Re: New mirror in Russia

2009-02-24 Thread Matt Emmerton
For example, both include Russia under various categorizations. Should we remove the by-continent distinctions? FreeBSD simply provides a list of countries and mirrors. Perhaps we should do the same. -- Matt Emmerton

Re: Release 1.10 update - 31-Jul-07

2007-08-01 Thread Matt Emmerton
as folks in FreeBSD land have to figure out how to use csup/cvsup) or investigate how to use binary packages. Regards, -- Matt Emmerton

Re: Help with confusing C code in loader?

2007-07-29 Thread Matt Emmerton
o are defined in sys/boot/pc32/libi3864/elf32_freebsd.c and elf64_freebsd.c. >From these structure defs, they are implicitly initialized, so the l_load function pointer (which isn't explicitly mentioned!) is either elf32_loadfile or elf64_loadfile, depending on whether you're looking at i386_elf or amd64_elf. So where is *_loadfile implemented? I don't know. This is where I lost the thread. HTH, -- Matt Emmerton

Re: cvs commit: src/sys/dev/disk/fd fd.c fdc.h

2007-05-22 Thread Matt Emmerton
> Francois Tigeot wrote: > > On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 08:34:57PM -0400, Matt Emmerton wrote: > > > >>> Gergo Szakal wrote: > >>> > >>>> On Mon, 21 May 2007 18:57:29 +0200 > >>>> Erik Wikström <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Re: cvs commit: src/sys/dev/disk/fd fd.c fdc.h

2007-05-21 Thread Matt Emmerton
> > Yeah indeed, but I would drop (E)ISA bus support and hardware that uses > (E)ISA. I haven't seen anyone use it for a looong time. EISA is long dead and can go away ISA is still used on modern hardware -- anything without USB mouse/keyboard uses ISA under the covers, along with other stuff. -- Matt Emmerton

Re: Did I bork my compiler?

2007-01-16 Thread Matt Emmerton
> Matt Emmerton wrote: > > Just updated to latest HEAD, and now buildworld is busted. I did a > > buildworld/installworld around this time yesterday, and am wondering if I > > managed to break my compiler in the process. > > No, I did :) > > sorry to all who t

Did I bork my compiler?

2007-01-16 Thread Matt Emmerton
-static -o strfile strfile.o /usr/libexec/binutils215/elf/ld: crt1.o: No such file: No such file or directory *** Error code 1 -- Matt Emmerton

Re: Request for swapcontext and getcontext to be ported to our libc [ revision 3 ]

2007-01-15 Thread Matt Emmerton
> > :Code changes uploaded to website, rev4. > : > :-- > :Matt Emmerton > > Ok, looks pretty good. I'm going to run with this so don't post any > more updates. rev4 had some kernel cruft left over from rev3. I > removed it. > > -Matt I

Re: Request for swapcontext and getcontext to be ported to our libc [ revision 3 ]

2007-01-15 Thread Matt Emmerton
the missing code assembly, no problem. If you do one > more rev using sigprocmask() instead of creating a new system call > I can then take it from there. Code changes uploaded to website, rev4. -- Matt Emmerton

Re: Request for swapcontext and getcontext to be ported to our libc [ revision 3 ]

2007-01-15 Thread Matt Emmerton
elp to write > :this code.) I'm almost done the syscall work to get/set the signal mask and > :pending signal mask, so should have something up on the web before the end > :of the afternoon (EST) for review. > :-- > :Matt Emmerton > > I can do that bit. If you p

Re: Request for swapcontext and getcontext to be ported to our libc

2007-01-13 Thread Matt Emmerton
uld have something up on the web before the end of the afternoon (EST) for review. Regards, -- Matt Emmerton

Re: Request for swapcontext and getcontext to be ported to our libc

2007-01-12 Thread Matt Emmerton
right, we will need DFly to support the 3.4.6 compiler before we can support this package. Regards, -- Matt Emmerton > > I see. > > What about getting someone to get powerdns-recusor compiling and running? > > > > Once that is done we shall arrange for your payment.

Re: Request for swapcontext and getcontext to be ported to our libc

2007-01-12 Thread Matt Emmerton
I think we're debating whether to "do it right" or "do it now". Tuesday is a long way off yet :) -- Matt Emmerton > So is the current context code going into cvs HEAD or whats happening? > > Petr > > Simon 'corecode' Schubert wrote: > >

Re: Request for swapcontext and getcontext to be ported to our libc

2007-01-12 Thread Matt Emmerton
Simon wrote: > Matt Emmerton wrote: > > I've toyed with it a bit, but there are some issues I'm not sure how to > > solve (such as accessing curthread -- a kernel construct -- from userland). > > I would welcome discussion with the person who suggested it (corecode?

Re: Request for swapcontext and getcontext to be ported to our libc

2007-01-12 Thread Matt Emmerton
Petr, I'm starting on that now :) -- Matt Emmerton > I see. > What about getting someone to get powerdns-recusor compiling and running? > > Once that is done we shall arrange for your payment. > > Petr > > > Matt Emmerton wrote: > >> Hey, > >>

Re: RFR: Port of FreeBSD *context routines to DFly

2007-01-12 Thread Matt Emmerton
t into the release, so I > :would appreciate reviews and comments. Nothing too earth-shattering here - > :it's a straight port with some minor modifications due ot Matt's recent > :VKERNEL and trapframe changes. > : > :Regards, > :-- > :Matt Emmerton > > I wi

Re: Request for swapcontext and getcontext to be ported to our libc

2007-01-12 Thread Matt Emmerton
Also, I felt it pertinent to focus on the quick-start FreeBSD port to get it into the 1.8-release. -- Matt Emmerton

RFR: Port of FreeBSD *context routines to DFly

2007-01-12 Thread Matt Emmerton
reviews and comments. Nothing too earth-shattering here - it's a straight port with some minor modifications due ot Matt's recent VKERNEL and trapframe changes. Regards, -- Matt Emmerton

Re: Request for swapcontext and getcontext to be ported to our libc

2007-01-06 Thread Matt Emmerton
doesnt compile yet > (a new error), not mtasker related. > > If someone could please take a look at it, I would be very happy. I'm looking into it. After the error you cite is fixed, there are many more, and I will have to work with the pkgsrc and PowerDNS folks to get them fixed. -- Matt Emmerton

Re: Request for swapcontext and getcontext to be ported to our libc

2007-01-05 Thread Matt Emmerton
[ top-posting corrected ] > Petr Janda wrote: > > Matt Emmerton wrote: > > The first cut of this work has been completed. I've ported over the FreeBSD > > i386 work, which is a hybrid libc + kernel syscall implementation. > > > > You can find the sourc

Re: Request for swapcontext and getcontext to be ported to our libc

2007-01-04 Thread Matt Emmerton
leted before the end of the week. -- Matt Emmerton

Re: Release Schedule for 1.8

2007-01-01 Thread Matt Emmerton
but haven't gotten to yet, > now is the time. I'm hoping to have the [get|set|make|swap]context functions ported to DFly in time for the release. I have all the code bits in place (kernel, libc, libc_r) and am working on debugging right now. Regards, -- Matt Emmerton

Re: Problems booting - stack overflow at boot menu [ updated ]

2006-12-30 Thread Matt Emmerton
y things some more? (I know folks have worked on this in the past, so this is just a casual inquiry as to what more could be done.) -- Matt Emmerton

Re: Request for swapcontext and getcontext to be ported to our libc

2006-12-30 Thread Matt Emmerton
Petr, Given that I'm doing a fair amount of learning-as-I-go with this particular task, it would be unfair to charge my usual hourly rate. I am aware of your budget and I am willing to work within it, regardless of how long this task ultimately takes me. Regards, -- Matt Emmerton >

Re: Request for swapcontext and getcontext to be ported to our libc

2006-12-29 Thread Matt Emmerton
ww.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/sys/i386/include/ucontext.h I'll be following the FreeBSD lead for the first cut; I'll see what we can do to improve on this in our world as a follow-on. Regards, -- Matt Emmerton

Re: Problems booting - stack overflow at boot menu [ updated and solved ]

2006-12-28 Thread Matt Emmerton
> > On Wed, December 27, 2006 10:30 pm, Matt Emmerton wrote: > > > > > This still happens for the current latest 1.6 snap (09-Dec-06) when > > > booting > > > from the live CD for me.I'd love to get DFly installed on this machine > > > (since

Re: Problems booting - stack overflow at boot menu [ updated ]

2006-12-27 Thread Matt Emmerton
> On Wed, December 27, 2006 10:30 pm, Matt Emmerton wrote: > > > This still happens for the current latest 1.6 snap (09-Dec-06) when > > booting > > from the live CD for me.I'd love to get DFly installed on this machine > > (since 1.2 and 1.4 worked fine), but 1.

Problems booting - stack overflow at boot menu [ updated ]

2006-12-27 Thread Matt Emmerton
1.2 and 1.4 worked fine), but 1.6 is proving to be a challenge.I've seen the suggestions of using gcc-2 to build boot0, but is difficult since I don't have a DFly build environment nor a livecd instance.Any ideas on how to fix this?--Matt Emmerton

Problems booting - stack overflow at boot menu

2006-10-05 Thread Matt Emmerton
a repeating sequence of 15 spaces follows by ASCII 0x0F (star-like character). Regards, -- Matt Emmerton

Re: "The future of NetBSD" by Charles M. Hannum

2006-08-31 Thread Matt Emmerton
ast from the application space) as a single-system-image environment will provide a great boost to productivity. Sure, Xen and virtualization have their place, but there still is a place for huge systems -- whether it's a multi-million dollar 64-way machine (like I use at my "day job"), or a cluster of 32 quad-core Opterons. Regards, -- Matt Emmerton

Re: DFly 1.4.4 and tulip NICs

2006-07-11 Thread Matt Emmerton
llon ] added this three days ago. Yay! Now that's what I call an efficient process! -- Matt Emmerton

DFly 1.4.4 and tulip NICs

2006-07-06 Thread Matt Emmerton
this machine running? Burn the sources to CD and copy them over, patch/rebuild/reboot? Regards, -- Matt Emmerton