Re: api for sharing memory from kernel to userspace?

Alfred Perlstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I need to share about 100megs of memory between kernel and userspace. > > The memory can not be paged and should appear contig in the process's > address space. Any suggestions? > > I need a way to either: > map user memory into the kernel's address

Re: mini-howto: Grub on FreeBSD (UFS2)

Sorry, forgot the main part. see it here: === How to Use Grub Bootloader on FreeBSD [EMAIL PROTECTED], 05/18/2004 This mini-howto is written as a dummy introduction on how to get, install, setu

mini-howto: Grub on FreeBSD (UFS2)

hi, folks, I saw some questions on Grub for FreeBSD. Here I have a short mini-howto on how to use Grub on FreeBSD, which originated from the notes I took. Hope it can provide a tiny bit help. Thanks. Jiafu - Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Domains

Re: FreeBSD book recommendation

On Sat, May 22, 2004 at 12:46:54AM +0300, Vlad GALU wrote: > > I'd like to buy a book about FreeBSD kernel internals: data structures, > VM layout, reasons for various implementations, sort of a traver through > the sourcecode, along with explaining each design decision that has been > taken

FreeBSD book recommendation

I'd like to buy a book about FreeBSD kernel internals: data structures, VM layout, reasons for various implementations, sort of a traver through the sourcecode, along with explaining each design decision that has been taken. I'm interested of improving both my personal experience and my fe

Re: Bugfix for checksum offload in bge(4)

While on the subject of bge any idea why it performs so poorly in 100Mb mode when compared to the humble fxp in the following results. FreeBSD 5.1.2 (i386) local: 22834.872368421 records per second fxp 100Mb: 3854.06863517 records per second bge 100Mb: 2501.66999862 records per second bge 1Gb: 32

Re: Bugfix for checksum offload in bge(4)

On Fri, May 21, 2004 at 11:11:41PM +0900, George V.Neville-Neil wrote: > > > > While sweeping network interface drivers for incorrect usage of the > > capabilities framework, I noticed some bugs in bge(4). Unfortunately, > > I have no such card and I don't know its internals. Therefore I > > mad

Bugfix for checksum offload in bge(4)

Hi folks, While sweeping network interface drivers for incorrect usage of the capabilities framework, I noticed some bugs in bge(4). Unfortunately, I have no such card and I don't know its internals. Therefore I made a patch fixing hw-independent bugs and marking some questionable spots. It wou