Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Re: Proposal of new community for Solaris x86 device driver

2005-07-23 Thread Keith M Wesolowski
On Sat, Jul 23, 2005 at 11:11:39AM -0400, Chris Ricker wrote: > On a somewhat related note, for the stuff that hasn't been opened yet, is > there any possibility of reprioritizing? For example, it's been said on Yes, but understand that in many cases it's not up to us; the organisation that own

[osol-discuss] Re: Re: Re: Re: Feature request

2005-07-23 Thread Martin Cerveny
> 2) xsvc is a hack that should be replaced by a proper /dev/mem I think /dev/mem is unusable, /dev/mem maps the most of RAM/RWM memory and not ROM/FLASH (or RAM/RWM copy of ROM/FLASH) memory where APCI tables reside. /dev/mem is driven by 'phys_install' memlist ( http://cvs.opensolaris.org/sou

[osol-discuss] Re: Installation of BFU and ON Tools

2005-07-23 Thread michael wolfe
my build machine is an x86/amd64 box with 512 meg ram and 40gig harddrive. below is sort of what you need to do to build your new kernel. hi, well i am new to opensolaris but not new to unix. do you know unix at all? i was able to build the new kernel with its corresponding modules by just foll

Re: [osol-discuss] how long before we stop doing...

2005-07-23 Thread Shawn Walker
On 7/23/05, Sunil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "grep /var/sadm/install/contents |awk '{print $1}'" to see which > files were installed by a package? when is this simple request going to be > merged in 'pkginfo -l'? Workaround example: pkgchk -v SUNWGtku -- Shawn Walker, Software and Systems A

[osol-discuss] how long before we stop doing...

2005-07-23 Thread Sunil
"grep /var/sadm/install/contents |awk '{print $1}'" to see which files were installed by a package? when is this simple request going to be merged in 'pkginfo -l'? This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolari

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Re: Why I do think OpenSolaris ought to work with Debian (fwd)

2005-07-23 Thread Rod Evans
Laca wrote: As far as I understand, the main problem with multiple versions (apart from the increased maintenance effort) is that different versions of the same lib may end up linked to the same executable (through dependent libs) and it'll cause unpredictable runtime linking and most likely a c

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Why I do think OpenSolaris ought to work with Debian

2005-07-23 Thread Nathan Hawkins
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Shawn Walker wrote: > Forgive me if it seems that way, but I have spent a great deal of time > reading through responses given by the Debian project and have seen > time and time again the numerous restrictions they place on software. > They have rejec

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Re: Proposal of new community for Solaris x86 device driver

2005-07-23 Thread Chris Ricker
On Fri, 22 Jul 2005, Keith M Wesolowski wrote: > On Fri, Jul 22, 2005 at 02:26:58PM -0700, UNIX admin wrote: > > > Me too. What is the reason that the ata driver wasn't released as source? > > In truth we're not allowed to tell you why it's not there, but you > could read our VP's blog at > http

Re: [osol-discuss] Laptop Power Management? GUI or Shell based?

2005-07-23 Thread Casper . Dik
>On Sat, 23 Jul 2005, Garett Spalo wrote: > >> Anyone got any packages for Laptop Power Management, or just Power >> Management in general? > >Casper blogged about the availability of the APIC stuff recently. >Give that a try (in my experience, it works well). That's just the powernow stuff for

Re: [osol-discuss] Laptop Power Management? GUI or Shell based?

2005-07-23 Thread Rich Teer
On Sat, 23 Jul 2005, Garett Spalo wrote: > Anyone got any packages for Laptop Power Management, or just Power Management > in general? Casper blogged about the availability of the APIC stuff recently. Give that a try (in my experience, it works well). -- Rich Teer, SCNA, SCSA, OpenSolaris CAB

Re: [osol-discuss] Installation of BFU and ON Tools

2005-07-23 Thread Rich Teer
On Sat, 23 Jul 2005, Garett Spalo wrote: > I just downloaded the BFU and ON Tools to install from pre built > archives. Problem is, I'm new and I don't have a clue how to do > anything yet. I read the release notes and the developer's TOC, but no > luck, I don't understand what an environment is

[osol-discuss] Installation of BFU and ON Tools

2005-07-23 Thread Garett Spalo
I just downloaded the BFU and ON Tools to install from pre built archives. Problem is, I'm new and I don't have a clue how to do anything yet. I read the release notes and the developer's TOC, but no luck, I don't understand what an environment is. Can anyone just tell me the commands to type

[osol-discuss] Laptop Power Management? GUI or Shell based?

2005-07-23 Thread Garett Spalo
Anyone got any packages for Laptop Power Management, or just Power Management in general? This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

[osol-discuss] Re: Re: Re: Proposal of new community for Solaris x86 device driver

2005-07-23 Thread UNIX admin
> Does it matter? Absolutely, what did you think? Depeding on which grounds the ata driver has been "held", it's relatively easy to get a feel how long it'll be before it's released. (Trust me, I've been involved in these things before.) This message posted from opensolaris.org _

[osol-discuss] Re: Debian with OpenSolaris: a broken dream

2005-07-23 Thread Ferdinand O. Tempel
Like I said earlier, both camps (opensolaris and debian) aren't too thrilled about the idea. I've already discovered that. The good news is that debian-legal finally pointed out the exact problem with the CDDL as it relates to the DFSG, instead of just saying they don't know and throw it on inc