Re: A few device questions

2000-08-23 Thread Mark Murray
> At Thu, 24 Aug 2000 01:48:32 EDT, Louis Gerbarg wrote: > > > I have been working with the OpenBSD /dev/random driver, and have > > ported it to Darwin. While I was at I wanted to also port it to > > FreeBSD, because it is more functional then current one, but I have > > a few questions: > > You

Re: A few device questions

2000-08-23 Thread Johan Karlsson
At Thu, 24 Aug 2000 01:48:32 EDT, Louis Gerbarg wrote: > I have been working with the OpenBSD /dev/random driver, and have ported > it to Darwin. While I was at I wanted to also port it to FreeBSD, because > it is more functional then current one, but I have a few questions: You should talk to Ma

Re: A few device questions

2000-08-23 Thread Alfred Perlstein
* Louis Gerbarg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [000823 22:48] wrote: > > The mem driver does not seem to have an attach call. To hack around that > on darwin I used a static variable initialized to 0, and then put a test > for it in the open call. If it is zero it runs my attach routine and sets > the varia

A few device questions

2000-08-23 Thread Louis Gerbarg
I have been working with the OpenBSD /dev/random driver, and have ported it to Darwin. While I was at I wanted to also port it to FreeBSD, because it is more functional then current one, but I have a few questions: In OpenBSD random has its own major, whereas in FreeBSD it is part of the mem majo

Re: psmintr

2000-08-23 Thread FengYue
Forgot to mention, it's a 4.1-stable box (PIII-450, 256MB ram, 1024MB swap) On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, FengYue wrote: > > Hi, what does "psmintr: out of sync ( != 0008)." mean? > I got tons of this message on my console and then my X-window went > nearly dead. > > sounds like my PS/2 mouse's pr

psmintr

2000-08-23 Thread FengYue
Hi, what does "psmintr: out of sync ( != 0008)." mean? I got tons of this message on my console and then my X-window went nearly dead. sounds like my PS/2 mouse's problem? Found the source code in isa/psm.c, but have not got any clue what could have caused this. (Have had this mouse for las

ld_path_variable

2000-08-23 Thread Printf Cout
Installed imlib so that I could install gnome1.2x & Titano.  Next question  how do I add LIBDIR to LD_LIBRARY_PATH?  & or what must I do to tell compiler & linker that imlib.19x has been installed?How do I add LLIBDIR to options during execution and linking?Apparently the libraries are inus

Re: Advanced OS Questions only you can answer...

2000-08-23 Thread Sergey Babkin
Wes Peters wrote: > > Oliver Fehr wrote: > > Well, the book covers UNIX and DOS, at least on of which can be considered > > a modern operating system. You be the judge which on ... > > Neither. One is not an operating system, but merely a game loader, and > the other is over 30 years old and d

Re: 4.1 Release....MIIBUS

2000-08-23 Thread Mike Smith
> Would you ever want "miibus" even if you're NOT using any of > the cards that require it? > > I guess you might need it to be able to KLD load one of those > drivers.. ? But that's no argument becuse you could just have > a miibus.ko that was a dependency of those drivers. > > So why is it a s

Re: 4.1 Release....MIIBUS

2000-08-23 Thread Warner Losh
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archie Cobbs writes: : Warner Losh writes: : > : So why is it a separate option? : > : > because it is a driver. Why is pci a separate driver? While most : > computers have it, not all do. Likewise with miibus. : : Ah.. but this analogy is not exact, because (fo

Re: 4.1 Release....MIIBUS

2000-08-23 Thread Archie Cobbs
Archie Cobbs writes: > But you're probably right, since it's a driver maybe that's > a good enough reason. ^^ Oops, meant "bus" instead of "driver" there.. -Archie ___ Archie Cobbs * Whistle Commun

Re: 4.1 Release....MIIBUS

2000-08-23 Thread Archie Cobbs
Warner Losh writes: > : So why is it a separate option? > > because it is a driver. Why is pci a separate driver? While most > computers have it, not all do. Likewise with miibus. Ah.. but this analogy is not exact, because (for example) "device ed0" does not require PCI, wheras all of these

Re: 4.1 Release....MIIBUS

2000-08-23 Thread Warner Losh
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archie Cobbs writes: : Warner Losh writes: : > : not marked. I noticed that 4.1 Release miibus is still not : > : marked as (required), is it no longer required, or is it still : > : not marked? I ahven't tried compiling it with miibus commented : > : out, I'm just

Re: 4.1 Release....MIIBUS

2000-08-23 Thread Archie Cobbs
Warner Losh writes: > : not marked. I noticed that 4.1 Release miibus is still not > : marked as (required), is it no longer required, or is it still > : not marked? I ahven't tried compiling it with miibus commented > : out, I'm just assuming it's still required > > miibus is still required fo

Re: 4.1 Release....MIIBUS

2000-08-23 Thread Warner Losh
In message <000901c00d15$014ef540$020a@development1> "Daryl Chance" writes: : I know that in 4.0 Release that miibus was required, though : not marked. I noticed that 4.1 Release miibus is still not : marked as (required), is it no longer required, or is it still : not marked? I ahven't trie

Re: sysctl from kernel

2000-08-23 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Maxime Henrion writes: >Hi, > >I'm new to the FreeBSD kernel and I wanted to know what are the good >methods to read a sysctl value from the kernel. Is it the same interface >as in user-space ? > >Any help or links to some documentation would be greatly appr

sysctl from kernel

2000-08-23 Thread Maxime Henrion
Hi, I'm new to the FreeBSD kernel and I wanted to know what are the good methods to read a sysctl value from the kernel. Is it the same interface as in user-space ? Any help or links to some documentation would be greatly appreciated :) Thanks, Maxime Henrion To Unsubscribe: send mai

mount_mfs /var on a diskless workstation

2000-08-23 Thread Peter Pentchev
Alright, so probably I'm missing something again, like in my previous post about mounting different subdirs in a filesystem (btw thanks to those who replied then, all replies have been most helpful). So.. Is there a way to cleanly shutdown (or reboot) a NFS-rooted workstation? rc.diskless2 MFS-m

Re: 4.1 Release....MIIBUS

2000-08-23 Thread Daryl Chance
Ok, thanks for clearing this up...I haven't tried it with my realtek cards, but I know the Netgear ones need it :). Thanks again, | Daryl Chance | I have made this letter longer then | | Valuedata, LLC | usual because I lacked the time to

Re: 4.1 Release....MIIBUS

2000-08-23 Thread David Scheidt
On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, Daryl Chance wrote: :Hi, : :I know that in 4.0 Release that miibus was required, though :not marked. I noticed that 4.1 Release miibus is still not :marked as (required), is it no longer required, or is it still :not marked? I ahven't tried compiling it with miibus commente

Re: Advanced OS Questions only you can answer...

2000-08-23 Thread Borja Marcos
> > Oliver Fehr wrote: > > > > I recommend reading "Modern Operating Systems" by Andrew S. Tannenbaum > > (Prentice Hall). Though a bit old (1992, I think) it will give you most of > > the information you want. > > The problem with Tannenbaum's book is that it doesn't cover any modern > operati

4.1 Release....MIIBUS

2000-08-23 Thread Daryl Chance
Hi, I know that in 4.0 Release that miibus was required, though not marked. I noticed that 4.1 Release miibus is still not marked as (required), is it no longer required, or is it still not marked? I ahven't tried compiling it with miibus commented out, I'm just assuming it's still required Th

Location of superblock?

2000-08-23 Thread Kris Kirby
I have a filesystem I am trying to recover (Win2K ate the slice table; I accidentally wiped the disklabel) and need to know the correct location of the superblock in relation to the start of the partition (a la disklabel). Please note: I have the correct superblock, and do not need the alternate

MFC of sed -E

2000-08-23 Thread Peter Pentchev
Hey there, Is there any compelling reason not to merge the extended regexp capabilities of /usr/bin/sed? The patches in the following revisions apply cleanly to RELENG_4's sed (except for the $FreeBSD id's, of course ;), and -E works as expected. src/usr.bin/sed/compile.c 1.14 src/usr.bin/sed/e