Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 14:42:01 +0200 From: Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Are named posix semaphores not implemented? Message-ID: <guef71$sei$1@ger.gmane.org> In-Reply-To: <123863765.20090509203610@scriptolutions.com> References: <976698487.20090509182307@scriptolutions.com> <a31046fc0905091052m738a0f6dm6be4f871d83df97f@mail.gmail.com> <123863765.20090509203610@scriptolutions.com>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigF3F4D2AF80888078ECBDF59A Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Lothar Scholz wrote: > Hello pluknet, >=20 >=20 > p> First, you should have sem(4) capacity enabled in kernel > p> (via kldload or statically built). It seems you haven't. >=20 > Yes - but it was a total fresh PC-BSD build. For future troubleshooting, you should get used to reading the man pages - sem(4) describes how to enable it. > I must say that i really don't like this start off with > anything disabled. They will never get a good desktop os > if the user can't run simple programs without the need to > learn about kernel modules. They are disabled by default because they don't get much use - apparently it's not a very popular API. If you make a good case for its inclusion (reference large or popular projects that use it), there is probably no reason not to include it by default. The sem.ko loadable module is something like 20 kB in size. --------------enigF3F4D2AF80888078ECBDF59A Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkoKwCAACgkQldnAQVacBcgDAgCeOC8y+f6OT4LAYKp0UH9SZS/o 75AAoPjwbDX2ZbaoHMiuX4q+QTd9cRWl =Kziz -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigF3F4D2AF80888078ECBDF59A--
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