summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/hurd
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorSamuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org>2013-03-17 12:55:06 +0100
committerSamuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org>2013-03-17 12:55:06 +0100
commitf01951760af1170e23fbb94146caabe629384465 (patch)
treecf4f566adf05f4fea45b41b063a1a74b8b516b54 /hurd
parent4c9c96e78f9967a9e23db38d45fbb4b58149488c (diff)
parent4fb182a18e7a7e7e6ff7e5a128459c05a61de188 (diff)
Merge branch 'master' of braunbox:~hurd-web/hurd-web
Diffstat (limited to 'hurd')
-rw-r--r--hurd/debugging/rpctrace.mdwn3
-rw-r--r--hurd/translator/ext2fs.mdwn2
-rw-r--r--hurd/translator/ext2fs/page_cache.mdwn4
-rw-r--r--hurd/translator/pfinet/ipv6.mdwn17
4 files changed, 11 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/hurd/debugging/rpctrace.mdwn b/hurd/debugging/rpctrace.mdwn
index c506861a..94dd946a 100644
--- a/hurd/debugging/rpctrace.mdwn
+++ b/hurd/debugging/rpctrace.mdwn
@@ -175,6 +175,9 @@ See `rpctrace --help` about how to use it.
/home/rbraun/hd0s7/hurd/hurd-20120710/./utils/rpctrace.c:1287:
trace_and_forward: Assertion `reply_type == 18' failed.
+This assertion is actually caused by using the io_select interface, which creates
+a send right instead of a send-once right for the reply port (IIRC).
+
# See Also
diff --git a/hurd/translator/ext2fs.mdwn b/hurd/translator/ext2fs.mdwn
index 65361ff4..bc43644f 100644
--- a/hurd/translator/ext2fs.mdwn
+++ b/hurd/translator/ext2fs.mdwn
@@ -138,6 +138,8 @@ small backend stores, like floppy devices.
breaks performance on the hurd
<braunr> and 30 seems like a reasonable amount (better than 5 at least)
+That would be a nice improvement, but only after writeback throttling is implemented.
+
# Documentation
diff --git a/hurd/translator/ext2fs/page_cache.mdwn b/hurd/translator/ext2fs/page_cache.mdwn
index e8a964ed..c129a98e 100644
--- a/hurd/translator/ext2fs/page_cache.mdwn
+++ b/hurd/translator/ext2fs/page_cache.mdwn
@@ -29,3 +29,7 @@ This is not at all specific to ext2fs, so should be integrated elsewhere.
memory?
<youpi> Tekk_: yes
<Tekk_> awesome. I was worried :)
+
+Actually, ext2fs doesn't contain its page cache (the virtual and physical
+memory counters do not take the cache size into account). But it must allocate
+descriptors for the cached content.
diff --git a/hurd/translator/pfinet/ipv6.mdwn b/hurd/translator/pfinet/ipv6.mdwn
index 42ee3c55..826467da 100644
--- a/hurd/translator/pfinet/ipv6.mdwn
+++ b/hurd/translator/pfinet/ipv6.mdwn
@@ -57,21 +57,6 @@ Quite the same, but with static IPv6 address assignment:
Amongst other things, support for [[IOCTL]]s is missing.
-## IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2012-12-10
-
-[[!tag open_issue_hurd]]
-
- <braunr> looks like pfinet -G option doesn't work
- <braunr> if someone is interested in fixing this (it concerns static IPv6
- routing)
- <braunr> youpi: have you ever successfully used pfinet with global
- statically configured ipv6 addresses ?
- <youpi> never tried
- <braunr> ok
- <braunr> i'd like to set this up on my VMs but it looks bugged :/
- <braunr> i can't manage to set correctly set the gateway
-
-
### IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2012-12-12
<braunr> hm, pfinet seems not to support ipv6 well at all :(
@@ -136,6 +121,8 @@ Amongst other things, support for [[IOCTL]]s is missing.
<youpi> ok, enabling ALLMULTI was enough to fix it
<youpi> you can ping6 2001:910:1059:2:5054:00ff:fe12:3456 :)
+Indeed, IPv6 now works properly, and the very machine hosting this wiki
+(darnassus.sceen.net) can be reached with that protocol.
## IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2013-01-13