Re: dmassage - openbsd 5.4 build failure

2014-01-03 Thread Theo de Raadt
>On Fri, Jan 03, 2014 at 19:28, Riccardo Mottola wrote: > >> If it is not broken don't fix it: fine, but it still can be made >> user-friendly, e.g. by marking certain commented out devices as "to >> review" or by not commenting them out at all if they are known or >> something like that. >> Or per

Re: dmassage - openbsd 5.4 build failure

2014-01-03 Thread Ted Unangst
On Fri, Jan 03, 2014 at 19:28, Riccardo Mottola wrote: > If it is not broken don't fix it: fine, but it still can be made > user-friendly, e.g. by marking certain commented out devices as "to > review" or by not commenting them out at all if they are known or > something like that. > Or perhaps a

Re: dmassage - openbsd 5.4 build failure

2014-01-03 Thread Riccardo Mottola
Hi, Theo de Raadt wrote: Review the lines that dmassage has commented-out. You can fairly safely remove unused drivers for network/scsi/audio controllers/USB devices, but other drivers/pseudo-devices are more likely to give problems. Trimming out devices (especially some scsi and nic drivers)

Re: dmassage - openbsd 5.4 build failure

2014-01-02 Thread Evan Root
Riccardo, How much memory does the Omni 800 have right now? Evan Root, CCNA On Wed, Jan 1, 2014 at 6:46 PM, Theo de Raadt wrote: > >On Wed, Jan 1, 2014, at 06:17 PM, Theo de Raadt wrote: > >> I think dmassage being unmaintained for 12 years, and this issue just > >> coming up now, probably say

Re: dmassage - openbsd 5.4 build failure

2014-01-01 Thread Theo de Raadt
>On Wed, Jan 1, 2014, at 06:17 PM, Theo de Raadt wrote: >> I think dmassage being unmaintained for 12 years, and this issue just >> coming up now, probably says a lot about that "type" of person. It's >> a type of person who can't fix dmassage, and then, sends us a mail. >> Sorry, but it's the tru

Re: dmassage - openbsd 5.4 build failure

2014-01-01 Thread Shawn K. Quinn
On Wed, Jan 1, 2014, at 06:17 PM, Theo de Raadt wrote: > I think dmassage being unmaintained for 12 years, and this issue just > coming up now, probably says a lot about that "type" of person. It's > a type of person who can't fix dmassage, and then, sends us a mail. > Sorry, but it's the truth.

Re: dmassage - openbsd 5.4 build failure

2014-01-01 Thread Theo de Raadt
>On 2013-12-25, Riccardo Mottola wrote: >> Hi, >> >> prompted by the quest of a smaller kernel on my old OmniBook 800 (for >> which memory modules are harder to find than a standard laptop), I tried >> my luck with dmassage against a stock GENERIC 5.4 kernel conf. >> >> I used the generated conf

Re: dmassage - openbsd 5.4 build failure

2014-01-01 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2013-12-25, Riccardo Mottola wrote: > Hi, > > prompted by the quest of a smaller kernel on my old OmniBook 800 (for > which memory modules are harder to find than a standard laptop), I tried > my luck with dmassage against a stock GENERIC 5.4 kernel conf. > > I used the generated config fil,

Re: dmassage - openbsd 5.4 build failure

2013-12-29 Thread Riccardo Mottola
Hi, Brett Mahar wrote: On Sat, 28 Dec 2013 23:42:24 +0100 Riccardo Mottola wrote: From http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq5.html#Why : "You will not get any support from developers" That's absolutely useful information :) One always politely asks for help though, What I see here is either a d

Re: dmassage - openbsd 5.4 build failure

2013-12-28 Thread Brett Mahar
On Sat, 28 Dec 2013 23:42:24 +0100 Riccardo Mottola wrote: | Hi, | | nobody has a clue? The only definition I could find is in mpbiosvar.h | and for sure mpbios.c uses it (malloc), this is why I enabled mpbios. | | what else could it be? I also tried removing my previous build | directory, wi

Re: dmassage - openbsd 5.4 build failure

2013-12-28 Thread Riccardo Mottola
Hi, nobody has a clue? The only definition I could find is in mpbiosvar.h and for sure mpbios.c uses it (malloc), this is why I enabled mpbios. what else could it be? I also tried removing my previous build directory, without success. Riccardo Riccardo Mottola wrote: Shawn K. Quinn wrote:

Re: dmassage - openbsd 5.4 build failure

2013-12-25 Thread Riccardo Mottola
Shawn K. Quinn wrote: On Wed, Dec 25, 2013, at 08:25 AM, Riccardo Mottola wrote: Hi, prompted by the quest of a smaller kernel on my old OmniBook 800 (for which memory modules are harder to find than a standard laptop), I tried my luck with dmassage against a stock GENERIC 5.4 kernel conf. I u

Re: dmassage - openbsd 5.4 build failure

2013-12-25 Thread Shawn K. Quinn
On Wed, Dec 25, 2013, at 08:25 AM, Riccardo Mottola wrote: > Hi, > > prompted by the quest of a smaller kernel on my old OmniBook 800 (for > which memory modules are harder to find than a standard laptop), I tried > my luck with dmassage against a stock GENERIC 5.4 kernel conf. > > I used the g

dmassage - openbsd 5.4 build failure

2013-12-25 Thread Riccardo Mottola
Hi, prompted by the quest of a smaller kernel on my old OmniBook 800 (for which memory modules are harder to find than a standard laptop), I tried my luck with dmassage against a stock GENERIC 5.4 kernel conf. I used the generated config fil, except that I enabled a couple of more PCMCIA dri