Re: Common OS/kernel code between freebsd and linux

2010-05-22 Thread Garrett Cooper
On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 5:09 AM, Anjali Kulkarni wrote: > Hi Folks, > > I am not sure the right forum to ask this question - is there any effort done > to find portable code between different OSes, particularly freebsd and linux? > Specifically, the networking layer could be portable between the

Re: Common OS/kernel code between freebsd and linux

2010-05-22 Thread Aman Jassal
Hello, sth...@nethelp.no a écrit : I am not sure the right forum to ask this question - is there any effort done to find portable code between different OSes, particularly freebsd and linux? Specifically, the networking layer could be portable between the 2 and there could be some set of APIs to

Re: Common OS/kernel code between freebsd and linux

2010-05-22 Thread Rayson Ho
The BSD TCP stack is at least in OpenVMS & QNX: "Parallelism and Performance in the OpenVMS TCP/IP Kernel": http://h71000.www7.hp.com/openvms/journal/v4/tcp_ip_scalable_kernel.html http://h71000.www7.hp.com/openvms/journal/v4/tcp_ip_scalable_kernel.pdf "Porting the NetBSD IP stack to a microkerne

Re: Common OS/kernel code between freebsd and linux

2010-05-22 Thread sthaug
> I am not sure the right forum to ask this question - is there any effort done > to find portable code between different OSes, particularly freebsd and linux? > Specifically, the networking layer could be portable between the 2 and there > could be some set of APIs to call into the OS specific

Re: Common OS/kernel code between freebsd and linux

2010-05-22 Thread Bruce Cran
On Saturday 22 May 2010 13:55:26 RW wrote: > On Sat, 22 May 2010 05:09:31 -0700 > > Anjali Kulkarni wrote: > > I am not sure the right forum to ask this question - is there any > > effort done to find portable code between different OSes, > > particularly freebsd and linux? > > BSD code has been

Re: Common OS/kernel code between freebsd and linux

2010-05-22 Thread RW
On Sat, 22 May 2010 05:09:31 -0700 Anjali Kulkarni wrote: > I am not sure the right forum to ask this question - is there any > effort done to find portable code between different OSes, > particularly freebsd and linux? BSD code has been used in most operating systems due to its open licence,

Re: Activate PCIe slot deactivated by BIOS

2010-05-22 Thread Dominic Fandrey
On 22/05/2010 13:47, Dominic Fandrey wrote: > Today the card arrived and the BIOS complains (HP 6510b): > 104-Unsupported wireless network device detected. > System halted. Remove device and restart. > > The system boots if I turn off the wireless device in BIOS, but > this means I can

Common OS/kernel code between freebsd and linux

2010-05-22 Thread Anjali Kulkarni
Hi Folks, I am not sure the right forum to ask this question - is there any effort done to find portable code between different OSes, particularly freebsd and linux? Specifically, the networking layer could be portable between the 2 and there could be some set of APIs to call into the OS specif

GSoC: namecache improvements

2010-05-22 Thread Gleb Kurtsou
Hello, My project is about reimplementing namecache. In a few words it's about generalizing UFS-like dirhash cache and exposing it to upper layers so that it can be used for reliable full path lookup. The idea is quite different from existing implementations in DragonflyBSD and Linux, instead of m

Activate PCIe slot deactivated by BIOS

2010-05-22 Thread Dominic Fandrey
My wpi wireless never was reliable, but since I upgraded to 8gb RAM it doesn't do anything (if I'm lucky) or panic my system. So, after some discussion on STABLE I followed the recommendation to get an Atheros card for 10$ on ebay. Today the card arrived and the BIOS complains (HP 6510b):