Re: [PATCH] kern: simple futex for gnumach (version 3)

2013-12-23 Thread Marin Ramesa
On 23/12/13 10:58:12, Richard Braun wrote: > Now that I think about it, you should already have at least one such > entry on your system, whether Debian or not. Or are you saying you're > not even running the Hurd at all ?! Yes. I'm not running the Hurd. I plan on learning it after I finish with

Re: [PATCH] kern: simple futex for gnumach (version 3)

2013-12-23 Thread Marin Ramesa
On 23/12/13 10:54:47, Richard Braun wrote: > On Sun, Dec 22, 2013 at 11:56:39PM +0100, Marin Ramesa wrote: > > Can you please show me the gnumach menuentry generated by grub? > > How about looking at the documentation ? For example > http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/grub.html#GNU_002fHurd

Re: [PATCH] kern: simple futex for gnumach (version 3)

2013-12-23 Thread Richard Braun
On Sun, Dec 22, 2013 at 11:56:39PM +0100, Marin Ramesa wrote: > On 22/12/13 22:04:15, Richard Braun wrote: > > Whether it's in a virtual machine or a real one doesn't matter at > > all. On Debian, simply copy the gnumach binary to /boot and run > > update-grub. You'll get a new entry at boot time

Re: [PATCH] kern: simple futex for gnumach (version 3)

2013-12-23 Thread Richard Braun
On Sun, Dec 22, 2013 at 11:56:39PM +0100, Marin Ramesa wrote: > Can you please show me the gnumach menuentry generated by grub? How about looking at the documentation ? For example http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/grub.html#GNU_002fHurd -- Richard Braun

Re: [PATCH] kern: simple futex for gnumach (version 3)

2013-12-22 Thread Marin Ramesa
On 22/12/13 22:04:15, Richard Braun wrote: > Whether it's in a virtual machine or a real one doesn't matter at > all. On Debian, simply copy the gnumach binary to /boot and run > update-grub. You'll get a new entry at boot time for your kernel. I don't have the update-grub command (I'm not using

Re: [PATCH] kern: simple futex for gnumach (version 3)

2013-12-22 Thread Richard Braun
On Sun, Dec 22, 2013 at 06:22:03PM +0100, Marin Ramesa wrote: > On 22.12.2013 17:56:32, Richard Braun wrote: > > > OK, I'm reading the documentation. In the meantime I have defined > > > several simple RPCs for testing purposes. I will send the updated > > > patch shortly. > > > > Test it yoursel

Re: [PATCH] kern: simple futex for gnumach (version 3)

2013-12-22 Thread Richard Braun
On Sun, Dec 22, 2013 at 06:57:50PM +0100, Marin Ramesa wrote: > On 22.12.2013 18:25:10, Richard Braun wrote: > > Are you saying you've been sending us patches without ever > > testing them ? > > Yes. But that's different, that's just cleaning the code. Removing > forward declarations and unused v

Re: [PATCH] kern: simple futex for gnumach (version 3)

2013-12-22 Thread Marin Ramesa
On 22.12.2013 18:25:10, Richard Braun wrote: > On Sun, Dec 22, 2013 at 06:22:03PM +0100, Marin Ramesa wrote: > > On 22.12.2013 17:56:32, Richard Braun wrote: > > > Test it yourself from userspace before you resubmit. > > > > That's the problem. I don't know how to test this. How to boot up a > >

Re: [PATCH] kern: simple futex for gnumach (version 3)

2013-12-22 Thread Richard Braun
On Sun, Dec 22, 2013 at 06:22:03PM +0100, Marin Ramesa wrote: > On 22.12.2013 17:56:32, Richard Braun wrote: > > Test it yourself from userspace before you resubmit. > > That's the problem. I don't know how to test this. How to boot up a > modified gnumach and then execute a program over it? I tr

Re: [PATCH] kern: simple futex for gnumach (version 3)

2013-12-22 Thread Marin Ramesa
On 22.12.2013 17:56:32, Richard Braun wrote: > > OK, I'm reading the documentation. In the meantime I have defined > > several simple RPCs for testing purposes. I will send the updated > > patch shortly. > > Test it yourself from userspace before you resubmit. That's the problem. I don't know ho

Re: [PATCH] kern: simple futex for gnumach (version 3)

2013-12-22 Thread Richard Braun
On Sun, Dec 22, 2013 at 03:32:42PM +0100, Marin Ramesa wrote: > On 22.12.2013 01:28:37, Richard Braun wrote: > > On Sat, Dec 21, 2013 at 11:29:34PM +0100, Marin Ramesa wrote: > > > On 21.12.2013 23:20:43, Richard Braun wrote: > > > > How about adding everything necessary to actually test it from >

Re: [PATCH] kern: simple futex for gnumach (version 3)

2013-12-22 Thread Marin Ramesa
On 22.12.2013 01:28:37, Richard Braun wrote: > On Sat, Dec 21, 2013 at 11:29:34PM +0100, Marin Ramesa wrote: > > On 21.12.2013 23:20:43, Richard Braun wrote: > > > How about adding everything necessary to actually test it from > > > userspace ? > > > > Sure, what needs to be added? I don't have th

Re: [PATCH] kern: simple futex for gnumach (version 3)

2013-12-21 Thread Richard Braun
On Sat, Dec 21, 2013 at 11:29:34PM +0100, Marin Ramesa wrote: > On 21.12.2013 23:20:43, Richard Braun wrote: > > How about adding everything necessary to actually test it from > > userspace ? > > Sure, what needs to be added? I don't have the conditions to test this. > I earlier wrote some proof-

Re: [PATCH] kern: simple futex for gnumach (version 3)

2013-12-21 Thread Marin Ramesa
On 21.12.2013 23:20:43, Richard Braun wrote: > On Sat, Dec 21, 2013 at 10:55:14PM +0100, Marin Ramesa wrote: > > I noticed some bugs. I'm sending a fixed patch. The prevoius > > version is here: > > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2013-12/msg00493.html > > How about adding everything n

Re: [PATCH] kern: simple futex for gnumach (version 3)

2013-12-21 Thread Richard Braun
On Sat, Dec 21, 2013 at 10:55:14PM +0100, Marin Ramesa wrote: > I noticed some bugs. I'm sending a fixed patch. The prevoius version is here: > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2013-12/msg00493.html How about adding everything necessary to actually test it from userspace ? -- Richard B