Re: sockstat.c

2012-06-20 Thread Stanislav Zaharov
Sorry, patch now as an attachment On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 3:55 AM, Eitan Adler wrote: > On 20 June 2012 16:48, Stanislav Zaharov wrote: > > Hi all! > > I changed the sockstat.c, function display() - added a resize of fields, > > depending on the length of the data. Can I suggest you look at the

Re: Replacing rc(8) (Was: FreeBSD Boot Times)

2012-06-20 Thread Michael Ross
Am 20.06.2012, 23:42 Uhr, schrieb Freddie Cash : On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 1:28 PM, Daniel Robbins wrote: On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 2:22 PM, Daniel Robbins wrote: This doesn't change the "hard" runlevel (3) but it changes the OpenRC logical runlevel. Basically, this convenient system is compa

Re: sockstat.c

2012-06-20 Thread Eitan Adler
On 20 June 2012 16:48, Stanislav Zaharov wrote: > Hi all! > I changed the sockstat.c, function display() - added a resize of fields, > depending on the length of the data. Can I suggest you look at the > resulting source > code? no patch is attached. Can you resend or upload somewhere and give th

Interest in a Summer of Code in Space?

2012-06-20 Thread Pedro Giffuni
Hello; This year the European Space Agency will have it's second Summer of Code in Space: http://sophia.estec.esa.int/socis2012/ This may be a good opportunity to get FreeBSD in yet-another interesting field, plus one of our projects in the "Ideas Page" seems to be ideal to get some funding from

Re: Replacing rc(8) (Was: FreeBSD Boot Times)

2012-06-20 Thread Wojciech Puchar
# rc maintenance # rc online this functionality seems useful. That's... not the word I'd have used. I'm sort-of-emulating this using custom scripts quite often, true. custom script that do lots of start or stops are good. But with N>2 "runlevels" without this subsystem you would need to

Re: Replacing rc(8) (Was: FreeBSD Boot Times)

2012-06-20 Thread Wojciech Puchar
The more different projects can share common code, the better. as long as we share good code and good ideas. Boot time is an issue for some people - even people with "never rebooted" servers need fast boot times when they _do_ need to reboot speeding up anything is always good. I think the

Re: Replacing rc(8) (Was: FreeBSD Boot Times)

2012-06-20 Thread Wojciech Puchar
To create a separately-managed runlevel, you would just: # mkdir /etc/runlevels/maintenance # rc-update add maintenance svc1 # rc-update add maintenance svc2 # rc-update add maintenance svc1 seems already not nice. Cannot i just edit one file to do this using my favourite text editor? __

Re: Replacing rc(8) (Was: FreeBSD Boot Times)

2012-06-20 Thread Wojciech Puchar
scripts, i deleted most of it and put startup sequence in single file. It was plain horror. You would weep if you saw Solaris's SMF, then. Everything is i don't really know what i've seen. i've installed latest solaris demo downloaded from oracle. After nearly an hour of installation over w

Re: Replacing rc(8) (Was: FreeBSD Boot Times)

2012-06-20 Thread Peter Jeremy
On 2012-Jun-20 09:05:05 -0600, Daniel Robbins wrote: >I see a great potential for collaboration here between Gentoo, Funtoo >(my current project, a derivative/fork of Gentoo), FreeBSD and OpenRC >(which is now an independently-managed project, distinct from the >upstream distros) The more differe

Re: Replacing rc(8) (Was: FreeBSD Boot Times)

2012-06-20 Thread Freddie Cash
On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 1:28 PM, Daniel Robbins wrote: > On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 2:22 PM, Daniel Robbins wrote: >> >> This doesn't change the "hard" runlevel (3) but it changes the OpenRC >> logical runlevel. Basically, this convenient system is compatible with >> traditional linux numerical runl

Re: Replacing rc(8) (Was: FreeBSD Boot Times)

2012-06-20 Thread Michael Ross
Am 20.06.2012, 22:29 Uhr, schrieb Wojciech Puchar : # rc maintenance # rc online this functionality seems useful. That's... not the word I'd have used. I'm sort-of-emulating this using custom scripts quite often, and especially with the stacked runlevel variety, this is something I real

Re: Replacing rc(8) (Was: FreeBSD Boot Times)

2012-06-20 Thread Daniel Robbins
On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 2:22 PM, Daniel Robbins wrote: > > This doesn't change the "hard" runlevel (3) but it changes the OpenRC > logical runlevel. Basically, this convenient system is compatible with > traditional linux numerical runlevels but does depend on them. > Meant to type: "does NOT dep

newbus / snd_hdspe(4) trouble

2012-06-20 Thread Ruslan Bukin
Hi. I have the problem with different behavior of snd_hdspe(4) sound card driver initialization. If I load the driver by hand using kldload everything works fine, but in case of loading driver at boot time (loader.conf) or compile in kernel the driver can't initialize propertly. The snd_hdspe(

Re: Replacing rc(8) (Was: FreeBSD Boot Times)

2012-06-20 Thread David Brodbeck
On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 8:51 AM, Wojciech Puchar wrote: > Some time ago i had to use linux (fortunately no longer needed). As i don't > use it normally i just took debian installer that i remembered it WAS > usable. > > After seeing the incredible complexity of /etc structure, not just rc > script

Re: Replacing rc(8) (Was: FreeBSD Boot Times)

2012-06-20 Thread Daniel Robbins
On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 1:52 PM, Michael Ross wrote: > > Just to clarify: > In OpenRC I can have *arbitrary* runlevels? > Not like as I remember from years ago when I used Linux, "runlevel 1 2 3 4 > 5", > but any number of "default" "online" "maintenance", > and thus I'd have *sets* of services I

Re: Replacing rc(8) (Was: FreeBSD Boot Times)

2012-06-20 Thread Wojciech Puchar
# rc maintenance # rc online this functionality seems useful. ___ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"

Re: Replacing rc(8) (Was: FreeBSD Boot Times)

2012-06-20 Thread Wojciech Puchar
I think our current system for OpenRC is pretty elegant. Initscripts go in /etc/init.d. Runlevels are defined as directories in /etc/runlevels. The default runlevel is /etc/runlevels/default. in FreeBSD you must handle /etc/* and /usr/local/etc/* - one for base system rest for ports. runlevels

Re: Replacing rc(8) (Was: FreeBSD Boot Times)

2012-06-20 Thread Wojciech Puchar
So, if Mr Puchar, in his comment, changes complex for complicated, then I think we can all agree with the wish that it does not add complication. right. i mean complicated or overcomplex. If anyone still don't know what i mean, i recommend installing any of those trendy new cool flashy linux di

Re: Replacing rc(8) (Was: FreeBSD Boot Times)

2012-06-20 Thread Michael Ross
Am 20.06.2012, 18:13 Uhr, schrieb Daniel Robbins : To add a service to a runlevel, you type "rc-update add ". To start/stop all services according to runlevel, you type "rc". To switch runlevels, you type "rc ", like "rc mobile". Just to clarify: In OpenRC I can have *arbitrary* runlevels?

Re: Replacing rc(8) (Was: FreeBSD Boot Times)

2012-06-20 Thread Daniel Robbins
On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 9:51 AM, Wojciech Puchar wrote: > > actually i am happy with current system, but maybe others. > > My most important ideas are: > > - any new system should not be more complex - ability to keep all flags and > main config in single file (/etc/rc.conf) must persist. I don't

Re: Replacing rc(8) (Was: FreeBSD Boot Times)

2012-06-20 Thread Lucas Holt
On Jun 20, 2012, at 11:43 AM, Daniel Robbins wrote: > On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 9:28 AM, Wojciech Puchar > wrote: >> >> Whatever benefits are, and for sure they are think of this: >> >> 1) can it be compatible with 2 ports already made for FreeBSD, where >> many of them install rc.d script

Re: Replacing rc(8) (Was: FreeBSD Boot Times)

2012-06-20 Thread Richard Yao
On 06/20/2012 11:28 AM, Wojciech Puchar wrote: >> Hi all, I wanted to jump in here. My name is Daniel Robbins and I'm >> the creator of Gentoo Linux and the original designer of the Gentoo >> initscripts, which now exist in rewritten form as OpenRC. FreeBSD >> inspired many of the concepts in Gento

Re: Replacing rc(8) (Was: FreeBSD Boot Times)

2012-06-20 Thread Fernando Apesteguía
On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 3:23 PM, Mark Felder wrote: > On Wed, 20 Jun 2012 04:27:09 -0500, Fernando Apesteguía > wrote: > >> Also, in embedded systems, boot time is an important factor. > > > If you're designing a very specific embedded product based on FreeBSD why > aren't you writing your own st

Re: Replacing rc(8) (Was: FreeBSD Boot Times)

2012-06-20 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 05:51:10PM +0200, Wojciech Puchar wrote: > >So let me know if you have any ideas for anything that would be > >considered more than just a slight improvement, that would make you go > >"OK, now it's seriously worth considering OpenRC as this is more than > >just a nominal i

Re: run_interrupt_driven_hooks: ... xpt_config" delay

2012-06-20 Thread Sean Bruno
On Wed, 2012-06-20 at 03:00 -0700, rank1see...@gmail.com wrote: > >From 3 machines with that type of cutom kernels, only 1 suffers from > this (and problem is gone, as soon as I revert to GENERIC) Please post your "custom kernel config" somewhere so we can see what is different. Sean ___

Re: Replacing rc(8) (Was: FreeBSD Boot Times)

2012-06-20 Thread Daniel Robbins
On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 9:28 AM, Wojciech Puchar wrote: > > Whatever benefits are, and for sure they are think of this: > > 1) can it be compatible with 2 ports already made for FreeBSD, where > many of them install rc.d scripts in CURRENT format. OK. This will clearly be needed, and shouldn'

Re: Replacing rc(8) (Was: FreeBSD Boot Times)

2012-06-20 Thread Wojciech Puchar
So let me know if you have any ideas for anything that would be considered more than just a slight improvement, that would make you go "OK, now it's seriously worth considering OpenRC as this is more than just a nominal improvement in functionality." actually i am happy with current system, but

Re: Replacing rc(8) (Was: FreeBSD Boot Times)

2012-06-20 Thread Daniel Robbins
On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 8:19 AM, Wojciech Puchar wrote: >>> That is already done in Gentoo FreeBSD, or do you want me to do the >>> work for you to integrate OpenRC in the base system? >> >> We want you to do the work to prove that it is an improvement.  Otherwise >> it's "just another claim." > >

Re: Replacing rc(8) (Was: FreeBSD Boot Times)

2012-06-20 Thread Wojciech Puchar
That is already done in Gentoo FreeBSD, or do you want me to do the work for you to integrate OpenRC in the base system? We want you to do the work to prove that it is an improvement. Otherwise it's "just another claim." rc subsystem is fine. Changing it would be another mess.

Re: Replacing rc(8) (Was: FreeBSD Boot Times)

2012-06-20 Thread Mark Linimon
On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 04:17:52PM +0300, Vitaly Magerya wrote: > The last time concurrent rc patches where proposed I measured boot time > on my laptop (running 8.2-RELEASE i386 IIRC): out of 45 seconds from > power on to login prompt, 20-25 where spent in rc, and parallel > execution of it shaved

Re: Replacing rc(8) (Was: FreeBSD Boot Times)

2012-06-20 Thread Wojciech Puchar
Hi all, I wanted to jump in here. My name is Daniel Robbins and I'm the creator of Gentoo Linux and the original designer of the Gentoo initscripts, which now exist in rewritten form as OpenRC. FreeBSD inspired many of the concepts in Gentoo Linux. I see a great potential for collaboration here b

Re: Replacing rc(8) (Was: FreeBSD Boot Times)

2012-06-20 Thread Wojciech Puchar
Also, in embedded systems, boot time is an important factor. If you're designing a very specific embedded product based on FreeBSD why aren't you writing your own startup system? Why would anyone expect a general what i not only already proposed, but did myself doing my own FreeBSD set for

Re: Replacing rc(8) (Was: FreeBSD Boot Times)

2012-06-20 Thread Wojciech Puchar
The last time concurrent rc patches where proposed I measured boot time on my laptop (running 8.2-RELEASE i386 IIRC): out of 45 seconds from power on to login prompt, 20-25 where spent in rc, and parallel execution of it shaved off 7 seconds from boot time. I'm also seeing similar breakdown on Vi

Re: Replacing rc(8) (Was: FreeBSD Boot Times)

2012-06-20 Thread Richard Yao
On 06/20/2012 03:39 AM, Mark Linimon wrote: > fwiw, from previous discussions on FreeBSD boot time, ISTR that there > are other places where more time is spent. Some analysis to prove that > indeed the rc subsystem is the dominant term would be a good starting > place. I neither claimed that it w

Re: Replacing rc(8) (Was: FreeBSD Boot Times)

2012-06-20 Thread Mark Felder
On Wed, 20 Jun 2012 04:27:09 -0500, Fernando Apesteguía wrote: Also, in embedded systems, boot time is an important factor. If you're designing a very specific embedded product based on FreeBSD why aren't you writing your own startup system? Why would anyone expect a general purpose "ou

Re: Replacing rc(8) (Was: FreeBSD Boot Times)

2012-06-20 Thread Vitaly Magerya
Mark Linimon wrote: > fwiw, from previous discussions on FreeBSD boot time, ISTR that there > are other places where more time is spent. Some analysis to prove that > indeed the rc subsystem is the dominant term would be a good starting > place. While I don't want to proliferate this thread or ad

Re: Replacing rc(8) (Was: FreeBSD Boot Times)

2012-06-20 Thread Volodymyr Kostyrko
Wojciech Puchar wrote: Personally I think that the kernel boot time is the killer here and the work should go there and second on the rc system. exactly what i wrote. rc.d subsystem is quick, and anyway in special cases just delete in and write all needed startup in /etc/rc i assume it is embed

Re: Replacing rc(8) (Was: FreeBSD Boot Times)

2012-06-20 Thread Wojciech Puchar
The problem is deeper, I'm using minimalized kernel without USB and greatest hang is 3 or so seconds after "Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec" just before ada0 appears. And I have already tried modularized ada - results are the same. Did you tried to add printk within freebsd kernel now and

Re: Replacing rc(8) (Was: FreeBSD Boot Times)

2012-06-20 Thread Doug Barton
I was working on a reply along similar lines, but instead I'll say that i agree 100% with what Mark said, and thanks to him for saving me a lot of time. :) Richard, with all that said if you still are interested in specs for a test program, I'm still willing to help with that. Just let me know. D

Re: Replacing rc(8) (Was: FreeBSD Boot Times)

2012-06-20 Thread Mark Linimon
On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 06:45:13PM -0400, Richard Yao wrote: > That is already done in Gentoo FreeBSD, or do you want me to do the > work for you to integrate OpenRC in the base system? We want you to do the work to prove that it is an improvement. Otherwise it's "just another claim." You seem t

Re: Replacing rc(8) (Was: FreeBSD Boot Times)

2012-06-20 Thread Wojciech Puchar
Personally I think that the kernel boot time is the killer here and the work should go there and second on the rc system. exactly what i wrote. rc.d subsystem is quick, and anyway in special cases just delete in and write all needed startup in /etc/rc i assume it is embedded system - in which

run_interrupt_driven_hooks: ... xpt_config" delay

2012-06-20 Thread rank1seeker
So, I have this problem, through all versions, from 8.* to 9.0 It happens when I build a custom kernel, which has ONLY 'device' lines, of machine's hardware. From 3 machines with that type of cutom kernels, only 1 suffers from this (and problem is gone, as soon as I revert to GENERIC) This delay

Re: Replacing rc(8) (Was: FreeBSD Boot Times)

2012-06-20 Thread claudiu vasadi
On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 11:36 AM, Wojciech Puchar < woj...@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> wrote: > Improving boot times can be done in two ways: >> >> 1) Implement proper service dependency handling framework >> 2) Implement ad-hoc service dependencies >> > > ZERO) Speed up kernel startup > > With custo

Re: Replacing rc(8) (Was: FreeBSD Boot Times)

2012-06-20 Thread Wojciech Puchar
Improving boot times can be done in two ways: 1) Implement proper service dependency handling framework 2) Implement ad-hoc service dependencies ZERO) Speed up kernel startup With custom kernel containing only needed devices it is still a bit long. rc.d/* things take trivial amount of time co

Re: Replacing rc(8) (Was: FreeBSD Boot Times)

2012-06-20 Thread Fernando Apesteguía
On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 10:59 AM, Atte Peltomäki wrote: > On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 03:53:26PM -0700, Doug Barton wrote: >> It's unfortunate that this thread evolved into a discussion about >> replacing rc.d, since that's almost certainly not relevant to the >> original topic of improving the overal

Re: Replacing rc(8) (Was: FreeBSD Boot Times)

2012-06-20 Thread Atte Peltomäki
On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 03:53:26PM -0700, Doug Barton wrote: > It's unfortunate that this thread evolved into a discussion about > replacing rc.d, since that's almost certainly not relevant to the > original topic of improving the overall boot time. Improving boot times can be done in two ways: 1

Re: Replacing rc(8) (Was: FreeBSD Boot Times)

2012-06-20 Thread Garrett Cooper
On Jun 20, 2012, at 12:45 AM, Doug Barton wrote: > I was working on a reply along similar lines, but instead I'll say that > i agree 100% with what Mark said, and thanks to him for saving me a lot > of time. :) > > Richard, with all that said if you still are interested in specs for a > test prog

Re: /etc/resolv.conf getting over written with dhcp

2012-06-20 Thread Varuna
Ian Lepore wrote: Using the 'prepend' or 'supercede' keywords in /etc/dhclient.conf is pretty much the standard way of handling a mix of static and dhcp interfaces where the static config needs to take precedence. I'm not sure why you dismiss it as essentially good, but somehow not good enough.

Are there any plans to increase the username length?

2012-06-20 Thread Subbsd
Hi Looks like FreeBSD one of the few modern OS which have the maximum length of username less than 255. Windows: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc783323.aspx (255) Linux: getconf LOGIN_NAME_MAX = 256 MacOSX: getconf LOGIN_NAME_MAX = 255 FreeBSD: getconf LOGIN_NAME_MAX = 17 Any plan