Re: import NetBSD rc system

2001-06-14 Thread Andrew Hesford
-var.sh and mount-rest.sh. If we want to mount pccard stuff from fstab, we should do something like the smbfs script does. Then we can have a mount-local.sh and mount-pccard.sh script, which is a bit more sane. -- Andrew Hesford [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: import NetBSD rc system

2001-06-13 Thread Andrew Hesford
. This is a relatively minor issue, and I am sure there are a million equally valid (or more so) solutions to the problem. This is why I leave it to those who are going to implement the system. :) -- Andrew Hesford [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe

Re: import NetBSD rc system

2001-06-11 Thread Andrew Hesford
stuff, it too has a single rc.conf-like file to control things. Its main feature is that you can add new modules easily. Warner New modules? Isn't that just the same as /usr/local/etc/rc.d/ ? I side with Mr. Dillon, I hope things stay the way they are. -- Andrew Hesford [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: XFree86 4.1.0 and i810

2001-06-07 Thread Andrew Hesford
On Thu, Jun 07, 2001 at 06:59:15AM -0500, Will Andrews wrote: On Thu, Jun 07, 2001 at 12:32:50AM -0500, Andrew Hesford ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: The XFree86 4.0.1 sources *did* offer a helpful hint. I have posted another email which includes a patch to fix the buggy i810 driver. Are you

Re: XFree86 4.1.0 and i810

2001-06-07 Thread Andrew Hesford
On Thu, Jun 07, 2001 at 08:35:06AM -0500, Andrew Hesford wrote: The solution is to comment out the calls to I810BindGARTMemory() and I810UnbindGARTMemory() in the VT-switching functions. The end result is that I810EnterVT() and I810LeaveVT() are now identical in 4.1.0 to the ones in 4.0.1

Re: XFree86 4.1.0 and i810

2001-06-07 Thread Andrew Hesford
On Thu, Jun 07, 2001 at 07:15:00AM -0700, Jean-Marc Zucconi wrote: I will commit it. Please send it to [EMAIL PROTECTED] too. Jean-Marc Thanks a lot, I have just submitted the patch to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Andrew Hesford [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED

XFree86 4.1.0 and i810

2001-06-06 Thread Andrew Hesford
will take a look at how they handled the ioctl. Unfortunately, I do not know enough about the design of the FreeBSD kernel to go poking in there; if XFree86 4.0.1 can't offer some hints on the right way to handle things, I'm fresh out of ideas. -- Andrew Hesford [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail

Re: XFree86 4.1.0 and i810

2001-06-06 Thread Andrew Hesford
On Wed, Jun 06, 2001 at 11:20:45PM -0500, Andrew Hesford wrote: I hope somebody can provide more information. I am in the process of fetching and extracting the XFree86 4.0.1 sources, I will take a look at how they handled the ioctl. Unfortunately, I do not know enough about the design

Re: /dev/ptmx equivalent for Linux ABI?

2001-05-06 Thread Andrew Hesford
. It would also be essential for running for example a Linux OpenSSH daemon in a jail with Linux binaries. That would be a very good thing... :) Why would that be a good thing? Run the FreeBSD OpenSSH in a jail. -- Andrew Hesford [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: minimum size bsd requird

2001-05-05 Thread Andrew Hesford
that PicoBSD will indeed get smaller than Linux. The reason is the ability to crunch binaries, which I haven't seen on a linux system. The only other small UNIX-like system I can think of is QNX, which can fit on a single floppy, and has a windowing system and at least a web browser. -- Andrew

Re: no keyboard

2001-05-05 Thread Andrew Hesford
that there IS a chance you will toast things. -- Andrew Hesford [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-hackers in the body of the message

Re: new syscons screensaver

2001-05-02 Thread Andrew Hesford
one that serves a really good purpose. -- Andrew Hesford [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-hackers in the body of the message

Re: new syscons screensaver

2001-05-02 Thread Andrew Hesford
a specified delay? G`luck, Torbjorn Kristoffersen [EMAIL PROTECTED] THAT'S an idea. I would love to see some fancy screensaver put to good use, as long as I know that it will eventually turn off my monitor. -- Andrew Hesford [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: x86-64 Hammer and IA64 Itainium

2001-04-26 Thread Andrew Hesford
need a better solution than the Xilinx software. It's absolutely horrible. They should stick to electronics and leave the software design to those who know what they're doing. -- Andrew Hesford [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-hackers

Re: UFS block size vs. write speed

2001-04-20 Thread Andrew Hesford
slower in real-world transfer rates, because transfer protocols have overhead, breaking data into packets and reassembling it takes time, and other things. -- Andrew Hesford [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message

Re: x86-64 Hammer and IA64 Itainium

2001-04-17 Thread Andrew Hesford
and leave the x86-64 porting to people who actually care. -- Andrew Hesford [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message

Re: Mounting Linux Partitions in Extended Partitions

2001-04-15 Thread Andrew Hesford
can't figure out if, or how, i can mount the larger one. Does anyone have any insight? Use the slice number equal to the partition number in linux. For instace, if Linux saw the disk as sdb6, use da1s6 in FreeBSD. This will work just fine. -- Andrew Hesford [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe

burncd code

2001-04-08 Thread Andrew Hesford
Any help would be greatly appreciated, and I would, of course, submit any patches I make. -- Andrew Hesford [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message

Re: Adding a new drive

2001-04-07 Thread Andrew Hesford
On Sat, Apr 07, 2001 at 07:26:30PM -0600, Warner Losh wrote: In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] Andrew Hesford writes: : Hrm... I'm sorry then. I have no idea why the Handbook asks you to zero : out the device, it consumes a lot of time and really isn't necessary. I : wonder if that could

Re: Adding a new drive

2001-04-06 Thread Andrew Hesford
the walkthrough says. -- Andrew Hesford [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message

Re: Adding a new drive

2001-04-06 Thread Andrew Hesford
MBR with the FreeBSD fdisk. -- Andrew Hesford [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message

Re: system slows down to a crawl

2001-04-05 Thread Andrew Hesford
inux!), but the main focus is 4.3BSD, which makes many aspects still relevant. I am finding it to be an interesting read. It does some comparison between Xenix, SunOS, BSD UNIX and System V (releases 3 and 4). -- Andrew Hesford [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with

Re: A novel idea....

2001-04-04 Thread Andrew Hesford
ction to hunt around for things I like. Besides, isn't this message too damn long? -- Andrew Hesford [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message

Re: RELEASE versus STABLE

2001-04-02 Thread Andrew Hesford
rmore, this question is not appropriate for freebsd-hackers. This list is meant for people with bug notices, programming suggestions, and code to discuss. freebsd-questions is for questions about the basic operation of FreeBSD. -- Andrew Hesford [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail