Re: gnu asm help...

2001-06-19 Thread Bohdan Vlasyuk
On Tue, Jun 19, 2001 at 01:18:41AM +0200, Erik Mouw wrote: > I also don't know the exact meaning, but here are two nice tutorials > about inline assembly: > > http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-ia.html > http://www.uwsg.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/9804.2/0953.html

Re: gnu asm help...

2001-06-19 Thread Bohdan Vlasyuk
On Tue, Jun 19, 2001 at 01:18:41AM +0200, Erik Mouw wrote: I also don't know the exact meaning, but here are two nice tutorials about inline assembly: http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-ia.html http://www.uwsg.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/9804.2/0953.html this one

Re: obsolete code must die

2001-06-14 Thread Bohdan Vlasyuk
On Wed, Jun 13, 2001 at 07:22:38PM -0700, Alan Olsen wrote: > > i386, i486 > > The Pentium processor has been around since 1995. Support for these older > > processors should go so we can focus on optimizations for the pentium and > > better processors. > You are in a part of the world that can

Re: obsolete code must die

2001-06-14 Thread Bohdan Vlasyuk
On Wed, Jun 13, 2001 at 07:22:38PM -0700, Alan Olsen wrote: i386, i486 The Pentium processor has been around since 1995. Support for these older processors should go so we can focus on optimizations for the pentium and better processors. You are in a part of the world that can afford

Re: isolating process..

2001-06-07 Thread Bohdan Vlasyuk
On Thu, Jun 07, 2001 at 03:28:36PM +0100, Russell King wrote: > I believe that Netfilter will do this for you. a) that'll require 2.4.x b) that'll require 2.4.x recompilation c) that will definitely not solve all the problems arise thanks, anyway - To unsubscribe from this list: send the

Re: isolating process..

2001-06-07 Thread Bohdan Vlasyuk
On Wed, Jun 06, 2001 at 09:57:25PM +0200, Erik Mouw wrote: >> Is it possible by any means to isolate any given process, so that >> it'll be unable to crash system. > You just gave a nice description what an OS kernel should do :) * Sigh * :-) > > Please, supply ANY suggestions. > > > > My

Re: isolating process..

2001-06-07 Thread Bohdan Vlasyuk
On Wed, Jun 06, 2001 at 09:57:25PM +0200, Erik Mouw wrote: Is it possible by any means to isolate any given process, so that it'll be unable to crash system. You just gave a nice description what an OS kernel should do :) * Sigh * :-) Please, supply ANY suggestions. My ideas:

Re: isolating process..

2001-06-07 Thread Bohdan Vlasyuk
On Thu, Jun 07, 2001 at 03:28:36PM +0100, Russell King wrote: I believe that Netfilter will do this for you. a) that'll require 2.4.x b) that'll require 2.4.x recompilation c) that will definitely not solve all the problems arise thanks, anyway - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line

isolating process..

2001-06-05 Thread Bohdan Vlasyuk
Hi ! Is it possible by any means to isolate any given process, so that it'll be unable to crash system. Suppose all the process needs is stdin, stdout, and CPU time. Can Linux guarantee that given process won't hurt system stability ? Let us soppose that we have ideal CPU without mistakes. How

isolating process..

2001-06-05 Thread Bohdan Vlasyuk
Hi ! Is it possible by any means to isolate any given process, so that it'll be unable to crash system. Suppose all the process needs is stdin, stdout, and CPU time. Can Linux guarantee that given process won't hurt system stability ? Let us soppose that we have ideal CPU without mistakes. How

Re: ECN is on!

2001-05-22 Thread Bohdan Vlasyuk
On Tue, May 22, 2001 at 01:10:31PM +0300, Matti Aarnio wrote: > This list is NOT exhaustive of domains with problems, it > primarily lists only those who are subscribers of linux-kernel, > and thus accumulated (al lot) more than 1 email with "connection > timed out" status into vger's queue. >

Re: ECN is on!

2001-05-22 Thread Bohdan Vlasyuk
On Tue, May 22, 2001 at 01:10:31PM +0300, Matti Aarnio wrote: This list is NOT exhaustive of domains with problems, it primarily lists only those who are subscribers of linux-kernel, and thus accumulated (al lot) more than 1 email with connection timed out status into vger's queue.

Gdb reports about broken mmap()

2001-05-21 Thread Bohdan Vlasyuk
Hi !! Well, don't warry about this issue any more :-). That's entirely RedHat's mistake -- they didn't took a look at ./configure --help. I've done ./configure --with-mmalloc and it does not complin amy more. However, it still does not work :-)).. -- 17:16:02 ~/src/db # gdb -q dummy -m

Gdb reports about broken mmap()

2001-05-21 Thread Bohdan Vlasyuk
Hi !! Well, don't warry about this issue any more :-). That's entirely RedHat's mistake -- they didn't took a look at ./configure --help. I've done ./configure --with-mmalloc and it does not complin amy more. However, it still does not work :-)).. -- 17:16:02 ~/src/db # gdb -q dummy -m

Q: missing or broken mmap().

2001-05-18 Thread Bohdan Vlasyuk
Hi !! I'm wondering what it may mean - something to be implemented in linux, of poorly configured system: --- $ gdb -m dummy -q --batch warning: mapped symbol tables are not supported on this machine; missing or broken mmap(). --- When I was reading info, I've seen that "this feature is

Q: missing or broken mmap().

2001-05-18 Thread Bohdan Vlasyuk
Hi !! I'm wondering what it may mean - something to be implemented in linux, of poorly configured system: --- $ gdb -m dummy -q --batch warning: mapped symbol tables are not supported on this machine; missing or broken mmap(). --- When I was reading info, I've seen that this feature is

Linux kernel programming for beginners

2001-05-15 Thread Bohdan Vlasyuk
Does anybody know any nice resource for beginners to try to write some device drivers/other stuff ? Anything like url:// or mailing list will be appreciated. -- Bye. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More

Linux kernel programming for beginners

2001-05-15 Thread Bohdan Vlasyuk
Hi ! Does anybody know any nice resource for beginners to try to write some device drivers/other interesting stuff ? Anything like url:// or mailing list will be appreciated. -- Bye. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL

again: Linux (2.4.4-ac5) on Laptop

2001-05-15 Thread Bohdan Vlasyuk
Hi there again ! I've got brand new kernel, compiled it and all modutils/other stuff, however, I still have problems with "magic buttons". It still crashes, but in a new exciting fashion - not just plain oops, but tons of non-stopping hex numbers in square brackets. As far as I could read it on

again: Linux (2.4.4-ac5) on Laptop

2001-05-15 Thread Bohdan Vlasyuk
Hi there again ! I've got brand new kernel, compiled it and all modutils/other stuff, however, I still have problems with magic buttons. It still crashes, but in a new exciting fashion - not just plain oops, but tons of non-stopping hex numbers in square brackets. As far as I could read it on my

Linux kernel programming for beginners

2001-05-15 Thread Bohdan Vlasyuk
Does anybody know any nice resource for beginners to try to write some device drivers/other stuff ? Anything like url:// or mailing list will be appreciated. -- Bye. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More

Linux kernel programming for beginners

2001-05-15 Thread Bohdan Vlasyuk
Hi ! Does anybody know any nice resource for beginners to try to write some device drivers/other interesting stuff ? Anything like url:// or mailing list will be appreciated. -- Bye. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body of a message to [EMAIL

linux + Compaq Presario Laptop

2001-05-07 Thread Bohdan Vlasyuk
Hello linux-kernel, Hi !! I'm running linux on Compaq Presario 1215 Laptop. Kernel is, as shipped with RH 7.0, 2.2.16. So, every time I press any of sound<+-> buttons [of + { = functional button, used in conjunction with F1-F8 to alter various laptop-specific settings, and to activate sleep

linux + Compaq Presario Laptop

2001-05-07 Thread Bohdan Vlasyuk
Hello linux-kernel, Hi !! I'm running linux on Compaq Presario 1215 Laptop. Kernel is, as shipped with RH 7.0, 2.2.16. So, every time I press any of sound+- buttons [of Fn+Fx {Fn = functional button, used in conjunction with F1-F8 to alter various laptop-specific settings, and to activate