Re: x86-64 Hammer and IA64 Itainium

2001-04-27 Thread Remy Nonnenmacher
On 26 Apr, Andrew Hesford wrote: > On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 06:08:36PM -0500, Michael C . Wu wrote: >> | and a bunch of ARMs for low-level I/O tasks. Back to imagination. (Take >> | a look at 0.15um copper process FPGAs with embeded ARM at Altera, for >> | example, and you will see why no one, in t

Re: x86-64 Hammer and IA64 Itainium

2001-04-27 Thread Remy Nonnenmacher
On 26 Apr, Michael C . Wu wrote: > On Wed, Apr 18, 2001 at 04:24:18PM +0200, Remy Nonnenmacher scribbled: > | On 17 Apr, Andrew Hesford wrote: > | > On Tue, Apr 17, 2001 at 12:49:04PM -0700, Jeremiah Gowdy wrote: > | For sure. Look at how it's pretty more easy to use an ARM

Re: x86-64 Hammer and IA64 Itainium

2001-04-18 Thread Remy Nonnenmacher
On 17 Apr, Andrew Hesford wrote: > On Tue, Apr 17, 2001 at 12:49:04PM -0700, Jeremiah Gowdy wrote: >> I would love to see FreeBSD running natively (64bit) under the x86-64 >> architecture, and unlike the Itainium, it's differences with x86-32 >> seem to be few (of course). > >> Porting FreeBSD t

Re: free() not freing pagedirs pages.

2000-12-07 Thread Remy Nonnenmacher
On 7 Dec, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Remy Nonnenmacher wr > ites: > >>Well, I may think using this solution if it remains portable between >>Unixes. I finally tracked down the problem, after suppressing the >>reason to cal

Re: free() not freing pagedirs pages.

2000-12-07 Thread Remy Nonnenmacher
On 6 Dec, Matt Dillon wrote: > : > :OK. In fact my problem was just a printf that allocated a buffer via > :__smakebuf at the very last moment (when all memory was allocated). > :This prevent free() to give back all previous pages up to this one. The > :problem was _not_ in malloc.c. > : > :Anywa

Re: free() not freing pagedirs pages.

2000-12-06 Thread Remy Nonnenmacher
the caller. Thanks. RN. IhM On 6 Dec, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Remy Nonnenmacher wr > ites: > >>>From the /usr/src/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.c sources, it seems that this >>is due to not shrinking/relocating pagedir pages (free_page

free() not freing pagedirs pages.

2000-12-06 Thread Remy Nonnenmacher
Hello, I'm encountering a problem with the stardard libc malloc/free library. if a program allocates a huge (and temporary) amount of memory with small structures then free it, the library gives back only a few pages to the system. >From the /usr/src/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.c sources, it seems th

Re: Any known issue about icmp replies ?

2000-11-16 Thread Remy Nonnenmacher
On 16 Nov, Mike Silbersack wrote: > > On Thu, 16 Nov 2000, Eugene Polovnikov wrote: > >> Are you sure that your system isn't hacked/cracked ? >> Content of packets look strange for me. > > Yeah, now that you suggested that, I checked - that's Stacheldraht's > handiwork. > > Unplug the box soon

Any known issue about icmp replies ?

2000-11-15 Thread Remy Nonnenmacher
Hello, It seems that some Linux distribs are on trouble with icmp replies that get replied (see below). My question is: is there any known issue on FreeBSD getting an icmp reply and responding by another icmp reply ? (Guess not but better be sure). Exemple: 00:10:37.305915 33.85.11.rrcentralflo

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

2000-08-22 Thread Remy Nonnenmacher
On 22 Aug, Peter Seebach wrote: > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jonathan Lemon writ > es: >>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>t> you write: 2. How does the OS manage main memory and does it manage secondary storage to back up main memory. I need on algorithm and one structure to show thi

Running unattended (ifo FFS thread)

1999-10-27 Thread Remy Nonnenmacher
In followup of the FFS thread, I would like to know if there are some recommendations for running unattended machines. For exemple, avoiding the 'run fsck manually' (for exemple, when co-locating a machine far away where it is not possible to get a console login). Hints appreciated on other point

Re: poll() scalability

1999-07-04 Thread Remy Nonnenmacher
On 4 Jul, Doug Rabson wrote: > On Sun, 4 Jul 1999, Jonathan Lemon wrote: > >> On Jul 07, 1999 at 11:15:13AM +0100, Doug Rabson wrote: >> > > In essence, I want to move the large "struct pollfd" array that I >> > > have into the kernel, and then instruct the kernel to add/remove >> > > entries fr

Re: poll() scalability

1999-07-04 Thread Remy Nonnenmacher
On 4 Jul, Doug Rabson wrote: > On Sun, 4 Jul 1999, Jonathan Lemon wrote: > >> On Jul 07, 1999 at 11:15:13AM +0100, Doug Rabson wrote: >> > > In essence, I want to move the large "struct pollfd" array that I >> > > have into the kernel, and then instruct the kernel to add/remove >> > > entries f

Re: mbuf wait code (revisited) -- review?

1999-01-16 Thread Remy Nonnenmacher
On 18 Nov, Zach Brown wrote: > >> >(sysctl-ized) in FBSD (Some work have been done in Linux, since a >> >well-known comparative benchmark offense). Would be even more usefull >> >in SMP context. > > I don't think the wake-many problem was ever the cause of the poor numbers > that comparitve benc

Re: mbuf wait code (revisited) -- review?

1999-01-16 Thread Remy Nonnenmacher
On 18 Nov, Bosko Milekic wrote: > > Although I've presently received little feedback on this... > > I found a potential problem with the patch, so I am taking the following > approach to bypass it. I have a feeling that there's another way, though > (perhaps better, conceptually). > > Consider