Re: ideas about threading lib switching

2007-04-11 Thread Joerg Sonnenberger
On Wed, Apr 11, 2007 at 06:51:38PM +0200, Simon 'corecode' Schubert wrote: > Have a generic "proxy" lib called libpthread.so.0 or so, which defines the > available functions and where all binaries can be linked against. Have a libpthread.so.0 which is just a symlink against the real thread lib an

Re: ideas about threading lib switching

2007-04-11 Thread Simon 'corecode' Schubert
Simon 'corecode' Schubert wrote: Have a generic "proxy" lib called libpthread.so.0 or so, which defines the available functions and where all binaries can be linked against. This lib however does not provide any functionality. Instead, there would be some way that this lib (or rtld, or so) d

Re: [SOLVED] Re: Strange vkernel crash

2007-04-11 Thread Dave Hayes
Matthew Dillon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I've committed a change to the vkernel code in HEAD which should > properly detect the issue and use a different address to map > kernel virtual memory. At the very least it won't continue trying > to boot if it can't map the memory. >

Re: [SOLVED] Re: Strange vkernel crash

2007-04-11 Thread Matthew Dillon
:It seems the problem is that I changed MAXDSIZ and MAXSSIZ. Thanks :Matt for finding this! :-- :Dave Hayes - Consultant - Altadena CA, USA - [EMAIL PROTECTED] :>>> The opinions expressed above are entirely my own <<< I've committed a change to the vkernel code in HEAD which should p

Re: [SOLVED] Re: Strange vkernel crash

2007-04-11 Thread Simon 'corecode' Schubert
Dave Hayes wrote: It seems the problem is that I changed MAXDSIZ and MAXSSIZ. Thanks Matt for finding this! uuuh. evil. but why would the vkernel die? some hard memory layout assumptions? cheers simon -- Serve - BSD +++ RENT this banner advert +++ASCII Ribbon /"\ Work - M

Re: ideas about threading lib switching

2007-04-11 Thread Steve O'Hara-Smith
On Wed, 11 Apr 2007 22:19:22 +0200 "Simon 'corecode' Schubert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote: > >> However, I don't know how we can do this. Does anybody have input, > >> ideas? One way would be to use rtld/libmap, like in FreeBSD, but I > >> don't 100% like this approach

[SOLVED] Re: Strange vkernel crash

2007-04-11 Thread Dave Hayes
It seems the problem is that I changed MAXDSIZ and MAXSSIZ. Thanks Matt for finding this! -- Dave Hayes - Consultant - Altadena CA, USA - [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> The opinions expressed above are entirely my own <<< Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors and miss.

Re: ideas about threading lib switching

2007-04-11 Thread Simon 'corecode' Schubert
Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote: However, I don't know how we can do this. Does anybody have input, ideas? One way would be to use rtld/libmap, like in FreeBSD, but I don't 100% like this approach. I'd like to find something more elegant. But I'm kind of stuck here, maybe somebody has some ideas to

Re: ideas about threading lib switching

2007-04-11 Thread Simon 'corecode' Schubert
Matthew Dillon wrote: I don't think we need to go that far. I just meant we wanted the option of linking against one library or the other when the program is linked with -pthread, perhaps with an environment variable. The problem here is that one lib might link to threadlib1 and th

Re: ideas about threading lib switching

2007-04-11 Thread Steve O'Hara-Smith
On Wed, 11 Apr 2007 18:51:38 +0200 "Simon 'corecode' Schubert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > However, I don't know how we can do this. Does anybody have input, > ideas? One way would be to use rtld/libmap, like in FreeBSD, but I don't > 100% like this approach. I'd like to find something more el

Re: ideas about threading lib switching

2007-04-11 Thread Matthew Dillon
:Hey, : :I think we all agree that we want to have the ability to switch between t= :hreading libs. But for this not to result in chaos, it must be guarantee= :d that only one of the threading libs is used in one process. : :Additionally, I'd like it to be easily switchable, on a per-run basis pro

ideas about threading lib switching

2007-04-11 Thread Simon 'corecode' Schubert
Hey, I think we all agree that we want to have the ability to switch between threading libs. But for this not to result in chaos, it must be guaranteed that only one of the threading libs is used in one process. Additionally, I'd like it to be easily switchable, on a per-run basis probably.

Re: Soekris net4801 and DragonFly BSD

2007-04-11 Thread Simon 'corecode' Schubert
Mischa Peters wrote: Fair enough... are there any developments that make it possible to do a headless install with an out-of-the box ISO? yes, you need a pfi.conf on any medium (usb, floppy) which for instance sets a root password and configures a running sshd (attention: enable root logins).

Re: Soekris net4801 and DragonFly BSD

2007-04-11 Thread Mischa Peters
Hi Matt, I think I see the problem. When you export from NFS it exports the actual filesystem, not any overlays on that filesystem. When you boot a live CD there are memory filesystem overlays that allow you to modify files and generally get a working environment, but the N