Re: Sharing memory between processes.

2000-06-18 Thread Andrew Kenneth Milton
+[ Shawn Workman ]- | | Hello, | I am coming up against a road block in porting an application from | a win32 platform to FreeBSD. The problem I am having is due to the | fact that FreeBSD protects it's memory more that NT for example.

Re: Sharing memory between processes.

2000-06-18 Thread Warner Losh
In message <007301bfd9b4$8018c1b0$b2a612d8@hayden> "Shawn Workman" writes: : Is there a way to give a client app access to another apps memory? = Yes. It is called system V shared memory. mmap will also be able to do that as well, if you use a backing file (is that still required?) :

Re: ACPI project progress report

2000-06-18 Thread Bjoern Fischer
On Sat, Jun 17, 2000 at 01:56:11PM +0900, Mitsuru IWASAKI wrote: > I think OS-initiated S4 (hibernation) in FreeBSD has enough advantages > because we can do `Save-to-Disk' anywhere even on non-laptop machines > which BIOS doesn't support hibernation. > FreeBSD supports crash dump facility here, s

Sharing memory between processes.

2000-06-18 Thread Shawn Workman
Hello,     I am coming up against a road block in porting an application from a win32 platform to FreeBSD.  The problem I am having is due to the fact that FreeBSD protects it's memory more that NT for example.       Is there a way to give a client app access to another apps memory?  the way

Re: Quickie: C++ statically linked into kernel?

2000-06-18 Thread Warner Losh
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Dave Preece writes: : > I implemented only new and delete : > and was able to get sample code to run in the kernel. : : Euuww. So the default new and delete need to be overloaded with the kernel : mode variety? (the three-parameter'd one from sys/malloc.h)? Right, O

RE: Quickie: C++ statically linked into kernel?

2000-06-18 Thread Dave Preece
> I've run C++ code in the kernel. You couldn't easily use: templates, > exceptions, global ctors, and sometimes you had to be careful with > automatic instantiation of things. Nothing too smart, OK. I tend to write fairly agricultural code anyway. > I implemented only new and delete > and was

Re: freebsd bios.

2000-06-18 Thread Mike Smith
> > My mistake, as Ron pointed out, since loader uses the BIOS services, it > > can't run when there is no BIOS. Now if someone writes a loader that > > doesn't use a BIOS... > > Err... how is a loader that doesn't use BIOS going to access the hard > disk? I truly hope the answer is not to the e

Re: freebsd bios.

2000-06-18 Thread Parag Patel
On Mon, 19 Jun 2000 13:49:36 +0900, "Daniel C. Sobral" wrote: > >Err... how is a loader that doesn't use BIOS going to access the hard >disk? I truly hope the answer is not to the effect of requiring >shitloads of drivers. It can't, without shitloads of drivers. :) ("I asked you not to tell me t

Re: freebsd bios.

2000-06-18 Thread Daniel C. Sobral
Parag Patel wrote: > > On Sat, 17 Jun 2000 07:35:51 +0900, "Daniel C. Sobral" wrote: > > > >Loader(8) runs using BIOS services, and loads the kernel from any drive > >that BIOS recognizes. It has also been enhanced with PXE knowledge, so > >he can load from that to. > > My mistake, as Ron pointe

Re: ACPI project progress report

2000-06-18 Thread Warner Losh
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mitsuru IWASAKI writes: : Hi, here is the latest report on our ACPI project's progress. As I told you on the Train in Tokyo: Cool! Way Cool! ACPI should enable us to properly put the chipsets in laptops to sleep and then wake them up again. Right now pccard inse

Re: Quickie: C++ statically linked into kernel?

2000-06-18 Thread Warner Losh
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Dave Preece writes: : I'm writing some C++ code that currently uses divert sockets off the : firewall and for performance reasons moving the code kernel mode is looking : like a (long term) good idea. : : The question is: Should I bite the bullet and start writing

Re: freebsd bios.

2000-06-18 Thread Warner Losh
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Daniel C. Sobral" writes: : If your BIOS project recognizes the flash card as a disk, accessible : with normal BIOS functions, then loader can work as is (minus whatever : you need modified). If not, it can be changed to understand whatever you : have to access the

Re: Anybody working on FreeBSD BIOS?

2000-06-18 Thread Warner Losh
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Parag Patel writes: : manage their rack-mount systems remotely using the serial port without : video and without a keyboard - something that few motherboards support. Might I point out that there is the console weasil (or something to that effect) that converts memo

Re: one last thing I forgot on freebsd bios

2000-06-18 Thread Warner Losh
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Ronald G Minnich writes: : synergy micro sells power pc boards that boot linux today out of flash. : : www.synergy.com : : They get it too. I boot FreeBSD out of flash every day. It isn't a big deal at all. I've been doing this for at least 6 months. I've done

Quickie: C++ statically linked into kernel?

2000-06-18 Thread Dave Preece
I'm writing some C++ code that currently uses divert sockets off the firewall and for performance reasons moving the code kernel mode is looking like a (long term) good idea. The question is: Should I bite the bullet and start writing in pure C now (and therefore save pain later)? Can I just prov

Re: pricerange for dinner.

2000-06-18 Thread Kris Kirby
On Fri, 16 Jun 2000, Greg Lehey wrote: > My company has a policy in place that I shouldn't spend more than $35 > per day for all meals together. > > See whether I care. I'll go along with anything that the others > approve of, as long as it's good food. Hrm. I was under the impression that you

Re: freebsd bios.

2000-06-18 Thread Coleman Kane
If you start out with a board based on a reference design, say the Intel SE440BX, you already have access to all this info. Most chipset vendors have info on this sort of thing up on their webpage, I know intel is really good about this sort of thing (though I am not so sure about the 810/815/820/

RE: install / boot last 3 gig of 25 gig drive

2000-06-18 Thread Jeff Kreska
I think there is something wrong with the install prog. 2 things to note: The partition table is corrupt after a install. (even if I don't install anything and just go into the intaller's fdisk like screen and type "w".) If I set the BSD partition active the system beeps at star

Re: 3dfx driver for freebsd

2000-06-18 Thread Coleman Kane
I've used it in both. Also many other people have used it in -Stable and -Current. I was shooting for compatibility between the two. Thanks for asking though. Essenz Consulting had the audacity to say: > > Hmmm, > > I guess this point was overlooked, but Has anyone tried this new code > to

Re: FBSDBOOT.EXE, Vi and DosCMD.

2000-06-18 Thread Gustavo Pamplona
At 14:17 18/06/00 -0700, you wrote: >On Sun, 18 Jun 2000, Gustavo Pamplona wrote: > >> Hi, BSDusers. >> >> I know I ought to post these 2 questions to questions mailing list. >> > > Yes, you ought to have. > >> How can I use FBSDBOOT.EXE? When I try to use it, it give me a error of >> "Invalid

Why is this architecture dependent?

2000-06-18 Thread James Howard
We know I ask dumb questions a lot, but this one may not be so dumb. A friend of mine was joking about having a device called /dev/foo which would be like /dev/zero, except it would spit out the word "foo" over and over again. Well, we laughed about it, but today, I implemented it. (This was co

Re: freebsd bios.

2000-06-18 Thread Mike Smith
> On Sat, 17 Jun 2000 07:35:51 +0900, "Daniel C. Sobral" wrote: > > > >Loader(8) runs using BIOS services, and loads the kernel from any drive > >that BIOS recognizes. It has also been enhanced with PXE knowledge, so > >he can load from that to. > > My mistake, as Ron pointed out, since loader us

Re: kerneld for FreeBSD

2000-06-18 Thread Mike Smith
> > > > I built a kernel without 'device miibus' and 'device xl' and it > > automatically loaded the drivers when I manually did 'ifconfig'. But > > it didn't load them from rc.conf, where I have my ethernet card > > configured like so: > > > > ifconfig_xl0="inet 216.231.50.6 netmask 255.255

Re: SM bus on VIA KX133 chipset?

2000-06-18 Thread Wilko Bulte
On Mon, Jun 19, 2000 at 01:29:48AM +0900, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Watanabe-san, thank you for your reply. > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Wilko Bulte wrote: > >On Sun, Jun 18, 2000 at 10:49:08AM +0200, Wilko Bulte wrote: > >> Since yesterday I finally have my Abit KA7 Athlon board online (I

Re: pricerange for dinner.

2000-06-18 Thread Greg Lehey
On Wednesday, 14 June 2000 at 17:31:01 -0400, Pat Lynch wrote: > Also, does anyone have a prefereed pricerange for dinner? I have one > restaurant alreading bidding at 40/plate My company has a policy in place that I shouldn't spend more than $35 per day for all meals together. See whether I car

Re: FBSDBOOT.EXE, Vi and DosCMD.

2000-06-18 Thread Kelly Yancey
On Sun, 18 Jun 2000, Gustavo Pamplona wrote: > Hi, BSDusers. > > I know I ought to post these 2 questions to questions mailing list. > Yes, you ought to have. > How can I use FBSDBOOT.EXE? When I try to use it, it give me a error of > "Invalid Format!", I think is the kernel was compiled fo

FBSDBOOT.EXE, Vi and DosCMD.

2000-06-18 Thread Gustavo Pamplona
Hi, BSDusers. I know I ought to post these 2 questions to questions mailing list. How can I use FBSDBOOT.EXE? When I try to use it, it give me a error of "Invalid Format!", I think is the kernel was compiled for Elf format, so, is there a way to compile the kernel in the Static Format, Stripped

Re: 3dfx driver for freebsd

2000-06-18 Thread Essenz Consulting
Hmmm, I guess this point was overlooked, but Has anyone tried this new code to see if it works well under FreeBSD 4.0? -jve To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message

Re: 3dfx driver for freebsd

2000-06-18 Thread Coleman Kane
Please, people, why is this such a big deal? So Jordan doesn't read Daemonnew, and I only read the news there, I don't really ever have time to browse the links. I already said I was in contact with the writer of the voodoo driver, and he had pretty much given up awhile ago, his code was written f

Re: freebsd bios.

2000-06-18 Thread Parag Patel
On Sat, 17 Jun 2000 07:35:51 +0900, "Daniel C. Sobral" wrote: > >Loader(8) runs using BIOS services, and loads the kernel from any drive >that BIOS recognizes. It has also been enhanced with PXE knowledge, so >he can load from that to. My mistake, as Ron pointed out, since loader uses the BIOS se

RE: install / boot last 3 gig of 25 gig drive

2000-06-18 Thread John Baldwin
On 18-Jun-00 Michael Reifenberger wrote: > Hi, > On Sat, 17 Jun 2000, John Baldwin wrote: > ... >> and support LBA mode so we can boot off of larger disks, but adding this >> support into some parts of the bootstrap has some far reaching consequences. >> As a result, boot0 most likely won't have

Re: SM bus on VIA KX133 chipset?

2000-06-18 Thread takawata
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, takawata@shidahara1 .planet.sci.kobe-u.ac.jp $B$5$s$$$o$/(B: >In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Wilko Bulte wrote: >>On Sun, Jun 18, 2000 at 10:49:08AM +0200, Wilko Bulte wrote: >>> Since yesterday I finally have my Abit KA7 Athlon board online (I *hate* >>> backord

Re: SM bus on VIA KX133 chipset?

2000-06-18 Thread takawata
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Wilko Bulte wrote: >On Sun, Jun 18, 2000 at 10:49:08AM +0200, Wilko Bulte wrote: >> Since yesterday I finally have my Abit KA7 Athlon board online (I *hate* >> backordered CPUs..). It works like a charm, but I'd like to see if wmhm >> (hardware monitoring) can be ma

Can you please assist ?

2000-06-18 Thread info
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Can you please assist ?

2000-06-18 Thread info
___ We are a software development company that specializes in security software. For some time now we have been working on developing a Client email program that contains security features never before available. In order for us to make

Re: SM bus on VIA KX133 chipset?

2000-06-18 Thread Wilko Bulte
On Sun, Jun 18, 2000 at 10:49:08AM +0200, Wilko Bulte wrote: > Since yesterday I finally have my Abit KA7 Athlon board online (I *hate* > backordered CPUs..). It works like a charm, but I'd like to see if wmhm > (hardware monitoring) can be made to work. Sofar starting wmhm gives me: #0 boot (

Re: kerneld for FreeBSD

2000-06-18 Thread Cyrille Lefevre
Cyrille Lefevre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Joseph Wright wrote: > > > > On Sun, Jun 18, 2000 at 04:14:51AM +0200, Cyrille Lefevre wrote: > > > "Daniel C. Sobral" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > > > > Joseph Wright wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Since when? Any that I've ever needed had

Re: kerneld for FreeBSD

2000-06-18 Thread Cyrille Lefevre
> Joseph Wright wrote: > > On Sun, Jun 18, 2000 at 04:14:51AM +0200, Cyrille Lefevre wrote: > > "Daniel C. Sobral" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > > Joseph Wright wrote: > > > > > > > > Since when? Any that I've ever needed had to be compiled into the > > > > kernel. > > > > > > Since w

Re: 3dfx driver for freebsd

2000-06-18 Thread Harold Gutch
On Sat, Jun 17, 2000 at 11:07:24PM -0700, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > Seeing as how it has been a link on Daemon News' front page for several > > months, I find that hard to believe. :-P > > Not all of us read daemon news, either. As far as I'm concerned, if > it's not part of www.freebsd.org,

RE: install / boot last 3 gig of 25 gig drive

2000-06-18 Thread Michael Reifenberger
Hi, On Sat, 17 Jun 2000, John Baldwin wrote: ... > and support LBA mode so we can boot off of larger disks, but adding this > support into some parts of the bootstrap has some far reaching consequences. > As a result, boot0 most likely won't have support for large drives until > 5.0, or possibly 4

SM bus on VIA KX133 chipset?

2000-06-18 Thread Wilko Bulte
Since yesterday I finally have my Abit KA7 Athlon board online (I *hate* backordered CPUs..). It works like a charm, but I'd like to see if wmhm (hardware monitoring) can be made to work. Sofar starting wmhm gives me: IdlePTD 3788800 initial pcb at 30ff40 panicstr: page fault panic messages: ---