softweyr.com/~softweyr w...@softweyr.com To Unsubscribe: send mail

Re: System unique identifier.....

1999-06-25 Thread Wes Peters
f this for > > > FreeBSD. > > > > Are there enough bytes available in the BIOS NVRAM? That would do > > nicely as a place to store it. > > Whose BIOS NVRAM? The host system BIOS NVRAM. I thought we were looking for a per-host ID here, right? --

Re: System unique identifier.....

1999-06-25 Thread Wes Peters
NVRAM? That would do nicely as a place to store it. -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC http://www.softweyr.com/~softweyr w...@softweyr.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord

Re: synch primitives (was Re: Microsoft performance)

1999-06-25 Thread Wes Peters
edded OS. I haven't worked with eCos much (yet), but it should be pretty comprehensive. http://www.cygnus.com/ecos/ for more info. RTEMS, a GPL'd embedded kernel. RTEMS was designed for multiprocessor systems from the ground up, and has a rich set of SMP-related too

Re: Microsoft performance (was: ...)

1999-06-24 Thread Wes Peters
Wes Peters wrote: > > Julian Elischer wrote: > > > > ok here are some of the problems.. > > > > Matt's changes allow dd to copy data at 2.5 times the rate it did before. > > I consider dd to be an application. The problem is due to resource > > hand

Re: Microsoft performance (was: ...)

1999-06-23 Thread Wes Peters
FreeBSD fare against NT or other systems on single processor systems? I think we call consider SMP to be a "work in progress." -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC http://www.so

ispell(1) is for WIMPs (was Re: vi(1) is for whimps)

1999-06-23 Thread Wes Peters
you sound insincere", I guess I'll point out that > the word is "wimps". If you're going to stand on a soap box and preach, you should probably make sure the lables on the soap box aren't contradicting your message. --

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