Re: new FAQ for os-faq

2000-04-26 Thread Jeff Bailey
On Wed, Apr 26, 2000 at 09:54:26PM -0700, Jim Franklin wrote: > Here's the revised version of os-faq. Jeff, congrats on the new > site. It's going to be of great help to everyone involved with the > hurd. I included a link to hurddocs.sourceforge.net . Will this link be > viable for the futu

Re: new FAQ for os-faq

2000-04-26 Thread Jim Franklin
Hi folks, Here's the revised version of os-faq. Jeff, congrats on the new site. It's going to be of great help to everyone involved with the hurd. I included a link to hurddocs.sourceforge.net . Will this link be viable for the future? I reckon it doesn't have to sound pretty(the link) but i

Hurd Documentation / HOWTO's

2000-04-26 Thread Jeff Bailey
I am pleased to announce to the *-hurd lists that I have been given space on sourceforge for running a documentation project for the Hurd. This project is a reformulation of my previous site "hurd.zugzug.com". The formal release date for this site is May 1st. Please do not expect anything on

Re: patch to fix io-seek on readonly stores

2000-04-26 Thread Olivier Galibert
On Wed, Apr 26, 2000 at 11:26:37PM +0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > Anyway, here is a patch. Well, I'm not (yet) a hurd hacker[1], but this patch strikes me as fundamentally wrong (even if it fixes the problem for now). The real problem is that io_seek uses a macro which is to be used only when

patch to fix io-seek on readonly stores

2000-04-26 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Wed, Apr 26, 2000 at 11:09:39PM +0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > > Note that the first file, io_seek.c, defines diskfs_readonly as a macro to 0. Ah, I think I see clearly now. I should think first, and then post. Anyway, here is a patch. Marcus -- `Rhubarb is no Egyptian god.' Debian http

readonly semantics

2000-04-26 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
Hi Thomas (or someone else who wants to answer), in light of the io-seek.c failures on readonly stores, I have the following questions: 1. When are you supposed to call diskfs_check_readonly, and when are you supposed to check the value of diskfs_readonly directly? 2. What is the purpose of the