Re: [osol-discuss] Obscure umem semantics

2005-08-21 Thread Jonathan Adams
On Wed, Aug 17, 2005 at 06:46:40PM -0700, David McDaniel wrote: > This might be better suited to another board, but if so I dont know > which one. In any case the dialog might be valuable to the community > at large. To wit: > I dont fully grasp the semantics of umem_cache_alloc, et al. Some >

[osol-discuss] Re: Solaris Express ISO images

2005-08-21 Thread Ché Kristo
Yep...i'm having the same issue. However...try this url: http://javashoplm.sun.com/ECom/docs/Welcome.jsp?StoreId=7&PartDetailId=Sol-Express_b20-x86-SP-G-B&TransactionId=try This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [E

[osol-discuss] Re: Laptop community.

2005-08-21 Thread Wez Furlong
+1 from me too. I installed opensolaris (build 19) and built a kernel from the 20050720 snapshot so I could have acpica. I found and installed your acpidrv too. All in all, the system (a Toshiba Satellite M30 1.7GHz centrino with nvidia gfx) seems to work well. On my wishlist are the following:

[Fwd: Re: [osol-discuss] Re: GPL & CDDL - incompatibitile., what does this mean? (round 3)]

2005-08-21 Thread Robert W. Fuller
--- Begin Message --- Would it be too much to kindly ask the FSF to consider amending the GPL (in light of the forthcoming GPL V3) to allow compatibility with other open source licenses which may not be GPL derivatives, but are otherwise considered ethical ? The GNU GPL is meant as

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: GPL & CDDL - incompatibitile., what does this mean? (round 3)

2005-08-21 Thread ken mays
--- "James C. McPherson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ken mays wrote: > ... > > I hope this GPL/CDDL thing doesn't kill off a nice > > idea like OpenSolaris before it really gets out > the > > gate. I hope we can end this "I hate Linux" > mindset > > since Linux help launch the open source movem

[osol-discuss] Re: major shortcoming in community bug process

2005-08-21 Thread Bob Palowoda
> Brendan Gregg wrote: > > On Sun, 21 Aug 2005, Alan Hargreaves - Product > Technical Support (APAC) wrote: > >>Just been having a discussion with a memober of the > community (you know > >>who you are; but no names, no pack drill) who > logged a bug, had it > >>updated by a sun engineer, but now h

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: GPL & CDDL - incompatibitile., what does this mean? (round 3)

2005-08-21 Thread James C. McPherson
ken mays wrote: ... I hope this GPL/CDDL thing doesn't kill off a nice idea like OpenSolaris before it really gets out the gate. I hope we can end this "I hate Linux" mindset since Linux help launch the open source movement and got GNU tools/source code to many people. Now that we have more comme

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: GPL & CDDL - incompatibitile., what does this mean? (round 3)

2005-08-21 Thread ken mays
--- "W. Wayne Liauh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Richard M. Stallman wrote: > > >*BSD and Linux don't belong in the same list, > because *BSD are > >operating systems. Linux, however, is just a > kernel. If you're > >thinking of the operating system in which Linux is > used, then what > >you'v

[osol-discuss] Re: GPL & CDDL - incompatibitile., what does this mean? (round 3)

2005-08-21 Thread W. Wayne Liauh
Richard M. Stallman wrote: >*BSD and Linux don't belong in the same list, because *BSD are >operating systems. Linux, however, is just a kernel. If you're >thinking of the operating system in which Linux is used, then what >you've said is an understatement. That system is not just cooperating >wit

Re: [osol-discuss] major shortcoming in community bug process

2005-08-21 Thread James C. McPherson
Brendan Gregg wrote: On Sun, 21 Aug 2005, Alan Hargreaves - Product Technical Support (APAC) wrote: Just been having a discussion with a memober of the community (you know who you are; but no names, no pack drill) who logged a bug, had it updated by a sun engineer, but now has a problem because

Re: [osol-discuss] major shortcoming in community bug process

2005-08-21 Thread Brendan Gregg
G'Day Folks, On Sun, 21 Aug 2005, Alan Hargreaves - Product Technical Support (APAC) wrote: > Just been having a discussion with a memober of the community (you know > who you are; but no names, no pack drill) who logged a bug, had it > updated by a sun engineer, but now has a problem because of

Re: [osol-discuss] major shortcoming in community bug process

2005-08-21 Thread Alan Hargreaves - Product Technical Support (APAC)
Alan Hargreaves - Product Technical Support (APAC) wrote: Just been having a discussion with a memober of the community (you know who you are; but no names, no pack drill) who logged a bug, had it updated by a sun engineer, but now has a problem because of a combination of the following two fac

[osol-discuss] major shortcoming in community bug process

2005-08-21 Thread Alan Hargreaves - Product Technical Support (APAC)
Just been having a discussion with a memober of the community (you know who you are; but no names, no pack drill) who logged a bug, had it updated by a sun engineer, but now has a problem because of a combination of the following two facts: 1. the bugs interface does not allow update of an exi

Re: [osol-discuss] [Fwd: Re: GPL & CDDL - incompatibitile., what does this mean? (round 3)]

2005-08-21 Thread James C. McPherson
Robert W. Fuller wrote: From: "Richard M. Stallman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2005 01:42:34 -0400 To: "Robert W. Fuller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Robert W. Fuller wrote (I assume): Yet, I seem to have missed