Re: Please review: rc file changes

1999-08-26 Thread Doug
Chris Costello wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 26, 1999, Doug wrote: > > Greetings, > > > > As previously discussed, here is a first draft of the rc* script > > mods. I > > consider the first step in this process to be Jordan's cleanup of the > > variable syntax. This is step 2, which most notably c

Re: Please review: rc file changes

1999-08-26 Thread Chris Costello
On Thu, Aug 26, 1999, Doug wrote: > Greetings, > > As previously discussed, here is a first draft of the rc* script mods. I > consider the first step in this process to be Jordan's cleanup of the > variable syntax. This is step 2, which most notably converts test's dealing > with variables t

Splash screen problem after being interrupted

1999-08-26 Thread Doug
Tonight while testing my rc file changes I decided to interrupt the splash screen display I have to see the boot messages. I hit scroll lock to do this, and it killed the splash screen, but when I went to log in the keyboard on the console was pretty much fubar. Every key was mapped to a d

Please review: rc file changes

1999-08-26 Thread Doug
Greetings, As previously discussed, here is a first draft of the rc* script mods. I consider the first step in this process to be Jordan's cleanup of the variable syntax. This is step 2, which most notably converts test's dealing with variables to case wherever possible. It also does the f

Re: Please review: rc file changes

1999-08-26 Thread Doug
On Fri, 27 Aug 1999, Chris Costello wrote: > On Thu, Aug 26, 1999, Doug wrote: > > > > 2. value ) instead of value) for case statements > > > > > >Why? What's wrong with `value)'? > > > > Nothing functionally, but I find case statements much easier to read with > > the extra whitespace. >

Re: Please review: rc file changes

1999-08-26 Thread Chris Costello
On Thu, Aug 26, 1999, Doug wrote: > > > 2. value ) instead of value) for case statements > > > >Why? What's wrong with `value)'? > > Nothing functionally, but I find case statements much easier to read with > the extra whitespace. Would that not cause problems? [A-Z]* )

Re: Examining kernel core dump: gd_curpcb

1999-08-26 Thread Ruslan Ermilov
This has been fixed with the following commit: luoqi 1999/05/24 12:31:19 PDT Modified files:(Branch: RELENG_3) gnu/usr.bin/binutils/gdb/i386 freebsd-nat.c kvm-fbsd.c Log: Back out changes don't belong to the 3.x branch. Revision ChangesPath 1.21.2.2 +3 -1 s

Re: Please review: rc file changes

1999-08-26 Thread Doug
Chris Costello wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 26, 1999, Doug wrote: > > Greetings, > > > > As previously discussed, here is a first draft of the rc* script mods. I > > consider the first step in this process to be Jordan's cleanup of the > > variable syntax. This is step 2, which most notably conve

Re: Please review: rc file changes

1999-08-26 Thread Chris Costello
On Thu, Aug 26, 1999, Doug wrote: > Greetings, > > As previously discussed, here is a first draft of the rc* script mods. I > consider the first step in this process to be Jordan's cleanup of the > variable syntax. This is step 2, which most notably converts test's dealing > with variables

Splash screen problem after being interrupted

1999-08-26 Thread Doug
Tonight while testing my rc file changes I decided to interrupt the splash screen display I have to see the boot messages. I hit scroll lock to do this, and it killed the splash screen, but when I went to log in the keyboard on the console was pretty much fubar. Every key was mapped to a d

Please review: rc file changes

1999-08-26 Thread Doug
Greetings, As previously discussed, here is a first draft of the rc* script mods. I consider the first step in this process to be Jordan's cleanup of the variable syntax. This is step 2, which most notably converts test's dealing with variables to case wherever possible. It also does the

Are the ethernet drivers time dependent?

1999-08-26 Thread Kris Kirby
The WaveLan card suddenly comes to mind... Are the ethernet drivers time dependent? If I take a ethernet card [ed(4)] and change the crystal for something slower, assuming I can still get the card to work correctly (albiet slower) will it still interact properly with the ed(4) driver, or do I need

Re: Examining kernel core dump: gd_curpcb

1999-08-26 Thread Ruslan Ermilov
This has been fixed with the following commit: luoqi 1999/05/24 12:31:19 PDT Modified files:(Branch: RELENG_3) gnu/usr.bin/binutils/gdb/i386 freebsd-nat.c kvm-fbsd.c Log: Back out changes don't belong to the 3.x branch. Revision ChangesPath 1.21.2.2 +3 -1

Are the ethernet drivers time dependent?

1999-08-26 Thread Kris Kirby
The WaveLan card suddenly comes to mind... Are the ethernet drivers time dependent? If I take a ethernet card [ed(4)] and change the crystal for something slower, assuming I can still get the card to work correctly (albiet slower) will it still interact properly with the ed(4) driver, or do I nee

Re: How bullet-proof should the /etc/rc* scripts be?

1999-08-26 Thread Kevin Day
> > 4. What is the point of the "stty status '^T' at the top of the rc file? > > Frankly, that one stumps me too. :) There are still plenty of "We've > always done it that way" items in the various rc files, that may be one of > them. > Without this, you cannot press ^T to see why the rc

Re: How bullet-proof should the /etc/rc* scripts be?

1999-08-26 Thread Doug
"Stephen J. Roznowski" wrote: > > I'm trying to build a stripped down version of FreeBSD and have run > across a few oddities in the startup scripts. Ok, first thing is, if you are going to hack up some custom stuff you're pretty much in the driver's seat on issues like this. That's not t

Intel Merced FreeBSD???

1999-08-26 Thread Kenny Drobnack
Lately i have seen a lot of speculation as to what will happen when the Intel Merced comes out. Will people wait 12-18 months for a 64 bit Windows (that's the amount of time I keep hearing it will take them to get Win2000 running on it) or will they just buy it and pop Linux onto it right away? I

Re: How bullet-proof should the /etc/rc* scripts be?

1999-08-26 Thread Kevin Day
> > 4. What is the point of the "stty status '^T' at the top of the rc file? > > Frankly, that one stumps me too. :) There are still plenty of "We've > always done it that way" items in the various rc files, that may be one of > them. > Without this, you cannot press ^T to see why the rc

Re: How bullet-proof should the /etc/rc* scripts be?

1999-08-26 Thread Doug
"Stephen J. Roznowski" wrote: > > I'm trying to build a stripped down version of FreeBSD and have run > across a few oddities in the startup scripts. Ok, first thing is, if you are going to hack up some custom stuff you're pretty much in the driver's seat on issues like this. That's not

Intel Merced FreeBSD???

1999-08-26 Thread Kenny Drobnack
Lately i have seen a lot of speculation as to what will happen when the Intel Merced comes out. Will people wait 12-18 months for a 64 bit Windows (that's the amount of time I keep hearing it will take them to get Win2000 running on it) or will they just buy it and pop Linux onto it right away?

Re: undocumented vfork behaviour?

1999-08-26 Thread Jason Thorpe
On Fri, 27 Aug 1999 02:20:52 + (GMT) Terry Lambert wrote: > This is a bug. ...but it's a bug in fork(), too. Not just vfork(). > For other bugs in vfork(), look at the fact that the vacation > program does not correctly deal with messages. ...fwiw, NetBSD fixed the vacation(1) bug an

How bullet-proof should the /etc/rc* scripts be?

1999-08-26 Thread Stephen J. Roznowski
I'm trying to build a stripped down version of FreeBSD and have run across a few oddities in the startup scripts. 1. Should commands be wrapped in a check for their existance? For example: swapon, adjkerntz, etc. 2. Should everything be wrapped in a "rc.conf" variable? For example, the sect

Re: undocumented vfork behaviour?

1999-08-26 Thread Terry Lambert
> I'm working on getting linux/alpha compatability going in > FreeBSD/alpha & I stumbled over some odd fork behaviour that I was > hoping somebody could shed some light on. > > Specifically, when a linux/alpha process forks, the child's return > value is the parent's pid rather than zero. I track

Re: dropped connections (fwd)

1999-08-26 Thread Terry Lambert
> ee does the same. The reason is that the program does not check for EOF > on stdin, it continuously loops. It's a bug in the program. The thing > that could have been changed is a signal from the shell that is no > longer sent or so. > > The problem is the program, not the OS. > > It might be w

Re: Looking for good QA tests...

1999-08-26 Thread Terry Lambert
> However, I'm now at the point where I'd like to start collecting materials to > do this. By "materials", I mean both test scenarios and code for performing > these tests. > > While I now have your mind spinning, I'd like to lay down some > limits. Firstly, my current resources for testing is re

Re: Request for review: vnconfig.c

1999-08-26 Thread Ben Smithurst
Mark J. Taylor wrote: > + dev = malloc(strlen(vnp->dev)+6); > + (void)sprintf(dev, "/dev/%s", vnp->dev); You should be checking that malloc() doesn't return NULL, before trying to write into the allocated space. -- Ben Smithurst| PGP: 0x99392F7D b...@scie

Re: undocumented vfork behaviour?

1999-08-26 Thread Jason Thorpe
On Fri, 27 Aug 1999 02:20:52 + (GMT) Terry Lambert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is a bug. ...but it's a bug in fork(), too. Not just vfork(). > For other bugs in vfork(), look at the fact that the vacation > program does not correctly deal with messages. ...fwiw, NetBSD fixed th

How bullet-proof should the /etc/rc* scripts be?

1999-08-26 Thread Stephen J. Roznowski
I'm trying to build a stripped down version of FreeBSD and have run across a few oddities in the startup scripts. 1. Should commands be wrapped in a check for their existance? For example: swapon, adjkerntz, etc. 2. Should everything be wrapped in a "rc.conf" variable? For example, the sec

Re: undocumented vfork behaviour?

1999-08-26 Thread Terry Lambert
> I'm working on getting linux/alpha compatability going in > FreeBSD/alpha & I stumbled over some odd fork behaviour that I was > hoping somebody could shed some light on. > > Specifically, when a linux/alpha process forks, the child's return > value is the parent's pid rather than zero. I trac

Re: dropped connections (fwd)

1999-08-26 Thread Terry Lambert
> ee does the same. The reason is that the program does not check for EOF > on stdin, it continuously loops. It's a bug in the program. The thing > that could have been changed is a signal from the shell that is no > longer sent or so. > > The problem is the program, not the OS. > > It might be

Re: Looking for good QA tests...

1999-08-26 Thread Terry Lambert
> However, I'm now at the point where I'd like to start collecting materials to > do this. By "materials", I mean both test scenarios and code for performing > these tests. > > While I now have your mind spinning, I'd like to lay down some > limits. Firstly, my current resources for testing is r

Re: Request for review: vnconfig.c

1999-08-26 Thread Ben Smithurst
Mark J. Taylor wrote: > + dev = malloc(strlen(vnp->dev)+6); > + (void)sprintf(dev, "/dev/%s", vnp->dev); You should be checking that malloc() doesn't return NULL, before trying to write into the allocated space. -- Ben Smithurst| PGP: 0x99392F7D [EMAIL P

Re: undocumented vfork behaviour?

1999-08-26 Thread Bjoern Fischer
On Thu, Aug 26, 1999 at 10:40:29AM -0400, Andrew Gallatin wrote: [...] > Specifically, when a linux/alpha process forks, the child's return > value is the parent's pid rather than zero. [...] > If I run the following code on FreeBSD/i386, I see: > parent's pid = 6730 > I am the child, result = 0 >

Re: Looking for good QA tests...

1999-08-26 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Thu, 26 Aug 1999, Brian McGovern wrote: > However, I'm now at the point where I'd like to start collecting materials to > do this. By "materials", I mean both test scenarios and code for performing > these tests. I suggest going over all of the various stress-test scripts/code which have been

Re: Request for review: vnconfig.c

1999-08-26 Thread Matthew Dillon
Looks good! -Matt Matthew Dillon :(Since this will be one of my first commits, I'd like to pass it by :as many people as possible.) : : :This patch makes "vnconfig" like "

Re: undocumented vfork behaviour?

1999-08-26 Thread Bjoern Fischer
On Thu, Aug 26, 1999 at 10:40:29AM -0400, Andrew Gallatin wrote: [...] > Specifically, when a linux/alpha process forks, the child's return > value is the parent's pid rather than zero. [...] > If I run the following code on FreeBSD/i386, I see: > parent's pid = 6730 > I am the child, result = 0 >

Re: (forw) Re: ndc(8)

1999-08-26 Thread Doug
On Fri, 27 Aug 1999, Anders Andersson wrote: > - Forwarded message from Nik Clayton - > > Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 21:20:16 +0100 > From: Nik Clayton > To: Anders Andersson > Cc: freebsd-...@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: ndc(8) > Message-ID: <19990826212016.d86...@catkin.nothing-going-on.or

Re: Looking for good QA tests...

1999-08-26 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Thu, 26 Aug 1999, Brian McGovern wrote: > However, I'm now at the point where I'd like to start collecting materials to > do this. By "materials", I mean both test scenarios and code for performing > these tests. I suggest going over all of the various stress-test scripts/code which have been

Re: (forw) Re: ndc(8)

1999-08-26 Thread sthaug
> > 'stats Causes named to dump its statistics to /etc/namedb/named.stats' > > > > This also applies for /var/tmp/named_dump.db, that one goes also in > > /etc/namedb. > > Guys, before we fix the manpage on this, could someone please follow > this up with -hackers? I was under the impression

Re: Request for review: vnconfig.c

1999-08-26 Thread Matthew Dillon
Looks good! -Matt Matthew Dillon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> :(Since this will be one of my first commits, I'd like to pass it by :as many people as possible.) : : :This patch mak

(forw) Re: ndc(8)

1999-08-26 Thread Anders Andersson
- Forwarded message from Alexey Zelkin - Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 23:03:07 +0400 From: Alexey Zelkin To: Anders Andersson Cc: freebsd-...@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ndc(8) Message-ID: <19990826230307.a1...@scorpion.crimea.ua> X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.7i hi, On Thu, Aug 26, 1999 at 01:56:50PM +

(forw) Re: ndc(8)

1999-08-26 Thread Anders Andersson
- Forwarded message from Nik Clayton - Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 21:20:16 +0100 From: Nik Clayton To: Anders Andersson Cc: freebsd-...@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ndc(8) Message-ID: <19990826212016.d86...@catkin.nothing-going-on.org> X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.4i Organization: FreeBSD Project http:/

Default Window

1999-08-26 Thread Dennis
Is there a way to make a web server (or any freebsd host for that matter) negotiate a window of a specific size? Bandwidth management works better with smaller windows...it would be interesting to be able to tum a server (perhaps dynamically) Dennis To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd

Re: (forw) Re: ndc(8)

1999-08-26 Thread Doug
On Fri, 27 Aug 1999, Anders Andersson wrote: > - Forwarded message from Nik Clayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - > > Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 21:20:16 +0100 > From: Nik Clayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Anders Andersson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: ndc(8) > Message-I

Re: Seeking testers for change to lib/libc/gen/fts.c

1999-08-26 Thread Warner Losh
In message <37c5a7d5.9a7f4...@freebsd.org> Peter Holm writes: : The patch is available at http://www.freebsd.org/~pho/fts.diff You might want to work with Bruce Evens who has patches as well.. Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the bo

Re: (forw) FreeBSD (and other BSDs?) local root explot

1999-08-26 Thread Warner Losh
In message Julian Elischer writes: : quickest fix would be to make the core-dump routines not follow symlinks. An even quicker fix would be to disable coredumps in periodic, since no reboot would be required. :-) As has been noted in -security, the kernel fix has been committed. Warner To Un

Re: (forw) FreeBSD (and other BSDs?) local root explot

1999-08-26 Thread Warner Losh
In message <19990826184654.a...@ecad.org> crypt0genic writes: : This was just posted to BUGTRAQ, are the FreeBSD developers aware of this yet? Yes. We are and have been working to correct the problem. In fact, there is a kernel patch that has been committed. A quick and dirty workaround has bee

Re: (forw) Re: ndc(8)

1999-08-26 Thread sthaug
> > 'stats Causes named to dump its statistics to /etc/namedb/named.stats' > > > > This also applies for /var/tmp/named_dump.db, that one goes also in > > /etc/namedb. > > Guys, before we fix the manpage on this, could someone please follow > this up with -hackers? I was under the impressio

Re: Mandatory locking?

1999-08-26 Thread Terry Lambert
> I was assuming that mandatory locking, in the context of this > discussion, does not mean automatic, forced exclusion on open, but > rather explicit locks, applied by calls similar to those used for > advisory locking, that are enforced by the kernel. It's not mandatory, if it's not implicit. Y

(forw) Re: ndc(8)

1999-08-26 Thread Anders Andersson
- Forwarded message from Alexey Zelkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 23:03:07 +0400 From: Alexey Zelkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Anders Andersson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: ndc(8) Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.7i hi, On Thu

(forw) Re: ndc(8)

1999-08-26 Thread Anders Andersson
- Forwarded message from Nik Clayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 21:20:16 +0100 From: Nik Clayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Anders Andersson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: ndc(8) Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.4i Organization: Fr

Re: Looking for good QA tests...

1999-08-26 Thread Wilko Bulte
As Brian McGovern wrote ... > >> Mmmm... No. _I_ (read: Not Cisco as a whole) am looking for tests that will > >> help locate bugs pre-release copies of the OS so that there is still time > >> for > >> others to debug the code before Jordan cuts the release. Its more of a > >> "lets help the proj

Default Window

1999-08-26 Thread Dennis
Is there a way to make a web server (or any freebsd host for that matter) negotiate a window of a specific size? Bandwidth management works better with smaller windows...it would be interesting to be able to tum a server (perhaps dynamically) Dennis To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: mkfifo default creation mode 0777

1999-08-26 Thread Ollivier Robert
According to Sheldon Hearn: > I can't see why we use 0777. Would bad things happened if I changed this > to 0666 while I'm in there? I don't think so. I don't see any need of allowing FIFO to be executable... I'd say, go for it. -- Ollivier ROBERT -=- FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! -=- robe...@kel

Re: Seeking testers for change to lib/libc/gen/fts.c

1999-08-26 Thread Warner Losh
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Peter Holm writes: : The patch is available at http://www.freebsd.org/~pho/fts.diff You might want to work with Bruce Evens who has patches as well.. Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the messa

Re: (forw) FreeBSD (and other BSDs?) local root explot

1999-08-26 Thread Warner Losh
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Julian Elischer writes: : quickest fix would be to make the core-dump routines not follow symlinks. An even quicker fix would be to disable coredumps in periodic, since no reboot would be required. :-) As has been noted in -security, the kernel fix has been commit

Re: (forw) FreeBSD (and other BSDs?) local root explot

1999-08-26 Thread Warner Losh
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> crypt0genic writes: : This was just posted to BUGTRAQ, are the FreeBSD developers aware of this yet? Yes. We are and have been working to correct the problem. In fact, there is a kernel patch that has been committed. A quick and dirty workaround has been posted t

Re: Mandatory locking?

1999-08-26 Thread Terry Lambert
> I was assuming that mandatory locking, in the context of this > discussion, does not mean automatic, forced exclusion on open, but > rather explicit locks, applied by calls similar to those used for > advisory locking, that are enforced by the kernel. It's not mandatory, if it's not implicit.

Re: Looking for good QA tests...

1999-08-26 Thread Wilko Bulte
As Brian McGovern wrote ... > >> Mmmm... No. _I_ (read: Not Cisco as a whole) am looking for tests that will > >> help locate bugs pre-release copies of the OS so that there is still time for > >> others to debug the code before Jordan cuts the release. Its more of a > >> "lets help the project b

Re: mkfifo default creation mode 0777

1999-08-26 Thread Ollivier Robert
According to Sheldon Hearn: > I can't see why we use 0777. Would bad things happened if I changed this > to 0666 while I'm in there? I don't think so. I don't see any need of allowing FIFO to be executable... I'd say, go for it. -- Ollivier ROBERT -=- FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! -=- [EMAIL PRO

Examining kernel core dump: gd_curpcb

1999-08-26 Thread Amit Singh
The kernel (a hacked 3.2-RELEASE) dumps core (courtesy a panic), and upon a subsequent boot, the following happens: # cd /usr/src/sys/compile/FOOKERNEL # gdb -k GNU gdb 4.18 ... (kgdb) symbol-file kernel.debug Reading symbols from kernel.debug...done. (kgdb) exec-file /var/crash

Request for review: vnconfig.c

1999-08-26 Thread Mark J. Taylor
(Since this will be one of my first commits, I'd like to pass it by as many people as possible.) This patch makes "vnconfig" like "ccdconfig" where you don't have to specify "/dev/xxx": it will add "/dev/" for you. Same goes for the "vntab" file. Also includes "-Wall" cleanup. [I already know

Examining kernel core dump: gd_curpcb

1999-08-26 Thread Amit Singh
The kernel (a hacked 3.2-RELEASE) dumps core (courtesy a panic), and upon a subsequent boot, the following happens: # cd /usr/src/sys/compile/FOOKERNEL # gdb -k GNU gdb 4.18 ... (kgdb) symbol-file kernel.debug Reading symbols from kernel.debug...done. (kgdb) exec-file /var/cras

Request for review: vnconfig.c

1999-08-26 Thread Mark J. Taylor
(Since this will be one of my first commits, I'd like to pass it by as many people as possible.) This patch makes "vnconfig" like "ccdconfig" where you don't have to specify "/dev/xxx": it will add "/dev/" for you. Same goes for the "vntab" file. Also includes "-Wall" cleanup. [I already kno

Re: Looking for good QA tests...

1999-08-26 Thread Matthew Dillon
:> Still too small a scope. How about "A regression test to make sure :> that the OS is not broken before Jordan inflicts it on the world" ? : :Athough it does not actively hunt down bugs, a NFS mounted, :FreeBSD-routed build should stress enough of the system to disprove many :serious problems. :

Seeking testers for change to lib/libc/gen/fts.c

1999-08-26 Thread Peter Holm
PROBLEM: Find core dumps with extreme long path names. See also kern/12855 CAUSE: fts.c does not handle realloc of buffer space correctly. FIX: Upgrade fts.c from OpenBSD version 1.9 to 1.20. The fix for when fts_open is used with option FTS_NOCHDIR the full path entry of type FTS_DP is retur

Re: (forw) FreeBSD (and other BSDs?) local root explot

1999-08-26 Thread Julian Elischer
works as advertised for me... quickest fix would be to make the core-dump routines not follow symlinks. On Thu, 26 Aug 1999, crypt0genic wrote: > > This was just posted to BUGTRAQ, are the FreeBSD developers aware of this yet? > > -Emil > > -- > Reverse engineering, the most fun and usuall

Re: Looking for good QA tests...

1999-08-26 Thread Mark Murray
> Still too small a scope. How about "A regression test to make sure > that the OS is not broken before Jordan inflicts it on the world" ? Athough it does not actively hunt down bugs, a NFS mounted, FreeBSD-routed build should stress enough of the system to disprove many serious problems. Inflict

Re: Looking for good QA tests...

1999-08-26 Thread Brian McGovern
>> Mmmm... No. _I_ (read: Not Cisco as a whole) am looking for tests that will >> help locate bugs pre-release copies of the OS so that there is still time for >> others to debug the code before Jordan cuts the release. Its more of a >> "lets help the project by coordinating testing" thing > >

Re: Looking for good QA tests...

1999-08-26 Thread Mark Murray
> Mmmm... No. _I_ (read: Not Cisco as a whole) am looking for tests that will > help locate bugs pre-release copies of the OS so that there is still time for > others to debug the code before Jordan cuts the release. Its more of a > "lets help the project by coordinating testing" thing A regr

trying to get into my old add

1999-08-26 Thread Trevor Morrison
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Re: Looking for good QA tests...

1999-08-26 Thread Matthew Jacob
> >I have at least one filesystem killer test. > > And it is?... Like I mentioned, we're trying to collect tests/code that will > demonstrate bugs. > > >I'll try and figure out a good place to hang it in the source tree, but I > >believe that it's usage is a mandatory "must use" for validating

Re: Looking for good QA tests...

1999-08-26 Thread Matthew Jacob
> On Thu, Aug 26, 1999 at 10:41:58AM -0700, Matthew Jacob wrote: > > > > I have a filesystem stress tests that are worth incorporating. I also have > > a raw disk pattern checker, but that's less of a test than analysis tool. > > Does it check do things that should fail aswell as things that >

Re: Looking for good QA tests...

1999-08-26 Thread Matthew Dillon
:> Still too small a scope. How about "A regression test to make sure :> that the OS is not broken before Jordan inflicts it on the world" ? : :Athough it does not actively hunt down bugs, a NFS mounted, :FreeBSD-routed build should stress enough of the system to disprove many :serious problems. :

Re: Looking for good QA tests...

1999-08-26 Thread David Malone
On Thu, Aug 26, 1999 at 10:41:58AM -0700, Matthew Jacob wrote: > > I have a filesystem stress tests that are worth incorporating. I also have > a raw disk pattern checker, but that's less of a test than analysis tool. Does it check do things that should fail aswell as things that should work? One

Re: Looking for good QA tests...

1999-08-26 Thread Brian McGovern
>> Therefore, I'm asking people to put their minds to work, and talk >> about valid tests that we could run to catch things that might slip >> through the cracks. I'm hoping that some of the long-timers can point >> out areas that have been missed before, and others to point out areas >> where they

(forw) FreeBSD (and other BSDs?) local root explot

1999-08-26 Thread crypt0genic
This was just posted to BUGTRAQ, are the FreeBSD developers aware of this yet? -Emil -- Reverse engineering, the most fun and usually the most effective way to tackle a problem or learn something new. Public PGP key: http://www.ecad.org/crypt0genic_pgp_key Website:http:/

Re: HEADS UP Reviewers. VFS changes to be committed.

1999-08-26 Thread Matthew Dillon
:> :> I've done a quick once-over of your patch. From the point of view of :> the work I'm doing and the work Kirk will be doing later on, I do :> not think the patch will cause any problems since you are adding new :> VOPs for the most part rather then modifying (too many) existi

Re: Looking for good QA tests...

1999-08-26 Thread Brian McGovern
>I have a filesystem stress tests that are worth incorporating. I also have >a raw disk pattern checker, but that's less of a test than analysis tool. > >- -matt Great. Bundle something up and send it along, and I'll take a look. -Brian To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org

Re: HEADS UP Reviewers. VFS changes to be committed.

1999-08-26 Thread Mike Smith
> > However, dt suggested I make VFS_CHECKEXP a VOP instead of VFS, my only > gripe is that exportability is determined by the filesystem, _then_ the > vnode, making it more of a VFS op imo. I think dt is right here; the issue is that the operation is performed on a vnode, not on a filesystem, a

Seeking testers for change to lib/libc/gen/fts.c

1999-08-26 Thread Peter Holm
PROBLEM: Find core dumps with extreme long path names. See also kern/12855 CAUSE: fts.c does not handle realloc of buffer space correctly. FIX: Upgrade fts.c from OpenBSD version 1.9 to 1.20. The fix for when fts_open is used with option FTS_NOCHDIR the full path entry of type FTS_DP is retu

Re: (forw) FreeBSD (and other BSDs?) local root explot

1999-08-26 Thread Julian Elischer
works as advertised for me... quickest fix would be to make the core-dump routines not follow symlinks. On Thu, 26 Aug 1999, crypt0genic wrote: > > This was just posted to BUGTRAQ, are the FreeBSD developers aware of this yet? > > -Emil > > -- > Reverse engineering, the most fun and usual

Re: Looking for good QA tests...

1999-08-26 Thread Matthew Jacob
I have a filesystem stress tests that are worth incorporating. I also have a raw disk pattern checker, but that's less of a test than analysis tool. -matt To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message

Re: Looking for good QA tests...

1999-08-26 Thread Brian McGovern
>I have at least one filesystem killer test. And it is?... Like I mentioned, we're trying to collect tests/code that will demonstrate bugs. >I'll try and figure out a good place to hang it in the source tree, but I >believe that it's usage is a mandatory "must use" for validating FFS >and VM c

Re: HEADS UP Reviewers. VFS changes to be committed.

1999-08-26 Thread Alfred Perlstein
On Thu, 26 Aug 1999, Matthew Dillon wrote: > :I've posted 2 times asking for someone to review these diffs: > : > :http://big.endian.org/~bright/freebsd/in_progress/vfs-fhsyscall.diff > : > :Am I to take it that silence is accpetance? I'll be committing this > :to -current tonight or tomorrow un

Re: Looking for good QA tests...

1999-08-26 Thread Mark Murray
> Still too small a scope. How about "A regression test to make sure > that the OS is not broken before Jordan inflicts it on the world" ? Athough it does not actively hunt down bugs, a NFS mounted, FreeBSD-routed build should stress enough of the system to disprove many serious problems. Inflic

Re: Looking for good QA tests...

1999-08-26 Thread Mark Murray
> Therefore, I'm asking people to put their minds to work, and talk > about valid tests that we could run to catch things that might slip > through the cracks. I'm hoping that some of the long-timers can point > out areas that have been missed before, and others to point out areas > where they have

Re: HEADS UP Reviewers. VFS changes to be committed.

1999-08-26 Thread Alfred Perlstein
On Thu, 26 Aug 1999, Dmitrij Tejblum wrote: > Just a few comments... > > > 2) The casting of VFS ops to eopnotsupp() has been removed and > > vfs_nop*() functions have been put into kern/vfs_default.c > > > >This makes it more clear that certain VFS-ops are giving default > >behavi

Re: HEADS UP Reviewers. VFS changes to be committed.

1999-08-26 Thread Matthew Dillon
:I've posted 2 times asking for someone to review these diffs: : :http://big.endian.org/~bright/freebsd/in_progress/vfs-fhsyscall.diff : :Am I to take it that silence is accpetance? I'll be committing this :to -current tonight or tomorrow unless I get feedback. : :See attached email for details. :

Re: Looking for good QA tests...

1999-08-26 Thread Brian McGovern
>> Mmmm... No. _I_ (read: Not Cisco as a whole) am looking for tests that will >> help locate bugs pre-release copies of the OS so that there is still time for >> others to debug the code before Jordan cuts the release. Its more of a >> "lets help the project by coordinating testing" thing >

Re: Looking for good QA tests...

1999-08-26 Thread Mark Murray
> Mmmm... No. _I_ (read: Not Cisco as a whole) am looking for tests that will > help locate bugs pre-release copies of the OS so that there is still time for > others to debug the code before Jordan cuts the release. Its more of a > "lets help the project by coordinating testing" thing A reg

trying to get into my old add

1999-08-26 Thread Trevor Morrison
this is Playerbigdaddy,     I forgot the password to my old e-mail address and i can't get in. Can you help me even reply and let me know how to do it so i can try or get in for me and reply to me and let me know what the password is .   [E

Re: Looking for good QA tests...

1999-08-26 Thread Matthew Jacob
> >I have at least one filesystem killer test. > > And it is?... Like I mentioned, we're trying to collect tests/code that will > demonstrate bugs. > > >I'll try and figure out a good place to hang it in the source tree, but I > >believe that it's usage is a mandatory "must use" for validatin

Re: Looking for good QA tests...

1999-08-26 Thread Matthew Jacob
> On Thu, Aug 26, 1999 at 10:41:58AM -0700, Matthew Jacob wrote: > > > > I have a filesystem stress tests that are worth incorporating. I also have > > a raw disk pattern checker, but that's less of a test than analysis tool. > > Does it check do things that should fail aswell as things that >

Re: Looking for good QA tests...

1999-08-26 Thread David Malone
On Thu, Aug 26, 1999 at 10:41:58AM -0700, Matthew Jacob wrote: > > I have a filesystem stress tests that are worth incorporating. I also have > a raw disk pattern checker, but that's less of a test than analysis tool. Does it check do things that should fail aswell as things that should work? On

Re: Looking for good QA tests...

1999-08-26 Thread Brian McGovern
>> Therefore, I'm asking people to put their minds to work, and talk >> about valid tests that we could run to catch things that might slip >> through the cracks. I'm hoping that some of the long-timers can point >> out areas that have been missed before, and others to point out areas >> where the

(forw) FreeBSD (and other BSDs?) local root explot

1999-08-26 Thread crypt0genic
This was just posted to BUGTRAQ, are the FreeBSD developers aware of this yet? -Emil -- Reverse engineering, the most fun and usually the most effective way to tackle a problem or learn something new. Public PGP key: http://www.ecad.org/crypt0genic_pgp_key Website:http:

Re: HEADS UP Reviewers. VFS changes to be committed.

1999-08-26 Thread Matthew Dillon
:> :> I've done a quick once-over of your patch. From the point of view of :> the work I'm doing and the work Kirk will be doing later on, I do :> not think the patch will cause any problems since you are adding new :> VOPs for the most part rather then modifying (too many) exist

Re: HEADS UP Reviewers. VFS changes to be committed.

1999-08-26 Thread Mike Smith
> > However, dt suggested I make VFS_CHECKEXP a VOP instead of VFS, my only > gripe is that exportability is determined by the filesystem, _then_ the > vnode, making it more of a VFS op imo. I think dt is right here; the issue is that the operation is performed on a vnode, not on a filesystem,

Re: Looking for good QA tests...

1999-08-26 Thread Brian McGovern
>I have a filesystem stress tests that are worth incorporating. I also have >a raw disk pattern checker, but that's less of a test than analysis tool. > >- -matt Great. Bundle something up and send it along, and I'll take a look. -Brian To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] wit

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