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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!caen!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!usenet.coe.montana.edu!terra2!osynw From: osynw@terra2.oscs.montana.edu (Nathan Williams) Subject: 386BSD Bug Report 0/1 Message-ID: <1992Sep16.053926.29739@coe.montana.edu> Summary: Administrivia Keywords: n Sender: usenet@coe.montana.edu (USENET News System) Organization: Montana State University Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1992 05:39:26 GMT Lines: 73 Okay, here it is. I had hoped to add some /more/ patches to it before I released it, and Terry L. and I have been discussing the possibility of combining our work, but for now, you get what you pay for. This isn't as nice as the first one, but I added a bunch more stuff, and I want to get this out the door. No cdiffs yet, and there will probably be a total overhaul on the next version to fit into Terry's patch style. Future direction: 1) Patches in "Patchkit" formula 2) A kernel with all the patches installed. - I don't have the time to do this right now. Again, I want to do this, if someone has the time to apply all the patches, please email me so we can get it distributed. 3) More bugs/patches. 4) Re-work some of the comments, and reformat to make it easier to find patches, have bug reports cross-reference other fixes, etc... 5) Anything else I can think of. :-) 6) Addition of standard Bug Report Form. I had one, but lost it somewhere. Use whatever looks good. Additional comments: I am still accepting bug reports. I make reading my email a priority, so I still answer me email and have a working file system to keep the bugs somewhat organized. I would still like to see someone try and organize some documentation. Looking through the old articles I have archived, there is a LOT of good information that could be bundled together to make installing/configuring and running the system much easier. I suppose that's enough for now, I need to get back to homework. Below, you will find my summary of what has changed in the new list. Nate General clean up, spell checking. Added select(2) patches for X and state of mind. Replaced old init patch with newer version. Added a patch for signals in init. Added info on the "ecinit" problem. Added an vi (elvis) fix. Another possible fix for kmem_map errors. Fixed a problem in my solution of the "too many files open" install bug. Fix for cron not working. Fix for adding timezone in the kernel. Fix for breakpoints not be removed after gdb exits. Bug report on reboot failing. A working version of chmod has been submitted. A fix for 3.5" 720K floppies. Better explanation for shutdown -todos not working. ps and kvm patches updated. VM and virtual memory patches. NFS fixes. One fix for not being able to boot 386BSD (BOOT009) A fix which fixes panics that happen when reading from /dev/drum. Scrolling fix where the machine would reboot when scrolling backwards quickly. DMA handling cleanup. A fix for the keypress getting lost until you type a second one problem. Added a HOW TO add the lpt driver with the patches to it. -- osynw@terra.oscs.montana.edu | A hacker w/out a home. work: (406) 994-5991 | Keeper of the Unofficial 386BSD Bug Report home: (406) 586-0579 | Please send bugs and/or fixes you find.