Re: Sun SMP Hardware [was RE: Version 4.0 release ]

2006-10-12 Thread Jason George
So far, every reply has been, It's yours if you pay to ship it. Count me in; I will help pay shipping as well. Count me in too, I have slightly limited funds but will help as much as I can. Please contact me off list if I can be of any use. There isn't a shortage of multi-processor sparc64

Re: Version 4.0 release

2006-10-12 Thread Girish Venkatachalam
On Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 02:37:35PM -0400, Adam wrote: Girish Venkatachalam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Threads a big PITA. Best avoided. Creates more problems than solves. OpenBSD is about neatness, cleanliness and stability. Threads don't have any of them. :-) First of all, threads

Re: Version 4.0 release

2006-10-12 Thread Girish Venkatachalam
On Thu, Oct 12, 2006 at 10:00:21AM +0100, Jeroen Massar wrote: Girish Venkatachalam wrote: [..] You should take a look at these links. http://www.softpanorama.org/People/Ousterhout/Threads/index.shtml Note that those slides are from 1995, that is over 10 years ago. You do realize that

Re: Version 4.0 release

2006-10-12 Thread Artur Grabowski
Girish Venkatachalam [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Like many things in computing it just depends on what one is most comfortable with and using the right tool for the right job. One time that is events, the other time that is threads... Greets, Jeroen Disagreed. Your points are

Re: Version 4.0 release

2006-10-12 Thread Girish Venkatachalam
On Thu, Oct 12, 2006 at 05:19:24PM +0200, Artur Grabowski wrote: Girish Venkatachalam [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Like many things in computing it just depends on what one is most comfortable with and using the right tool for the right job. One time that is events, the other time that is

Re: Version 4.0 release

2006-10-12 Thread Siegbert Marschall
I'm not saying OpenBSD is a bad operating system. Far from it. However I would only use it for routers, firewalls, bridges, etc... Anything that has to do with networking because after all, OpenBSD's networking is great. Outside these areas OpenBSD is just too slow and doesn't support enough

Re: Version 4.0 release

2006-10-11 Thread Fergus Wilde
On Monday 09 October 2006 22:44, you wrote: I see 4.0 is coming out, and yet, no hardware raid support, no fixes for raidframe, and still no SMP support, for sparc64 on Ultrasparc II machines. yadda Just to give you an idea how lazy the OpenBSD developers are, I got up this morning and went

Re: Version 4.0 release

2006-10-11 Thread Adam
Girish Venkatachalam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Threads a big PITA. Best avoided. Creates more problems than solves. OpenBSD is about neatness, cleanliness and stability. Threads don't have any of them. :-) First of all, threads are a good choice for some tasks. Just because openbsd's

Re: Sun SMP Hardware [was RE: Version 4.0 release ]

2006-10-11 Thread Patsy
So far, every reply has been, It's yours if you pay to ship it. Count me in; I will help pay shipping as well. Count me in too, I have slightly limited funds but will help as much as I can. Please contact me off list if I can be of any use. Patsy

Re: Version 4.0 release

2006-10-10 Thread Marius Van Deventer - Umzimkulu
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ropers Sent: 10 October 2006 12:22 AM To: Greg Thomas Cc: OpenBSD Subject: Re: Version 4.0 release Would you like some cheese? Greg Venezuelan Beaver Cheese? The Cat's eaten it!

OpenBSD exists for the developers? [Was: Re: Version 4.0 release]

2006-10-10 Thread chefren
On 10/10/06 4:46 AM, Kian Mohageri wrote: On 10/9/06, Lars Hansson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I guess you didn't understand; OpenBSD does not exist for you or me, it exists for the developers. This is a truth everybody should have to read before submitting their complaint/feature

Re: OpenBSD exists for the developers? [Was: Re: Version 4.0 release]

2006-10-10 Thread Diana Eichert
On Tue, 10 Oct 2006, chefren wrote: SNIP +++chefren p.s. Really nothing wrong with getting the E450 in the spotlight so more people know of a lack of code and really nothing wrong with knowing the project has a lack of money. An e440, what a room heater. If a developer feels like getting

Re: OpenBSD exists for the developers? [Was: Re: Version 4.0 release]

2006-10-10 Thread Kian Mohageri
On 10/10/06, chefren [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 10/10/06 4:46 AM, Kian Mohageri wrote: On 10/9/06, Lars Hansson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I guess you didn't understand; OpenBSD does not exist for you or me, it exists for the developers. This is a truth everybody should have to

Sun SMP Hardware [was RE: Version 4.0 release ]

2006-10-10 Thread Matt Radtke
Good morning all I've gotten a few replies with people interested in parting with E450s, 250s, 280s, and 220s (I have an Ultra 2 to throw onto the pile, for what its worth). So far, every reply has been, It's yours if you pay to ship it. If any devs would find any of these useful, or know of a

Re: Sun SMP Hardware [was RE: Version 4.0 release ]

2006-10-10 Thread Charles Dietlein
I've gotten a few replies with people interested in parting with E450s, 250s, 280s, and 220s (I have an Ultra 2 to throw onto the pile, for what its worth). So far, every reply has been, It's yours if you pay to ship it. If any devs would find any of these useful, or know of a dev who would find

Re: OpenBSD exists for the developers? [Was: Re: Version 4.0 release]

2006-10-10 Thread Joe
Diana Eichert wrote: On Tue, 10 Oct 2006, chefren wrote: SNIP +++chefren p.s. Really nothing wrong with getting the E450 in the spotlight so more people know of a lack of code and really nothing wrong with knowing the project has a lack of money. An e440, what a room heater. If a developer

Re: Version 4.0 release

2006-10-10 Thread unixgeek
I would think that there would be some sense of urgency to get the new rthreads implementation up-an-running (at least for the i386 and AMD64 platforms) otherwise OpenBSD will become less and less viable as a general purpose server platform (I like OpenBSD a lot) and really hate to see this

Re: Version 4.0 release

2006-10-10 Thread Aaron Glenn
On 10/10/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would think that there would be some sense of urgency to get the new rthreads implementation up-an-running (at least for the i386 and AMD64 platforms) otherwise OpenBSD will become less and less viable as a general purpose server

Re: Version 4.0 release

2006-10-10 Thread Sam Chill
On 10/10/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would think that there would be some sense of urgency to get the new rthreads implementation up-an-running (at least for the i386 and AMD64 platforms) otherwise OpenBSD will become less and less viable as a general purpose server

Re: Version 4.0 release

2006-10-10 Thread Girish Venkatachalam
On Tue, Oct 10, 2006 at 09:26:48PM -0400, Sam Chill wrote: On 10/10/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would think that there would be some sense of urgency to get the new rthreads implementation up-an-running (at least for the i386 and AMD64 platforms) otherwise OpenBSD will

Version 4.0 release

2006-10-09 Thread David B.
I see 4.0 is coming out, and yet, no hardware raid support, no fixes for raidframe, and still no SMP support, for sparc64 on Ultrasparc II machines. I'm using only 1 processor out of 4, and 4 hard drives out of 30 because I can't hardware raid my enterprise fiberchannel array, I can't hardware

Re: Version 4.0 release

2006-10-09 Thread Marco Peereboom
We are accepting diffs. On Mon, Oct 09, 2006 at 03:44:37PM -0600, David B. wrote: I see 4.0 is coming out, and yet, no hardware raid support, no fixes for raidframe, and still no SMP support, for sparc64 on Ultrasparc II machines. I'm using only 1 processor out of 4, and 4 hard drives out

Re: Version 4.0 release

2006-10-09 Thread Theo de Raadt
I see 4.0 is coming out, and yet, no hardware raid support, no fixes for raidframe, and still no SMP support, for sparc64 on Ultrasparc II machines. I'm using only 1 processor out of 4, and 4 hard drives out of 30 because I can't hardware raid my enterprise fiberchannel array, I can't

Re: Version 4.0 release

2006-10-09 Thread Greg Thomas
On 10/9/06, David B. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I see 4.0 is coming out, and yet, no hardware raid support, no fixes for raidframe, and still no SMP support, for sparc64 on Ultrasparc II machines. I'm using only 1 processor out of 4, and 4 hard drives out of 30 because I can't hardware raid my

Re: Version 4.0 release

2006-10-09 Thread Jack J. Woehr
On Oct 9, 2006, at 3:59 PM, Theo de Raadt wrote: Thanks at least for a very secure OS. I've been online now for 6 months on this E450 with no hacks. We welcome code submissions. I think you have no idea at all how much effort it takes to support all the things we do, and you are just

Re: Version 4.0 release

2006-10-09 Thread knitti
On 10/9/06, David B. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is a $125,000 machine 5 years ago, and I treat it no better than some crappy i686 box because security is my primary issue. If I went with another OS, I could get a lot of the functionality I want, but what good is it, if some 12 y/o kid in

Re: Version 4.0 release

2006-10-09 Thread ropers
Would you like some cheese? Greg Venezuelan Beaver Cheese?

Re: Version 4.0 release

2006-10-09 Thread RedShift
Theo de Raadt wrote: I see 4.0 is coming out, and yet, no hardware raid support, no fixes for raidframe, and still no SMP support, for sparc64 on Ultrasparc II machines. I'm using only 1 processor out of 4, and 4 hard drives out of 30 because I can't hardware raid my enterprise fiberchannel

Re: [MAYBE SPAM] Re: Version 4.0 release

2006-10-09 Thread Damian Wiest
On Mon, Oct 09, 2006 at 03:59:29PM -0600, Theo de Raadt wrote: I see 4.0 is coming out, and yet, no hardware raid support, no fixes for raidframe, and still no SMP support, for sparc64 on Ultrasparc II machines. I'm using only 1 processor out of 4, and 4 hard drives out of 30 because I

Re: Version 4.0 release

2006-10-09 Thread Jack J. Woehr
On Oct 9, 2006, at 4:36 PM, RedShift wrote: Asking for code submission if you want feature x or y doesn't really float my boat. All good points, Glenn. OpenBSD also accepts hardware gifts and cash as a means of accelerating development on a given platform. -- Jack J. Woehr Director of

Re: Version 4.0 release

2006-10-09 Thread Greg Thomas
On 10/9/06, RedShift [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Theo de Raadt wrote: I see 4.0 is coming out, and yet, no hardware raid support, no fixes for raidframe, and still no SMP support, for sparc64 on Ultrasparc II machines. I'm using only 1 processor out of 4, and 4 hard drives out of 30 because I

Re: Version 4.0 release

2006-10-09 Thread Bryan Irvine
This is a $125,000 machine 5 years ago, and I treat it no better than some crappy i686 box I don't want to put words in anyones mouth, but I'm sure Theo and company could whip something up for you. Just send another $125,000 check to: Theo de Raadt OpenBSD 812 23rd Ave SE Calgary, Alberta,

Re: [MAYBE SPAM] Re: Version 4.0 release

2006-10-09 Thread Greg Thomas
On 10/9/06, Damian Wiest [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Oct 09, 2006 at 03:59:29PM -0600, Theo de Raadt wrote: I see 4.0 is coming out, and yet, no hardware raid support, no fixes for raidframe, and still no SMP support, for sparc64 on Ultrasparc II machines. I'm using only 1

Re: Version 4.0 release

2006-10-09 Thread knitti
On 10/10/06, RedShift [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If a 5 year old RAID controller is not supported, what can be expected in the future? Yes I'm sure there isn't enough documentation available, license disagreements, etc... but come on, it's 5 years old! it is that easy: if you can't use the os,

Re: [MAYBE SPAM] Re: Version 4.0 release

2006-10-09 Thread Damian Wiest
Sorry about the subject line. The spam filter here flagged the message and I keep forgetting to check to see if it changed the subject. -Damian

Re: Version 4.0 release

2006-10-09 Thread Kevin
On 10/9/06, RedShift [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Actually I agree with David B. here. I know developing an OS is a huge task and with nothing but security on your mind, building bridges seems a trivial task compared to it. However having more than one processor is rapidly becoming a commodity and

Re: Version 4.0 release

2006-10-09 Thread Jack J. Woehr
On Oct 9, 2006, at 5:09 PM, Bryan Irvine wrote: [1] I'm pretty sure the 250 and 450 are similar, though I could be wrong. Similar, but the 250 is typically half a 450, two procs instead of four and less of other resources, otherwise quite similar. -- Jack J. Woehr Director of Development

Re: [MAYBE SPAM] Re: Version 4.0 release

2006-10-09 Thread Harpalus a Como
I only use OpenBSD nowadays. I'll toy with other operating systems, but I generally just stick to OpenBSD. It suits all of my needs. I can never remember speed being a huge issue. I wish there was better SMP support, and in your situation I'd also be wishing for better RAID support. The work so

Re: Version 4.0 release

2006-10-09 Thread Bryan Irvine
On 10/9/06, Jack J. Woehr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Oct 9, 2006, at 3:59 PM, Theo de Raadt wrote: Thanks at least for a very secure OS. I've been online now for 6 months on this E450 with no hacks. We welcome code submissions. I think you have no idea at all how much effort it takes

Re: Version 4.0 release

2006-10-09 Thread Teemu Schaabl
David B.([EMAIL PROTECTED])@2006.10.09 15:44:37 -0600: I see 4.0 is coming out, and yet, no hardware raid support, no fixes for raidframe, and still no SMP support, for sparc64 on Ultrasparc II machines. I'm using only 1 processor out of 4, and 4 hard drives out of 30 because I can't

Re: Version 4.0 release

2006-10-09 Thread Darrin Chandler
On Tue, Oct 10, 2006 at 12:36:03AM +0200, RedShift wrote: Asking for code submission if you want feature x or y doesn't really float my boat. I only do some high level programming and I know nothing about kernel internals. I use it where it fits me and equals customer benefit. If it

Re: Version 4.0 release

2006-10-09 Thread Damian Wiest
On Mon, Oct 09, 2006 at 05:16:09PM -0600, Jack J. Woehr wrote: On Oct 9, 2006, at 5:09 PM, Bryan Irvine wrote: [1] I'm pretty sure the 250 and 450 are similar, though I could be wrong. Similar, but the 250 is typically half a 450, two procs instead of four and less of other

Re: [MAYBE SPAM] Re: Version 4.0 release

2006-10-09 Thread bofh
On 10/9/06, Greg Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have one at work that was retired in 2002. I've never had a chance to install OpenBSD on it, it's quad processor but probably doesn't have a RAID controller. I haven't even had a chance to fire it up in years. Hands up, yet another person

Re: Version 4.0 release

2006-10-09 Thread shanejp
Quoting Darrin Chandler [EMAIL PROTECTED]: The willingness to take in code submissions is almost surprising, really. Surely no person has any right to *gripe*! I'm really surprised by the attitude of some people. Generous person: Here, have a free car. Ungrateful person: Aww, it's RED! I

Re: Version 4.0 release

2006-10-09 Thread Lars Hansson
On Tuesday 10 October 2006 06:36, RedShift wrote: You would think _somebody_ would at least make an attempt at it. You would think so but funny how that someone, who is supposed to do this on their free time and maybe on their own expense, is always someone else. I can imagine OpenBSD

Re: Version 4.0 release

2006-10-09 Thread Kian Mohageri
On 10/9/06, Lars Hansson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Asking for code submission if you want feature x or y doesn't really float my boat. I only do some high level programming and I know nothing about kernel internals. I guess you didn't understand; OpenBSD does not exist for you or me, it

Re: Version 4.0 release

2006-10-09 Thread Johan SANCHEZ
On Mon, 9 Oct 2006 16:52:59 -0600 Jack J. Woehr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Oct 9, 2006, at 4:36 PM, RedShift wrote: Asking for code submission if you want feature x or y doesn't really float my boat. All good points, Glenn. OpenBSD also accepts hardware gifts and cash as a means

Re: Version 4.0 release

2006-10-09 Thread Matt Radtke
Hands up, yet another person with a personal E450 that was retired (from a bank!! 8-)) I should go back and get some hard drives for it. Remember, the power supply handles are NOT load bearing! 8-) Hey all you guys with those 450s and 250s-- If any of you would be willing to part with

Re: Version 4.0 release

2006-10-09 Thread Kevin
On 10/9/06, Matt Radtke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey all you guys with those 450s and 250s-- If any of you would be willing to part with said computer and if any devs would find that hardware useful, I would be more than happy to help pay for, perhaps even pay for all of, the shipping costs to