Re: Could MSGBUF_SIZE be made a loader tunable?
Andriy Gapon a...@freebsd.org wrote: on 06/12/2010 07:20 per...@pluto.rain.com said the following: Would there be some fundamental problem in changing MSGBUF_SIZE from a compiled-in constant to a tunable that could be set at the loader prompt? (I'm _not_ suggesting that it be adjustable while the system is running.) ... I didn't see any obvious downside from examining the 8.1-RELEASE code, but I could certainly have overlooked some subtle (or even blatant) reason why this would be a Bad Idea. I also don't immediately see why that wouldn't work. Can you try to come up with a patch? I was planning to try it, unless someone pointed out a reason not to bother -- and then there is the same problem everyone else has, ENOTIME :( Sort-of related question, since the only 8.x I currently have is the not-yet-installed memstick: should I be able to build a usable 8.1 kernel on a 6.1 system (with the 8.1 sources installed somewhere, of course)? ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: FreeBSD 7 installs where FreeBSD 8 wont due to CD
Pete French petefre...@ticketswitch.com wrote: Is there a way inside the install environment to see what the kernel has detected and created in /dev ? Go into Fixit# and examine /dev and/or the dmesg. ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: FreeBSD 7 installs where FreeBSD 8 wont due to CD
On Wed, 08 Dec 2010 01:00:34 -0800 per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: Go into Fixit# and examine /dev and/or the dmesg. The problem is there's no ls in FixIt mode so you need to use echo * to see what files are present. -- Bruce Cran ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: FreeBSD 7 installs where FreeBSD 8 wont due to CD
On Wed, 8 Dec 2010 20:01:32 +1000 Andy Farkas chuzzwa...@gmail.com wrote: Why is this so? I think the Fixit environment only contains tools necessary for installing the system and has traditionally needed to be small enough to fit on a 1.44MB floppy disk. So since ls wasn't required it wasn't included. -- Bruce Cran ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: FreeBSD 7 installs where FreeBSD 8 wont due to CD
On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 7:17 PM, Bruce Cran br...@cran.org.uk wrote: On Wed, 08 Dec 2010 01:00:34 -0800 per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: Go into Fixit# and examine /dev and/or the dmesg. The problem is there's no ls in FixIt mode so you need to use echo * to see what files are present. Why is this so? -andyf ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
OpenIndiana code improovements that may be used in FreeBSD
Hi, if you know about these, the forget about this mail. There are interesgin code changes that are useful for FreeBSD, these include for example improoved printf command: http://gdamore.blogspot.com/2010/12/zfs-should-not-depend-on-python-and.html ... and python-free ZFS commands: http://gdamore.blogspot.com/2010/10/new-implementation-of-printf.html FreeBSD folks, you might want to incorporate this into your tree. If you do, I'd sure like to know. The license remains BSD, so the various BSD operating systems (or even Oracle) are free to incorporate these improvements if they like. Regards, vermaden ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: FreeBSD 7 installs where FreeBSD 8 wont due to CD
So since ls wasn't required it wasn't included. I just booted an old 6.1-RELEASE CD and selected Fixit mode... ls -lF works as expected! -andyf ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: FreeBSD 7 installs where FreeBSD 8 wont due to CD
On Wed, 8 Dec 2010 20:29:31 +1000 Andy Farkas chuzzwa...@gmail.com wrote: So since ls wasn't required it wasn't included. I just booted an old 6.1-RELEASE CD and selected Fixit mode... ls -lF works as expected! I should clarify that by saying that ls is included in the live filesystem but not in the Emergency Holographic Shell that is present on CD1. -- Bruce Cran ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
OpenIndiana code improovements that may be used in FreeBSD
Hi, If you know about these, the forge These include for example improoved printf command: http://gdamore.blogspot.com/2010/12/zfs-should-not-depend-on-python-and.html ... and python-free ZFS commands: http://gdamore.blogspot.com/2010/10/new-implementation-of-printf.html FreeBSD folks, you might want to incorporate this into your tree. If you do, I'd sure like to know. The license remains BSD, so the various BSD operating systems (or even Oracle) are free to incorporate these improvements if they like. ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Supported SAS controllers (single port)
On Dec 7, 2010, at 8:36 PM, Daniel O'Connor wrote: On 08/12/2010, at 3:51, Mike Andrews wrote: On 12/7/2010 8:00 AM, Daniel O'Connor wrote: Does anyone have a recommendation for one? I am looking to connect a LTO tape drive to a FreeBSD 7 or 8 box and I've only ever used Adaptec 19160 and similar cards and LVDS SCSI. Our supplier has an LSI SAS3081E-R which is not outrageously expensive, has anyone used one? Yes, I've got one, it works fine :) Ahh, good news, thanks :) Have you used it with a tape drive? You may want to flash the non-raid firmware from LSI onto it. OK thanks. I just realised it doesn't have any external connectors so I'll have to find another candidate. However I do see the LSI spec sheet for it lists the chip which is listed in mpt(4) so I should be able to find something. I have a LSI SAS3801E (note lack of -R suffix) in a FreeBSD 8 box that is hooked up to a Quantum SuperLoader LTO-4 tape drive. It's not in production yet, and I haven't done extensive testing, but so far it probes the tape drive and autochanger correctly. The LSI SAS3801E itself attaches as a mpt device. It has two external connectors but no internal ones. I had intended to use an Areca ARC-1300-4X external SAS controller to drive this tape unit but, alas, I discovered that there is as yet no FreeBSD driver for that card. :-( Cheers, Paul. ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: FreeBSD 7 installs where FreeBSD 8 wont due to CD
On Wed, Dec 08, 2010 at 09:17:27AM +, Bruce Cran wrote: On Wed, 08 Dec 2010 01:00:34 -0800 per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: Go into Fixit# and examine /dev and/or the dmesg. The problem is there's no ls in FixIt mode so you need to use echo * to see what files are present. Sort of. Fixit offers these choices: 2 CDROM/DVD Use the live filesystem CDROM/DVD 3 USBUse the live filesystem from a USB drive 4 Floppy Use a floppy generated from the fixit image 5 Shell Start an Emergency Holographic Shell Options 2,3 and presumably 4 will all offer ls capability in addition to many other useful utilities (pciconf, dmesg, less, vi, etc.). It's option 5 (Emergency Holographic Shell) which offers generally nothing useful (requiring echo *, etc.). I imagine the segregation of these two is due to capacity concerns dating back to the days of floppy disks. We really should re-think that model. I think most people who are in an emergency or bare bones situation really do want the ability to boot disc1.iso and get a shell with the majority of common utilities that make up the base system. And let's not forget those of us who PXEboot in emergencies -- we're mostly screwed. :-) A one-stop shop makes the most sense, IMHO. It's for this reason that I regularly advocate use of USB flash drives and the memstick image if physically at the console. (Most of our servers have CD drives, not DVD, while all of them have USB ports) -- | Jeremy Chadwick j...@parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB | ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
