Latest kernel/module restructuring

2000-09-12 Thread Donn Miller
With the latest kernel/module restructuring, the kernel is now installed as /boot/kernel/kernel.ko. So, basically, if one opts to _not_ build modules w/kernel as per /etc/make.conf, no modules are installed in /boot/kernel other than the kernel itself, kernel.ko. This means that various modules

Compilation problem only in -CURRENT

2000-09-12 Thread Johann Visagie
In trying to create a port, I'm running into the following problem: Everything compiles fine on 3.5 -STABLE (last built on Jul 14), but on -CURRENT (Aug 29) one of the .so files reports: 'Undefined symbol "__pure_virtual"' The port defines USE_NEWGCC, so gcc 2.95.2 19991024 is used on both syste

Problem with forwarded connections with OpenSSH/FreeBSD

2000-09-12 Thread Ollivier Robert
Does anyone has any idea why forwarded connections (with an entry in .ssh/config or with -L ::) often ends up taking ages to setup ? During that time the connection itself is blocked with some data in the Recv-Q... localhost.euroco.6674 *.*tcp0 0 LISTEN localhost

Re: FIXIT problems with /dev

2000-09-12 Thread Matthew Thyer
Kent Hauser wrote: > > Hi All, > > I just did something foolhardy -- and yet instructive. Pls let > me relate. Longish story about MAKEDEV limitations.. I suggest you become familiar with the chroot command. > Regards, > Kent > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "uns

bouncebuffers broken ?

2000-09-12 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
On -current trying to do fdwrite < kern.flp I get panic: isa_dmastart: bad bounce buffer Can anybody confirm/deny this is a general problem ? The machine is a K7 with 512M RAM -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 [EMAIL PROTECTED] | TCP/IP since RFC

boot brokenness...

2000-09-12 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
0+0x4+0x40117] ok boot Copyright (c) 1992-2000 The FreeBSD Project. Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. FreeBSD 5.0-2912-PHK #0: Tue Sep 12 10:30:17 GMT 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/

Re: CFR: acpi userland manpages

2000-09-12 Thread Nik Clayton
On Sun, Sep 10, 2000 at 07:58:26AM +0900, Mitsuru IWASAKI wrote: > > Sheldon can probably render an opinion on their usage of the macros. > > OK, I'm looking forward to see it :-) If he doesn't in the next couple of days (no pressure, Sheldon :-) ) then go ahead and commit. N -- Internet conne

VMWare on -current, how fast should I expect it to be?

2000-09-12 Thread Nik Clayton
Hi guys, For those of you running VMWare (2) on -current, how fast do you expect it to be? I'm running it quite successfully on a 750MHz PIII w/ 128MB RAM, and the following disk controller / disk atapci0: port 0xfc90-0xfc9f at device 7.1 on pci0 ata0: at 0x1f0 irq 14 on atapci0 a

Re: Latest kernel/module restructuring

2000-09-12 Thread Sheldon Hearn
On Tue, 12 Sep 2000 05:33:10 -0400, Donn Miller wrote: > To remedy this, I suggest we have an option in /etc/defaults/make.conf > to _not_ wipe out any modules in /boot/kernel (except kernel.ko of > course) if modules are not built with kernel. This sounds like a very bad idea, since it encour

Re: Latest kernel/module restructuring

2000-09-12 Thread Michael Lucas
> > To remedy this, I suggest we have an option in /etc/defaults/make.conf > > to _not_ wipe out any modules in /boot/kernel (except kernel.ko of > > course) if modules are not built with kernel. > This sounds like a very bad idea, since it encourages folks to use > modules which are not synchroni

Re: Latest kernel/module restructuring

2000-09-12 Thread Sheldon Hearn
On Tue, 12 Sep 2000 10:00:06 -0400, Michael Lucas wrote: > Some of us rebuild kernels without supping. I, for one, play with all > sorts of kernel options to see what they do. Then you probably want the kernel reinstall target. I don't think that this target is available from src/Makefile.in

Re: VMWare on -current, how fast should I expect it to be?

2000-09-12 Thread Julian Elischer
Nik Clayton wrote: > > Hi guys, > > For those of you running VMWare (2) on -current, how fast do you expect it to > be? > > I'm running it quite successfully on a 750MHz PIII w/ 128MB RAM, and the > following disk controller / disk > > atapci0: port 0xfc90-0xfc9f at device 7.1 on pci0 >

Re: VMWare on -current, how fast should I expect it to be?

2000-09-12 Thread Thomas David Rivers
Julian Elischer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Nik Clayton wrote: > > > > Hi guys, > > > > For those of you running VMWare (2) on -current, how fast do you expect it to > > be? > > > > I'm running it quite successfully on a 750MHz PIII w/ 128MB RAM, and the > > following disk controller / dis

RE: VMWare on -current, how fast should I expect it to be?

2000-09-12 Thread Reinier Bezuidenhout
I have seen this too ... Let me first ask ... do you use the "suspend/resume" option?? If Yes then :) This caused the same "lockup" every few seconds on my machine too - a much slower 400 PII. As soon as I "shutdown" Win9X and rebooted it worked fine. I guess it is something in VMware that s

Re: Latest kernel/module restructuring

2000-09-12 Thread Niels Chr. Bank-Pedersen
On Tue, Sep 12, 2000 at 04:04:20PM +0200, Sheldon Hearn wrote: > > > On Tue, 12 Sep 2000 10:00:06 -0400, Michael Lucas wrote: > > > Some of us rebuild kernels without supping. I, for one, play with all > > sorts of kernel options to see what they do. > > Then you probably want the kernel rein

Re: VMWare on -current, how fast should I expect it to be?

2000-09-12 Thread Steve O'Hara-Smith
On Tue, 12 Sep 2000 10:13:16 -0400 (EDT) Thomas David Rivers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Julian Elischer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I'm confused... 'fraid so. It is raw devices (for discs) that linux doesn't have, they are all block devices - although I may be out of date it's bee

Re: VMWare on -current, how fast should I expect it to be?

2000-09-12 Thread Brooks Davis
On Tue, Sep 12, 2000 at 02:27:45PM +0100, Nik Clayton wrote: > For those of you running VMWare (2) on -current, how fast do you expect it to > be? I'm running it on my PIII 366 laptop. It's not great, but it's usable. The biggest factors I've seen effecting performance are memory related. Runnin

Re: Latest kernel/module restructuring

2000-09-12 Thread Sheldon Hearn
On Tue, 12 Sep 2000 18:11:20 +0200, "Niels Chr. Bank-Pedersen" wrote: > Hmm, how about those of us doing buildworlds/buildkernels on > one (nfs)server for subsequent installworlds/installkernels > on multiple other machines? You run buildkernel once, and then installkernel multiple times. Tha

Re: Please consider some cosmetic changes in boot messages

2000-09-12 Thread Jordan Hubbard
> > On that subject, can you give me a rough projection as to when > > 5.0-RELEASE is likely to arrive? > > FreeBSD 2.2.1 1997-04-xx [FBD] > FreeBSD 3.0 1998-10-16 [FBD] > FreeBSD 4.0 2000-03-13 [FBD] You forgot FreeBSD 4.1, 2000-07-27 (www.freebsd.org/releases)

Re: Please consider some cosmetic changes in boot messages

2000-09-12 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Tue, 12 Sep 2000, Jordan Hubbard wrote: > I'm also not sure where the rumors about a FreeBSD 4.1.5 got started > since I'd certainly never planned on such a thing, that, I think, A certain user called jkh on IRC :-). I asked you and you agreed to it as a net-only release. Kris -- In God we

No block devices (was: VMWare on -current, how fast should I expect it to be?)

2000-09-12 Thread Greg Lehey
On Tuesday, 12 September 2000 at 10:13:16 -0400, Thomas David Rivers wrote: > > Julian Elischer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: >> >> Nik Clayton wrote: >>> >>> Hi guys, >>> >>> For those of you running VMWare (2) on -current, how fast do you expect it to >>> be? >>> >>> I'm running it quite successful

Re: Please consider some cosmetic changes in boot messages

2000-09-12 Thread Jordan Hubbard
> A certain user called jkh on IRC :-). I asked you and you agreed to it as > a net-only release. Hmmm. I must have been on drugs. :) Very well, I'll see what can be done. A test release is actually building right now. - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe