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Hackathon 2005: Kerneltrap Feature (Part I+II)

Contributed by dhartmei on from the hackathon-coverage dept.

Jeremy Andrews from KernelTrap has joined us at the c2k5 hackathon in Calgary. He's been talking to many of the developers and reports about what people are working on in his Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part I, like Ted working on kernel threading, Jason on amd64, and the Zaurus support, as well as giving the reader an insight into the atmosphere of this event.

Update: Feature: OpenBSD Hackathon 2005, Part II is now online, with details about the work done on pf this hackathon and more developer interviews.

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  1. By thomasw.xhrl (24.80.39.250) on

    very intriguing to hear about ted's threading and the development of the Gadget of gadgets; got to get some kernels compiling in my pocket with a zaurus:) ssh-ing from a bar, say, what more? enjoyed the read...thanks.

  2. By Anthony Roberts (68.145.103.21) on

    The new threading model was news to me as well. Very nice. That significantly reduces the set of things that I need to go to another OS for.

    I'm amazed at how cool those Zaurus things are. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't tempted. Half the developers at the CUUG presentation had them. You're used to computers that size not being general purpose, but these run the same software at reasonable speeds. If it wasn't for the 7200 rpm drive they'd probably comfortably outperform my OpenBSD box. :) I bet it's nice to have those for the plane trip.

    I don't think they were mentioned in the article but those Soekris boxes were also very cool. I had heard of them but I didn't realize how small they were. About the size of a broadband router but there's enough computer for a complete OpenBSD install. They can also use a laptop hard drive, which I didn't know. The failover demonstration was impressive, I haven't had a chance to use CARP yet.

  3. By Anonymous Coward (204.209.209.129) on

    I think this is very cool that they have some one that is giving us the low down of what accually happens and what is happening. Very interesting stuff, and exciting. I am glad to see news like this as it lets me (and others) a chance to see the next releases roadmap is, as most of the time we are in the dark. Thanks again, enjoyed the read very much. Keep it up.

  4. By Frank Denis (82.224.188.215) on

    Unfortunately, the hackathon also brought some regression.

    Apache + mod_php5 immediately segfaults on -current :(

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    1. By Anonymous Coward (70.66.3.210) on

      Thats why its called current. Sorry but I don't see the point of pointing out a problem like this, as the system is in great flux right now. They have several months to still fix this. When it becomes closer to release time, then let them know its still crashing and maybe then I would care.

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      1. By Anonymous Coward (198.175.14.194) on

        No, dipshit, this is how these things get fixed. Current is in flux, BUT IT IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE BROKEN, and bugs that are not fixed either have a plan to get fixed (e.g. so-and-so is importing x-y-z which fixes the problem) or it needs to be fixed (e.g. apache+php5 is broken after x-y-z bug was introduced).

    2. By Frank Denis (82.224.188.215) on http://www.00f.net

      The breakage seems to be caused by the change made on ld.so May 23 by drahn@ in order to fix dlclose().

      Reverting this makes PHP work again.

      However other things have been broken during the hackathon. For instance "screen" doesn't work properly, Ctrl-A Z suspends the "screen" process instead of detaching the virtual terminal.

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      1. By Frank Denis (82.224.188.215) on http://www.00f.net

        screen is not broken, sorry. I need some sleep :)

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        1. By Anonymous Coward (212.113.164.100) on

          :) ctrl+a+d?

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          1. By Frank Denis (82.224.188.215) on http://www.00f.net

            Yes.

            Funny, I'm using screen for 10 years and for an unknown reason I tried Ctrl-A Z instead of Ctrl-A Z today :)

            Oh I know why... I used a lot minicom today and in order to escape to the menu on minicom you have to hit Ctrl-A Z...

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            1. By Anonymous Coward (131.181.251.67) on

              and you did it again :)

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              1. By Frank Denis (82.224.188.215) on http://www.00f.net

                Oops !
                (as would Britney Spears say).

  5. By Anonymous Coward (66.131.207.182) on

    Forbes & CTV?! That's excellent!

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    1. By Anonymous Coward (68.6.193.220) on

      Yeah, unfortunately many Forbes tech pieces are penned by Daniel Lyons, who thinks FOSS is an evil plot by hippie communists to destroy the noble, hard-working best-intentioned commercial software entities by giving cheep, greedy consumers options other than buying a never-ending stream of upgrades to fix their current set of fatal bugs, all the while introducing new ones... Seriously, I can respect some difference of opinion but if you read a few of this guy's articles you'd swear all he does is jerk off to photos of Bill Gates in his spare time.

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      1. By Venture37 (217.22.88.123) venture37 # hotmail com on www.geeklan.co.uk

        Someone email this reporter some pics of Silvia Saint stat!!!! :)

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