Re: should looking at an interface with 'ifconfig' trigger a ?change ?

2008-08-08 Thread Andrew Thompson
On Fri, Aug 08, 2008 at 03:18:36PM +0200, Oliver Fromme wrote: > Andrew Thompson wrote: > > Pete French wrote: > > > > The bce driver is not properly generating link state events. > > > > > > OK, that explains why it doesnt failover - but why does looking at it > > > with ifconfig make a diff

Re: should looking at an interface with 'ifconfig' trigger a?change ?

2008-08-08 Thread Andrew Thompson
On Fri, Aug 08, 2008 at 04:00:56PM +0200, Marian Hettwer wrote: > Hi Oliver, > > On Fri, 8 Aug 2008 15:18:36 +0200 (CEST), Oliver Fromme > > > > Shouldn't that be considered a security flaw? After all, > > you can perform "ifconfig $IF" inside a jail to list the > > interface configuration, but

Re: should looking at an interface with 'ifconfig' trigger a ?change ?

2008-08-08 Thread David Adam
On Fri, 8 Aug 2008, Oliver Fromme wrote: > Andrew Thompson wrote: > > ifconfig will cause the media status to be read from the hardware at > > which time the link change is generated as it is different to the stored > > value. > > Shouldn't that be considered a security flaw? After all, > you

Re: Audio CD problem on laptop VGN-SZ61MN

2008-08-08 Thread Carlos A. M. dos Santos
On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 5:13 AM, Harald Weis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there anyone out there who has installed FreeBSD on the above Sony > laptop ? > > Both ''cat filename > /dev/dsp0.0'' or ''vlc cdda:///dev/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > are OK. > > If I run ''cdcontrol -f /dev/acd0 play'', there is

Re: i386 vs amd64?

2008-08-08 Thread Peter Jeremy
On 2008-Aug-08 14:36:42 +0200, Oliver Fromme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >For example, in amd64 mode there are twice as many CPU >registers available, enabling better optimizations for >the C compiler. Furthermore those registers are twice >as long, which means that 64bit quantities can be handled

errors building bsnmpd v1.12 on freebsd5.3

2008-08-08 Thread Vijay Rajan
We have been trying to build bsnmpd 1.12 on freebsd 5.3 but have many weird issues building snmp_bridge, snmp_hostres & snmp_mibII modules. The errors seem to come from compiler strictness cc -fpic -DPIC -O -pipe -I/work2/vrajan/head/products/rapid/freebsd5/src/usr.sbin/bsnmpd/modules/snmp_mibI

Re: HEADS UP: inpcb/inpcbinfo rwlocking: coming to a 7-STABLE branch near you

2008-08-08 Thread Robert Watson
IPv4 and IPv6. I will post a further e-mail announcement along with patch set and schedule in a day or two once it's prepared. Patches, which require the MFC of rwlock try-locking, which I did earlier today: http://www.watson.org/~robert/freebsd/netperf/20080808-7stable-rwlock-inpcb

Re: Unable to build kernel

2008-08-08 Thread Kevin Oberman
> Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:34:01 -0400 > From: Mike Tancsa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > At 04:04 PM 8/8/2008, Kevin Oberman wrote: > >Today I was unable to build a new kernel for 7-Stable. It dies when > >linking the kernel, seemingly because of not finding the definitions for > >some nfs stuff. I don

Re: Unable to build kernel

2008-08-08 Thread Erik Trulsson
On Fri, Aug 08, 2008 at 01:04:47PM -0700, Kevin Oberman wrote: > Today I was unable to build a new kernel for 7-Stable. It dies when > linking the kernel, seemingly because of not finding the definitions for > some nfs stuff. I don't use nfs and always exclude both server and > client from my kerne

Re: Unable to build kernel

2008-08-08 Thread Mike Tancsa
At 04:04 PM 8/8/2008, Kevin Oberman wrote: Today I was unable to build a new kernel for 7-Stable. It dies when linking the kernel, seemingly because of not finding the definitions for some nfs stuff. I don't use nfs and always exclude both server and client from my kernel. (Long config attached,

Unable to build kernel

2008-08-08 Thread Kevin Oberman
Today I was unable to build a new kernel for 7-Stable. It dies when linking the kernel, seemingly because of not finding the definitions for some nfs stuff. I don't use nfs and always exclude both server and client from my kernel. (Long config attached, if the list does not strip it.) MAKE=make sh

Re: em(4) on FreeBSD is sometimes annoying

2008-08-08 Thread Jack Vogel
OK, I just got access to a machine, am going to install and see if I can repro this this afternoon. Jack On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 10:56 AM, Markus Vervier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jack Vogel schrieb: >> >> "me too" 's are of little help. Please elaborate on your "exact same", >> since >> each

Freebsd 7.0-RELEASE-p3 panics

2008-08-08 Thread Nathanael J
Hello, I've been having spurrious crash troubles with this box a while now and I haven't been able to figure out why. I've ran a couple memtest passes on it and it didn't pick up anything. Here's a backtrace I've been able to obtain. The kernel config is at the end. It's the generic kernel with UL

Re: em(4) on FreeBSD is sometimes annoying

2008-08-08 Thread Markus Vervier
Mike Tancsa schrieb: If you manually type, dhclient em0 No, even if I type ifconfig em0 down && ifconfig em0 up it won´t work. The interface just gets no link until I reload the driver with a cable plugged. -- Markus ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org m

Re: em(4) on FreeBSD is sometimes annoying

2008-08-08 Thread Mike Tancsa
At 01:56 PM 8/8/2008, Markus Vervier wrote: 3) Boot FreeBSD. Let it pass the DHCP phase (ifconfig_em0="DHCP") until login appears. 4) Attach the cable to the NIC. 5) Voila... no link. <--> If you manually type, dhclient em0 does it work for you then ? ---Mike __

Re: em(4) on FreeBSD is sometimes annoying

2008-08-08 Thread Markus Vervier
Jack Vogel schrieb: "me too" 's are of little help. Please elaborate on your "exact same", since each person's perception will be slightly different. Hi Jack, maybe read it like: Thinkpad X60 1706GMG affected too, so the problem is not specific to Martins machine. I can write the same s

Re: Audio CD problem on laptop VGN-SZ61MN

2008-08-08 Thread Oliver Fromme
Harald Weis wrote: > Both ''cat filename > /dev/dsp0.0'' or ''vlc cdda:///dev/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > are OK. > > If I run ''cdcontrol -f /dev/acd0 play'', there is no sound. > But the output of ''cdcontrol -f /dev/acd0 status audio'' is alright. > (same behaviour for cd0 instead of acd0) Are

Re: Problem with /boot/loader [A new patch]

2008-08-08 Thread John Baldwin
On Thursday 26 June 2008 11:12:33 pm Kevin Oberman wrote: > > Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:53:44 +0200 > > From: Volker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > On 12/23/-58 20:59, Kelly Black wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > I have a problem with loader. I recently upgraded from 6_r

Audio CD problem on laptop VGN-SZ61MN

2008-08-08 Thread Harald Weis
Is there anyone out there who has installed FreeBSD on the above Sony laptop ? Both ''cat filename > /dev/dsp0.0'' or ''vlc cdda:///dev/[EMAIL PROTECTED] are OK. If I run ''cdcontrol -f /dev/acd0 play'', there is no sound. But the output of ''cdcontrol -f /dev/acd0 status audio'' is alright. (sa

Re: em(4) on FreeBSD is sometimes annoying

2008-08-08 Thread Jack Vogel
"me too" 's are of little help. Please elaborate on your "exact same", since each person's perception will be slightly different. So far I have heard nothing that sounds like a driver issue. Jack On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 5:50 AM, Markus Vervier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I just stumbl

test message, please ignore

2008-08-08 Thread Harald Weis
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2008-08-08 Thread Torben Jakobsen
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Re: should looking at an interface with 'ifconfig' trigger a?change ?

2008-08-08 Thread Marian Hettwer
Hi Oliver, On Fri, 8 Aug 2008 15:18:36 +0200 (CEST), Oliver Fromme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andrew Thompson wrote: > > Pete French wrote: > > > > The bce driver is not properly generating link state events. > > > > > > OK, that explains why it doesnt failover - but why does looking at it >

Re: sysinstall compilation issue

2008-08-08 Thread Oliver Fromme
Unga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is i386 RELENG_7. > > Following section of the /usr/src/usr.sbin/sysinstall/Makefile does not > generate C code properly: > > makedevs.c: Makefile rtermcap > echo '#include ' > makedevs.c > ${RTERMCAP} ansi | \ >

Re: should looking at an interface with 'ifconfig' trigger a ?change ?

2008-08-08 Thread Oliver Fromme
Andrew Thompson wrote: > Pete French wrote: > > > The bce driver is not properly generating link state events. > > > > OK, that explains why it doesnt failover - but why does looking at it > > with ifconfig make a difference ? surely that should be 'read only ? > > ifconfig will cause the

Re: i386 vs amd64?

2008-08-08 Thread Oliver Fromme
Ask Bjørn Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We got 4 new SuperMicro boxes[1] with Xeon 3320 processors. They'll > be used as firewalls / very basic routers (our network on one side, > the world via a /29 on the other side). We currently use Soekris and > PC Engine boxes for this (with

em(4) on FreeBSD is sometimes annoying

2008-08-08 Thread Markus Vervier
Hi, I just stumbled upon this thread. I experience the exact same behaviour as Martin on my Thinkpad X60: Thinkpad X60 Model: 1706GMG BIOS-Version 2.15 (7BETD4WW) FreeBSD 7.0 STABLE amd64 (from about two weeks ago) - same situtation on 7.0-RELEASE i386 -- Markus ___

Re: i386 vs amd64?

2008-08-08 Thread Oliver Fromme
Eugene Kazarinov wrote: > > > [...] > > # 4. `make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE' (default is GENERIC). > > # 5. `reboot' (in single user mode: boot -s from the loader prompt). > > # 6. `mergemaster -p' > > # 7. `make installworld' > > [...] > > Pls tell me what for I n

Re: should looking at an interface with 'ifconfig' trigger a change ?

2008-08-08 Thread Pyun YongHyeon
On Thu, Aug 07, 2008 at 05:27:53PM +0100, Pete French wrote: > I have a very odd problem here - two interfaces bundled using lagg > in 'failover' mode, so one interface is active and the other not being > used. if the carrier drops on the active one I expect it to > failover, but it doesnt. >

Re: Upgrading from 6.x to 7.x

2008-08-08 Thread Warren Liddell
On Friday 08 August 2008 20:09:03 Vincent Hoffman wrote: > Warren Liddell wrote: > >> I would upgrade to a -RELEASE branch from source then try again. > >> > >> Vince > > > > change my releng to 7 in the supfile and do a csup then do world & kernel > > and go from there ? > > RELENG_7_0 for the -R

Re: Upgrading from 6.x to 7.x

2008-08-08 Thread Vincent Hoffman
Warren Liddell wrote: I would upgrade to a -RELEASE branch from source then try again. Vince change my releng to 7 in the supfile and do a csup then do world & kernel and go from there ? RELENG_7_0 for the -RELEASE 7 is -STABLE Vince __

Re: Upgrading from 6.x to 7.x

2008-08-08 Thread Warren Liddell
> I would upgrade to a -RELEASE branch from source then try again. > > Vince change my releng to 7 in the supfile and do a csup then do world & kernel and go from there ? ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/list

Re: Upgrading from 6.x to 7.x

2008-08-08 Thread Warren Liddell
> no for versions of FreeBSD beyond 6.3 its in base and you dont need to > install it seperately to upgrade between versions. > freebsd-update -r 7.1-RELEASE upgrade > seems to have an effect where 7.0-RELEASE no longer does. I have CCed > freebsd-stable@ on this to see if anyone knows if this is i

Re: Upgrading from 6.x to 7.x

2008-08-08 Thread Vincent Hoffman
Warren Liddell wrote: no for versions of FreeBSD beyond 6.3 its in base and you dont need to install it seperately to upgrade between versions. freebsd-update -r 7.1-RELEASE upgrade seems to have an effect where 7.0-RELEASE no longer does. I have CCed freebsd-stable@ on this to see if anyone know

Re: Upgrading from 6.x to 7.x

2008-08-08 Thread Vincent Hoffman
Warren Liddell wrote: On Thursday 07 August 2008 23:18:34 Marc Coyles wrote: If i have read the man pages correct the command im using being ... # freebsd-update upgrade -r 7.0-CURRENT # sh freebsd-update.sh -f freebsd-update.conf -r 7.0-RELEASE upgrade followed eventually by... #