Re: OpenBSD runs hotter than Linux with same laptop, draws more electricity?

2024-07-05 Thread A B
I'm thinking probably Intel themselves invested money into their own engineers to power optimize their hardware for Linux (arguably too little too late considering the inefficiencies of CISC-to-RISC in hardware and the growth of ARM as a result). Surely they would do it for servers (big electric

Re: OpenBSD runs hotter than Linux with same laptop, draws more electricity?

2024-07-04 Thread A B
> Unfortunately power management related code is pretty difficult to write > unless you know > the hardware very well. Basically, for now, run you machines warm and be... > proud! ;) Totally understand. I wouldn't want to delve too deeply into Intel-specific hardware quirks either. Will have t

OpenBSD runs hotter than Linux with same laptop, draws more electricity?

2024-07-01 Thread A B
I just wonder why OpenBSD requires more CPU load for the same kind of activity (web browsing), and also appears to draw more electricity from the power supply when measured, compared to Linux, when using the same laptop? Perhaps more Assembly instructions to complete the same task? But why? Memo

wsconsctl display.brightness non-functional

2024-07-01 Thread A B
I am using OpenBSD on a 15" 2011 Macbook Pro. The 2011 models have faulty Radeon GPU, so to use Intel graphics, I run: config -ef /bsd disable radeondrm quit And this solution is very stable. However, it is impossible to adjust the monitor backlight (may be unrelated to above?), for exampl

Re: slow transfers 5.3 & Tp-Link TG-3468 1gb nic pci-e

2013-10-26 Thread A B
I modified if_re_pci.c and now I got: # dmesg | grep re0 re0 at pci1 dev 0 function 0 "Realtek 8168" rev 0x06: RTL8168E/8111E (0x2c00), msi, address f8:1a:67:04:2f:48 rgephy0 at re0 phy 7: RTL8169S/8110S PHY, rev. 4 # ("msi, " appeared) but still the same transfer rate (~48k)

Re: slow transfers 5.3 & Tp-Link TG-3468 1gb nic pci-e

2013-10-26 Thread A B
Sure, here it is: OpenBSD 5.4-current (GENERIC.MP) #2: Sat Oct 26 02:39:36 ART 2013 r...@foo.coredump.com.ar:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC.MP cpu0: Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-3240 CPU @ 3.40GHz ("GenuineIntel" 686-class) 3.40 GHz cpu0: FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MC

Re: slow transfers 5.3 & Tp-Link TG-3468 1gb nic pci-e

2013-10-25 Thread A B
Thank you for your response. I tried with 5.4-current just updated with no luck. (re.c rev 1.145) Is there anything else to try? Should I write to tech@? Thanks!

slow transfers 5.3 & Tp-Link TG-3468 1gb nic pci-e

2013-10-24 Thread A B
Hello everyone I´m having very slow transfers on stock 5.3 with the TP-LINK tg-3468 gb pci-e nic. When downloading OpenBSD src.tar.gz with wget from a local server on 100mb lan it will start around 100k/sec and after a fews second goes to 50-60k. In the same machine, without any hardware change

Re: OpenBSD 4.8 HP ProLiant DL360 G7 Install OK?

2011-03-09 Thread a b
>From an HP DL360 G6... OpenBSD 4.7 (GENERIC.MP) #1: Fri Feb 11 22:42:45 UTC 2011 r...@example.com:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC.MP cpu0: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5504 @ 2.00GHz ("GenuineIntel" 686-class) 2.01 GHz cpu0: FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PS

Re: Alternatives to PF pflow for people running BGP ?

2011-02-25 Thread a b
Hello Henning, > no state is stupid. > I don't believe a word. Better talk to your friend Claudio Jeker then Claudio Jeker Sat, 30 Jan 2010 05:01:26 -0800 "I generally do not filter on core routers because of the asymetric routing." Or Stuart Henderson Stuart Henderson Fri, 22 Jan 2010 0

Re: 4.7 and packets per second optimizations

2011-02-16 Thread a b
>Is there possibly another processor type, NIC, and or machine that would be much >more efficient at handling this kind of traffic (packets per second, not >throughput)? It's not OpenBSD but I recently saw this presentation, might be worth a read and it's links in terms of giving you a general

Re: BGPD on 4.7 ignoring request to zero MED.

2011-02-15 Thread a b
>I think this was fixed after 4.7. Anyway you could try to use "set med 1" and >see if that helps. That worked. Thank you Claudio.

BGPD on 4.7 ignoring request to zero MED.

2011-02-14 Thread a b
I am trying to zero MEDs sent to me by eBGP peers. However no matter where I put "set med 0" (e.g. within a "neighbor" stanza or in a filter), bgpd still seems to be letting the MED values through. For example, in my current config neighbor 10.20.10.29 { announce IPv6 none d

Re: OSPF6D on 4.7 not adding certain {passive} interfaces to RIB.

2011-02-14 Thread a b
- Original Message From: Manuel Guesdon To: a b Cc: misc@openbsd.org Sent: Mon, 14 February, 2011 11:19:35 Subject: Re: OSPF6D on 4.7 not adding certain {passive} interfaces to RIB. On Sun, 13 Feb 2011 17:36:01 + (GMT) a b wrote: >| Awsome ! >| >| Thanks Manuel. >

Re: OSPF6D on 4.7 not adding certain {passive} interfaces to RIB.

2011-02-13 Thread a b
g Sent: Sun, 13 February, 2011 16:48:51 Subject: Re: OSPF6D on 4.7 not adding certain {passive} interfaces to RIB. Hi, On Sun, 13 Feb 2011 12:50:52 + (GMT) a b wrote: >| I've got a curious issue. >| ... >| The loopback and vlan interfaces get added to the RIB without >| pr

OSPF6D on 4.7 not adding certain {passive} interfaces to RIB.

2011-02-13 Thread a b
Hi, I've got a curious issue. I have a simple ospf6d.conf as follows : router-id 10.1.2.3 redistribute connected redistribute static router-priority 10 area 0.0.0.0 { hello-interval 3 router-dead-time 15 interface bnx1 {passive} interface vlan5 {metric 5} interface lo2 {passive} interface lo6 {p

Re: SSH getting blocked on PF after 30 seconds (OpenBSD 4.7)

2011-02-11 Thread a b
Thank you for your replies so far. Interestingly enough, killing off stateful filtering seems to have done the trick. The router happens to be running BGP along with another couple of OpenBSD boxes also running BGP. After much extensive digging, I eventually found this little paragraph from

SSH getting blocked on PF after 30 seconds (OpenBSD 4.7)

2011-02-09 Thread a b
Hello list, At the top of my pf.conf, I have the following : pass in quick inet from to any queue q_admin And right at the bottom : block in log quick to I can establish an SSH connection with no problem. But consistently after about 30 seconds, my session hangs. In the logs I get : r

Re: Possible bug ? Re: 4.7 Release - bgpd not passing IBGP routes

2010-06-01 Thread a b
Thanks for the heads up Claudio, will look into it a bit more in light of your comments.

Re: Possible bug ? Re: 4.7 Release - bgpd not passing IBGP routes

2010-05-30 Thread a b
(1) With "set localpref 500" on EBGP session on BSD02 "bgpctl sh rib" on BSD01 : I*>0.0.0.0/0172.16.99.254500065432i * 0.0.0.0/0172.16.99.254100065432i "bgpctl sh rib" on BSD02 : *>0.0.0.0/0172.16.99.254500065432i (2) With no lo

Re: 4.7 Release - bgpd not passing IBGP routes

2010-05-30 Thread a b
Hello, Thank you for your reply. Ref. your pointing out > group > "transit 65432" { > set localpref 400 > remote-as $PEER_ASN > neighbor $REMOTE_IP { > descr "EBGP BOX" > announce self ^ Please explain why, therefore, when I remove "set localpref 400", the IBGP mesh defined

Possible bug ? Re: 4.7 Release - bgpd not passing IBGP routes

2010-05-29 Thread a b
Hi, Further to my earlier email, additional experimentation shows that removal of "set localpref" from my config file on BSD02 allows full mesh IBGP to correctly occur. Reinsertion of "set localpref" makes the issue originally reported reappear.

4.7 Release - bgpd not passing IBGP routes

2010-05-29 Thread a b
Hi, I've got a curious problem with a test I've been doing with bgpd on 4.7 release. Hopefully someone can point out where I am going wrong. Test Layout : BSD01 -> EBGP01 BSD02 -> EBGP01 BSDxx are both 4.7 release BGP speakers in private ASN 64550 (OSPF running between them as IGP) EBGP01 is a

Re: 4.6 (i386) 008_kerberos.patch : undefined reference to `xfspioctl'

2010-04-14 Thread a b
>>Did you select comp*.tgz when upgrading from 4.5 to 4.6? Do you have old >>header files lingering in /usr/include? Selection was as default, apart from "-x*" to deslect all the X clutter. Will go take a look around /usr/include.

Re: 4.6 (i386) 008_kerberos.patch : undefined reference to `xfspioctl'

2010-04-14 Thread a b
A quick poke around /usr/include/kerberosV looks pretty much the same as another 4.6 box (file sizes and creation dates all seem to be the same, and a random md5 of krb5.h yields the same hash).

Re: 4.6 (i386) 008_kerberos.patch : undefined reference to `xfspioctl'

2010-04-14 Thread a b
head /usr/src/lib/libkrb5/afssys_openbsd.c : /*$OpenBSD: afssys_openbsd.c,v 1.2 2009/06/03 14:45:47 jj Exp $*/ /*$KTH: afssys.c,v 1.57 1998/05/09 17:19:03 joda Exp $*/

Re: 4.6 (i386) 008_kerberos.patch : undefined reference to `xfspioctl'

2010-04-14 Thread a b
>>It looks like you are still trying to compile 4.5 kerberos sources while >>running a 4.6 userland. Nice try, but I'm not that stupid ! ;-) Following the install and before doing ANY patches, I did... cd /usr/src rm -rf and then unzipped src/sys from 4.6 into there.

4.6 (i386) 008_kerberos.patch : undefined reference to `xfspioctl'

2010-04-14 Thread a b
Hello List, So there I was, minding my own business happily patching an upgraded 4.6 system (upgraded from 4.5 via CD boot). All going well, until I get to 008, the kerberos patch : cc -o kdc 524.o config.o connect.o kaserver.o kerberos5.o kerberos4.o log.o main.o misc.o print_version.o parse_

ipsec.conf x509 ( was Re: /etc/ipsec.conf default peer psk/dstid mismatch)

2010-03-31 Thread a b
Hi, I hope someone on-list can give me a few helpful pointers in the right direction. I've setup certs as per "X509 AUTHENTICATION" section of the isakmpd man page. However it is a bit unclear as to what I need to put in ipsec.conf to make this work. I've tried a bit of Google trawling, however

Re: /etc/ipsec.conf default peer psk/dstid mismatch

2010-03-30 Thread a b
Thanks for the wise words Stuart.makes sense now ! > Stuart Henderson wrote : >you can only have one "peer any" configured. therefore if you >want to have users connecting from unknown addresses, they must >either use the same psk, or use keys instead.

/etc/ipsec.conf default peer psk/dstid mismatch

2010-03-30 Thread a b
Hello List, I've got this config that is working beautifully : #ROAD WARRIOR ike passive from 10.1.2.3 to 10.9.8.0/24 \ peer any \ main auth hmac-sha2-256 enc aes-256 group modp2048 \ quick auth hmac-sha2-256 enc aes-256 \ srcid 192.168.111.1 dstid a...@example.com \ psk some_very_long_and_comp

Re: siteXX.tgz and install.site behaviour questions

2010-03-21 Thread a b
Hello Theo, "my crazy idea" > /dev/null 2>&1 Happy now ? ;-) - Original Message From: Theo de Raadt To: a b Cc: Adriaan ; misc@openbsd.org Sent: Sun, 21 March, 2010 16:57:51 Subject: Re: siteXX.tgz and install.site behaviour questions > Thanks for all you

Re: siteXX.tgz and install.site behaviour questions

2010-03-21 Thread a b
Thanks for all your replies. I guess my original questions were perhaps written in haste, however in a way I still think it would make sense for OpenBSD to check the permissions of key files (/etc/security style).I would have thought there is no reason why files already owned by root in a defa

siteXX.tgz and install.site behaviour questions

2010-03-20 Thread a b
Hi, Would appreciate it if someone could spare a few minutes to outline the reasons for the following behaviour : 1/ Why does OpenBSD not chown files to root ? For example, in my test siteXX.tgz, I had a custom "/etc/sudoers" file. However because this file was created on a different machine as

Re: anoncvs.nl.openbsd.org password ?

2010-03-17 Thread a b
Sounds good to me. Thanks Otto ! - Original Message From: Otto Moerbeek To: a b Cc: misc@openbsd.org Sent: Wed, 17 March, 2010 16:06:09 Subject: Re: anoncvs.nl.openbsd.org password ? On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 03:12:50PM +, a b wrote: > Hi, > > There's no maintai

anoncvs.nl.openbsd.org password ?

2010-03-17 Thread a b
Hi, There's no maintainer listed for anoncvs.nl.openbsd.org, so perhaps someone can enlighten me as to the correct password to use for anoncvs access over ssh. I've tried anonymous, blank, anoncvs . nothing seems to work ?

Re: HP DL320G6 not seeing internal drives

2010-03-11 Thread a b
> thanks, Brad points out that this device id needs adding to the Kudos to Brad !;-) > I'll get you some install media built to test. Aw-shucks, you guys makes me wonder why anyone would want to use anything other than OpenBSD with this sort of community spirit !;-) Thanks v. much,

Re: HP DL320G6 not seeing internal drives

2010-03-11 Thread a b
Snapshot results. OpenBSD 4.7 (RAMDISK_CD) #351: Tue Mar 9 10:02:25 MST 2010 dera...@i386.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/RAMDISK_CD cpu0: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5502 @ 1.87GHz ("GenuineIntel" 686-class) 1.87 GHz cpu0: FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMO

Re: HP DL320G6 not seeing internal drives

2010-03-10 Thread a b
>First thing to try is a -current snapshot (this is always worth doing >before posting, especially when the hardware is fairly new). Ack. Fair enough point there Stuart ! Will do within the next few days.

HP DL320G6 not seeing internal drives

2010-03-10 Thread a b
Hi, Have already submitted dmesg to dm...@openbsd, but for the benefit of the list I'm trying to install OpenBSD 4.6 on an HP ProLiant DL320 G6 with SATA drives. However OpenBSD 4.6-release seems unable to detect internal SATA HDDs (have played with different RAID settings to no avail). Ha

Re: Any good/bad experiences on OpenBSD4.6-release & Dell R(2|4|6)10 or HP DL320 G6

2010-01-13 Thread a b
e for lab experiments. ;-( - Original Message From: J.C. Roberts To: a b Cc: misc@openbsd.org Sent: Wed, 13 January, 2010 5:53:19 Subject: Re: Any good/bad experiences on OpenBSD4.6-release & Dell R(2|4|6)10 or HP DL320 G6 On Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:31:51 +0000 (GMT) a b wrote: >

Any good/bad experiences on OpenBSD4.6-release & Dell R(2|4|6)10 or HP DL320 G6

2010-01-12 Thread a b
Hello (again), I'm planning to buy a couple of lower end servers for a PF & VPN termination of a small network. Does anyone have any comments on OpenBSD 4.6-release on Dell R210/410/610 or HP DL320 G6 ? Looking back through the archives, it seems people's experiences when using OpenBSD-release o

OpenBGPD AS Filtering

2010-01-12 Thread a b
Hello, Are there any plans afoot to enable more flexibility when specifying ASN filters in bgpd.conf ? Unless I've missed something important in the man page, there's no way to turn : deny from any AS {64512,64513,64514,64515,64516, /** BIG SNIP **/ 65528,65529,65530,65531,65532,65533,65534}

PF Table Oddities - Possible bug ?

2009-01-27 Thread a b
Hi all, First post here, so please be gentle.;-) Let's get the environmentals out of the way first : -- OpenBSD 4.4 on i386 architecture -- All errata up to and including 008 (14 Jan 2009) installed Here's what I'm seeing (IP addresses obfuscated to protect the innocent) : (1) ATTEMPT 1 Th