Re: Lizard...

1999-07-01 Thread Wilko Bulte
As Mike Smith wrote ... > > > > Everyone should take a peak at http://www.troll.no/announce/lizard.html > > if you haven't already. Definately take a look at the screenshots. > > > > Lizard is a fully graphical Linux installation for Caldera Systems > > Open Linux. IMO, having an easy, reliable

Re: Lizard...

1999-07-01 Thread Wilko Bulte
As Mike Smith wrote ... > > > > Everyone should take a peak at http://www.troll.no/announce/lizard.html > > if you haven't already. Definately take a look at the screenshots. > > > > Lizard is a fully graphical Linux installation for Caldera Systems > > Open Linux. IMO, having an easy, reliable a

Re: pccard problems

1999-07-01 Thread Greg Lehey
On Thursday, 1 July 1999 at 22:59:56 -0600, Warner Losh wrote: > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Greg Lehey writes: >> Is that what you meant? > > No. You need to set > machdep.pccard.pcic_irq > to be zero in your boot loader. Yes. Somebody else told me that. I tried it (and confirmed th

Re: pccard problems

1999-07-01 Thread Greg Lehey
On Thursday, 1 July 1999 at 22:59:56 -0600, Warner Losh wrote: > In message <19990702105346.h87...@freebie.lemis.com> Greg Lehey writes: >> Is that what you meant? > > No. You need to set > machdep.pccard.pcic_irq > to be zero in your boot loader. Yes. Somebody else told me that. I tried

Re: UMAX scsi scanner on adaptec 1542 Card

1999-07-01 Thread Warner Losh
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Greg Skafte writes: : I've got an adaptec 1542 card using aha driver and RELENG_3 detects it no : problems. OK. : If I use the adaptec on board utilities it finds my UMAX scanner no probs. OK. : when I try to boot the machine hangs just after the waiting for sc

Re: UMAX scsi scanner on adaptec 1542 Card

1999-07-01 Thread Warner Losh
In message <19990701163631.a20...@gras-varg.worldgate.com> Greg Skafte writes: : I've got an adaptec 1542 card using aha driver and RELENG_3 detects it no : problems. OK. : If I use the adaptec on board utilities it finds my UMAX scanner no probs. OK. : when I try to boot the machine hangs ju

Re: pccard problems

1999-07-01 Thread Warner Losh
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Greg Lehey writes: : Is that what you meant? No. You need to set machdep.pccard.pcic_irq to be zero in your boot loader. Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message

Re: pccard problems

1999-07-01 Thread Warner Losh
In message <19990702105346.h87...@freebie.lemis.com> Greg Lehey writes: : Is that what you meant? No. You need to set machdep.pccard.pcic_irq to be zero in your boot loader. Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the

Re: Lizard...

1999-07-01 Thread Alex Zepeda
> Feel free, just don't ask me questions about it since I honestly don't > have time right now to explain to many hundreds of people how to build > this stuff. In a nutshell, use egcs to compile everything from the > following list: turbovision 0.7, qt 1.42, libh 0.1 (see below). > > libh is th

Re: Lizard...

1999-07-01 Thread Alex Zepeda
On Thu, 1 Jul 1999, Josef Grosch wrote: > I have done installs on FreeBSD, Redhat, HP/UX, and Solaris and I have to > say that Redhat is very confusing. FreeBSD does have it's warts but it is > better than Redhat. HP/UX and Solaris also have their problems, just ask > Nicole Harrington how she li

Re: Lizard...

1999-07-01 Thread Alex Zepeda
> Feel free, just don't ask me questions about it since I honestly don't > have time right now to explain to many hundreds of people how to build > this stuff. In a nutshell, use egcs to compile everything from the > following list: turbovision 0.7, qt 1.42, libh 0.1 (see below). > > libh is the

Re: Lizard...

1999-07-01 Thread Alex Zepeda
On Thu, 1 Jul 1999, Josef Grosch wrote: > I have done installs on FreeBSD, Redhat, HP/UX, and Solaris and I have to > say that Redhat is very confusing. FreeBSD does have it's warts but it is > better than Redhat. HP/UX and Solaris also have their problems, just ask > Nicole Harrington how she lik

Re: Lizard...

1999-07-01 Thread Josef Grosch
On Thu, Jul 01, 1999 at 03:18:00PM -0700, Ron 'The InSaNe One' Rosson wrote: > On Thu, 01 Jul 1999, Matthew Jacob was heard blurting out: > > > > > > That being said... I've heard some of my ex-coworkers (who were all > > > FreeBSD people when they worked here) come up to me in this impressed >

Re: Lizard...

1999-07-01 Thread Josef Grosch
On Thu, Jul 01, 1999 at 03:18:00PM -0700, Ron 'The InSaNe One' Rosson wrote: > On Thu, 01 Jul 1999, Matthew Jacob was heard blurting out: > > > > > > That being said... I've heard some of my ex-coworkers (who were all > > > FreeBSD people when they worked here) come up to me in this impressed > >

Re: Lizard...

1999-07-01 Thread Jordan K. Hubbard
> Would it be possible to have this code put up for www/ftp or > something, so that anyone who is interested could have a look? Feel free, just don't ask me questions about it since I honestly don't have time right now to explain to many hundreds of people how to build this stuff. In a nutshell,

Re: Lizard...

1999-07-01 Thread Jordan K. Hubbard
> Would it be possible to have this code put up for www/ftp or > something, so that anyone who is interested could have a look? Feel free, just don't ask me questions about it since I honestly don't have time right now to explain to many hundreds of people how to build this stuff. In a nutshell,

Re: Major device number for firewire

1999-07-01 Thread ikob
From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Major device number for firewire Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 19:49:29 -0700 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> jkh> I assume you mean a major character device number only? You can jkh> have 127 (decimal). jkh> Thanks, I want to get just one

Re: Major device number for firewire

1999-07-01 Thread ikob
From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Subject: Re: Major device number for firewire Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 19:49:29 -0700 Message-ID: <70335.930883...@zippy.cdrom.com> jkh> I assume you mean a major character device number only? You can jkh> have 127 (decimal). jkh> Thanks, I want to get just one charac

Re: Major device number for firewire

1999-07-01 Thread Jordan K. Hubbard
I assume you mean a major character device number only? You can have 127 (decimal). Any prediction on when you think this driver will be ready to bring into -current? It sounds quite promising! - Jordan > > Folks, > > I have been developing firewire (IEEE1394) device driver on FreeBSD and

Re: Major device number for firewire

1999-07-01 Thread Jordan K. Hubbard
I assume you mean a major character device number only? You can have 127 (decimal). Any prediction on when you think this driver will be ready to bring into -current? It sounds quite promising! - Jordan > > Folks, > > I have been developing firewire (IEEE1394) device driver on FreeBSD and >

Re: Xfree86 v 3.3.4

1999-07-01 Thread David Scheidt
On Thu, 1 Jul 1999, Mark J. Taylor wrote: > > There is a Linux X server for the Voodoo Banshee, over at: > http://developer.soundblaster.com/linux/ > > You might have some luck running it under the Linux emulator. > I've never tried it, as I don't have a Banshee. Thanks! This appears to wor

Re: Xfree86 v 3.3.4

1999-07-01 Thread David Scheidt
On Thu, 1 Jul 1999, Mark J. Taylor wrote: > > There is a Linux X server for the Voodoo Banshee, over at: > http://developer.soundblaster.com/linux/ > > You might have some luck running it under the Linux emulator. > I've never tried it, as I don't have a Banshee. Thanks! This appears to work

Major device number for firewire

1999-07-01 Thread ikob
Folks, I have been developing firewire (IEEE1394) device driver on FreeBSD and the driver is working quite stable. I would like to reserve major device number for firewire. P.S. The driver code can be obtained from following: ftp://ftp.uec.ac.jp/pub/firewire

Major device number for firewire

1999-07-01 Thread ikob
Folks, I have been developing firewire (IEEE1394) device driver on FreeBSD and the driver is working quite stable. I would like to reserve major device number for firewire. P.S. The driver code can be obtained from following: ftp://ftp.uec.ac.jp/pub/firewire

Re: Usage of 'gdb' command in DDB

1999-07-01 Thread Greg Lehey
On Thursday, 1 July 1999 at 18:47:27 -0500, Stan Shkolnyy wrote: > Hello All, > > Well, I entered 'gdb', then 'continue' and now I can debug the kernel > remotely. How do I switch DDB back? Ctrl-Alt-Esc now causes DDB to > contact the remote GDB instead of accepting input from me. A nuisance, is

Re: Usage of 'gdb' command in DDB

1999-07-01 Thread Greg Lehey
On Thursday, 1 July 1999 at 18:47:27 -0500, Stan Shkolnyy wrote: > Hello All, > > Well, I entered 'gdb', then 'continue' and now I can debug the kernel > remotely. How do I switch DDB back? Ctrl-Alt-Esc now causes DDB to > contact the remote GDB instead of accepting input from me. A nuisance, isn

Re: pccard problems

1999-07-01 Thread Greg Lehey
On Thursday, 1 July 1999 at 13:08:11 -0700, Mike Smith wrote: >> >> Indeed. Is it possibly interrupting on a line which something else is >> using? I've found a problem on my Latitude where it appears that the >> machine only has two interrupts free (3 and 9). If I put a modem on 3 >> and an E

Re: pccard problems

1999-07-01 Thread Greg Lehey
On Thursday, 1 July 1999 at 13:08:11 -0700, Mike Smith wrote: >> >> Indeed. Is it possibly interrupting on a line which something else is >> using? I've found a problem on my Latitude where it appears that the >> machine only has two interrupts free (3 and 9). If I put a modem on 3 >> and an Et

Re: reason for slow user-user memory copy

1999-07-01 Thread David Greenman
>>If the mapping is being done via a device mapping, then the region will >> be marked non-cacheable. > >I remember that he said he created a character device /dev/tulip to >represent the network card. Actually, his work borrowed a lot from the >Cornell U-Net project (now the basis of VIA?). C

Re: reason for slow user-user memory copy

1999-07-01 Thread David Greenman
>>If the mapping is being done via a device mapping, then the region will >> be marked non-cacheable. > >I remember that he said he created a character device /dev/tulip to >represent the network card. Actually, his work borrowed a lot from the >Cornell U-Net project (now the basis of VIA?). Ca

Usage of 'gdb' command in DDB

1999-07-01 Thread Stan Shkolnyy
Hello All, Well, I entered 'gdb', then 'continue' and now I can debug the kernel remotely. How do I switch DDB back? Ctrl-Alt-Esc now causes DDB to contact the remote GDB instead of accepting input from me. Thank you, Stan To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe free

Usage of 'gdb' command in DDB

1999-07-01 Thread Stan Shkolnyy
Hello All, Well, I entered 'gdb', then 'continue' and now I can debug the kernel remotely. How do I switch DDB back? Ctrl-Alt-Esc now causes DDB to contact the remote GDB instead of accepting input from me. Thank you, Stan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with "unsubscribe f

Re: npx0 to set maxmem broken in -current?

1999-07-01 Thread Andrew Gallatin
Julian Elischer writes: > a bit late > you should check teh cvs rep for these files.. > peter's already checked it in... :-) > Wow, he's fast. ;-) I should have checked my committers folder sooner.. Thanks Peter. Cheers, Drew ---

Re: npx0 to set maxmem broken in -current?

1999-07-01 Thread Andrew Gallatin
Julian Elischer writes: > a bit late > you should check teh cvs rep for these files.. > peter's already checked it in... :-) > Wow, he's fast. ;-) I should have checked my committers folder sooner.. Thanks Peter. Cheers, Drew

Re: npx0 to set maxmem broken in -current?

1999-07-01 Thread Mike Smith
> a bit late > you should check teh cvs rep for these files.. > peter's already checked it in... :-) Don't count on Peter's changes; I'm going to try to beat them up again. -- \\ The mind's the standard \\ Mike Smith \\ of the man. \\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] \\-- J

Re: npx0 to set maxmem broken in -current?

1999-07-01 Thread Mike Smith
> a bit late > you should check teh cvs rep for these files.. > peter's already checked it in... :-) Don't count on Peter's changes; I'm going to try to beat them up again. -- \\ The mind's the standard \\ Mike Smith \\ of the man. \\ msm...@freebsd.org \\-- J

Re: Microsoft performance (was: All this and documentation too? (was: cvs commit: src/sys/isa sio.c))

1999-07-01 Thread Nik Clayton
On Wed, Jun 30, 1999 at 08:02:06PM -0500, Stan Shkolnyy wrote: > On Wed, 30 Jun 1999, Nik Clayton wrote: > > Sorry it's taken me a while to reply to this; ironically, most of my time > > has been spent on freebsd-doc recently. > > > > On Sat, Jun 26, 1999 at 12:03:59PM -0500, Constantine Shkolny

Re: Microsoft performance (was: All this and documentation too? (was: cvs commit: src/sys/isa sio.c))

1999-07-01 Thread Nik Clayton
On Wed, Jun 30, 1999 at 08:02:06PM -0500, Stan Shkolnyy wrote: > On Wed, 30 Jun 1999, Nik Clayton wrote: > > Sorry it's taken me a while to reply to this; ironically, most of my time > > has been spent on freebsd-doc recently. > > > > On Sat, Jun 26, 1999 at 12:03:59PM -0500, Constantine Shkolny w

Re: npx0 to set maxmem broken in -current?

1999-07-01 Thread Julian Elischer
a bit late you should check teh cvs rep for these files.. peter's already checked it in... :-) On Thu, 1 Jul 1999, Andrew Gallatin wrote: > > Peter Wemm writes: > > Peter, > > Thanks for the details. I wasn't sure if it was something that was > supposed to work... I assume it still wor

Re: npx0 to set maxmem broken in -current?

1999-07-01 Thread Julian Elischer
a bit late you should check teh cvs rep for these files.. peter's already checked it in... :-) On Thu, 1 Jul 1999, Andrew Gallatin wrote: > > Peter Wemm writes: > > Peter, > > Thanks for the details. I wasn't sure if it was something that was > supposed to work... I assume it still work

Re: reason for slow user-user memory copy

1999-07-01 Thread Zhihui Zhang
On Thu, 1 Jul 1999, David Greenman wrote: > >A graduate student here implements a mmap() interface to a TCP/IP network > >card. He notices that it takes much longer time to copy from mmapp()'ed > >area to another user area than it takes to copy the same amount of data > >from kernel space to us

Re: reason for slow user-user memory copy

1999-07-01 Thread Zhihui Zhang
On Thu, 1 Jul 1999, David Greenman wrote: > >A graduate student here implements a mmap() interface to a TCP/IP network > >card. He notices that it takes much longer time to copy from mmapp()'ed > >area to another user area than it takes to copy the same amount of data > >from kernel space to use

Re: npx0 to set maxmem broken in -current?

1999-07-01 Thread Andrew Gallatin
Peter Wemm writes: Peter, Thanks for the details. I wasn't sure if it was something that was supposed to work... I assume it still works when built in by config & should be left in place for that reason though, right? (haven't tried it here..) > Personally, I think we should use a kernel e

Re: npx0 to set maxmem broken in -current?

1999-07-01 Thread Andrew Gallatin
Peter Wemm writes: Peter, Thanks for the details. I wasn't sure if it was something that was supposed to work... I assume it still works when built in by config & should be left in place for that reason though, right? (haven't tried it here..) > Personally, I think we should use a kernel en

Re: reason for slow user-user memory copy

1999-07-01 Thread David Greenman
>A graduate student here implements a mmap() interface to a TCP/IP network >card. He notices that it takes much longer time to copy from mmapp()'ed >area to another user area than it takes to copy the same amount of data >from kernel space to user space. The students here have no idea why this >c

Re: reason for slow user-user memory copy

1999-07-01 Thread David Greenman
>A graduate student here implements a mmap() interface to a TCP/IP network >card. He notices that it takes much longer time to copy from mmapp()'ed >area to another user area than it takes to copy the same amount of data >from kernel space to user space. The students here have no idea why this >co

Re: reason for slow user-user memory copy

1999-07-01 Thread Julian Elischer
hmm Unfortunatly Linux is nt relevent to FreeBSD so we can't comment directly.. it is possible that the mmapped region is marked non-cachable, which migh tmake a difference. I have no idea where "memcpy_to_iovec" in Linux is copying to so it's hard to comment. julian On Thu, 1 Jul 1999, Zhih

Re: reason for slow user-user memory copy

1999-07-01 Thread Julian Elischer
hmm Unfortunatly Linux is nt relevent to FreeBSD so we can't comment directly.. it is possible that the mmapped region is marked non-cachable, which migh tmake a difference. I have no idea where "memcpy_to_iovec" in Linux is copying to so it's hard to comment. julian On Thu, 1 Jul 1999, Zhihu

reason for slow user-user memory copy

1999-07-01 Thread Zhihui Zhang
A graduate student here implements a mmap() interface to a TCP/IP network card. He notices that it takes much longer time to copy from mmapp()'ed area to another user area than it takes to copy the same amount of data from kernel space to user space. The students here have no idea why this could

reason for slow user-user memory copy

1999-07-01 Thread Zhihui Zhang
A graduate student here implements a mmap() interface to a TCP/IP network card. He notices that it takes much longer time to copy from mmapp()'ed area to another user area than it takes to copy the same amount of data from kernel space to user space. The students here have no idea why this could

Re: Xfree86 v 3.3.4

1999-07-01 Thread Mark J. Taylor
There is a Linux X server for the Voodoo Banshee, over at: http://developer.soundblaster.com/linux/ You might have some luck running it under the Linux emulator. I've never tried it, as I don't have a Banshee. -Mark Taylor NetMAX Developer [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.netmax.com/ On 01-Ju

Re: Xfree86 v 3.3.4

1999-07-01 Thread Mark J. Taylor
There is a Linux X server for the Voodoo Banshee, over at: http://developer.soundblaster.com/linux/ You might have some luck running it under the Linux emulator. I've never tried it, as I don't have a Banshee. -Mark Taylor NetMAX Developer mtay...@cybernet.com http://www.netmax.com/ On 01-

Re: npx0 to set maxmem broken in -current?

1999-07-01 Thread Peter Wemm
Mike Smith wrote: > > Personally, I think we should use a kernel environment variable passed in > > from loader, since kern_envp is available *real early*, from the very > > beginning of init386(), which is called form locore just after going > > virtual. It needs a couple of tweaks to get this t

Re: npx0 to set maxmem broken in -current?

1999-07-01 Thread Peter Wemm
Mike Smith wrote: > > Personally, I think we should use a kernel environment variable passed in > > from loader, since kern_envp is available *real early*, from the very > > beginning of init386(), which is called form locore just after going > > virtual. It needs a couple of tweaks to get this to

UMAX scsi scanner on adaptec 1542 Card

1999-07-01 Thread Greg Skafte
I've been messing around for awhile, and I'm confused (go figure). I've got an adaptec 1542 card using aha driver and RELENG_3 detects it no problems. If I use the adaptec on board utilities it finds my UMAX scanner no probs. when I try to boot the machine hangs just after the waiting for scs

UMAX scsi scanner on adaptec 1542 Card

1999-07-01 Thread Greg Skafte
I've been messing around for awhile, and I'm confused (go figure). I've got an adaptec 1542 card using aha driver and RELENG_3 detects it no problems. If I use the adaptec on board utilities it finds my UMAX scanner no probs. when I try to boot the machine hangs just after the waiting for scsi

Re: Xfree86 v 3.3.4

1999-07-01 Thread David Scheidt
On Thu, 1 Jul 1999, Leif Neland wrote: > Does anyone have any inside information on subj? > The website still claims: "We are planning to release 3.3.4 some time in > June 1999" > > I'm longing to get support for my S3 Trio3D. Heh. It now says early july. I have a Voodoo Banshee I want to use

Re: Xfree86 v 3.3.4

1999-07-01 Thread David Scheidt
On Thu, 1 Jul 1999, Leif Neland wrote: > Does anyone have any inside information on subj? > The website still claims: "We are planning to release 3.3.4 some time in > June 1999" > > I'm longing to get support for my S3 Trio3D. Heh. It now says early july. I have a Voodoo Banshee I want to use.

Re: Lizard...

1999-07-01 Thread Thomas David Rivers
> > > That being said... I've heard some of my ex-coworkers (who were all > > FreeBSD people when they worked here) come up to me in this impressed > > tone: "You wouldn't believe how much easier it is to install RedHat!'. > > *sigh* I'm not bitching... just being loyal :) > > That's ridiculous.

Re: Lizard...

1999-07-01 Thread Thomas David Rivers
> > > That being said... I've heard some of my ex-coworkers (who were all > > FreeBSD people when they worked here) come up to me in this impressed > > tone: "You wouldn't believe how much easier it is to install RedHat!'. > > *sigh* I'm not bitching... just being loyal :) > > That's ridiculous.

Re: npx0 to set maxmem broken in -current?

1999-07-01 Thread Mike Smith
> Personally, I think we should use a kernel environment variable passed in > from loader, since kern_envp is available *real early*, from the very > beginning of init386(), which is called form locore just after going > virtual. It needs a couple of tweaks to get this to work, and in > particula

Re: Lizard...

1999-07-01 Thread Ron 'The InSaNe One' Rosson
On Thu, 01 Jul 1999, Matthew Jacob was heard blurting out: > > > That being said... I've heard some of my ex-coworkers (who were all > > FreeBSD people when they worked here) come up to me in this impressed > > tone: "You wouldn't believe how much easier it is to install RedHat!'. > > *sigh* I'm

Re: npx0 to set maxmem broken in -current?

1999-07-01 Thread Mike Smith
> Personally, I think we should use a kernel environment variable passed in > from loader, since kern_envp is available *real early*, from the very > beginning of init386(), which is called form locore just after going > virtual. It needs a couple of tweaks to get this to work, and in > particular

Re: Lizard...

1999-07-01 Thread Ron 'The InSaNe One' Rosson
On Thu, 01 Jul 1999, Matthew Jacob was heard blurting out: > > > That being said... I've heard some of my ex-coworkers (who were all > > FreeBSD people when they worked here) come up to me in this impressed > > tone: "You wouldn't believe how much easier it is to install RedHat!'. > > *sigh* I'm

Re: Lizard...

1999-07-01 Thread Matthew Jacob
> That being said... I've heard some of my ex-coworkers (who were all > FreeBSD people when they worked here) come up to me in this impressed > tone: "You wouldn't believe how much easier it is to install RedHat!'. > *sigh* I'm not bitching... just being loyal :) That's ridiculous. I've used bot

Re: Lizard...

1999-07-01 Thread Matthew Jacob
> That being said... I've heard some of my ex-coworkers (who were all > FreeBSD people when they worked here) come up to me in this impressed > tone: "You wouldn't believe how much easier it is to install RedHat!'. > *sigh* I'm not bitching... just being loyal :) That's ridiculous. I've used both

Re: Lizard...

1999-07-01 Thread Steve Ames
> > Everyone should take a peak at http://www.troll.no/announce/lizard.html > > if you haven't already. Definately take a look at the screenshots. > > > > Lizard is a fully graphical Linux installation for Caldera Systems > > Open Linux. IMO, having an easy, reliable and attractive installer > >

Re: Lizard...

1999-07-01 Thread Steve Ames
> > Everyone should take a peak at http://www.troll.no/announce/lizard.html > > if you haven't already. Definately take a look at the screenshots. > > > > Lizard is a fully graphical Linux installation for Caldera Systems > > Open Linux. IMO, having an easy, reliable and attractive installer > > i

Re: Lizard...

1999-07-01 Thread Mike Smith
> > Everyone should take a peak at http://www.troll.no/announce/lizard.html > if you haven't already. Definately take a look at the screenshots. > > Lizard is a fully graphical Linux installation for Caldera Systems > Open Linux. IMO, having an easy, reliable and attractive installer > is an exc

Re: Lizard...

1999-07-01 Thread Mike Smith
> > Everyone should take a peak at http://www.troll.no/announce/lizard.html > if you haven't already. Definately take a look at the screenshots. > > Lizard is a fully graphical Linux installation for Caldera Systems > Open Linux. IMO, having an easy, reliable and attractive installer > is an exce

Xfree86 v 3.3.4

1999-07-01 Thread Leif Neland
Does anyone have any inside information on subj? The website still claims: "We are planning to release 3.3.4 some time in June 1999" I'm longing to get support for my S3 Trio3D. Leif To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message

Xfree86 v 3.3.4

1999-07-01 Thread Leif Neland
Does anyone have any inside information on subj? The website still claims: "We are planning to release 3.3.4 some time in June 1999" I'm longing to get support for my S3 Trio3D. Leif To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the messa

Re: pccard problems

1999-07-01 Thread Mike Smith
> > Indeed. Is it possibly interrupting on a line which something else is > using? I've found a problem on my Latitude where it appears that the > machine only has two interrupts free (3 and 9). If I put a modem on 3 > and an Ethernet board on 9, it works, but only by putting pccardd on > irq

Re: pccard problems

1999-07-01 Thread Mike Smith
> > Indeed. Is it possibly interrupting on a line which something else is > using? I've found a problem on my Latitude where it appears that the > machine only has two interrupts free (3 and 9). If I put a modem on 3 > and an Ethernet board on 9, it works, but only by putting pccardd on > irq 5

Thank you Peter!! (Was: Heavily loaded amd/nfs... )

1999-07-01 Thread Doug
I am very happy to report that with the recent commits to -current I can now run my script that reads some 16000 small files in over NFS links at full speed and to completion without locking the box. *BSEG* Many, many thanks for this, it was a huge area of concern for my boss that

Thank you Peter!! (Was: Heavily loaded amd/nfs... )

1999-07-01 Thread Doug
I am very happy to report that with the recent commits to -current I can now run my script that reads some 16000 small files in over NFS links at full speed and to completion without locking the box. *BSEG* Many, many thanks for this, it was a huge area of concern for my boss that

Re: Lizard...

1999-07-01 Thread Nathan Ahlstrom
> My bad, as the current generation says, and it's a major item on my > TODO list to spend about 2 days pouring through his code and > generating a comprehensive set of comments about where to go from > there. Unfortunately, this code is also in the very early stages and > represents about 34,00

Re: Lizard...

1999-07-01 Thread Nathan Ahlstrom
> My bad, as the current generation says, and it's a major item on my > TODO list to spend about 2 days pouring through his code and > generating a comprehensive set of comments about where to go from > there. Unfortunately, this code is also in the very early stages and > represents about 34,000

Re: Lizard...

1999-07-01 Thread Matthew Jacob
> > What actual marketing information do we actually have that says that in > > order to go after the desktops we aren't currently installed on we have to > > add a lot of engineering effort to the installer? Would it be better to > > Well, just to clear up what looks like a misunderstanding in

Re: Lizard...

1999-07-01 Thread Matthew Jacob
> > What actual marketing information do we actually have that says that in > > order to go after the desktops we aren't currently installed on we have to > > add a lot of engineering effort to the installer? Would it be better to > > Well, just to clear up what looks like a misunderstanding in t

Re: Lizard...

1999-07-01 Thread Jordan K. Hubbard
> What actual marketing information do we actually have that says that in > order to go after the desktops we aren't currently installed on we have to > add a lot of engineering effort to the installer? Would it be better to Well, just to clear up what looks like a misunderstanding in the making,

Re: Lizard...

1999-07-01 Thread Jordan K. Hubbard
> What actual marketing information do we actually have that says that in > order to go after the desktops we aren't currently installed on we have to > add a lot of engineering effort to the installer? Would it be better to Well, just to clear up what looks like a misunderstanding in the making,

Re: Lizard...

1999-07-01 Thread Matthew Jacob
>OK, I'll add a few comments to this. And I'll respond... The actual pros and cons of the current installer and what a new one would look like is not the real question to answer here,... I have to say that what we have isn't that bad- it fails only in some areas where it violates the principle

Re: Lizard...

1999-07-01 Thread Matthew Jacob
>OK, I'll add a few comments to this. And I'll respond... The actual pros and cons of the current installer and what a new one would look like is not the real question to answer here,... I have to say that what we have isn't that bad- it fails only in some areas where it violates the principle o

Re: Lizard...

1999-07-01 Thread Jordan K. Hubbard
> through so-called "spiffy" installs is growing exponentially. Keeping a > simple interface rather than trying to play human engineering with no > real human interfaces lab and a 500K$ testing budget might be better. > Just my 2 cents... I'll shut up now... (I mean, why should *I* beef so > much?

Re: Lizard...

1999-07-01 Thread Jordan K. Hubbard
> through so-called "spiffy" installs is growing exponentially. Keeping a > simple interface rather than trying to play human engineering with no > real human interfaces lab and a 500K$ testing budget might be better. > Just my 2 cents... I'll shut up now... (I mean, why should *I* beef so > much?

Re: npx0 to set maxmem broken in -current?

1999-07-01 Thread Jonathan Lemon
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED]> you write: >Personally, I think we should use a kernel environment variable passed in >from loader, since kern_envp is available *real early*, from the very >beginning of init386(), which is called form locore just after going >virtual. It needs a couple of tweaks t

Re: npx0 to set maxmem broken in -current?

1999-07-01 Thread Jonathan Lemon
In article you write: >Personally, I think we should use a kernel environment variable passed in >from loader, since kern_envp is available *real early*, from the very >beginning of init386(), which is called form locore just after going >virtual. It needs a couple of tweaks to get this to work

Re: Lizard...

1999-07-01 Thread Matthew Jacob
> if it gave me lots more diagnostics. Joe Average, on the other hand, > likes a spiffy, clean interface. We try to accomodate both types by > having a simplistic install and then some detail output on a seperate > VTY. This could still be done with an even spiffier graphical installation > on th

Re: Lizard...

1999-07-01 Thread Matthew Jacob
> if it gave me lots more diagnostics. Joe Average, on the other hand, > likes a spiffy, clean interface. We try to accomodate both types by > having a simplistic install and then some detail output on a seperate > VTY. This could still be done with an even spiffier graphical installation > on the

Re: Lizard...

1999-07-01 Thread Steve Ames
True... But such a configuration doesn't preclude the use of a more detailed listing on vty1 the way we do it now. With our current installation setup its similar to this already. Its text based and some of the menus are not exactly intuitive (No... I don't have a better suggestion just yet). If

Re: Lizard...

1999-07-01 Thread Steve Ames
True... But such a configuration doesn't preclude the use of a more detailed listing on vty1 the way we do it now. With our current installation setup its similar to this already. Its text based and some of the menus are not exactly intuitive (No... I don't have a better suggestion just yet). If s

Re: Lizard...

1999-07-01 Thread Matthew Jacob
Reminds me of SCO. I personally don't much like it- it makes it harder than hell to figure out what's gone wrong when it doesn't work. On Thu, 1 Jul 1999, Steve Ames wrote: > > Everyone should take a peak at http://www.troll.no/announce/lizard.html > if you haven't already. Definately take a l

Re: Lizard...

1999-07-01 Thread Matthew Jacob
Reminds me of SCO. I personally don't much like it- it makes it harder than hell to figure out what's gone wrong when it doesn't work. On Thu, 1 Jul 1999, Steve Ames wrote: > > Everyone should take a peak at http://www.troll.no/announce/lizard.html > if you haven't already. Definately take a lo

Re: npx0 to set maxmem broken in -current?

1999-07-01 Thread Peter Wemm
Andrew Gallatin wrote: > > I have a user with a need to run a machine in varying memory > configurations. The machine has 512MB & she needs to artificially > constrain memory to multiples of 32MB from 32MB to 512MB. (32MB, 64MB, > 96MB, 128MB ...) > > I was planning on having her edit /kernel.

Re: npx0 to set maxmem broken in -current?

1999-07-01 Thread Peter Wemm
Andrew Gallatin wrote: > > I have a user with a need to run a machine in varying memory > configurations. The machine has 512MB & she needs to artificially > constrain memory to multiples of 32MB from 32MB to 512MB. (32MB, 64MB, > 96MB, 128MB ...) > > I was planning on having her edit /kernel.c

npx0 to set maxmem broken in -current?

1999-07-01 Thread Andrew Gallatin
I have a user with a need to run a machine in varying memory configurations. The machine has 512MB & she needs to artificially constrain memory to multiples of 32MB from 32MB to 512MB. (32MB, 64MB, 96MB, 128MB ...) I was planning on having her edit /kernel.config & change the value of iosize n

npx0 to set maxmem broken in -current?

1999-07-01 Thread Andrew Gallatin
I have a user with a need to run a machine in varying memory configurations. The machine has 512MB & she needs to artificially constrain memory to multiples of 32MB from 32MB to 512MB. (32MB, 64MB, 96MB, 128MB ...) I was planning on having her edit /kernel.config & change the value of iosize np

Re: GRE encapsulation under FreeBSD 3.2

1999-07-01 Thread Jonathan Lemon
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED]> you write: >On Wed, 30 Jun 1999, Jonathan Lemon was heard blurting out: > >> In article >[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > you write: >> >I don't seem to see support for GRE (IP-in-IP encaspulation) in FreeBSD >> >(although I might be blind)...anyone working on support it or is t

Re: GRE encapsulation under FreeBSD 3.2

1999-07-01 Thread Jonathan Lemon
In article you write: >On Wed, 30 Jun 1999, Jonathan Lemon was heard blurting out: > >> In article > > you write: >> >I don't seem to see support for GRE (IP-in-IP encaspulation) in FreeBSD >> >(although I might be blind)...anyone working on support it or is there >> >already an implementation?

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