Re: 64-bits platform question

2007-02-22 Thread Oliver Fromme
Aard Nerd wrote: > Hi list, as far as I know Intel 64 architecture (formerly known as Intel > Extended Memory 64 Technology, or Intel EM64T) Why formerly? As far as I know, intel's implementation of the AMD64 extension is _still_ called EM64T. Do not confuse it with IA64 which is something co

Re: Xen Status?

2007-02-22 Thread Christopher Arnold
On Wed, 21 Feb 2007, Vladimir Botka wrote: Christopher Arnold píše v út 20. 02. 2007 v 16:17 +0100: i have been trying to dig up the actual status of running Xen on FreeBSD. But everything i find seems to either be related to 5.3 or from early 2006. (Except yuanjue's page wich only confuses m

Re: 64-bits platform question

2007-02-22 Thread Freddie Cash
On Thursday 22 February 2007 12:28 am, Oliver Fromme wrote: > Aard Nerd wrote: > > Hi list, as far as I know Intel 64 architecture (formerly known as > > Intel Extended Memory 64 Technology, or Intel EM64T) > > Why formerly? As far as I know, intel's implementation > of the AMD64 extension is _s

Re: Fwd: Abyssmal dump cache efficiency

2007-02-22 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
On 2/21/07, Oliver Fromme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Peter Jeremy wrote: > I've found that you do get a worthwhile improvement in dump|restore > performance by introducing a large (10's of MB) fifo between them. > This helps reduce synchronisation between dump and restore (so that > dump can con

Re: Examples on using RTC

2007-02-22 Thread Coleman Kane
On 2/16/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Fri, 16 Feb 2007, Mike Silbersack wrote: > > On Fri, 16 Feb 2007 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>> /usr/ports/emulators/rtc >>> >>> regards, >>> >>> usleep >> >> Already using / looked at that. I'm looking for something more in-depth. >>

Laptop won't power off

2007-02-22 Thread Pietro Cerutti
Hi Lists, first off, sorry for cross-posting, but I'm not subscribed to freebsd-acpi@, so acpi guys please CC me. The problem here is that my laptop doesn't power off when issuing halt -p or shutdown -p now. This is the machine: http://www.msicomputer.com/NB/product_spec.asp?model=MS-1034_(Core2_

Re: Laptop won't power off

2007-02-22 Thread Pietro Cerutti
On 2/22/07, Nate Lawson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Pietro Cerutti wrote: > Hi Lists, > first off, sorry for cross-posting, but I'm not subscribed to > freebsd-acpi@, so acpi guys please CC me. > > The problem here is that my laptop doesn't power off when issuing halt > -p or shutdown -p now. > Th

Re: Laptop won't power off

2007-02-22 Thread Pietro Cerutti
On 2/23/07, Moore, Robert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > MSI-1034.orig.asl 4206: If (SS1) > Error1037 - syntax error ^ 3) Newer versions of iASL will allow executable statements outside of control methods. So, sorry if I'm a bit slow, but this isn't likely to be the cause to my problem

Re: Laptop won't power off

2007-02-22 Thread Pietro Cerutti
On 2/23/07, Moore, Robert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Not likely to be cause of power off problems Ok, any other ideas? Compiler runs on linux, should run on bsd. If you're talking about this one: http://www.intel.com/technology/iapc/acpi/downloads/acpica-unix-20061109.tar.gz it doesn't compi

Re: Laptop won't power off

2007-02-22 Thread Pietro Cerutti
On 2/23/07, Moore, Robert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On linux, the compiler must be generated with the "flex-old" package, I don't know if there is anything like it for bsd. We are looking at making changes to support newer versions of flex/bison. Bob, we don't have a flex-old package, so we'll

Re: Laptop won't power off

2007-02-22 Thread Nate Lawson
Pietro Cerutti wrote: > Hi Lists, > first off, sorry for cross-posting, but I'm not subscribed to > freebsd-acpi@, so acpi guys please CC me. > > The problem here is that my laptop doesn't power off when issuing halt > -p or shutdown -p now. > This is the machine: > http://www.msicomputer.com/NB/p

RE: Laptop won't power off

2007-02-22 Thread Moore, Robert
Not likely to be cause of power off problems Compiler runs on linux, should run on bsd. > -Original Message- > From: Pietro Cerutti [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2007 3:31 PM > To: Moore, Robert > Cc: Nate Lawson; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org;

RE: Laptop won't power off

2007-02-22 Thread Moore, Robert
> MSI-1034.orig.asl 4206: If (SS1) > Error1037 - syntax error ^ 3) Newer versions of iASL will allow executable statements outside of control methods. > ASL Optimizing Compiler / AML Disassembler version 20041119 [Feb 22 2007] Like mid 2006 and newer. Bob > -Original Message-

RE: Laptop won't power off

2007-02-22 Thread Moore, Robert
On linux, the compiler must be generated with the "flex-old" package, I don't know if there is anything like it for bsd. We are looking at making changes to support newer versions of flex/bison. Power problems: sorry, not the expert in this area. > -Original Message- > From: Pietro Cerut

Re: Laptop won't power off

2007-02-22 Thread Nate Lawson
Pietro Cerutti wrote: > On 2/23/07, Moore, Robert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On linux, the compiler must be generated with the "flex-old" package, I >> don't know if there is anything like it for bsd. We are looking at >> making changes to support newer versions of flex/bison. > > Bob, > we don

Re: Xen Status?

2007-02-22 Thread Kip Macy
Well thats true and easy to find. My question on this FreeBSD list was related to FreeBSD thou. Can anyone on hackers shed some light on this? /Chris FreeBSD HEAD worked on Xen in the 3.0.2 time frame. If someone is able to be self-sufficient in maintaining Xen support in FreeBSD I'll

Re: Wireless card not being detected

2007-02-22 Thread DAK GHATIKACHALAM
On 2/21/07, Coleman Kane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 2/18/07, DAK GHATIKACHALAM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Freebsd > > > I have an issue with new card I need to make it work with freebsd, > > > on /var/log/messages I get > > > Feb 18 20:51:55 DAK kernel: pccard0: > (manufacturer=0x0192,

Re: Wireless card not being detected

2007-02-22 Thread Coleman Kane
On 2/22/07, DAK GHATIKACHALAM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 2/21/07, Coleman Kane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 2/18/07, DAK GHATIKACHALAM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi Freebsd > > > > > > I have an issue with new card I need to make it work with freebsd, > > > > > > on /var/log/messag

Re: Laptop won't power off

2007-02-22 Thread Pietro Cerutti
On 2/23/07, Nate Lawson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Pietro Cerutti wrote: > On 2/23/07, Moore, Robert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On linux, the compiler must be generated with the "flex-old" package, I >> don't know if there is anything like it for bsd. We are looking at >> making changes to sup