Re: need help with vbox

2008-10-16 Thread Ivan Voras
Desmond Chapman wrote: It's dependent upon kbuild. Since the developers have no intention of fixing the issue, I would like a tutorial on converting the kmk file to a normal Makefile. What is kmk? Google only shows it's used with VirtualBox and nowhere else. If it's something the authors of

RE: need help with vbox

2008-10-16 Thread Desmond Chapman
To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2008 11:11:37 +0200 Subject: Re: need help with vbox Desmond Chapman wrote: It's dependent upon kbuild. Since the developers have no intention of fixing the issue, I would

RE: need help with vbox

2008-10-16 Thread Desmond Chapman
Gentleman, I agree with both of you. Thanks for everything. To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2008 11:32:48 +0200 Subject: Re: need help with vbox Bruce Cran wrote: Ivan Voras wrote: Desmond Chapman wrote:

Re: need help with vbox

2008-10-16 Thread Bruce Cran
Ivan Voras wrote: Desmond Chapman wrote: It's dependent upon kbuild. Since the developers have no intention of fixing the issue, I would like a tutorial on converting the kmk file to a normal Makefile. What is kmk? Google only shows it's used with VirtualBox and nowhere else. If

Re: need help with vbox

2008-10-16 Thread Ivan Voras
Bruce Cran wrote: Ivan Voras wrote: Desmond Chapman wrote: It's dependent upon kbuild. Since the developers have no intention of fixing the issue, I would like a tutorial on converting the kmk file to a normal Makefile. What is kmk? Google only shows it's used with VirtualBox and

Re: [Info required] PC Architecture

2008-10-16 Thread Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven
-On [20081016 16:43], Srinivas ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: I have a theoretical understanding of the PC architecture and the details but have no idea of how things go under the hood(for a real computer). http://www.amazon.com/dp/0123706068/ - Computer Organization and Design: The Hardware/Software

[Info required] PC Architecture

2008-10-16 Thread Srinivas
Hello, I have a theoretical understanding of the PC architecture and the details but have no idea of how things go under the hood(for a real computer). I think it would be very useful for me(as well as beginners) to know how things work real-time. Even though it is not a correct mailing list, I

Re: need help with vbox

2008-10-16 Thread Ivan Voras
Desmond Chapman wrote: Gentleman, I agree with both of you. Thanks for everything. Sorry if it seemed terse - I wasn't trying to discourage you. Translating from one Makefile type into another is similar to translating from one programming language to another - you need someone who knows both

Re: [Info required] PC Architecture

2008-10-16 Thread Ivan Voras
Srinivas wrote: Hello, I have a theoretical understanding of the PC architecture and the details but have no idea of how things go under the hood(for a real computer). I think it would be very useful for me(as well as beginners) to know how things work real-time. Even though it is not a

Re: need help with vbox

2008-10-16 Thread Jeremy Messenger
On Thu, 16 Oct 2008 05:17:47 -, Desmond Chapman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's dependent upon kbuild. Since the developers have no intention of fixing the issue, I would like a tutorial on converting the kmk file to a normal Makefile. I think you are barking at the wrong tree. :-) I

smbfs hang

2008-10-16 Thread Chris Coleman
I'm doing a large transfer from an SMB mounted drive, about 2TB of files. After about 250G, it hanging. Of course any process that tries to access that drive hangs as well. Is there anyway to get those processes killed off and remount the drive without rebooting? I haven't had much luck so

Re: smbfs hang

2008-10-16 Thread Attilio Rao
2008/10/16, Chris Coleman [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I'm doing a large transfer from an SMB mounted drive, about 2TB of files. After about 250G, it hanging. Of course any process that tries to access that drive hangs as well. Is there anyway to get those processes killed off and remount the

Re: [Doubt] Can a PCI device communicate with another PCI or other device?

2008-10-16 Thread Srinivas
I think a PCI device can communicate with another PCI device directly without the intervention of the CPU. Excerpt from PCI Express System Architecture ... PCI Transaction Model - Peer-to-Peer A Peer-to-peer transaction shown as Transaction 3 in Figure 1-5 on page 20 is the direct transfer of

Re: [Doubt] Can a PCI device communicate with another PCI or other

2008-10-16 Thread Steve Watt
In [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think a PCI device can communicate with another PCI device directly without the intervention of the CPU. Absolutely. Happens a fair amount in embedded networking systems (among others). The host is responsible for enumeration and resource

indicating a debug image

2008-10-16 Thread Chuck Robey
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I was wondering, for FreeBSD images, is there a symbol that one could look for, to indicate if image had debug symbols? I know you could destroy that by just stripping, I just wanted to know if there is any way to definitely tell, short of firing up

Re: indicating a debug image

2008-10-16 Thread Nate Eldredge
On Thu, 16 Oct 2008, Chuck Robey wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I was wondering, for FreeBSD images, is there a symbol that one could look for, to indicate if image had debug symbols? I know you could destroy that by just stripping, I just wanted to know if there is any

new mailing list for xen

2008-10-16 Thread Kip Macy
I've been getting a lot of recurring questions about the status of Xen support in FreeBSD and Xen configuration issues - the answers to which are changing frequently enough that simply adding a FAQ wouldn't make sense. I expect that initially the mailing list will be the Dailykip, consisting of