[OT]:Website and W3C validation

2007-12-04 Thread Fernando Apesteguía
Hi all, I'm sorry for using the list for this issue, but I wrote a previous mail to Rik and I got no answer (I'm not complaining, I suppose he's very busy :) ) The point is that a lot of pages in kernelnewbies.org, doesn't validate against the W3C validator. You can easily check this by clicking

Re: Exporting 'sys_call_table' in linux-2.6.20

2008-01-28 Thread Fernando Apesteguía
On Jan 29, 2008 8:28 AM, Chetan Nanda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, If I need to modify sys_call_table entries at run time (using loadable module), Can I do that in 2.6.20 kernel. I have look into the code: in arch/i386/entry.S: last few lines look like this:

Re: System memory

2008-03-25 Thread Fernando Apesteguía
On 3/25/08, Bizhan Gholikhamseh (bgholikh) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All, How would I know at any time available system memory at any time? Is free command provides an accurate available system memory? You can take a look at /proc/meminfo as well. Best Regards Thanks, Bizhan -- To

Re: the first in a series of memory management questions

2008-04-03 Thread Fernando Apesteguía
On 4/3/08, Robert P. J. Day [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: given that i'm determined to nail down how linux MM works, i'm perusing the code and some docs from the beginning and, since a lot of those docs annoyingly disagree with each other in some fundamental places, i'm going to be asking some

Re: System call hooking in 2.6 kernel..

2008-11-10 Thread Fernando Apesteguía
On 11/10/08, ashish mahamuni [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello All, I am trying to write a module which will log the user who deleted the file... So, I am thinking of hooking the unlink system call... Which is the best way to achieve this? Is it possible in 2.6 kernel? You can use this ugly

Re: generic swap()

2009-01-21 Thread Fernando Apesteguía
On 1/21/09, debian developer debian...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 1:13 PM, Fernando Apesteguía fernando.apesteg...@gmail.com wrote: On 1/21/09, debian developer debian...@gmail.com wrote: I don't seem to understand this patch. What is swap(a, b) returning here

Re: kernel newbie column on brief sabbatical

2009-10-21 Thread Fernando Apesteguía
On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 9:50 AM, Robert P. J. Day rpj...@crashcourse.ca wrote:  due to other unavoidable obligations, i'm going to be taking a brief hiatus from my linux.com kernel newbie column, but i hope to get back to it in short order.  darned other pressing engagements. Take your time