Re: jiffy.

2003-03-31 Thread Anthony Naggs
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Wilkinson,Alex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >erm...what are jiffies ? http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=jiffy The last definition on the page starts: jiffy n. 1. The duration of one tick of the system clock on your computer (see tick). Often one AC cycl

Re: jiffy.

2003-03-30 Thread Anthony Naggs
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Evan S. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >Hello, > >I'm wondering if FreeBSD-current has anything similar to Linux jiffies? This level of question is probably best asked on freebsd-questions. That said, probably want you is: man 2 gettimeofday Tony ___

Re: Ax88172 vs FreeBSD USB stack

2003-03-29 Thread Anthony Naggs
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Bill Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes > >So. I picked up a Linksys USB200M USB 2.0 ethernet adapter that uses >the ASIX Electronics AX88172 chip, and I started cobbling together a >driver. This chip uses a series of vendor specific commands to do >things like read/wri

Re: Lexmark Z12

2002-02-16 Thread Anthony Naggs
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Nikolai Georgiev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >Is there somebody /smth/ that can make >my Lexmark Z12 work? The following is how remember a previous look at this. I can't get past a page with lots printer pictures at www.lexmark.com, i.e. to some tech specs for thi

Re: Super Block

2002-01-14 Thread Anthony Naggs
[Emailed to questioner, cc'd to FreeBSD lists only] In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Wilkinson,Alex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >Howdy Crew, > >I am wanting to find out the significance of the Super Block, whether FreeBSD, >Linux, Solaris... >whatever. > >I know: > >* The Super Block contains cri

Re: Oh my god, Google has a USENET archive going back to 1981!

2002-01-07 Thread Anthony Naggs
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Danny Horne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >Oooohh!! Those model numbers bring back memories!! > >I remember drooling over the first Commodore Pet (the one with the >rectangular keyboard) in one of the many computer shops that were springing >up at the time. When my s

Re: Need PCI/VIA chipset help (was Re: 4.4-STABLE crashes - suspects new ata-driver over wd-drivers)

2001-12-27 Thread Anthony Naggs
In article <005101c18ee1$9b5d66e0$fa01a8c0@ABERRATION>, Predius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >There are a couple known issues going on with the VIA Chipset line (Some >acknowledge by VIA partially, some not.) beyond just the 686B bug. > >Here's a couple sites with details. Myself, I think it's a BI

Re: Found NFS data corruption bug... (was Re: NFS: How to make FreeBSD fall on its face in one easy step )

2001-12-19 Thread Anthony Naggs
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Sergey Babkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes > >By the way the journaling filesystems don't neccessary guarantee that >you won't need fsck: for example, if VXFS crashes at a particularly >bad moment, it will require you to do "fsck -o full" which is as slow >as the fsc