Re: tcp stack tuning and Checkpoint FW1 & Legato Networker

2001-07-04 Thread Andrew Pimlott
On Wed, Jul 04, 2001 at 07:02:36PM -0700, George Bonser wrote: > > I want to set the tcp_keepalive timer to 60 seconds and understand > > possible implications for Linux. > > echo 60 >/proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_keepalive_time By default, this is only polled by the kernel every 75 seconds, so you

Re: tcp stack tuning and Checkpoint FW1 Legato Networker

2001-07-04 Thread Andrew Pimlott
On Wed, Jul 04, 2001 at 07:02:36PM -0700, George Bonser wrote: I want to set the tcp_keepalive timer to 60 seconds and understand possible implications for Linux. echo 60 /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_keepalive_time By default, this is only polled by the kernel every 75 seconds, so you would

Re: Controversy over dynamic linking -- how to end the panic

2001-06-21 Thread Andrew Pimlott
On Thu, Jun 21, 2001 at 04:02:49PM -0500, Timur Tabi wrote: > ** Reply to message from Andrew Pimlott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on > Thu, 21 Jun 2001 16:46:25 -0400 > > > I agree entirely that Linus, as creator of the license, is > > privileged with respect to interpretat

Re: Controversy over dynamic linking -- how to end the panic

2001-06-21 Thread Andrew Pimlott
On Thu, Jun 21, 2001 at 04:13:22PM -0400, Eric S. Raymond wrote: > Andrew Pimlott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On Thu, Jun 21, 2001 at 03:17:16PM -0400, Eric S. Raymond wrote: > > > IANAL, but I believe that Linus's position as anthology copyright holder > > > mak

Re: Controversy over dynamic linking -- how to end the panic

2001-06-21 Thread Andrew Pimlott
On Thu, Jun 21, 2001 at 03:17:16PM -0400, Eric S. Raymond wrote: > IANAL, but I believe that Linus's position as anthology copyright holder > makes him privileged in this respect. Regardless of what you find in the books, recall that Linus has stated that decentralizing the copyright of Linux

Re: Controversy over dynamic linking -- how to end the panic

2001-06-21 Thread Andrew Pimlott
On Thu, Jun 21, 2001 at 04:02:49PM -0500, Timur Tabi wrote: ** Reply to message from Andrew Pimlott [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Thu, 21 Jun 2001 16:46:25 -0400 I agree entirely that Linus, as creator of the license, is privileged with respect to interpretation of the license. Ah, but Linus

Re: Controversy over dynamic linking -- how to end the panic

2001-06-21 Thread Andrew Pimlott
On Thu, Jun 21, 2001 at 03:17:16PM -0400, Eric S. Raymond wrote: IANAL, but I believe that Linus's position as anthology copyright holder makes him privileged in this respect. Regardless of what you find in the books, recall that Linus has stated that decentralizing the copyright of Linux was

Re: Controversy over dynamic linking -- how to end the panic

2001-06-21 Thread Andrew Pimlott
On Thu, Jun 21, 2001 at 04:13:22PM -0400, Eric S. Raymond wrote: Andrew Pimlott [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Thu, Jun 21, 2001 at 03:17:16PM -0400, Eric S. Raymond wrote: IANAL, but I believe that Linus's position as anthology copyright holder makes him privileged in this respect

machine hangs during Ghost multicast traffic

2001-04-20 Thread Andrew Pimlott
I periodically experience major system slowdowns, which are obviously network related because they instantly go away when I pull out the network cable, and return when I put it back in. The machine is not totally unresponsive, but nearly so. For example, if I hit enter at a shell prompt, it may

machine hangs during Ghost multicast traffic

2001-04-20 Thread Andrew Pimlott
I periodically experience major system slowdowns, which are obviously network related because they instantly go away when I pull out the network cable, and return when I put it back in. The machine is not totally unresponsive, but nearly so. For example, if I hit enter at a shell prompt, it may

Re: CML2 1.1.3 is available

2001-04-17 Thread Andrew Pimlott
On Mon, Apr 16, 2001 at 11:20:48PM -0400, Eric S. Raymond wrote: > Peter Samuelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Wait ... I thought you were just using Python bindings to Tk. Are you > > telling us the Tk library, which for 8 or 10 years has been pretty much > > *the* X toolkit/widget set for

Re: CML2 1.1.3 is available

2001-04-17 Thread Andrew Pimlott
On Mon, Apr 16, 2001 at 11:20:48PM -0400, Eric S. Raymond wrote: Peter Samuelson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Wait ... I thought you were just using Python bindings to Tk. Are you telling us the Tk library, which for 8 or 10 years has been pretty much *the* X toolkit/widget set for scripting, does

Re: Larger dev_t

2001-03-27 Thread Andrew Pimlott
On Tue, Mar 27, 2001 at 02:13:47PM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > The problems with devfs (other than kernel memory bloat, which is pretty > much guaranteed to be much worse than the bloat a larger dev_t would > entail) is that it needs complex auxilliary mechanisms to make > "chmod /dev/foo"

Re: Larger dev_t

2001-03-27 Thread Andrew Pimlott
On Tue, Mar 27, 2001 at 02:13:47PM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote: The problems with devfs (other than kernel memory bloat, which is pretty much guaranteed to be much worse than the bloat a larger dev_t would entail) is that it needs complex auxilliary mechanisms to make "chmod /dev/foo" work as

Re: Persistent module storage [was Linux 2.4 Status / TODO page]

2000-11-06 Thread Andrew Pimlott
On Mon, Nov 06, 2000 at 08:00:05AM +, David Woodhouse wrote: > I'm more interested in the case where the module is loaded for the second > time: Is there really a reason to unload a module in normal usage? Beyond miniscule memory savings and hack value? You can solve the whole problem with

Re: Persistent module storage [was Linux 2.4 Status / TODO page]

2000-11-06 Thread Andrew Pimlott
On Mon, Nov 06, 2000 at 08:00:05AM +, David Woodhouse wrote: I'm more interested in the case where the module is loaded for the second time: Is there really a reason to unload a module in normal usage? Beyond miniscule memory savings and hack value? You can solve the whole problem with a

Re: [PATCH] OOM killer API (was: [PATCH] VM fix for 2.4.0-test9 & OOM handler)

2000-10-11 Thread Andrew Pimlott
On Thu, Oct 12, 2000 at 01:58:49AM +1100, Matthew Hawkins wrote: > On 2000-10-11 10:33:39 -0400, Bruce A. Locke wrote: > > > > Your making the deadly assumption that all applications behave themselves > > exactly the same all the time. Oops... netscape decided to freak out and > > take up all

Re: [PATCH] OOM killer API (was: [PATCH] VM fix for 2.4.0-test9 OOM handler)

2000-10-11 Thread Andrew Pimlott
On Thu, Oct 12, 2000 at 01:58:49AM +1100, Matthew Hawkins wrote: On 2000-10-11 10:33:39 -0400, Bruce A. Locke wrote: Your making the deadly assumption that all applications behave themselves exactly the same all the time. Oops... netscape decided to freak out and take up all your