Experiences with 7.0-CURRENT and vmware.

2007-05-10 Thread Darren Reed
I'm using FreeBSD 7.0-CURRENT under vmware and there are a few issues. First, time. hint.hw.acpi.disabled="1" This appears to make _no_ difference to time keeping on FreeBSD 7 and nor does it seem to have any impact on ACPI being loaded. Do I need to recompile a new kernel without it or is there

Re: Experiences with 7.0-CURRENT and vmware.

2007-05-10 Thread Dominic Marks
Darren Reed wrote: > > I'm using FreeBSD 7.0-CURRENT under vmware and there are a few issues. > > First, time. > hint.hw.acpi.disabled="1" > This appears to make _no_ difference to time keeping on FreeBSD 7 > and nor does it seem to have any impact on ACPI being loaded. Do > I need to recompile a

Re: Experiences with 7.0-CURRENT and vmware.

2007-05-10 Thread Robert Watson
On Thu, 10 May 2007, Darren Reed wrote: I'm using FreeBSD 7.0-CURRENT under vmware and there are a few issues. Generally speaking, I would suggest sending this post to current@, not hackers@, since your comments largely have to do between differences between -STABLE and -CURRENT, making it

Re: Experiences with 7.0-CURRENT and vmware.

2007-05-10 Thread Darren Reed
On Thu, May 10, 2007 at 01:28:16PM +0100, Robert Watson wrote: > > On Thu, 10 May 2007, Darren Reed wrote: > > >I'm using FreeBSD 7.0-CURRENT under vmware and there are a few issues. Redirecting to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >First, time. hint.hw.acpi.disabled="1" This appears to make _no_ > >differe

My PPP timer PR [nag]

2007-05-10 Thread Sergey Zaharchenko
Hello hackers@, bin/102747 has been sitting there for about 8 months, with no activity since it was assigned to brian@, all my mail to whom bounces [CC'd just in case]. The patch attached in the PR has been working for me since, so it not being fixed in the main tree isn't a problem with me. I ju

Re: Experiences with 7.0-CURRENT and vmware.

2007-05-10 Thread Duane Whitty
On Thursday, 10 May 2007 at 12:54:45 +, Darren Reed wrote: > On Thu, May 10, 2007 at 01:28:16PM +0100, Robert Watson wrote: > > > > On Thu, 10 May 2007, Darren Reed wrote: > > > > >I'm using FreeBSD 7.0-CURRENT under vmware and there are a few issues. > > Redirecting to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >

New FreeBSD package system (a.k.a. Daemon Package System (dps))

2007-05-10 Thread David Naylor
Dear Jordan Recently I stumbled across a document you wrote in 2001, entitled "FreeBSD installation and package tools, past, present and future". I find FreeBSD appealing and I would like to contribute it its success, and as your article describes, the installation and packaging system is lack

Re: New FreeBSD package system (a.k.a. Daemon Package System (dps))

2007-05-10 Thread Ivan Voras
David Naylor wrote: > Dear Jordan > > Recently I stumbled across a document you wrote in 2001, entitled "FreeBSD > installation and package tools, past, present and future". I find FreeBSD > appealing and I would like to contribute it its success, and as your article > describes, the installat

Re: New FreeBSD package system (a.k.a. Daemon Package System (dps))

2007-05-10 Thread Julian Elischer
Ivan Voras wrote: David Naylor wrote: Dear Jordan Recently I stumbled across a document you wrote in 2001, entitled "FreeBSD installation and package tools, past, present and future". I find FreeBSD appealing and I would like to contribute it its success, and as your article describes, the

Re: New FreeBSD package system (a.k.a. Daemon Package System (dps))

2007-05-10 Thread Mike Meyer
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Ivan Voras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> typed: > I cannot currently actively participate in implementing proposed things, > but I can give advice on sqlite, database and xml schemas if anyone > wants to... One of the things that would be nice for a replacement to do would be to corr

Re: New FreeBSD package system (a.k.a. Daemon Package System (dps))

2007-05-10 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Thu, May 10, 2007 at 09:47:49PM -0400, Mike Meyer wrote: > In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Ivan Voras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> typed: > > I cannot currently actively participate in implementing proposed things, > > but I can give advice on sqlite, database and xml schemas if anyone > > wants to... > > One o

Re: New FreeBSD package system (a.k.a. Daemon Package System (dps))

2007-05-10 Thread Mike Meyer
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Kris Kennaway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> typed: > On Thu, May 10, 2007 at 09:47:49PM -0400, Mike Meyer wrote: > > In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Ivan Voras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> typed: > > > I cannot currently actively participate in implementing proposed things, > > > but I can give advice

Re: New FreeBSD package system (a.k.a. Daemon Package System (dps))

2007-05-10 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Thu, May 10, 2007 at 10:03:22PM -0400, Mike Meyer wrote: > In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Kris Kennaway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> typed: > > On Thu, May 10, 2007 at 09:47:49PM -0400, Mike Meyer wrote: > > > In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Ivan Voras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> typed: > > > > I cannot currently actively part

Re: New FreeBSD package system (a.k.a. Daemon Package System (dps))

2007-05-10 Thread Mike Meyer
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Kris Kennaway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> typed: > On Thu, May 10, 2007 at 10:03:22PM -0400, Mike Meyer wrote: > > In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Kris Kennaway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> typed: > > > On Thu, May 10, 2007 at 09:47:49PM -0400, Mike Meyer wrote: > > > > In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Ivan

Re: New FreeBSD package system (a.k.a. Daemon Package System (dps))

2007-05-10 Thread Garrett Cooper
David Naylor wrote: Dear Jordan Recently I stumbled across a document you wrote in 2001, entitled "FreeBSD installation and package tools, past, present and future". I find FreeBSD appealing and I would like to contribute it its success, and as your article describes, the installation and pa

Re: New FreeBSD package system (a.k.a. Daemon Package System (dps))

2007-05-10 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Thu, May 10, 2007 at 11:15:37PM -0400, Mike Meyer wrote: > In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Kris Kennaway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> typed: > > On Thu, May 10, 2007 at 10:03:22PM -0400, Mike Meyer wrote: > > > In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Kris Kennaway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> typed: > > > > On Thu, May 10, 2007 at 09:47