Re: Glibc make check results

2002-11-21 Thread Roland McGrath
> assert/test-assert-perr.out > > Blank file It's always empty. Do you mean it exitted with nonzero? > math/test-fenv.out > > Test: after fesetenv (FE_NOMASK_ENV) processes will abort > when feraiseexcept (FE_INVALID) is called. > Fail: Process didn't receive signal and exited

Re: VT switching code in pc_kbd broken.

2002-11-21 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 09:48:38PM +0100, M. Gerards wrote: > Because of recent changes in the pc_kbd code VC switching is broken (switching > to VCs >2 doesn't work anymore). This was caused because the code assumes things > about the order of the scancodes of the function keys. Because isn't true

Re: gnumach + oskit + pcmcia boot failure:

2002-11-21 Thread Daniel Wagner
Laudney Ren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Then, I applied Wagi's pcmcia patch and when boot up, the same error > message showedup (refer to my previous email about kernel trap > error). Did you boot with a card inserted in a socket? Is this card by chance a cardbus card? Moritz has send me a bt o

Re: Visual bell

2002-11-21 Thread M. Gerards
> > Ok, that's what I wanted. This is just a quick hack because my speaker is > > broken. > > It would have been a quicker hack to do it right ;) Yeah... :). Here is another attempt (a better one I assume ;)). Changelog entry: 2002-11-21 Marco Gerards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> *

VT switching code in pc_kbd broken.

2002-11-21 Thread M. Gerards
Hi, Because of recent changes in the pc_kbd code VC switching is broken (switching to VCs >2 doesn't work anymore). This was caused because the code assumes things about the order of the scancodes of the function keys. Because isn't true for set 2 VC switching is broken. (diff attached) Changelo

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2002-11-21 Thread hmbacha
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Re: file_chmod in unionfs, copy-on-write

2002-11-21 Thread Thomas Bushnell, BSG
Moritz Schulte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > just out of curiosity: how should the yet-to-be-written unionfs > implement copy-on-write for file_chmod()? > > unionfs usually gives out ports to the underlying files; when in > copy-on-write mode, it should give out a port to which the user can >

file_chmod in unionfs, copy-on-write

2002-11-21 Thread Moritz Schulte
Hi, just out of curiosity: how should the yet-to-be-written unionfs implement copy-on-write for file_chmod()? unionfs usually gives out ports to the underlying files; when in copy-on-write mode, it should give out a port to which the user can safely write without modifying the `real' data. I

Re: Visual bell

2002-11-21 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 10:38:04AM +0100, M. Gerards wrote: > > Well, this is usually configured in the application (we define the bel and > > flash terminal capabilities for that). If you want to make it a feature > > that a visible bell is used instead of an audible bell all the time > > (regard

Re: Visual bell

2002-11-21 Thread M. Gerards
> Well, this is usually configured in the application (we define the bel and > flash terminal capabilities for that). If you want to make it a feature > that a visible bell is used instead of an audible bell all the time > (regardless of what the application requests) then this should be an option

Re: proxy memory objects patch

2002-11-21 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 09:12:06PM -0500, Roland McGrath wrote: > > here is my patch for proxy memory objects > > Yowza! Does it actually work? Yes, it is tested. I wrote two programs: One calling io_map and mapping the memobjrd for writing, which is basically an exploit. The other creates a p

Re: proxy memory objects patch

2002-11-21 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 09:16:12PM -0500, Roland McGrath wrote: > If you can implement the interface that takes many objects and ranges from > each, please do that. The reason to want this is so that we can use it to > compose proxy memory objects that span adjacent memory objects of logically > c