Re: Encryption rules changes coming up - win for open source

2000-01-13 Thread Wes Peters
"Jordan K. Hubbard" wrote: > > > Have we had an opportunity to have the Walnut Creek (or other) legal staff > > review the actual rules for gotchas? > > No, this is something I hope to sit down with our corporate counsel > over very shortly. It's an annoying drive to San Jose from here, but > I

Re: Reading the kernel sources

2000-01-13 Thread Wes Peters
Michael Lucas wrote: > > Wes Peters wrote: > > Michael Lucas wrote: > > > > > > I find myself in a contract where I sit for eight hours a day and wait > > > for something to break. It pays obscenely well, so I'm putting up > > > with the tedium. > > > > > > So, if I was to sit down and start rea

Re: Dell PowerEdge 2400 & RCC PCI chipset?

2000-01-13 Thread Warner Losh
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> NOKUBI Hirotaka writes: : I also want to know a URL. : : My NEC PC98 (using x86 CPU, but not PC-AT compatible) uses : RCC Champion as it's chipset. (Sorry not Champion II/III, it's slightly : old machine.) I'll attach dmesg from it. : : RCC Champion is attached lik

Re: Reading the kernel sources

2000-01-13 Thread Peter Jeremy
On Wed, 12 Jan 2000 17:09:29 -0500 (EST), Michael Lucas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I find myself in a contract where I sit for eight hours a day and wait >for something to break. It pays obscenely well, so I'm putting up >with the tedium. How does one go about getting such contracts? >So, if

UDF

2000-01-13 Thread Brian Beattie
I have been looking at UDF ( the filesystem used on CD-RW and DVD's ). I was wondering if anybody was working on it. I'm thinking about trying to implement it for CD-RW's and would like to avoid duplication of effort and the anoyance of getting half way through the effort and having somebody els

Re: Encryption rules changes coming up - win for open source

2000-01-13 Thread Wes Peters
"Christopher R. Bowman" wrote: > > The last paragraph would be a step in the right direction but still seems > silly. What are they going to do with it? I would really like to see people > educate them on the stupidity of sending code to Washington. I think it would > be neat if there was one

Re: Encryption rules changes coming up - win for open source

2000-01-13 Thread Jordan K. Hubbard
> Have we had an opportunity to have the Walnut Creek (or other) legal staff > review the actual rules for gotchas? No, this is something I hope to sit down with our corporate counsel over very shortly. It's an annoying drive to San Jose from here, but I'm prepared to make that sacrifice. :) -

Re: Encryption rules changes coming up - win for open source

2000-01-13 Thread Wes Peters
Oliver Fromme wrote: > > Basically, does this mean something like > tar cf - /usr/src/crypto | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ? :-) No. Mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]", Hilary is handling the database. -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters

Re: Encryption rules changes coming up - win for open source

2000-01-13 Thread Wes Peters
Matthew Dillon wrote: > > The last two paragraphs are the most relevant to us. > > http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/technology/tech-tech-encryption.html > Have we had an opportunity to have the Walnut Creek (or other) legal staff review the actual rules for gotchas? -- "Whe

Re: cvs commit: src/gnu/usr.bin/cc/cc_fbsd Makefile

2000-01-13 Thread Daniel Eischen
On Thu, 13 Jan 2000, Jason Evans wrote: > On Thu, Jan 13, 2000 at 07:18:12AM -0500, Daniel Eischen wrote: > > > Consider as an example that open() is a thread cancellation point according > > > to POSIX. If libpthread overrides the libc open() with its own version of > > > open(), then by extens

Re: your mail

2000-01-13 Thread Gene Harris
This list is for FreeBSD, not Solaris. *==* *Gene Harris http://www.tetronsoftware.com* *FreeBSD Novice* *All ORBS.org SMTP connections are denied! * *==* On Thu, 13 J

Re: your mail

2000-01-13 Thread Ryan Thompson
On Thu, 13 Jan 2000, Ramiro Amaya wrote: > I am new in this mail list, so I do not have so much experience about the > questions I should ask, If I am in the worng place let me know, please. > Well my question is related with Solaris 2.6, the story is like this: > > I have a Solaris 2.5 server

Re: cvs commit: src/gnu/usr.bin/cc/cc_fbsd Makefile

2000-01-13 Thread Jason Evans
On Thu, Jan 13, 2000 at 07:18:12AM -0500, Daniel Eischen wrote: > > Consider as an example that open() is a thread cancellation point according > > to POSIX. If libpthread overrides the libc open() with its own version of > > open(), then by extension, every function that calls open() can potenti

Re: Reading the kernel sources

2000-01-13 Thread Bill Fumerola
On Thu, 13 Jan 2000, Michael Lucas wrote: > PS: Anyone know the status of zp0 in -current? It was a hack and it was put to sleep by someone wielding an axe. -- - bill fumerola - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - BF1560 - computer horizons corp - - ph:(800) 252-2421 - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Reading the kernel sources

2000-01-13 Thread Michael Lucas
Wes Peters wrote: > Michael Lucas wrote: > > > > I find myself in a contract where I sit for eight hours a day and wait > > for something to break. It pays obscenely well, so I'm putting up > > with the tedium. > > > > So, if I was to sit down and start reading /usr/src/sys, where's the > > log

Re: your mail

2000-01-13 Thread Chris Costello
On Thu, Jan 13, 2000, Ramiro Amaya wrote: > I am new in this mail list, so I do not have so much experience about the > questions I should ask, If I am in the worng place let me know, please. > Well my question is related with Solaris 2.6, the story is like this: What does this have to do with

No Subject

2000-01-13 Thread Ramiro Amaya
I am new in this mail list, so I do not have so much experience about the questions I should ask, If I am in the worng place let me know, please. Well my question is related with Solaris 2.6, the story is like this: I have a Solaris 2.5 server which has configured all the printers so I can perin

Re: Reading the kernel sources

2000-01-13 Thread Wes Peters
Michael Lucas wrote: > > I find myself in a contract where I sit for eight hours a day and wait > for something to break. It pays obscenely well, so I'm putting up > with the tedium. > > So, if I was to sit down and start reading /usr/src/sys, where's the > logical place to start? Or should I

Re: fbsdboot.exe can't load elf kernels (flash cards off topic)

2000-01-13 Thread Warner Losh
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Wes Peters writes: : Modern flash chips support on the order of 1,000,000 write cycles, so this : is not such a concern anymore. There is no reason why we shouldn't put : a filesystem on a flash card. We weren't talking about modern flash cards :-). These flash ca

Re: fbsdboot.exe can't load elf kernels (flash cards off topic)

2000-01-13 Thread Wes Peters
Marcin Cieslak wrote: > > On Wed, 12 Jan 2000, Warner Losh wrote: > > > The linear flash cards don't have an ata interface, > > so PAO and soon -current won't recognize them. > > They don't have and we don't need it. > Once can easily read them with low-level pccardc interface. > In general, fl

Re: cvs commit: src/gnu/usr.bin/cc/cc_fbsd Makefile

2000-01-13 Thread Daniel Eischen
On Thu, 13 Jan 2000, David O'Brien wrote: > On Thu, Jan 13, 2000 at 07:18:12AM -0500, Daniel Eischen wrote: > > > > Use _open internally within libc and libpthread. Have one "open" > > entry point that is the cancellation version of open. > > This is what it appears Solaris 7 does. Yeah, I've

Re: cvs commit: src/gnu/usr.bin/cc/cc_fbsd Makefile

2000-01-13 Thread David O'Brien
On Thu, Jan 13, 2000 at 07:18:12AM -0500, Daniel Eischen wrote: > > Use _open internally within libc and libpthread. Have one "open" > entry point that is the cancellation version of open. This is what it appears Solaris 7 does. -- -- David([EMAIL PROTECTED]) To Unsubscribe: send mail

Re: rfork() [was: Concept check]

2000-01-13 Thread Peter Wemm
"Ronald G. Minnich" wrote: > On Wed, 12 Jan 2000, Luoqi Chen wrote: > > > It's almost a regular fork(), we lose all the advantages of a single > > address space. A rfork(RFMEM) wrapper can achieve the same level of > > usability without sacrificing the performance, and IMO is a preferred > > solu

Re: Dell PowerEdge 2400 & RCC PCI chipset?

2000-01-13 Thread NOKUBI Hirotaka
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Kenneth D. Merry" writes: >On Tue, Jan 11, 2000 at 13:49:59 -0600, Jonathan Lemon wrote: >> The RCC is probably this one: >> >> pci: unknown ATA vendor = 0x1166, device = 0x0211 >> >> >> I wonder why it flags it as a ATA device, I'm pretty sure this is the

Re: rfork() [was: Concept check]

2000-01-13 Thread Ronald G. Minnich
On Wed, 12 Jan 2000, Luoqi Chen wrote: > It's almost a regular fork(), we lose all the advantages of a single > address space. A rfork(RFMEM) wrapper can achieve the same level of > usability without sacrificing the performance, and IMO is a preferred > solution. I don't see this at all. You get

Re: Reading the kernel sources

2000-01-13 Thread George Cox
On 12/01 17:09, Michael Lucas wrote: > Minesweeper can only fill so many hours in a day, after all. Must be a long day in your part of the world, then, because it's an NP-complete problem! (http://www.mat.bham.ac.uk/R.W.Kaye/minesw.htm) Heh :-) obSources: try /usr/src/sys/contrib/softupdates/f

Re: Fwd: Re: GTK & threading on FreeBSD (and possibly other unices)

2000-01-13 Thread Daniel Eischen
> I'm running 3.4-RELEASE. Try upgrading to -stable and see if that helps. There were some changes recently merged from -current. If the application uses signals to wakeup threads, then perhaps the -stable version may fix the problems your seeing. Dan Eischen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe

Re: cvs commit: src/gnu/usr.bin/cc/cc_fbsd Makefile

2000-01-13 Thread Daniel Eischen
> Consider as an example that open() is a thread cancellation point according > to POSIX. If libpthread overrides the libc open() with its own version of > open(), then by extension, every function that calls open() can potentially > cause thread cancellation. This propagation of cancellation po

Re: Pthreads

2000-01-13 Thread Daniel Eischen
> Quick question, > > Does anyone on here know what the equivelant macro for > PTHREAD_RECURSIVE_MUTEX_INITALIZER_NP is under freebsd? I cant find > anything like this in pthread.h, and Im wondering without it what do I use > to initialize a recursive mutex. > > Any advice would be appreciated

Re: Fwd: Re: GTK & threading on FreeBSD (and possibly otherunices)

2000-01-13 Thread ROGIER MULHUIJZEN
I'm running 3.4-RELEASE. DocWilco >>> Daniel Eischen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 01/13 12:57 PM >>> > I'm forwarding this from the GTK development list. According to Owen > their is something wrong with the threads implementation > > Is that true? or is it a "It's not the way Linux works

Re: Fwd: Re: GTK & threading on FreeBSD (and possibly other unices)

2000-01-13 Thread Daniel Eischen
> I'm forwarding this from the GTK development list. According to Owen > their is something wrong with the threads implementation > > Is that true? or is it a "It's not the way Linux works, so it must be > wrong"-pigheadedness? =) What version of FreeBSD are you using? Dan Eischen [EMAIL PR

Re: Fwd: Re: GTK & threading on FreeBSD (and possibly other unices)

2000-01-13 Thread Jason Evans
On Thu, Jan 13, 2000 at 10:27:23AM +0100, ROGIER MULHUIJZEN wrote: > I'm forwarding this from the GTK development list. According to Owen > their is something wrong with the threads implementation > > Is that true? or is it a "It's not the way Linux works, so it must be > wrong"-pigheadedness

Pthreads

2000-01-13 Thread lists
Quick question, Does anyone on here know what the equivelant macro for PTHREAD_RECURSIVE_MUTEX_INITALIZER_NP is under freebsd? I cant find anything like this in pthread.h, and Im wondering without it what do I use to initialize a recursive mutex. Any advice would be appreciated Many thanks An

Fwd: Re: GTK & threading on FreeBSD (and possibly otherunices)

2000-01-13 Thread ROGIER MULHUIJZEN
I'm forwarding this from the GTK development list. According to Owen their is something wrong with the threads implementation Is that true? or is it a "It's not the way Linux works, so it must be wrong"-pigheadedness? =) DocWilco "ROGIER MULHUIJZEN" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes