Re: system call for process information?

2001-03-13 Thread Nathan Paul Simons
On Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 04:05:13PM -0500, Albert D. Cahalan wrote: > Bloat removal: being able to run without /proc mounted. > > We don't have "kernel speed". We have kernel-mode screwing around > with text formatting. Or calculating things that really should be taken care of in user

Re: system call for process information?

2001-03-13 Thread Nathan Paul Simons
On Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 04:05:13PM -0500, Albert D. Cahalan wrote: Bloat removal: being able to run without /proc mounted. We don't have "kernel speed". We have kernel-mode screwing around with text formatting. Or calculating things that really should be taken care of in user space,

Re: system call for process information?

2001-03-12 Thread Nathan Paul Simons
On Mon, Mar 12, 2001 at 09:21:37PM +, Guennadi Liakhovetski wrote: > CPU utilisation. Each new application has to calculate it (ps, top, qps, > kps, various sysmons, procmons, etc.). Wouldn't it be worth it having a > syscall for that? Wouldn't it be more optimal? No, it wouldn't be

Re: system call for process information?

2001-03-12 Thread Nathan Paul Simons
On Mon, Mar 12, 2001 at 09:21:37PM +, Guennadi Liakhovetski wrote: CPU utilisation. Each new application has to calculate it (ps, top, qps, kps, various sysmons, procmons, etc.). Wouldn't it be worth it having a syscall for that? Wouldn't it be more optimal? No, it wouldn't be

Re: [OT] Re: Microsoft begining to open source Windows 2000?

2001-03-08 Thread Nathan Paul Simons
On Thu, Mar 08, 2001 at 12:21:12PM -0500, Stuart MacDonald wrote: > "As such, clients will not be allowed to alter the code in any form and > may not give any other party access to any aspect of that code." > > Does this preclude one reading the source and then using > the knowledge gained to

Re: [OT] Re: Microsoft begining to open source Windows 2000?

2001-03-08 Thread Nathan Paul Simons
On Thu, Mar 08, 2001 at 12:21:12PM -0500, Stuart MacDonald wrote: "As such, clients will not be allowed to alter the code in any form and may not give any other party access to any aspect of that code." Does this preclude one reading the source and then using the knowledge gained to write,

Re: 2.2.18Pre Lan Performance Rocks!

2000-10-31 Thread Nathan Paul Simons
ing to sound more and more like arguments made a while back by a certain OS vendor from Seattle . . . Wish not to seem, but to be, the best. -- Aeschylus -- Nathan Paul Simons, Junior Software Engineer for FSMLabs http://www.fsmlabs.com/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "uns

Re: 2.2.18Pre Lan Performance Rocks!

2000-10-31 Thread Nathan Paul Simons
to sound more and more like arguments made a while back by a certain OS vendor from Seattle . . . Wish not to seem, but to be, the best. -- Aeschylus -- Nathan Paul Simons, Junior Software Engineer for FSMLabs http://www.fsmlabs.com/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubs

Re: Updated 2.4 TODO List -- new addition WAS(test9 PCI

2000-10-11 Thread Nathan Paul Simons
ompile it correctly, but it's still a decent C compiler. g++ on the other hand . . . -- Nathan Paul Simons, Junior Software Engineer for FSMLabs http://www.fsmlabs.com/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: Updated 2.4 TODO List -- new addition WAS(test9 PCI

2000-10-11 Thread Nathan Paul Simons
it correctly, but it's still a decent C compiler. g++ on the other hand . . . -- Nathan Paul Simons, Junior Software Engineer for FSMLabs http://www.fsmlabs.com/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] P

Re: Weightless process class

2000-10-04 Thread Nathan Paul Simons
ocess has any kernel locks. -- Nathan Paul Simons, Junior Software Engineer for FSMLabs http://www.fsmlabs.com/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Re: Incomplete Adaptec 29160 support!?

2000-10-04 Thread Nathan Paul Simons
ers/scsi/README.aic7xxx (in both 2.4.0 and 2.2.17): AHA-29160M -- Nathan Paul Simons, Junior Software Engineer for FSMLabs http://www.fsmlabs.com/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Re: Incomplete Adaptec 29160 support!?

2000-10-04 Thread Nathan Paul Simons
2.2.17): AHA-29160M -- Nathan Paul Simons, Junior Software Engineer for FSMLabs http://www.fsmlabs.com/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Re: Weightless process class

2000-10-04 Thread Nathan Paul Simons
ss has any kernel locks. -- Nathan Paul Simons, Junior Software Engineer for FSMLabs http://www.fsmlabs.com/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Re: Proposal: Linux Kernel Patch Management System

2000-09-14 Thread Nathan Paul Simons
On Wed, Sep 13, 2000 at 11:50:58PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > Another problem is that bitkeeper has not been through a security audit. Maybe, but i like the fact that BitKeeper uses ssh by default for transmitting data. -- Nathan Paul Simons, Programmer for FSMLabs http://www.fsmlabs.

Re: Proposal: Linux Kernel Patch Management System

2000-09-14 Thread Nathan Paul Simons
On Wed, Sep 13, 2000 at 11:50:58PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote: Another problem is that bitkeeper has not been through a security audit. Maybe, but i like the fact that BitKeeper uses ssh by default for transmitting data. -- Nathan Paul Simons, Programmer for FSMLabs http://www.fsmlabs.com

Re: Availability of kdb

2000-09-10 Thread Nathan Paul Simons
they "only work here" and would prefer a debugger because it means they don't have to think as hard. -- Nathan Paul Simons, Programmer for FSMLabs http://www.fsmlabs.com/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [

Re: [PATCH] 2.2: /proc/config.gz

2000-08-31 Thread Nathan Paul Simons
ome things really shouldn't be. -- Nathan Paul Simons, Programmer for FSMLabs http://www.fsmlabs.com/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Re: [PATCH] 2.2: /proc/config.gz

2000-08-31 Thread Nathan Paul Simons
hree files and one directory straight for each different configuration of the kernel that they want to play with, they probably shouldn't be configuring and compiling kernels in the first place. You can't idiot-proof the world, and even if you could, some things really shouldn't be. -- Nathan P