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FreeBSD-EN-17:07.vnet Errata Notice
The FreeBSD Project
Topic: VNET kernel panic with asynchronous I/O
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Two bugfixes: sticky dirs and procfs
Matthew Dillon has committed two bugfixes both to DragonFly-current and DragonFly 4.8. I don’t know the exact circumstances under which it would affect someone, but the commits are there to evaluate.
kcollect description
I should have linked this yesterday: a description of kcollect and its uses from Matthew Dillon, complete with example graph of a very busy machine.
Beta Update – Request for (more...
https://beta.undeadly.org/ has received an update. The most significant changes include:
The site has been given a less antiquated "look".
(As the topic icons have been eliminated, we are no longer seeking help with those graphics.)
The site now uses a moderate amount of semantic HTML5.
Several bugs in the HTML fragment vali [...]
New mechanism: kcollect
There’s a new facility in DragonFly: kcollect(8). It holds automatically-collected kernel data for about the last day, and can output to gnuplot. Note the automatic collection part; your system will always be able to tell you about weirdness – assuming that weirdness extends to one of the features kcollect tracks. Here’s [...]
Lazy Reading for 2017/08/06
You may be able to detect a subtle bias based on my early design education, this week.
Monospaced Programming Fonts with Ligatures. (via)
9 great mechanical keyboards for coders. Never thought I’d see a HP Enterprise site referencing Axe Cop… (via)
A Sublime-like minimap for console vim. (via)
“Do Not (Read more...)
In Other BSDs for 2017/08/05
Spot the sarcasm!
FreeBSD 11.1 released.
Default compiler switched to clang on amd64 and i386. (OpenBSD)
Large Batch of Kernel Errata Patches Released. (also OpenBSD)
mandoc-1.14.2 released.
OPNsense 17.7 released.
hurray we won
X11: How does “the” clipboard work? (via)
LLVM, Clang and compiler-rt support enhancements. (NetBSD) (via)
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Go and DragonFly: builder needed
The DragonFly Go builder needs a new maintainer, and an update to a newer builder. Are there any people out there interested in Go who want to do the work? I do not have time.
Large Batch of Kernel Errata Patches ...
In response to the DEF CON presentation by Ilja van Sprundel,
a large set of kernel patches have been released (for OpenBSD 6.0 and 6.1).
These important patches should be applied ASAP!
From the announce@ mailing list:
Errata patches for a number of kernel issues have been released for
OpenBSD 6.1 and 6.0.
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BSDNow 205: FreeBSD turning it up to ...
No interview, but the latest BSDNow has talk about the newest FreeBSD release and the inevitable more.
If you don’t get the title reference, here’s a video clip.
OpenBSD Errata: August 3rd, 2017 (ker...
Errata patches for a number of kernel issues have been released for
OpenBSD 6.1 and 6.0.
A SIGIO-related use-after-free can occur in two drivers.
A missing length check in sendsyslog() may result in a kernel panic.
An out-of-bound read in vfs_getcwd_scandir() (mainly used for FUSE)
may result in a kernel panic or info leak.
An alignment i [...]
LLVM, Clang and compiler-rt support e...
In the last month I started with upstream of the code for sanitizers:
the common layer and ubsan.
I worked also on the elimination of unexpected failures in LLVM and Clang.
I\'ve managed to achieve, with a pile of local patches,
the number of 0 unexpected bugs within LLVM (check-llvm) and 3 unexpected bugs within Clang (check-clang)
(however [...]
DragonFly 4.8.1 released
DragonFly 4.8 has been updated to 4.8.1, bringing in a lot of small fixes. Improved Intel video support and the virtio_scsi driver will be of most interest, I think. The 4.8.1 tag commit has all the details. You can update the normal way, and if you need an install image, I’ve uploaded them and they should appear at your local (Read [...]
Firmware in userland: the proposal
Remember the firmware in userland idea I linked to before? Here’s the written plan/proposal.
HAMMER2 hardlinks, other work
Matthew Dillon’s found a solution to the problem of hardlinks in HAMMER2, and so moved on to dirents. The design document has a significant update to match.
Lazy Reading for 2017/07/30
Apparently this is the week where I comment about my links.
The Internet of Things – A disaster for no good reason. Comparison of old smoke detectors vs. new. You may already have an inkling of the outcome.(via)
Powershell 6.0 Roadmap. Interesting because it’s both Microsoft admitting people want a shell, and it’s Micros [...]
In Other BSDs for 2017/07/29
I’ve been on the road, so this is a bit light.
What linux/BSD distros update Quicker? Yay graphs! (via)
Building a BSD home router (pt. 6): pfSense vs. OPNsense. (via)
SEMIBUG has a new website.
Building a BSD home router parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, (Read more...)
mandoc-1.14.2 released
Ingo Schwarze (schwarze@) writes in saying:
i just released portable mandoc-1.14.2.
It is available now from http://mandoc.bsd.lv/.
The whole message reads,
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BSDNow 204, Wayland, Weston, & Fr...
Posting a bit late because I’ve been traveling, but: BSDNow 204, Wayland, Weston, & FreeBSD is up, with of course talk about windowing systems and an explanation of the “Scrub of Death” which is new to me.
