Re: [9fans] recommendations on cpu fossil permissions

2008-03-21 Thread Josh Wood
As bootes, I can do: # /usr/glenda/bin/rc/pull but typically get something like: error: copying /n/boot/sys/src/9/pc/sdata.c: '/tmp/replica0651' permission denied I think you could just start ramfs(4) before you pull, or otherwise get a writable /tmp in bootes' namespace, to prev

Re: [9fans] 9pfuse adventure

2008-03-21 Thread John Soros
Hi! well, i have been having this error for quite a while with 9pfuse. on amd64 linux (archlinux), i couldn't even ls a mounted directory, now that i have a 32 bit system, ls works, but cp doesn't (i have no idea if it hasanything to do with the arch, though). this is how i mount sources with p9

[9fans] intel 82598 10gbe

2008-03-21 Thread erik quanstrom
i've submitted a second coraid 10gbe driver to sources for the intel 82598 dual port pcie controller. it should be in the current distribution. the 82598 is intel's second generation 10gbe chipset. it requires no (loaded) firmware, supports up to 16k jumbo frames and is simplier than intel's prio

Re: [9fans] EWOULDBLOCK in APE

2008-03-21 Thread Pietro Gagliardi
On Mar 21, 2008, at 12:07 AM, Skip Tavakkolian wrote: a couple of weeks ago brucee and i were looking for "wood block" on linux :) here's a little torture: which header file has the errno's on linux? On the contrary: none of them, because if SCO doesn't realize that once they release Unix a

[9fans] IWP9 2008

2008-03-21 Thread spyros lalis
The web page for the next iwp9 is now available http://iwp9.inf.uth.gr/ Please note the important dates: Aug 31: Paper submission deadline Sep 21: Acceptance notification Oct 12: Camera ready version Oct 12: Registration deadline Oct 30-31: Workshop The PC will

Re: [9fans] IWP9 2008

2008-03-21 Thread don bailey
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 > The PC will be announced soon. > "PC" meaning what? D -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFH4+veyWX0NBMJYAcRAm5HAKCNQL01wjN6UXAWOK260btBtfEOnACfW5Q3 K1oitsWXMqtHc1xfm3R//+4= =jl+c -END PGP SIGNATURE-

[9fans] 9bench: lmbench for Plan 9

2008-03-21 Thread john
I've just finished porting what we thought were the 8 most useful benchmarks from the lmbench v.2 suite to run natively in Plan 9. The benchmarks are: bw_file_rd: Measure file read bandwidth bw_mem: Measure memory bandwidth for a several different operations bw_pipe: Measure pipe bandwidth bw_tcp:

Re: [9fans] IWP9 2008

2008-03-21 Thread spyros lalis
Program Committee The PC will be announced soon. "PC" meaning what?

Re: [9fans] 9bench: lmbench for Plan 9

2008-03-21 Thread erik quanstrom
> As I note in the README, lmbench's license carries the additional > restriction that you cannot publish results from modified benchmarks, > so keep your results to yourself. doesn't generating unpublishable results defeat the purpose of a benchmark? - erik

Re: [9fans] 9bench: lmbench for Plan 9

2008-03-21 Thread ron minnich
On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 10:51 AM, erik quanstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > As I note in the README, lmbench's license carries the additional > > restriction that you cannot publish results from modified benchmarks, > > so keep your results to yourself. > > doesn't generating unpublishable r

Re: [9fans] 9bench: lmbench for Plan 9

2008-03-21 Thread erik quanstrom
> On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 10:51 AM, erik quanstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > As I note in the README, lmbench's license carries the additional > > > restriction that you cannot publish results from modified benchmarks, > > > so keep your results to yourself. > > > > doesn't generating unp

[9fans] System call mania

2008-03-21 Thread Pietro Gagliardi
Hello. I was recently looking in libc when I noticed a few things about system calls: 1) brk and sbrk are implemented atop brk_, which is not documented 2) the seek function seems to be a system call, but the alpha folder defines a function seek which calls _seek 3) Some items in that file h

Re: [9fans] System call mania

2008-03-21 Thread Iruata Souza
On 3/22/08, Pietro Gagliardi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello. I was recently looking in libc when I noticed a few things > about system calls: > > 1) brk and sbrk are implemented atop brk_, which is not documented > 2) the seek function seems to be a system call, but the alpha folder > defin

Re: [9fans] System call mania

2008-03-21 Thread Pietro Gagliardi
That confirmed one suspicion: the REAL calls are those who are simply named in /sys/src/libc/9syscall/sys.h, and that the USER-LEVEL calls are a big mess in libc. Thanks! On Mar 22, 2008, at 12:16 AM, Iruata Souza wrote: On 3/22/08, Pietro Gagliardi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello. I was

Re: [9fans] System call mania

2008-03-21 Thread Iruata Souza
On 3/22/08, Pietro Gagliardi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That confirmed one suspicion: the REAL calls are those who are simply > named in /sys/src/libc/9syscall/sys.h, and that the USER-LEVEL calls > are a big mess in libc. Thanks! > doesn't the name system call suggests you something? iru

Re: [9fans] System call mania

2008-03-21 Thread Pietro Gagliardi
It suggests to me that these calls are the lowest level of communication with the kernel. I once thought that all system calls could be called by a program :-P On Mar 22, 2008, at 12:41 AM, Iruata Souza wrote: On 3/22/08, Pietro Gagliardi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: That confirmed one suspi

Re: [9fans] System call mania

2008-03-21 Thread ron minnich
On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 9:44 PM, Pietro Gagliardi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It suggests to me that these calls are the lowest level of > communication with the kernel. I once thought that all system calls > could be called by a program :-P > why do you think that they can't be? ron