Re: namei() returns EISDIR for "/" (Re: svn commit: r203990 - head/lib/libc/sys)

On 2010-03-06, Garrett Cooper wrote: > > > >        http://people.freebsd.org/~jh/patches/lookup-root.2.diff > > 1. EBUSY's new definition doesn't look correct for rename(2) given > POSIX's definition ( > http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/functions/rename.html ): > > [EBUSY] > [CX

Re: ACPI/power implementation causing performance loss with i7/Nehalem turbo boost

Kevin Day wrote: > On Mar 6, 2010, at 12:05 AM, Daniel O'Connor wrote: > Yeah, sorry for not mentioning that I had tried this and didn't see any > change, so I thought I was on the wrong track. > > # sysctl hw.acpi.cpu.cx_lowest=C3 > hw.acpi.cpu.cx_lowest: C1 -> C3 > > but it doesn't look like i

Need a build target

All, Just wanted some confirmation, but I have a need where I need to build just the kernel toolchain, kernel and the full toolchain and include files. The first two I can do via 'make kernel-toolchain' and 'make buildkernel'. However, to get the complete build toolchain and include files, sui

Dead store elimination in the kernel?

Hello, I'm asking if FreeBSD is safe regarding dead store elimination made by gcc? By example, in crypto drivers, sensitive datas are cleared by a bzero() after use to avoid potential leakages. But the bzero() by itself is useless, is it removed by gcc? Thanks, regards. ___