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From: Digestifier <Linux-Development-Request@senator-bedfellow.mit.edu>
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To: Linux-Development@senator-bedfellow.mit.edu
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Reply-To: Linux-Development@senator-bedfellow.mit.edu
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Date: Tue, 27 Sep 94 13:13:15 EDT
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Subject: Linux-Development Digest #234
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Linux-Development Digest #234, Volume #2 Tue, 27 Sep 94 13:13:15 EDT
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Contents:
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Re: BSD/386 vs. Linux Performance (Grant Edwards)
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Re: The ELF/PIC performance measurement. (Steven Buytaert)
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Re: Scanning with Linux? (Mary Shenk)
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Re: ELF-based Linux distribution? [Was: Shared Libs: working toward a permanent solution?] (Walter Wolfgang)
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Re: Don't use Linux?! (Michael Dillon)
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Re: 1+ Gig SCSI Drives // (Matthew S. Crocker)
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Re: elm2.4 (Oliver Duesel)
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Linux version of crypt(1) (David A. Vohwinkel)
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Re: BSD/386 vs. Linux Performance (Martin Spott)
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Re: Driver support for PS/2 (MCA) version of SMC/WD? (Donald Becker)
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mmap and MAP_SHARED? (Brad Pepers)
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Re: Does Quicken work under DOSEMU? (Dag Asheim)
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Help: ftape 1.13b with kernel 1.1.49 (Andreas Weigand)
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IBM Token Ring Support? (Clarence Chu)
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Re: Is clock() broken in gcc 2.5.8? (Andreas Schwab)
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Re: Digi Intelligent Boards? (Rusty L. Atkins)
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Re: PROMISE DC4030VL-2 IDE Controller (David Boyd)
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Re: The ELF/PIC performance measurement. (Steven Buytaert)
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Re: [STATUS] Linus Floppy Driver Development (Mr D R Barlow)
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multiple cdu31a drives (Robert Van.Zant)
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Re: [STATUS] Linus Floppy Driver Development (Mr D R Barlow)
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From: grante@reddwarf.rosemount.com (Grant Edwards)
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Subject: Re: BSD/386 vs. Linux Performance
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Date: Tue, 27 Sep 1994 07:27:17 GMT
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Michael Nelson (mikenel@netcom.com) wrote:
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: Anyone have any performance stats comparing BSD/386 (BSD/OS) with Linux?
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: Network, disk, and overall...
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DUCK!
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--
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Grant Edwards |Yow! Jesus is my POSTMASTER
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Rosemount Inc. |GENERAL..
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grante@rosemount.com |
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From: buytaert@imec.be (Steven Buytaert)
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Subject: Re: The ELF/PIC performance measurement.
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Date: Tue, 27 Sep 1994 12:52:20 GMT
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H.J. Lu (hjl@nynexst.com) wrote:
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: I did an ELF/PIC performance measurement with gcc on a 486DX2/66 with
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: 16MB RAM and no external cache.
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[ measurement deleted ]
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Sorry for asking, but I'm getting totaly clueless. What binary
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format is used on Linux for binaries and objects ? Is it
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ELF or a.out ? I know it isn't COFF since that is the format
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I know best and I'm always out of luck :-/
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I'm experimenting with the BFD library with format a.out-i386-linux
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but with no success. Therefore my stupid question, where is the
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ELF reference in the article comming from ?
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Please give a short answer and then tell me to subscribe to the
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GCC channel :-)
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Stef
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--
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Steven Buytaert
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WORK buytaert@imec.be
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HOME buytaert@innet.be
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'Imagination is more important than knowledge.'
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(A. Einstein)
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From: mkshenk@u.washington.edu (Mary Shenk)
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
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Subject: Re: Scanning with Linux?
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Date: 27 Sep 1994 07:52:45 GMT
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In article <366ord$kka@solaria.cc.gatech.edu>,
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Byron A Jeff <byron@gemini.cc.gatech.edu> wrote:
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>In article <NELSON.94Sep21212413@crynwr.crynwr.com>,
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>Russell Nelson <nelson@crynwr.crynwr.com> wrote:
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>>In article <35k0c6$qib@virgo.cc.gatech.edu> byron@cc.gatech.edu (Byron A Jeff) writes:
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<stuff>
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>In all honesty all we really need is the interface specifications for the
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>interface card and the scanner. But getting the representatives I've talked
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Or just the scanner, if we're talking SCSI. (proprietary interface cards
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for things that should really be SCSI--yuk!)
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>
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>My plan (which is stated in the Info-Sheet) is to check out EPSON because
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>as far as I know they are the only flatbed scanner manufacturer that actually
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>releases the hardware/interface specs for their interface boards.
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Well, I'm going to have a go at writing a driver for the UMAX 840, a SCSI
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flatbed. (Because I happen to have one, and would rather let it sit than
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even boot winblows.) From what I hear, the UMAX folks should be good about
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giving out the info...I will be talking to them sometime in the next few
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days. This will be my first driver, but I fully intend to do it, as it
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doesn't seem my scanner is going to be supported unless I do.
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Anyway, being a newbie at this driver writing stuff, I'd like input on
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any sort of hooks etc that should be in this thing for stuff folks might
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want to add later. I know nothing about TWAIN, but if it's something I
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should even be worrying about, I'd appreciate some pointers in that
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direction as well... As long as I'm writing this thing, it might as well
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be of use to as many others as possible, so be sure and speak up if there
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anything I may easily do to make it more general, etc... I am wondering
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what degree of similarity there is between SCSI flatbeds from different
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mfrs.. Is it likely that once a driver for one SCSI scanner is written,
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others will be a good deal easier?
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Anyway, if this is the sort of thing you are interested in seeing,
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please bombard me with any useful information you may have.
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-Craig
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(posting from wife's account.)
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From: walterw@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Walter Wolfgang)
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Subject: Re: ELF-based Linux distribution? [Was: Shared Libs: working toward a permanent solution?]
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Date: 27 Sep 1994 12:54:36 GMT
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If the shared lib type will be changed, is it possible to have a sort of
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interface from the old one to the new one? I mean i.e a libc.so.... which seems to
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be one of the old type, but will use the new libc.so..., mainly a "jump-table".
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So the libs will not be in memory twice if programs linked for the old ones
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are used.
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Wolfgang
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From: mpdillon@halcyon.com (Michael Dillon)
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Subject: Re: Don't use Linux?!
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Date: Sat, 24 Sep 1994 00:27:18 +0100
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> WorkGroup Solutions and Multisoft have taken the plunge by porting FlagShip
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> which is the Unix version of the CA/Clipper language from the DOS world.
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>
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> There are tons of commercial software packages written in Clipper (Possibly
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> as many as all other languages put together), and all of these are now
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> a simple compile away from Linux.
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> There is a huge aftermarket for Clipper written products and add ons. Clipper
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> is powerful enough to emulate Fox & Dbase ... the premise behind our FoxKit..
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> FlagShip may be the key to bringin Linux to 200+ K Clipper programmers,
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> Millions of users of Clipper written programs, and about 20 million Dbase &
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> Foxers.....
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>
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> FlagShip sells for thousands of dollars on "Commercial" Unix systems, and we
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> have thousands of installations.
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>
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> We are gambling that Linuxers want DOS pricing levels, and offer our
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> Linux product inexpensively enough to qualify for this designation.
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>
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> We are also working at convincing other commercial vendors to take the
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> plunge............
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>
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> What is missing? THE SUPPORT FROM THE LINUX COMMUNITY
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>
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> You want your OS to be to MicroSoft, as MicroSoft was to IBM (It's undoing)?
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> The democratic solution to a potential Gates Dictatorship?
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This guy is right. I have seen the mess that occurs when you try
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to implement real-world business programs on a GUI platform. In the
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real world, business runs on numbers and text and SHARED databases.
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The ideal computer system to do real-world business applications
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provides only what is needed and nothing more. This makes a Linux
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box with a dozen terminals and Flagship's dBase software, the
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IDEAL business computer system, especially when you look at
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the needs of small and medium sized business.
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There is real money to be made here by people who are willing to
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design and build computer systems (hardware and software) to meet
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the needs of your local business community.
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While the rest of the PC world is trying to sell a Novell network
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with 6 486's, you can walk in and sell 1 486, 5 terminals and
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Linux. Your solution will be cheaper and will actually run FASTER
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than the solution with 6 CPU's. That's because you don't have
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any network overhead since you only transmit screens full of
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information to the terminals rather than database chunks.
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There is good money to be made in designing and writing business
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programs, advising what hardware/software to buy and babysitting
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the whole system to make it work. I often find that I have to
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redo hardware installations that the local computer retailler
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has screwed up because they all seem clueless. Things like
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incorrect IRQ settings on add-in cards like SCSI host adapters
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or Digiboard PC/8e's.
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cruisin' down the information highway, lookin' for a blast
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breakin' all the speed limits as I come zoomin' past!
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--
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Michael Dillon Internet: mpdillon@halcyon.halcyon.com
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C-4 Powerhouse Fidonet: 1:353/350
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RR #2 Armstrong, BC V0E 1B0 Voice: +1-604-546-8022
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Canada BBS: +1-604-546-2705
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From: matthew@crocker.com (Matthew S. Crocker)
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Subject: Re: 1+ Gig SCSI Drives //
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Date: 27 Sep 1994 12:57:36 GMT
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I have a Seagate 2.1GB baraccuda drive installed off an AHA1542CF
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formated as one big partition under ext2. This drive is my
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/usr/spool/news drive and is about 1.5GB with news. working just fine
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and dandy... Linux = 1.1.51, After formatting I get @2.0GB usable
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space.
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-Matt
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--
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-Matthew S Crocker "The mask, given time, comes
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mcrocker@crocker.com to be the face itself." -anonymous
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*OS/2*OS/2*OS/2*OS/2*OS/2*OS/2*OS/2*OS/2*OS/2*OS/2*OS/2*OS/2*OS/2*OS/2*OS/2*
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*linux*linux*linux*linux*linux*linux*linux*linux*linux*linux*linux*linux*
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From: oli@wnbbs.nbg.sub.org (Oliver Duesel)
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Subject: Re: elm2.4
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Date: Sun, 25 Sep 1994 19:39:49 GMT
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hi there,
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wolle@anguish.ancient.trillium.se (Wolfgang Feldmann) writes:
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>I get this nice error when I try to compile elm2.4:
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>opt_utils.c:90: argument `size' doesn't match prototype
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>Any ideas please?
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#ifndef GETHOSTNAME
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gethostname(cur_hostname,size) /* get name of current host */
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char *cur_hostname;
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int size; <-- change this to size_t size;
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:
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should do it ...
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By(t)e, Oli.
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--
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Oliver Duesel email: oli@wnbbs.nbg.sub.org
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Fido : Oliver Duesel, 2:2490/2081
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snail: Oliver Duesel, P.O.Box 210 512, 90123 Nuernberg
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
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From: vohwi-d@acsu.buffalo.edu (David A. Vohwinkel)
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Subject: Linux version of crypt(1)
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Date: Tue, 27 Sep 1994 12:56:24 GMT
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I have a file that has been encrypted with crypt(1), is there anyway under
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linux that I can decrypt it?
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Thanks
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-Dave-
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--
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David A Vohwinkel
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Unix Consulting ^ ^ vohwi-d@acsu.buffalo.edu
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& Operations 0 0 @ The State University of New York at Buffalo
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From: sk001sp@unidui.uni-duisburg.de (Martin Spott)
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Subject: Re: BSD/386 vs. Linux Performance
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Date: 25 Sep 1994 11:31:59 GMT
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Michael Nelson (mikenel@netcom.com) wrote:
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: Anyone have any performance stats comparing BSD/386 (BSD/OS) with Linux?
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: Network, disk, and overall...
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--> comp.os.amusement !!!
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--
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EMail: bevorzugt privat: Martin@smigel.mitropa.com
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notfalls auch "dienstlich": Martin.Spott@uni-duisburg.de
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From: becker@cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov (Donald Becker)
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
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Subject: Re: Driver support for PS/2 (MCA) version of SMC/WD?
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Date: 27 Sep 1994 10:33:48 -0400
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In article <jfmorrisCwruMH.4rq@netcom.com>,
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James F. Morris <jfmorris@netcom.com> wrote:
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>I have been working on getting Linux up and running on an IBM PS/2 Model
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>70, which has not been an enviable task, to say the least! But, beggars
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>can't be choosers, either.
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...
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>So, to make a long story short, I was able to scrounge an IBM PS/2 Ethernet
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>Adapter /A. This is a microchannel version of an SMC Ultra, from what I
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>have been able to tell. Under DOS, the same SMC_WD.COM packet driver is used
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>for this card, as for an ISA based SMC Ultra or WD8013. Biggest difference
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>is that the I/O port address range is up at 0x800, rather than 0x300 - no
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>big deal, and the RAM address is fixed in the PS/2 setup program.
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The WD80*3 and SMC Ultra use different methods of enabling memory.
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Do you know which one this card is similar to?
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>Problem is, even with the 0x800 I/O port range added to the scan list in the
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>WD.C and SMC-ULTRA.C kernel driver, the card just doesn't work right (under
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>Linux - works fine under DOS). I get TX status 3 (timeout on TX) when
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>attempting to access the network.
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Please include the exact message -- is that the Tx status register or the
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general status register?
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>Looking through the Crynwr packet drivers shows that there are differences
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>between operation of the NS (8390?) chip used on these boards on the ISA
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>vs. MCA bus. Specifically, the MCA bus has twice as fast a clock cycle as
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>the ISA bus. The Crynwr driver inserts extra delays if it detects operation
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>on a Microchannel machine. Other differences are some extra setup in
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>certain registers on the NIC's ASIC.
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Those delays shouldn't be necessary with the UltraChip. They were for
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earlier chips that needed a recovery period between accesses. That was a
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bug, not a feature.
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BTW, which driver are you trying to use, the SMC Ultra or WD80*3?
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Is the ethernet address correctly detected?
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Are you receiving any packets at all? Even errors? Check /proc/net/dev.
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What addresses can the board end up at?
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--
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Donald Becker becker@cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov
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USRA-CESDIS, Center of Excellence in Space Data and Information Sciences.
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Code 930.5, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD. 20771
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301-286-0882 http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/people/becker/whoiam.html
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From: pepersb@cuug.ab.ca (Brad Pepers)
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Subject: mmap and MAP_SHARED?
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Date: Tue, 27 Sep 1994 04:38:26 GMT
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I am working on a database and was intending to mmap the file as
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PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE and MAP_FILE | MAP_SHARED. When experimenting
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with this I found out that the Linux mmap doesn't allow PROT_WRITE
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with MAP_SHARED. Can anyone tell me if this is planned to be added
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soon? Any pointers on how to make it work? I just checked 1.1.51 and
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it still seemed to not allow it.
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Any help on this would be appreciated!
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+----------------------------Ren & Stimpy--------------------------------+
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| "Psst. Hey Guido. It's all so clear to me now. I'm the keeper of the |
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| cheese. And you're the lemon merchant. Get it? And he knows it. That's |
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| why he's gonna kill us. So we gotta beat it. Yeah. Before he lets |
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| loose the marmosets on us! Don't worry, little missy! I'll save you!" |
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+------------------ Brad Pepers -- pepersb@cuug.ab.ca -------------------+
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From: Dag Asheim <dash@ifi.uio.no>
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Subject: Re: Does Quicken work under DOSEMU?
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Date: 27 Sep 1994 13:10:56 +0100
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Reply-To: dash
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>Related Q: Does Quicken for Windows run under WINE?
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Not yet.
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By the way, this thread does not fit in the comp.os.linux.development
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group. I put in a Followup-To: comp.os.linux.misc.
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Dag
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From: usera@wema10.elektro.uni-wuppertal.de (Andreas Weigand)
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Subject: Help: ftape 1.13b with kernel 1.1.49
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Date: 27 Sep 1994 14:20:58 GMT
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Hello all !
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Two weeks ago i send the following message, but i get no responce.
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So I post it again and hope someone can answer me:
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Can someone help me ? I want to use my Colorado streamer DJ-10 with
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controller card FC-10 on my Linux system ! I get the patched ftape-driver
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from sunsite and compiled it successfully. The modules were compiled same
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and I'am using kernel version 1.1.49.
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Now when I give the command "mt -f /dev/ftape reten " the tape go's from the
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beginning to the end and return. That is it what the tape should do, but
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when I want to read from the tape with:
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mt -f /dev/ftape erase
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or
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mt -f /dev/ftape status
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the tape moves and I get the message: I/O error !
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Can someone help me about this problem ?
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You can reach me via Internet at the adress:
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usera@wema10.elektro.uni-wuppertal.de
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or you can post an articel at this place !
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Thank you !
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Andreas Weigand
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usera@wema10.elektro.uni-wuppertal.de
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From: Clarence.Chu@f132.n700.z6.ftn.air.org (Clarence Chu)
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Subject: IBM Token Ring Support?
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Date: Tue, 27 Sep 1994 21:28:00 +0800
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Hi netter,
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I would like to know whether IBM Token Ring Adaptor is
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being supported by Linux. I don't find it in FreeBSD, and
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in hope that the device driver is in Linux.
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Thanks for any information.
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Clarence Chu
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* Origin: (6:700/132)
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From: schwab@ls5.informatik.uni-dortmund.de (Andreas Schwab)
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Subject: Re: Is clock() broken in gcc 2.5.8?
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Date: 27 Sep 1994 12:46:14 GMT
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In article <368b9m$dh@tusol.cs.trinity.edu>, jmccaski@Leda.CS.Trinity.Edu (Scott McCaskill) writes:
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|> Does anyone know of any problems with clock() in gcc 2.5.8?
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|> I recently downloaded and installed the slackware release of linux
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|> (about 3 or 4 weeks ago) and this function does not appear to work as
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|> advertised. The code is extremely simple:
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|> #include <time.h>
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|> #include <iostream.h>
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|> int main()
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|> {
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|> cout << "\n\nclock() = " << clock() << endl;
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|> cin.get(); // wait a few seconds, then hit return
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|> cout << "clock() = " << clock() << endl;
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|> return 0;
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|> }
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|> CLK_TCK is reported as being 100, so 100 ticks per second. The output
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|> from the above code always indicates that clock() is returning the same
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|> value the second time it is called as the first time (usually 2 or 3),
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|> even when I wait several seconds before pressing return.
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|> Any ideas?
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I'd expect this behaviour with every compiler. clock(3) reports the
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*cpu* time, not real (wall clock) time. Of course, while waiting for
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input your program does not need any cpu time. To get real time use
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time(3), or gettimeofday(2) for better resolution.
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--
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Andreas Schwab "And now for something
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schwab@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de completely different"
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From: atkins@cc5037.pms.ford.com (Rusty L. Atkins)
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Subject: Re: Digi Intelligent Boards?
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Date: 26 Sep 1994 19:33:55 GMT
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In article <troyd.779983677@digibd> troyd@digibd.digibd.com (Troy DeJongh) writes:
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: >Well, I'm responsible for the maintenance/development of our SCO serial
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: >drivers and the development of the Linux driver for our PC/Xe product,
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: >and I haven't heard anything like that yet. Plans are to release a
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: >Linux driver for our PC/Xe line of products this fall.
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Yes! Yes! Cool! Kicka*s! Thank-you! I've had one of these things sitting on
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my desk collecting dust ever since I switched to linux about 6 months ago.
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--
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================================================================================
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Rusty Atkins atkins@mail.msen.com
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A not-so-proud citizen of the USSA... Where only crimimals can have guns.
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________________________________________________________________________________
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Don't Tread On Me.
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From: dwb@ITD.Sterling.COM (David Boyd)
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.misc
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Subject: Re: PROMISE DC4030VL-2 IDE Controller
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Date: 26 Sep 1994 19:43:25 GMT
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I have already replied directly to the originator of this thread concerning
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this but will follow up this response to the net for completeness.
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In article <366vjj$k9a@csugrad.cs.vt.edu>,
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Christian Nelson <cnelson@csugrad.cs.vt.edu> wrote:
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>I also have one of these controllers, though I only use two drives
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>with it... so I'm not going to be much help. I'm almost positive
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>you'll need to acquire the patch that allows you to use two IDE
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>controllers simutaneously. The promise card, as far as using a 3d and
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>4th drive is concerned, acts like two controllers.
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>
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NO the Promise does not, as reported to me by Promise. According to
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the promise people all 3&4 drive support is done through the primary (i.e
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standard) controller IO ports and addresses. I have the source to
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Promise drivers for ATT & SCO under non-disclosure. Unfortunately I
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have not had the time to do much more than experiment and those
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experiments have not been successful. I know that they read the drive
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configurations from the controller nvram but have not successfully be
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able to get that to work under Linux.
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>
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>Have you have any trouble with your controllers, ie: system locking-up
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>when doing intensive (disk intensive) activities? Mine does, but ONLY
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>when I have it set on defered write. Let me know if you also have
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>this problem. I think it might me related to my drive
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>configuration... That Promise controller doesn't like WD drives in a
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>two drive configuration.
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I have two WDs on the primary port of my promise and get occasional
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lockups also. Mine do not appear to be related to heavy disk activity
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however. I would almost suspect a timing problem with defered writes
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(which is more likely to happen under heavy load).
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Another thing about the Promise controller is that it does not
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support the multisector (hdparm) transfers. I am ready to sell mine
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and just get a generic VL bus controller.
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--
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David W. Boyd UUCP: uunet!sparky!dwb
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Sterling Software ITD INTERNET: Dave_Boyd@Sterling.COM
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1404 Ft. Crook Rd. South Phone: (402) 291-8300
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Bellevue, NE. 68005-2969 FAX: (402) 291-4362
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I survived - Seoul Sea of Fire Tour 94
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From: buytaert@imec.be (Steven Buytaert)
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Subject: Re: The ELF/PIC performance measurement.
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Date: Tue, 27 Sep 1994 13:07:59 GMT
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Steven Buytaert (buytaert@imec.be) wrote:
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: H.J. Lu (hjl@nynexst.com) wrote:
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: : I did an ELF/PIC performance measurement with gcc on a 486DX2/66 with
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: : 16MB RAM and no external cache.
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: [ measurement deleted ]
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: Sorry for asking, but I'm getting totaly clueless. What binary
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: format is used on Linux for binaries and objects ? Is it
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: ELF or a.out ? I know it isn't COFF since that is the format
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: I know best and I'm always out of luck :-/
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Yup, I put it in there again, all the way :-)
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Sorry, I was away for 10 days and am totally out of sync with news.
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Yes, currently it's a.out, trend is to move over to ELF.
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You can still mail me to subscribe to the GCC channel though...
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--
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Steven Buytaert
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WORK buytaert@imec.be
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HOME buytaert@innet.be
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'Imagination is more important than knowledge.'
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(A. Einstein)
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From: xuuah@csv.warwick.ac.uk (Mr D R Barlow)
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Subject: Re: [STATUS] Linus Floppy Driver Development
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Date: 27 Sep 1994 16:10:53 +0100
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In article <35tg47$28i@ccnet.ccnet.com>,
|
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kender@esu.edu writes:
|
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>What if they did something like on the sgi's, where you can specify
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>a mount point for dos disks, and run a daemon that will mount the floppy
|
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>automagically (at least, for a dos disk). Pretty neat though.
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I've used something like this system on Solaris 2, and ended up in the
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ludicrous state of being unable to format disks, as every time I put
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them in they were mounted, and then fdformat would give 'device busy'...
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I'm sure there's a way round this but do bear it in mind :-)
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>Perhaps
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>if we had something like that for msdos disks only, all others needing
|
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>to be mounted manually (therefore, by root)?
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There's no reason to do it for dos disks only -- see other threads on
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the 'user' option to mount.
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Daniel.
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From: rvanzant@solaria.mil.wi.us (Robert Van.Zant)
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Subject: multiple cdu31a drives
|
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Date: 27 Sep 1994 15:41:42 GMT
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Thought I'd ask here before I bite off more than I care to chew.
|
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Has anyone tried to dress up the cdu31a driver to allow more than 1
|
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drive per linux box?
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|
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thanks,
|
|
rvz
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From: xuuah@csv.warwick.ac.uk (Mr D R Barlow)
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Subject: Re: [STATUS] Linus Floppy Driver Development
|
|
Date: 27 Sep 1994 16:12:30 +0100
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|
|
In article <368ssc$glc@deneb.tm.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de>,
|
|
Anselm Lingnau <lingnau@tm.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de> writes:
|
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>How are you going to umount the disk if it's already been ejected? It seems
|
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>to me that this would rule out anything but read-only mounts.
|
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|
|
Or synchronous mounts. I know sync means a big performance hit, but
|
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floppies are so slow anyway I doubt anyone'd notice too much.
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Daniel.
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