From owner-freebsd-announce Sun Feb 11 17:45:50 1996 Return-Path: owner-freebsd-announce Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id RAA26144 for freebsd-announce-outgoing; Sun, 11 Feb 1996 17:45:50 -0800 (PST) Date: Sun, 11 Feb 1996 17:45:50 -0800 (PST) From: owner-freebsd-announce Message-Id: <199602120145.RAA26144@freefall.freebsd.org> Sender: owner-freebsd-announce@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk To: undisclosed-recipients:; >From owner-majordomo Sat Feb 10 21:18:40 1996 Received: from crash.ops.neosoft.com (root@crash.ops.NeoSoft.COM [206.109.4.50]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id VAA13719 for ; Sat, 10 Feb 1996 21:18:39 -0800 (PST) Received: (from dbaker@localhost) by crash.ops.neosoft.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) id XAA28851 for freebsd-announce@freebsd.org; Sat, 10 Feb 1996 23:17:21 -0600 From: Daniel Baker Message-Id: <199602110517.XAA28851@crash.ops.neosoft.com> Subject: www2.freebsd.org UP To: freebsd-announce@freebsd.org Date: Sat, 10 Feb 1996 23:17:21 -0600 (CST) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24 ME8a] Content-Type: text The NeoSoft Mirror of FreeBSD, Inc is now up and running on http://www2.freebsd.org Because of the fact that one machine, freebsd.org acts as the sup, ftp, www, etc. server, this web site will probably give you much faster response times than the main site. Just FYI, www2.freebsd.org is located in Houston, Texas (USA) and running on shockwave.neosoft.com, a 100-MHZ Pentium with 64 MB ram. Shockwave has Fast SCSI-2 disk drives that have a transfer rate of 20 megabytes per second. Thanks, Daniel Baker -- dbaker@neosoft.com - Daniel Baker - FTP & UseNet Admin - Neosoft, Inc. Any opinions expressed are mine. From owner-freebsd-announce Sun Feb 11 19:35:25 1996 Return-Path: owner-freebsd-announce Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id TAA11032 for freebsd-announce-outgoing; Sun, 11 Feb 1996 19:35:25 -0800 (PST) From: Daniel Baker Message-Id: <199602110517.XAA28851@crash.ops.neosoft.com> Subject: www2.freebsd.org UP To: freebsd-announce@freebsd.org Date: Sat, 10 Feb 1996 23:17:21 -0600 (CST) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24 ME8a] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-freebsd-announce@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk The NeoSoft Mirror of FreeBSD, Inc is now up and running on http://www2.freebsd.org Because of the fact that one machine, freebsd.org acts as the sup, ftp, www, etc. server, this web site will probably give you much faster response times than the main site. Just FYI, www2.freebsd.org is located in Houston, Texas (USA) and running on shockwave.neosoft.com, a 100-MHZ Pentium with 64 MB ram. Shockwave has Fast SCSI-2 disk drives that have a transfer rate of 20 megabytes per second. Thanks, Daniel Baker -- dbaker@neosoft.com - Daniel Baker - FTP & UseNet Admin - Neosoft, Inc. Any opinions expressed are mine. From owner-freebsd-announce Mon Feb 12 19:05:42 1996 Return-Path: owner-freebsd-announce Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id TAA25657 for freebsd-announce-outgoing; Mon, 12 Feb 1996 19:05:42 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 12 Feb 1996 19:05:42 -0800 (PST) From: owner-freebsd-announce Message-Id: <199602130305.TAA25657@freefall.freebsd.org> Sender: owner-freebsd-announce@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk To: undisclosed-recipients:; >From owner-majordomo Mon Feb 12 08:21:14 1996 Received: from kalypso.iqm.unicamp.br (kalypso.iqm.unicamp.br [143.106.13.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id IAA08211 for ; Mon, 12 Feb 1996 08:20:51 -0800 (PST) Received: (from vazquez@localhost) by kalypso.iqm.unicamp.br (8.6.12/8.6.12/FreeBSD2.1) id NAA00168 for announce@freebsd.org; Mon, 12 Feb 1996 13:13:17 GMT From: Pedro A M Vazquez Message-Id: <199602121313.NAA00168@kalypso.iqm.unicamp.br> Subject: [MESA:434] XFree86-3D mailing list (fwd) To: announce@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 12 Feb 1996 13:13:16 +0000 () X-Organization: Instituto de Quimica - Unicamp X-URL: http://www.iqm.unicamp.br/ X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Steven G. Parker said: > From mesa@iqm.unicamp.br Mon Feb 12 12:50:51 1996 > Date: Mon, 12 Feb 1996 10:58:03 -0300 > Posted-Date: Mon, 12 Feb 1996 10:58:03 -0300 > Message-Id: <9602111528.ZM20123@taz.cs.utah.edu> > Reply-To: sparker@taz.cs.utah.edu > Originator: mesa@iqm.unicamp.br > Sender: mesa@iqm.unicamp.br > Precedence: bulk > From: "Steven G. Parker" > To: Multiple recipients of list > Subject: [MESA:434] XFree86-3D mailing list > X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0 -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas > X-Comment: Mesa 3D Graphics Lib - URL http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/~brianp/Mesa.html > > A new mailing list has been formed to promote the implementation of > the OpenGL spec within XFree86. We will discuss the GLX protocol, > incorporating Mesa into XFree86, and drivers for 3D (and non 3D) boards. > Anybody interesting in joining this list should send mail to: > > XFree86-3D-request@mania.cs.utah.edu > > Mail directed to the mailing list should be sent to: > XFree86-3D@mania.cs.utah.edu > > If you are interested in biting off a chunk of this project, please > make your presence known. > > Steve Parker > sparker@cs.utah.edu > > From owner-freebsd-announce Mon Feb 12 19:06:01 1996 Return-Path: owner-freebsd-announce Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id TAA25683 for freebsd-announce-outgoing; Mon, 12 Feb 1996 19:06:01 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 12 Feb 1996 19:06:01 -0800 (PST) From: owner-freebsd-announce Message-Id: <199602130306.TAA25683@freefall.freebsd.org> Sender: owner-freebsd-announce@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk To: undisclosed-recipients:; >From owner-majordomo Mon Feb 12 17:08:04 1996 Received: from cs.pdx.edu (root@cs.pdx.edu [131.252.20.183]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id RAA18283 for ; Mon, 12 Feb 1996 17:08:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from sirius.cs.pdx.edu (root@sirius.cs.pdx.edu [131.252.20.199]) by cs.pdx.edu (8.7.3/CATastrophe-2/10/96-P) with ESMTP id RAA17714; Mon, 12 Feb 1996 17:06:38 -0800 (PST) for Received: from localhost (jrb@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sirius.cs.pdx.edu (8.7.3/CATastrophe-9/18/94-C) with ESMTP id RAA14633; Mon, 12 Feb 1996 17:06:37 -0800 (PST) for Message-Id: <199602130106.RAA14633@sirius.cs.pdx.edu> To: freebsd-announce@freebsd.org Subject: wavelan (radio lan) drivers/freebsd Date: Mon, 12 Feb 1996 17:06:36 -0800 From: Jim Binkley Announcement: I have ported two drivers for ATT/GIS (originally NCR) wavelan cards to FreeBSD from the original Mach/BSDI versions, Mach done by Anders Klemets (and others) and BSDI ported by Robert Morris. (btw: Anders gave me permission to change the copyright notice on the if_wlp.c driver so that the "noncommercial" part was removed.) The code can be obtained from ftp://zymurgy.cs.pdx.edu/pub/mobility/wavelan.freebsd.tar.gz via anonymous ftp. One driver is for the current PCMCIA wavelan card. The main file for it is if_wlp.c (wlp0 device)) The other is for the ISA bus card based on the old Intel i82586 controller. The main file for it is if_wl.c (wl0). The idea is that you can use the ISA card to plug into your wired infrastructure and talk to it via the PCMCIA wavelan card. The wavelan card looks like an ethernet card and to some extent behaves like one. It runs at 2 mbits on paper (I've gotten around 1.4 mbit in practice). I have run nv over wavelan. You configure the cards in fairly similar fashion to other ethernet/isa cards. On paper, using omni-directional antennae (supplied) the cards can reach about 800 feet. Metal cabinets and walls (especially cement walls) cut down the distance obtained. Still, unlike infrared (and sometimes wires) the radio can penetrate a number of walls. This should be considered alpha sw but I have tested it for a couple of weeks and it hasn't failed me yet. The ISA card hangs occasionally on transmit but there is watchdog timer that kicks it going again (judging from if_ie.c, where I borrowed the watchdog timer from, not unusual for i82586s, but maybe I need to make the DELAY longer). I managed to get promiscuous mode working on both drivers at least as far as tcpdump is concerned. (I am interesting in developing some simple bridging software). I haven't tested multicast yet or turned it on. broadcast certainly works. arp works of course -- remember that these radio cards (somewhat) simulate an ethernet. They are really CSMA/CA (collision avoidance) as opposed to CSMA/CD. What I did to the pcmcia module for that card was a terrible hack, but I wasn't interested in trying to make it "plug and play" at this point. I thought I might as well wait until the folks working on pcmcia released some code and then maybe this card could be integrated. The pcmcia module might be eliminated so that this driver like if_ze.c, etc., could just use David's pcic.c module. Note: I am not associated with ATT/GIS/NCR! :->. Below is an url for more wavelan info. You can also call 1-800-WAVE for info as to where to buy it if you are interested. http://ncrinfo.attgis.com/pub/products/wavelan p.s. one rather cute configuration I've tried is to run one box on the wired infrastructure with a proxy web server (e.g., CERN httpd) and then simply access that box via wavelan and netscape running in proxy mode. This can allow you to work around not having Internet routing access. regards, Jim Binkley jrb@cs.pdx.edu From owner-freebsd-announce Tue Feb 13 16:07:25 1996 Return-Path: owner-freebsd-announce Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id QAA19142 for freebsd-announce-outgoing; Tue, 13 Feb 1996 16:07:25 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 13 Feb 1996 16:07:25 -0800 (PST) From: owner-freebsd-announce Message-Id: <199602140007.QAA19142@freefall.freebsd.org> Sender: owner-freebsd-announce@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk To: undisclosed-recipients:; >From owner-majordomo Tue Feb 13 13:47:33 1996 Received: (from hsu@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id NAA10512 for freebsd-announce; Tue, 13 Feb 1996 13:47:33 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 13 Feb 1996 13:47:33 -0800 (PST) From: Jeffrey Hsu Message-Id: <199602132147.NAA10512@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-announce Subject: JDK 1.0 port to FreeBSD Announce -------- I have ports of the JDK 1.0 using Green threads, pthreads, and uthreads. This port I'm releasing uses Green threads and is robust enough to recompile itself correctly. Installation ------------ 1. Grab ftp.javasoft.com:JDK-1_0-solaris2-sparc.tar.Z. 2. Grab freefall.FreeBSD.org:/pub/FreeBSD/LOCAL_PORTS/jdk10.tar.gz. 3. Untar the solaris binary distribution. 4. Move aside bin/ and untar the FreeBSD distribution. 5. Install the pdksh port. Running the JDK --------------- If your JDK directory is rooted at , you need to set 1. your path to include the /bin directory 2. CLASSPATH environment variable to .:/lib/classes.zip 3. LD_LIBRARY_PATH to include /lib/i386 Then to compile a java program, invoke 'javac program.java'. To run it, use 'java '. Status ------ This port is kind of flacky and I hesitate to release it, but it does meet my long-stated criteria of being self-hosting. The problems are related to the kludgy work-around I used to get around not having weak symbols and dlsym(RTLD_NEXT). The pthreads port does not have this problem, so the next release may use that instead, but I'm leaning towards fixing up the underlying operating system rather than working around it. The next release will come when I get appletviewer to work. How you can help ---------------- We could use a full-featured dlsym() which understands RTLD_NEXT. Weak symbols would help a lot too. There are people already working on the linker, so please coordinate with them if you decide to go work on this. From owner-freebsd-announce Wed Feb 14 02:03:24 1996 Return-Path: owner-freebsd-announce Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id CAA05670 for freebsd-announce-outgoing; Wed, 14 Feb 1996 02:03:24 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 14 Feb 1996 02:03:24 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199602141003.CAA05670@freefall.freebsd.org> From: Jeffrey Hsu Subject: JDK 1.0 port to FreeBSD Sender: owner-freebsd-announce@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk To: undisclosed-recipients:; Announce -------- I have ports of the JDK 1.0 using Green threads, pthreads, and uthreads. This port I'm releasing uses Green threads and is robust enough to recompile itself correctly. Installation ------------ 1. Grab ftp.javasoft.com:JDK-1_0-solaris2-sparc.tar.Z. 2. Grab freefall.FreeBSD.org:/pub/FreeBSD/LOCAL_PORTS/jdk10.tar.gz. 3. Untar the solaris binary distribution. 4. Move aside bin/ and untar the FreeBSD distribution. 5. Install the pdksh port. Running the JDK --------------- If your JDK directory is rooted at , you need to set 1. your path to include the /bin directory 2. CLASSPATH environment variable to .:/lib/classes.zip 3. LD_LIBRARY_PATH to include /lib/i386 Then to compile a java program, invoke 'javac program.java'. To run it, use 'java '. Status ------ This port is kind of flacky and I hesitate to release it, but it does meet my long-stated criteria of being self-hosting. The problems are related to the kludgy work-around I used to get around not having weak symbols and dlsym(RTLD_NEXT). The pthreads port does not have this problem, so the next release may use that instead, but I'm leaning towards fixing up the underlying operating system rather than working around it. The next release will come when I get appletviewer to work. How you can help ---------------- We could use a full-featured dlsym() which understands RTLD_NEXT. Weak symbols would help a lot too. There are people already working on the linker, so please coordinate with them if you decide to go work on this.