Invoking a signal handler

2010-02-08 Thread Shrivats
Hi, I am trying to understanding how the kernel invokes a signal handler for a currently executing process, to deliver an asynchronous signal posted by another process. I was looking at the sendsig() function which saves the  ___ freebsd-hackers@free

Re: our little daemon abused as symbol of the evil

2010-02-08 Thread Julian H. Stacey
Oliver Fromme wrote: > Ruben de Groot wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 05, 2010 at 08:05:10PM +0100, Julian H. Stacey typed: > > > PS an undefended trade mark loses its right to further defence or some > such, > > > (I'm not a lawyer). > > > > It's not a trade mark, is it? It's copyrighted. That's a

Re: How can I force boot from alternate drive with boot.config?

2010-02-08 Thread John Hay
On Mon, Feb 08, 2010 at 12:13:20PM -0600, Peter Steele wrote: > > I use: ad(0p3)/boot/loader > > So, more precisely, if I wanted to boot from drive 1, I'd use this? > > 1:ad(1p3)/boot/loader Yes, unless there are more bugs hiding. :-) I fixed a few in August last year. John -- John Hay -- j...

RE: How can I force boot from alternate drive with boot.config?

2010-02-08 Thread Peter Steele
> I use: ad(0p3)/boot/loader So, more precisely, if I wanted to boot from drive 1, I'd use this? 1:ad(1p3)/boot/loader ___ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail

Re: How can I force boot from alternate drive with boot.config?

2010-02-08 Thread John Hay
On Mon, Feb 08, 2010 at 10:25:54AM -0600, Peter Steele wrote: > I've asked this on the -questions list but haven't had any feedback. I have a > system configured with multiple identical drives each loaded with FreeBSD. > When I was using MBR partitioning, I could create a boot.config to force the

How can I force boot from alternate drive with boot.config?

2010-02-08 Thread Peter Steele
I've asked this on the -questions list but haven't had any feedback. I have a system configured with multiple identical drives each loaded with FreeBSD. When I was using MBR partitioning, I could create a boot.config to force the system to boot from a specific drive. For example, if I wanted to

Re: our little daemon abused as symbol of the evil

2010-02-08 Thread Oliver Fromme
Ruben de Groot wrote: > On Fri, Feb 05, 2010 at 08:05:10PM +0100, Julian H. Stacey typed: > > PS an undefended trade mark loses its right to further defence or some > > such, > > (I'm not a lawyer). > > It's not a trade mark, is it? It's copyrighted. That's a whole other set of > laws.

Re: Invoking a signal handler

2010-02-08 Thread Kostik Belousov
On Sun, Feb 07, 2010 at 10:55:53PM -0800, Shrivats wrote: > Hi, > > > I am trying to understand how the kernel invokes the signal handler for a process, to deliver an asynchronous signal posted by another process. > I was looking at the sendsig() function which saves the current user > context.