Re: Porting libc_r from -current to -stable

2002-08-29 Thread Jonathon McKitrick
On Thu, Aug 29, 2002 at 12:43:09PM -0700, Terry Lambert wrote: | It's a complex task. Not insurmountable, but you will find it | difficult. We all still want you to do the work for us while | we sit in our armchairs and comment, though... 8-). Maybe I'd be better off with the Junior Kernel Hack

Re: Porting libc_r from -current to -stable

2002-08-29 Thread Jonathon McKitrick
On Thu, Aug 29, 2002 at 11:22:38AM -0400, Kenneth Culver wrote: | Oh, I didn't realize the userland threads implementations on -current and | -stable differed that much. Good luck! 'Good luck!' I keep getting that. I wonder if that's an omen. jm -- My other computer is your Windows box. To

Re: Porting libc_r from -current to -stable

2002-08-29 Thread Jonathon McKitrick
| Just curious, but what does doing this port get you? Better threading performance and less bugs in Java, so I'm told. I was looking for a Java on BSD project, and this is what I was given. jm -- My other computer is your Windows box. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "un

Re: Porting libc_r from -current to -stable

2002-08-29 Thread Jonathon McKitrick
Also, I'm a bit weak (read: clueless) about dynamic linking. Where is a good place to start? Or is the libc_r issue fundamentally different? jm -- My other computer is your Windows box. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the messa

Re: Porting libc_r from -current to -stable

2002-08-29 Thread Jonathon McKitrick
On Thu, Aug 29, 2002 at 10:09:13AM -0400, Michael Lucas wrote: | On Thu, Aug 29, 2002 at 03:03:19PM +0100, Jonathon McKitrick wrote: | > On Thu, Aug 29, 2002 at 09:45:49AM -0400, Daniel Eischen wrote: | > | You're going to have to keep the hashtable method of locking | > | FILEs.

Re: Porting libc_r from -current to -stable

2002-08-29 Thread Jonathon McKitrick
On Thu, Aug 29, 2002 at 09:45:49AM -0400, Daniel Eischen wrote: | You're going to have to keep the hashtable method of locking | FILEs. So is this project much more complicated than simply resolving symbols and dropping unused calls? jm -- My other computer is your Windows box. To Unsubscribe

Porting libc_r from -current to -stable

2002-08-29 Thread Jonathon McKitrick
I've volunteered to do this port, with the expectation that it's within my ability. I'm just a bit over my head, but that's how I'll learn, right? I've gotten the -current version to build and install, but I've found 2 problems so far: gkrellm loads and cannot resolve the symbol _flockfile. Als

Re: When to consider the new scehduler?

2002-08-16 Thread Jonathon McKitrick
| OIC. Just trying to get more information out. Still appreciated. I just didn't want my joke to *totally* go to waste, pathetic though it was. :-) jm -- My other computer is your Windows box. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body

Re: When to consider the new scehduler?

2002-08-16 Thread Jonathon McKitrick
On Fri, Aug 16, 2002 at 07:39:35AM -0500, Larry Rosenman wrote: | On Fri, 2002-08-16 at 07:35, Jonathon McKitrick wrote: | > | > Why don't they just add an extra CPU to handle the GUI?? ;-) | > | | > | They did. 4.0.2 was the ES/MP (Enhanced Security/Multi Processing) | >

Re: When to consider the new scehduler?

2002-08-16 Thread Jonathon McKitrick
Sorry, my last email was sent prematurely. I hit 'send' a bit too soon. | > Why don't they just add an extra CPU to handle the GUI?? ;-) | | They did. 4.0.2 was the ES/MP (Enhanced Security/Multi Processing) I thought only NT did that. I was *trying* to be funny. :-) | Not really. A lo

Re: When to consider the new scehduler?

2002-08-16 Thread Jonathon McKitrick
| > Why don't they just add an extra CPU to handle the GUI?? ;-) | | They did. 4.0.2 was the ES/MP (Enhanced Security/Multi Processing) I thought only NT-SMP did that. I *thought* I was being funny. :-) | Not really. A lot of them are rehashing things we've known | for a long time, and UNI

Re: When to consider the new scehduler?

2002-08-16 Thread Jonathon McKitrick
On Fri, Aug 16, 2002 at 04:17:28AM -0700, Terry Lambert wrote: | Jonathon McKitrick wrote: | > A couple of months ago, I saw a note on daemonnews that there was a | > patch for a proportional share scheduler. When would this work better | > than the existing priority feedback

When to consider the new scehduler?

2002-08-16 Thread Jonathon McKitrick
A couple of months ago, I saw a note on daemonnews that there was a patch for a proportional share scheduler. When would this work better than the existing priority feedback scheduler? NOTE: Please CC me, as I am not currently subscribed. Thanks. jm -- My other computer is your windows box.