Re: Does anyone know if the Broadcom BCM5700 has problems with HW csum?

2001-12-14 Thread Terry Lambert
Brooks Davis wrote: > There was a commit to current a few hours ago disabling hardware > checksums on recieve due to corruption problems. It will be MFC'd in > three days though it's a two line fix so you could apply it your self: > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/sys/dev/bge/if_bge.

Re: Does anyone know if the Broadcom BCM5700 has problems with HW csum?

2001-12-14 Thread Brooks Davis
On Sat, Dec 15, 2001 at 04:45:58PM +1030, Richard Sharpe wrote: > Hi, > > I am playing with a driver for the Broadcom 5700/5701. > > It recognizes the 5700 in my 3Com cards OK, but seems to screw up the > TCP checksum. > > Switching off hardware checksum capability fixes it. > > Does anyone k

Does anyone know if the Broadcom BCM5700 has problems with HW csum?

2001-12-14 Thread Richard Sharpe
Hi, I am playing with a driver for the Broadcom 5700/5701. It recognizes the 5700 in my 3Com cards OK, but seems to screw up the TCP checksum. Switching off hardware checksum capability fixes it. Does anyone know the details of which stepping this stuff worked on? -- Richard Sharpe, [EMAIL

Re: New feutures...........

2001-12-14 Thread Dominic Marks
On Friday 14 December 2001 3:03 pm, Rafter Man wrote: > Hi FreeBSD lovers :-) > 1. Is there a way to hide a user from other users? Fx programs like > w, who, users, netstat, top, ps all show what other users are > doing. It would fx be a good idea to hide root or the admin's > activities from o

Re: Adding a new FS to FreeBSD

2001-12-14 Thread Greg Lehey
On Friday, 14 December 2001 at 6:16:27 -0800, Terry Lambert wrote: > Peter Jeremy wrote: >> Since JFS has come up again... Are there any papers that explain how >> to integrate a new filesystem into FreeBSD? The relevant chapter in >> the FreeBSD Developers' Handbook (16) is a bit terse :-). >>

Re: 3com card problems

2001-12-14 Thread Peter Wemm
FYI: This is another [EMAIL PROTECTED] clone. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > You claim the 3Coms are no good choice for FBSD. I have always been very > satisfied > with 3Com905B devices. > And a quick search did not reveal any major problems with the 3com cards. > > Pls, can you explain th

Re: 3Com driver problems

2001-12-14 Thread Peter Wemm
FYI, this is another [EMAIL PROTECTED] clone. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> with 3Com905B devices. > >> And a quick search did not reveal any major problems with the 3com cards. > > > > A "quick search" of what? Get some perspective. The "hackers" are only > > interested in cards that they u

Re: 3Com driver problems

2001-12-14 Thread .
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Try to front end your machine with a switch...the 5 cards is most likely your > problem. With each device you increase your bus contention (ie worsen the > worst case bus master scenario)...either that or get a 4 port card that is > more efficient than 5 individual c

RE: 3Com driver problems

2001-12-14 Thread HP889
>> with 3Com905B devices. >> And a quick search did not reveal any major problems with the 3com cards. > > A "quick search" of what? Get some perspective. The "hackers" are only > interested in cards that they use, and they all use intel for high end stuff. > Bill paul is too busy writing dr

FINAL REMINDER: Request for submissions: FreeBSD Monthly Development Status Report (fwd)

2001-12-14 Thread Robert Watson
Reports are due tonight to be included in the November, 2001 monthly development report. The turnout is pretty low so far -- given activity in the tree, I know a lot more has been happening. :-) For example, I'd really like to get a report on the SMPng work, and hardware driver work, etc. Robe

Re: New feutures...........

2001-12-14 Thread Jordan Hubbard
> 1. Is there a way to hide a user from other users? Fx programs like w, who, u As Terry has already pointed out, jails are probably your best bet. > ps: 1. I hope that in the future FreeBSD will remain a servers only OS. As Terry also said, volunteers work on things they like to work on, but t

Re: New feutures...........

2001-12-14 Thread Kenneth Wayne Culver
> First af all I would like to thank the FreeBSD developers for making > such a great system! Half a year ago, I had to choose an OS for my > server and the first decision was between Windows and Unix, ofcourse > it didn't take much research to determine that Unix were the better > choice. But now

Re: (no subject)

2001-12-14 Thread John Baldwin
On 14-Dec-01 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In a message dated 12/14/01 10:09:20 AM Eastern Standard Time, CB1001 writes: > >> Hi, >> >> You claim the 3Coms are no good choice for FBSD. I have always been very >> satisfied >> with 3Com905B devices. >> And a quick search did not reveal any majo

Re: New feutures...........

2001-12-14 Thread Robert Watson
Can't address many of these, but will address one. On Fri, 14 Dec 2001, Rafter Man wrote: > Hi FreeBSD lovers :-) > > First af all I would like to thank the FreeBSD developers for making > such a great system! Half a year ago, I had to choose an OS for my > server and the first decision was bet

Re: shared mem and locking it in core (Database usage)

2001-12-14 Thread Alfred Perlstein
* GB Clark II <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [011214 06:28] wrote: > Hello, > > I'm running PostgreSQL and it uses SysV shared mem for alot of its functions. > > How can verify that the shared mem is wired and not pageable? > > sysctl settings: > kern.ipc.shmmax: 128004097 > kern.ipc.shmmin: 1 > kern.ipc.

Re: New feutures...........

2001-12-14 Thread Dag-Erling Smorgrav
"Rafter Man" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 2. I hope that in the furture the FreeBSD developers will rewrite > the system in C++. You need to have your head examined. DES -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers

Re: New feutures...........

2001-12-14 Thread Mike Barcroft
Rafter Man <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 2. I hope that in the furture the FreeBSD developers will rewrite the system in C++. I think you're alone on that one. Best regards, Mike Barcroft To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the messag

Re: New feutures...........

2001-12-14 Thread Terry Lambert
Rafter Man wrote: > 1. Is there a way to hide a user from other users? Fx programs > like w, who, users, netstat, top, ps all show what other users > are doing. The most common approach to this is to run the exterior services in a "jail" (see: "man jail"). When the user logs into the jail, they

New feutures...........

2001-12-14 Thread Rafter Man
Hi FreeBSD lovers :-) First af all I would like to thank the FreeBSD developers for making such a great system! Half a year ago, I had to choose an OS for my server and the first decision was between Windows and Unix, ofcourse it didn't take much research to determine that Unix were the better

Re: (no subject)

2001-12-14 Thread CB1001
In a message dated 12/14/01 10:09:20 AM Eastern Standard Time, CB1001 writes: > Hi, > > You claim the 3Coms are no good choice for FBSD. I have always been very > satisfied > with 3Com905B devices. > And a quick search did not reveal any major problems with the 3com cards. A "quick search"

RE: 3com card problems

2001-12-14 Thread CB1001
Hi, You claim the 3Coms are no good choice for FBSD. I have always been very satisfied with 3Com905B devices. And a quick search did not reveal any major problems with the 3com cards. Pls, can you explain the problem in more detail or direct me to more detailed information (how to avoid impacts

Re: sa output

2001-12-14 Thread Sven Huster
now cross-posting maybe someone can give me a hint at least On Mon, Dec 10, 2001 at 11:22:55AM +0100, Sven Huster wrote: > - Original Message - > From: "Josh Paetzel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Sven Huster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: "FBSD-Q" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: 09 December, 2001

Merry Christmas

2001-12-14 Thread Santa
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Re: Adding a new FS to FreeBSD

2001-12-14 Thread Terry Lambert
Peter Jeremy wrote: > Since JFS has come up again... Are there any papers that explain how > to integrate a new filesystem into FreeBSD? The relevant chapter in > the FreeBSD Developers' Handbook (16) is a bit terse :-). > > Specifically, I'm looking at being able to read/write 2BSD filesystems

shared mem and locking it in core (Database usage)

2001-12-14 Thread GB Clark II
Hello, I'm running PostgreSQL and it uses SysV shared mem for alot of its functions. How can verify that the shared mem is wired and not pageable? sysctl settings: kern.ipc.shmmax: 128004097 kern.ipc.shmmin: 1 kern.ipc.shmmni: 512 kern.ipc.shmseg: 1024 kern.ipc.shmall: 31251 kern.ipc.shm_use_ph

Re: MMU-less FreeBSD

2001-12-14 Thread Mike Smith
> On Thu, Dec 13, 2001 at 08:35:08PM -0800, Mike Smith wrote: > > > > Well, eCos is free-as-in-beer. > > >From a quick glance at the license it looks to be a lot more like > the GPL than a BSD license but I'll dig deeper. > > 'Any Modification which You create or to which You contribute must

Re: Performance issue

2001-12-14 Thread Dimitar Peikov
On Fri, 14 Dec 2001 02:55:33 -0600 Alfred Perlstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * Kris Kennaway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [011214 02:46] wrote: > > > > Yes, well, we already compile the *entire tree* with static > > (compile-time) optimizations when CPUTYPE is set, so one more (bzero) > > is no diffe

Re: Performance issue

2001-12-14 Thread Alfred Perlstein
* Kris Kennaway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [011214 02:46] wrote: > > Yes, well, we already compile the *entire tree* with static > (compile-time) optimizations when CPUTYPE is set, so one more (bzero) > is no difference except that it gives an extra performance benefit. Wait, you go to each and every f

Re: Performance issue

2001-12-14 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Fri, Dec 14, 2001 at 02:26:51AM -0600, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > > This could easily be hung off CPUTYPE like we do for the asm code in > > OpenSSL, right? > > That's not the point, you're proposing a static configuration > which i honestly don't like. What makes more sense is to > teach the

Re: Performance issue

2001-12-14 Thread Matthew Dillon
:That's not the point, you're proposing a static configuration :which i honestly don't like. What makes more sense is to :teach the dynamic linker to look for archetecture specific :subdirectories in order to dynamically link in a shared object :more suited to the running CPU, not the CPU it was

Re: Performance issue

2001-12-14 Thread Alfred Perlstein
* Kris Kennaway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [011213 22:17] wrote: > On Sun, Dec 09, 2001 at 03:23:28PM -0800, Peter Wemm wrote: > > Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > > > > > > There are many effects that could cause this, for instance if FreeBSD > > > manages to align things differently in relation to the CPU c