Re: where is my memory?

2010-09-24 Thread matthew sporleder
On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 10:57 AM, matthew sporleder msporle...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 9:18 AM, Johnny Billquist b...@softjar.se wrote: der Mouse wrote: total memory = 2047 MB avail memory = 1999 MB total memory = 256 MB avail memory = 239 MB Some graphics chips,

wsfb and console ?

2010-09-24 Thread Manuel Bouyer
Hi, sys/dev/wsfb/genfb.c has this in genfb_attach(): if (!console) { aprint_normal_dev(sc-sc_dev, no console, unable to continue\n ); return -1; } why is it so ? I'd like to attach a framebuffer as wsfb, but the console is on a serial device (and

Capsicum: practical capabilities for UNIX

2010-09-24 Thread David Young
A couple of weeks ago I read a paper on Capsicum, a lightweight OS capability and sandbox framework, http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/research/security/capsicum/. Capsicum looks like a giant step in the right direction for UNIX security research. I'd like to see a similar function in NetBSD. What are

Re: wsfb and console ?

2010-09-24 Thread Michael
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello, On Sep 24, 2010, at 3:30 PM, Manuel Bouyer wrote: Hi, sys/dev/wsfb/genfb.c has this in genfb_attach(): if (!console) { aprint_normal_dev(sc-sc_dev, no console, unable to continue\n ); return -1;

Re: wsfb and console ?

2010-09-24 Thread Manuel Bouyer
On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 05:08:48PM -0400, Michael wrote: genfb requires firmware help to set up a framebuffer and it needs machine dependent code to tell it how to use that framebuffer ( basically address, geometry and colour depth ). On most machines the firmware will only setup one console