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2000-10-03 Thread loconet
I am makeing a script for newbies to help them upgrade there system it isnt really pretty it mostly just a script that i made in a cuple of hours but does the job and i was wundering if anyone could give it a try and then email me bug/info/ etc.. or if you whant to help me then email me saying so

Re: Question about -Wchar-subscripts

2000-10-03 Thread Thomas David Rivers
Robert Nordier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thomas David Rivers wrote: > > > > > So why is using a "char" as an array subscript wrong? I had always > > > > avoided it because the compiler complained and that was good enough > > > > for me. > > > > > > Because your char value could be negativ

Automatic updates (was Re: How long for -stable...)

2000-10-03 Thread Nate Williams
[ Culled the list way down, and moved it to -hackers ] > We could also look into providing an "update" command or something > which would pull either sources or binaries over from a snapshot box > and make the process of getting up to the branch-head a lot easier. > It's long been on my wishlist

Re: Making /etc/defaults/rc.conf a configuration file.

2000-10-03 Thread Brian Somers
> Hi, > > With these patches, and the new tiny util 'sourceconf', we can make > /etc/defaults/rc.conf and /etc/defaults/periodic.conf configuration > files again, such that they can be parsed by things other than 'sh'. [.] Looks good to me ! -- Brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: Question about -Wchar-subscripts

2000-10-03 Thread Leif Neland
- Original Message - From: "Dan Nelson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Larry Lile" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2000 9:49 PM Subject: Re: Question about -Wchar-subscripts > In the last episode (Oct 03), Larry Lile said: > > > > ...we get scores of

Re: 4.1-stable crash.

2000-10-03 Thread Dag-Erling Smorgrav
FengYue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 3 Oct 2000, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote: > -> > panic messages: > -> > --- > -> Where are the panic messages? > > Unfortunately, there is no panic messages. I compiled the kernel with > -g (without DDB), and set the dumpdev in rc.conf. Did I do anything > w

Re: Question about -Wchar-subscripts

2000-10-03 Thread Robert Nordier
Thomas David Rivers wrote: > > > So why is using a "char" as an array subscript wrong? I had always > > > avoided it because the compiler complained and that was good enough > > > for me. > > > > Because your char value could be negative and end up referencing memory > > before your array start

Re: Question about -Wchar-subscripts

2000-10-03 Thread Thomas David Rivers
> > In the last episode (Oct 03), Larry Lile said: > > > > ...we get scores of warnings about using characters as subscripts > > to an array (-Wchar-subscripts), which generates so much noise as > > to mask real warnings burried within. Therefore, I would like to > > suppress thi

Re: Question about -Wchar-subscripts

2000-10-03 Thread Dan Nelson
In the last episode (Oct 03), Larry Lile said: > > ...we get scores of warnings about using characters as subscripts > to an array (-Wchar-subscripts), which generates so much noise as > to mask real warnings burried within. Therefore, I would like to > suppress this warning unles

Question about -Wchar-subscripts

2000-10-03 Thread Larry Lile
I was just asked a question that I really don't know what the "correct" answer is, so here it is. ...we get scores of warnings about using characters as subscripts to an array (-Wchar-subscripts), which generates so much noise as to mask real warnings burried within. Therefore, I

Re: Frustration with SCSI system

2000-10-03 Thread Andreas Klemm
On Wed, Sep 20, 2000 at 01:24:34PM -0700, Edward Elhauge wrote: > OK, vinum is good. But my understanding is that you can't use vinum on > your root partition. By Murphy's Law it always seems to be root that gets > screwed up. And that also causes the biggest problems because then you > have to ya

Re: atomic operations

2000-10-03 Thread jdp
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Alfred Perlstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > +typedef struct { volatile int a; } atomic_t; > + > +#define atomic_init(p, v)do { p->a = v; } while(0) > +#define atomic_destroy(p)do { ; } while(0) I don't see the need for the do ... while(0) construct he

RE: process scheduling quantum

2000-10-03 Thread John Baldwin
On 03-Oct-00 Zhiui Zhang wrote: > > On Tue, 3 Oct 2000, John Baldwin wrote: >> >> On 02-Oct-00 Zhiui Zhang wrote: >> > >> > Suppose a process is scheduled to run, will it run until its quantum ends >> > unless it calls tsleep() on his own? In other words, is it possible for a >> > process to g

Re: 4.1-stable crash.

2000-10-03 Thread FengYue
On 3 Oct 2000, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote: ->> panic messages: ->> --- -> ->Where are the panic messages? Unfortunately, there is no panic messages. I compiled the kernel with -g (without DDB), and set the dumpdev in rc.conf. Did I do anything wrong? ->> Cannot access memory at address 0xce51

Re: dlopen() & objc initializer...

2000-10-03 Thread jdp
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have an ObjC shared object compiled in this way: > > gcc -shared -rdynamic -o Bundle BreakTest.o SetTestCase.o -lSenFoundation >-lSenTestingKit > > When I load this object with dlopen() the __objc_exec_class() initializer > of the

RE: process scheduling quantum

2000-10-03 Thread Zhiui Zhang
On Tue, 3 Oct 2000, John Baldwin wrote: > > On 02-Oct-00 Zhiui Zhang wrote: > > > > Suppose a process is scheduled to run, will it run until its quantum ends > > unless it calls tsleep() on his own? In other words, is it possible for a > > process to give up its quantum earlier without having i

dlopen() & objc initializer...

2000-10-03 Thread mirko . viviani
Ciao! I have an ObjC shared object compiled in this way: gcc -shared -rdynamic -o Bundle BreakTest.o SetTestCase.o -lSenFoundation -lSenTestingKit When I load this object with dlopen() the __objc_exec_class() initializer of the libraries's classes are called first than the objc initializers of

Re: FreeBSD 4.x/3.x kld device driver

2000-10-03 Thread Alexander Langer
Thus spake Willem van Engen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > I'd also like to use it on FreeBSD 3.x. When compiling gigadrive there, > the > file device_if.h can't be found. Any ideas to solve this? This is code that is only working in FreeBSD 4.0 or greater. You really should update if you develop drive

Re: Need some help developing my ethernet driver.

2000-10-03 Thread Alexander Langer
Thus spake Rink Springer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > One final problem here now... how can I determine which I/O address FreeBSD > is willing me to probe for the device? I cannot find it in any of the > existing drivers... anyone? This is done automatically. Alex -- cat: /home/alex/.sig: No such fi

Re: FreeBSD 4.x/3.x kld device driver

2000-10-03 Thread Willem van Engen
 > > Have a look at the simple device driver I wrote for the Linksys > Gigadrive's front panel LEDs, etc. > > http://people.freebsd.org/~msmith/gigadrive Thanks! I think I'll be able to make a working driver with your code. I'd also like to use it on FreeBSD 3.x. When compiling gigadrive there

Re: FreeBSD 4.x kld device driver

2000-10-03 Thread Mike Smith
Have a look at the simple device driver I wrote for the Linksys Gigadrive's front panel LEDs, etc. http://people.freebsd.org/~msmith/gigadrive This approach should suit you well. I would use a single device node and a small set of ioctls for your control interface, as this will keep things

FreeBSD 4.x kld device driver

2000-10-03 Thread Willem van Engen
I'm writing a device driver for FreeBSD 3.x and 4.x for the application panel of the fujitsu lifebook c4110 notebook (a led, lcd and some buttons). It took me some time to get a working driver (compiles on both 3.x and 4.x), but it's not really clean code. I'd like to rewrite it, but I can't find

Re: Need some help developing my ethernet driver.

2000-10-03 Thread Dag-Erling Smorgrav
"Rink Springer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am currently working on a driver for the D-Link DE620 Parallel Ethernet > card driver. I used the if_el.c code as a base, for it appears to be a > relatively easy driver (my driver is called dl0 BTW, for D-Link. Anyknow > know if this conflicts somew

Re: 4.1-stable crash.

2000-10-03 Thread Dag-Erling Smorgrav
FengYue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > gdb -k kernel.debug /var/crash/vmcore.0 > [GDB messages...] > This GDB was configured as "i386-unknown-freebsd"... > IdlePTD 2863104 > initial pcb at 247960 > panicstr: page fault > panic messages: > --- Where are the panic messages? > dmesg: kvm_read: > --

Re: XFreeBSD Install - 4.1-RELEASE #:0 Fri Jul 28 14:30:31 GMT 2000

2000-10-03 Thread Dag-Erling Smorgrav
Loony Bomber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Given these qualifications, and the fact > that the first router I built on a recycled 286 system (as a lark) FreeBSD won't run on a 286 (and never has). The 286 is a 16-bit processor, and FreeBSD is (and has always been) a

RE: process scheduling quantum

2000-10-03 Thread Daniel Eischen
On Tue, 3 Oct 2000, John Baldwin wrote: > > On 02-Oct-00 Zhiui Zhang wrote: > > > > Suppose a process is scheduled to run, will it run until its quantum ends > > unless it calls tsleep() on his own? In other words, is it possible for a > > process to give up its quantum earlier without having it

Re: atomic operations

2000-10-03 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message <005801c02d17$17efc0a0$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Jan Mikk elsen" writes: >John Baldwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>On 03-Oct-00 Jan Mikkelsen wrote: >>> There shouldn't be a need for a loop like the one you describe for a >simple >>> atomic increment. >> >>The trick is that I want to incr

Re: atomic operations

2000-10-03 Thread Jan Mikkelsen
John Baldwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On 03-Oct-00 Jan Mikkelsen wrote: >> There shouldn't be a need for a loop like the one you describe for a simple >> atomic increment. > >The trick is that I want to increment and read at the same time. I don't know the exact semantics of atomic_cmpset_in

Internet Prepaid Card

2000-10-03 Thread Mustafa Deeb
hi all, I'm working on building a system that will handle Internet Prepaid Cards where the user would connect for a certain amount of time and then disconnect ofcourse this is not implemented in Radius. after some digging, I was able to control it through Session-Timeout Attribute in Radius and

Re: atomic operations

2000-10-03 Thread Alfred Perlstein
* John Baldwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [001003 00:01] wrote: > > On 25-Sep-00 Jan Mikkelsen wrote: > > Kevin Mills <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>I found the atomic_* functions in , but noticed that they > >>have no return value. What I need is a function that increments/decrements > >>the given val

Re: atomic operations

2000-10-03 Thread John Baldwin
On 03-Oct-00 Jan Mikkelsen wrote: > John Baldwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>Uh, there is no xaddl instruction in the x86 instruction set. > > It was introduced in the '486. I've been using it for some years now, so I > am confident of its existence. Freaky. Time for a new atomic op perhaps.

Re: atomic operations

2000-10-03 Thread Jan Mikkelsen
John Baldwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Uh, there is no xaddl instruction in the x86 instruction set. It was introduced in the '486. I've been using it for some years now, so I am confident of its existence. A quick test using my example: $ objdump -d jan.o jan.o: file format elf32-i386