Re: Impossible to define _IOT_ for freeipmi?

2014-11-06 Thread Samuel Thibault
Richard Braun, le Thu 06 Nov 2014 16:39:48 +0100, a écrit : > On Thu, Nov 06, 2014 at 04:33:26PM +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote: > > In my memory, it's something like migrating threads which could make it > > possible for more flexible ioctls. > > Not migrating threads, object mobility [1]. > > [1]

Re: Impossible to define _IOT_ for freeipmi?

2014-11-06 Thread Richard Braun
On Thu, Nov 06, 2014 at 04:33:26PM +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote: > In my memory, it's something like migrating threads which could make it > possible for more flexible ioctls. Not migrating threads, object mobility [1]. -- Richard Braun [1] http://users.student.lth.se/cs07fh9/2009-hammar-hurd-m

Re: Impossible to define _IOT_ for freeipmi?

2014-11-06 Thread Samuel Thibault
Richard Braun, le Thu 06 Nov 2014 16:31:05 +0100, a écrit : > On Thu, Nov 06, 2014 at 03:53:18PM +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote: > > There used to be some investigation to redirect the ioctl function in > > such case, but it wastn't integrated. I don't remember how it was > > called, probably Richar

Re: Impossible to define _IOT_ for freeipmi?

2014-11-06 Thread Richard Braun
On Thu, Nov 06, 2014 at 03:53:18PM +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote: > There used to be some investigation to redirect the ioctl function in > such case, but it wastn't integrated. I don't remember how it was > called, probably Richard remembers? I don't remember anything being actually done for that

Re: Impossible to define _IOT_ for freeipmi?

2014-11-06 Thread Samuel Thibault
Svante Signell, le Thu 06 Nov 2014 13:09:49 +0100, a écrit : > Can somebody verify this? The last entry in the structs below is a > pointer and according to the link above the ioctl cannot be described > with the _IOT macros. Indeed. > If it is not possible with ioctls, how to add Hurd support fo

Impossible to define _IOT_ for freeipmi?

2014-11-06 Thread Svante Signell
Hi, I am looking into the build failures of freeipmi (1.4.5-3) and found that it seems impossible to define _IOT_req and _IOT_recv from the _IOT_ macros defined in /usr/include/i386-gnu/bits/ioctls.h and reading the description on missing _IOT in http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/hurd/porting/guide

Re: Problem with reinstallation, bootloader

2014-11-06 Thread Richard Braun
On Wed, Nov 05, 2014 at 12:35:26PM +0100, Riccardo Mottola wrote: > Using the given debian CD, what's the best way to fix this problem, > if possible? Without reinstalling once again, if possible. > I could not access other consoles or saw meaningful errors on screen > to report. > thank you. You'