Re: FreeBSD 5/6/7 kernel emulator for NetBSD 2.x

2005-10-31 Thread John Baldwin
On Saturday 29 October 2005 06:59 am, Rui Paulo wrote: On 2005.10.29 00:01:42 -0600, M. Warner Losh wrote: | In message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Rui Paulo [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: | : On 2005.10.26 10:22:52 -0700, Bill Studenmund wrote: | : | On Mon, Oct 24, 2005 at 10:35:47PM

Re: FreeBSD 5/6/7 kernel emulator for NetBSD 2.x

2005-10-29 Thread M. Warner Losh
In message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Rui Paulo [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: : On 2005.10.26 10:22:52 -0700, Bill Studenmund wrote: : | On Mon, Oct 24, 2005 at 10:35:47PM +0200, Hans Petter Selasky wrote: : | : | Main features: : | : | - Implements FreeBSD's devfs on NetBSD. : | : | In the

Re: FreeBSD 5/6/7 kernel emulator for NetBSD 2.x

2005-10-29 Thread Rui Paulo
On 2005.10.29 00:01:42 -0600, M. Warner Losh wrote: | In message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Rui Paulo [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: | : On 2005.10.26 10:22:52 -0700, Bill Studenmund wrote: | : | On Mon, Oct 24, 2005 at 10:35:47PM +0200, Hans Petter Selasky wrote: | : | | : | Main features: |

Re: FreeBSD 5/6/7 kernel emulator for NetBSD 2.x

2005-10-28 Thread Bill Studenmund
On Thu, Oct 27, 2005 at 04:53:35PM -0400, der Mouse wrote: - Implements FreeBSD's devfs on NetBSD. In the past, we (NetBSD folks) have talked about a devfs. [...persistence...] FreeBSD 5+ has /etc/devfs.conf and /etc/devfs.rules [...]. Is that what you're looking for? I didn't write

Re: FreeBSD 5/6/7 kernel emulator for NetBSD 2.x

2005-10-27 Thread Steven M. Bellovin
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Jason Thorpe writes: FWIW, I think a devfs based on our new tmpfs would be better for NetBSD. I was under the impression that each i-node in tmpfs consumed a fair amount of space, making it a bad match for things like /dev which have very many i-nodes but no

Re: FreeBSD 5/6/7 kernel emulator for NetBSD 2.x

2005-10-27 Thread Jason Thorpe
On Oct 26, 2005, at 10:22 AM, Bill Studenmund wrote: In the past, we (NetBSD folks) have talked about a devfs. One issue that has come up (I'll be honest, I've raised it a lot) is a desire to retain permission changes across boots, and to tie devices (when possible) to a device-specific

Re: FreeBSD 5/6/7 kernel emulator for NetBSD 2.x

2005-10-27 Thread Bill Studenmund
On Mon, Oct 24, 2005 at 10:35:47PM +0200, Hans Petter Selasky wrote: Main features: - Implements FreeBSD's devfs on NetBSD. In the past, we (NetBSD folks) have talked about a devfs. One issue that has come up (I'll be honest, I've raised it a lot) is a desire to retain permission changes

Re: FreeBSD 5/6/7 kernel emulator for NetBSD 2.x

2005-10-27 Thread Freddie Cash
On October 26, 2005 10:22 am, Bill Studenmund wrote: On Mon, Oct 24, 2005 at 10:35:47PM +0200, Hans Petter Selasky wrote: Main features: - Implements FreeBSD's devfs on NetBSD. In the past, we (NetBSD folks) have talked about a devfs. One issue that has come up (I'll be honest, I've

Re: FreeBSD 5/6/7 kernel emulator for NetBSD 2.x

2005-10-27 Thread John-Mark Gurney
Bill Studenmund wrote this message on Wed, Oct 26, 2005 at 10:22 -0700: On Mon, Oct 24, 2005 at 10:35:47PM +0200, Hans Petter Selasky wrote: Main features: - Implements FreeBSD's devfs on NetBSD. In the past, we (NetBSD folks) have talked about a devfs. One issue that has come up

Re: FreeBSD 5/6/7 kernel emulator for NetBSD 2.x

2005-10-27 Thread Hans Petter Selasky
On Thursday 27 October 2005 18:10, Bill Studenmund wrote: On Thu, Oct 27, 2005 at 09:29:52AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Oct 26, 2005 at 05:48:06PM -0700, Bill Studenmund wrote: The reason I'm interested in locators is so that if devices renumber themselves, the permissions

Re: FreeBSD 5/6/7 kernel emulator for NetBSD 2.x

2005-10-26 Thread Lennart Augustsson
clutter. Personally, I prefer the macros. -- Lennart Hans Petter Selasky wrote: Hi, I have made an effort on making a FreeBSD 5/6/7 kernel emulator for NetBSD 2.x. Many device drivers are shared between these two operating systems, and I think a lot of work can be saved when it comes

FreeBSD 5/6/7 kernel emulator for NetBSD 2.x

2005-10-24 Thread Hans Petter Selasky
Hi, I have made an effort on making a FreeBSD 5/6/7 kernel emulator for NetBSD 2.x. Many device drivers are shared between these two operating systems, and I think a lot of work can be saved when it comes to porting code and patches forth and back. Currently this emulator makes my FreeBSD PCI