Timothy Redaelli http://blogs.gentoo.org/drizzt en-US http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 New Gentoo/FreeBSD 6.2 stages http://blogs.gentoo.org/drizzt/2007/05/07/new_gentoo_freebsd_6_2_stages Mon, 07 May 2007 22:20:05 +0000 Timothy REDAELLI Gentoo 1315@http://blogs.gentoo.org/ <p>I updated the Gentoo/FreeBSD stages to 6.2-r1.<br /> <strong>Changes:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Changed CHOST from i486 to i686 to avoid the tcp checksum bug (thanks to Joe Peterson for reporting)</li> <li>Updated baselayout to 2.0.0_alpha1 (with a large startup speed inprovement, thanks to <a href="http://roy.marples.name/">Roy Marples</a>)</li> <li>Removed dhclient from stage3, you need to select your favorite dhcp client such as in Gentoo/Linux (for the time being you can only select net-misc/dhcpcd or net-misc/dhcp)</li> </ul> <p>As usual you can find the stages into /experimental/x86/freebsd/stages/ of your favorite mirror.</p><div class="item_footer"><p><small><a href="http://blogs.gentoo.org/drizzt/2007/05/07/new_gentoo_freebsd_6_2_stages">Original post</a> blogged on <a href="http://b2evolution.net/">b2evolution</a>.</small></p></div> I updated the Gentoo/FreeBSD stages to 6.2-r1.
Changes:

  • Changed CHOST from i486 to i686 to avoid the tcp checksum bug (thanks to Joe Peterson for reporting)
  • Updated baselayout to 2.0.0_alpha1 (with a large startup speed inprovement, thanks to Roy Marples)
  • Removed dhclient from stage3, you need to select your favorite dhcp client such as in Gentoo/Linux (for the time being you can only select net-misc/dhcpcd or net-misc/dhcp)

As usual you can find the stages into /experimental/x86/freebsd/stages/ of your favorite mirror.

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]]> http://blogs.gentoo.org/drizzt/2007/05/07/new_gentoo_freebsd_6_2_stages#comments FreeBSD current snapshots http://blogs.gentoo.org/drizzt/2007/04/20/freebsd_current_snapshots Fri, 20 Apr 2007 09:08:11 +0000 Timothy REDAELLI Gentoo 1305@http://blogs.gentoo.org/ <p>Hi,<br /> Nathan Smith, our best AT (ops he is the only one <img src="http://blogs.gentoo.org/rsc/smilies/graybigrazz.gif" alt="&#58;&#80;" class="middle" />), tried to recompile freebsd-sources with gcc 3 and he <a href="http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-bsd/msg_00128.xml">found</a> that the bad TCP checksum problem is caused by gcc 4.</p> <p>I'm going to release a pre-alpha release based on CURRENT (7.0) snapshot.</p> <p>Later I will acquaint where you can found the ebuilds.</p> <p><strong>Update:</strong><br /> I released Gentoo/FreeBSD 7.0_pre200704 ebuilds under my overlay.</p> <p>You should have my overlay<br /> <code>layman -a drizzt-overlay</code></p> <p>You must change your profile<br /> <code>rm /etc/make.profile</code><br /> <code>ln -s /usr/portage/local/layman/drizzt-overlay/profiles/default-bsd/fbsd/7.0/x86 /etc/make.profile</code></p> <p>Then you must change your CHOST as <a href="http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/change-chost.xml" target="_blank">guide</a> say.</p> <p>Using <code>emerge -av1 binutils gcc freebsd-lib</code> instead of glibc.</p> <p><strong>Known Bugs:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Locales are broken</li> <li>I need to port the 6.1 patch of rtld-elf to 7.0</li> <li>sparc-fbsd keyword is dropped</li> </ul><div class="item_footer"><p><small><a href="http://blogs.gentoo.org/drizzt/2007/04/20/freebsd_current_snapshots">Original post</a> blogged on <a href="http://b2evolution.net/">b2evolution</a>.</small></p></div> Hi,
Nathan Smith, our best AT (ops he is the only one :P), tried to recompile freebsd-sources with gcc 3 and he found that the bad TCP checksum problem is caused by gcc 4.

I'm going to release a pre-alpha release based on CURRENT (7.0) snapshot.

Later I will acquaint where you can found the ebuilds.

Update:
I released Gentoo/FreeBSD 7.0_pre200704 ebuilds under my overlay.

You should have my overlay
layman -a drizzt-overlay

You must change your profile
rm /etc/make.profile
ln -s /usr/portage/local/layman/drizzt-overlay/profiles/default-bsd/fbsd/7.0/x86 /etc/make.profile

Then you must change your CHOST as guide say.

Using emerge -av1 binutils gcc freebsd-lib instead of glibc.

Known Bugs:

  • Locales are broken
  • I need to port the 6.1 patch of rtld-elf to 7.0
  • sparc-fbsd keyword is dropped

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]]> http://blogs.gentoo.org/drizzt/2007/04/20/freebsd_current_snapshots#comments Benchmark MySQL http://blogs.gentoo.org/drizzt/2007/03/13/benchmark_mysql Tue, 13 Mar 2007 15:03:38 +0000 Timothy REDAELLI FreeBSD 1282@http://blogs.gentoo.org/ <p><a href="https://www.manuelmartini.it/bench/mysql/">https://www.manuelmartini.it/bench/mysql/</a></p><p><a href="http://www.manuelmartini.it/">Manuel Martini</a> a <a href="http://www.gufi.org/">G.U.F.I.</a> Staff Member <a href="https://www.manuelmartini.it/bench/mysql/">released</a> an exhaustive <a href="http://www.mysql.org/">MySql</a> benchmark (using SQL-bench Mysql 5.0.33) using different configurations.<br /> Ehi! <a href="http://www.freebsd.org/">FreeBSD</a> is not as bad as commonly believed <img src="http://blogs.gentoo.org/rsc/smilies/icon_twisted.gif" alt="&#58;&#62;" class="middle" /></p><div class="item_footer"><p><small><a href="http://blogs.gentoo.org/drizzt/2007/03/13/benchmark_mysql">Original post</a> blogged on <a href="http://b2evolution.net/">b2evolution</a>.</small></p></div> https://www.manuelmartini.it/bench/mysql/

Manuel Martini a G.U.F.I. Staff Member released an exhaustive MySql benchmark (using SQL-bench Mysql 5.0.33) using different configurations.
Ehi! FreeBSD is not as bad as commonly believed :>

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]]> http://blogs.gentoo.org/drizzt/2007/03/13/benchmark_mysql#comments Proud to be italian (ROTFL) http://blogs.gentoo.org/drizzt/2007/03/07/proud_to_be_italian_rotfl Wed, 07 Mar 2007 11:30:55 +0000 Timothy REDAELLI Misc 1273@http://blogs.gentoo.org/ <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shGxH0pN0CM">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shGxH0pN0CM</a></p><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shGxH0pN0CM">The Vice President of Italy and Minister of Cultural Heritage Francesco Rutelli presents the new portal on tourism in Italy, italia.it.</a></p> <div class="item_footer"><p><small><a href="http://blogs.gentoo.org/drizzt/2007/03/07/proud_to_be_italian_rotfl">Original post</a> blogged on <a href="http://b2evolution.net/">b2evolution</a>.</small></p></div> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shGxH0pN0CM

The Vice President of Italy and Minister of Cultural Heritage Francesco Rutelli presents the new portal on tourism in Italy, italia.it.

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]]> http://blogs.gentoo.org/drizzt/2007/03/07/proud_to_be_italian_rotfl#comments Jamendo - Antarhes : Breathin' Again http://blogs.gentoo.org/drizzt/2007/03/07/jamendo_antarhes_breathin_again Wed, 07 Mar 2007 11:19:03 +0000 Timothy REDAELLI Misc 1272@http://blogs.gentoo.org/ <p><a href="http://www.jamendo.com/it/album/953/">http://www.jamendo.com/it/album/953/</a></p><p>Yesterday I discovered a good album on <a href="http://www.jamendo.com">Jamendo</a> that I would suggest to anyone<br /> <a href="http://www.jamendo.com/it/album/953/">Breathin' Again</a> by <a href="http://www.jamendo.com/it/artist/antarhes/">Antarhes</a></p><div class="item_footer"><p><small><a href="http://blogs.gentoo.org/drizzt/2007/03/07/jamendo_antarhes_breathin_again">Original post</a> blogged on <a href="http://b2evolution.net/">b2evolution</a>.</small></p></div> http://www.jamendo.com/it/album/953/

Yesterday I discovered a good album on Jamendo that I would suggest to anyone
Breathin' Again by Antarhes

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]]> http://blogs.gentoo.org/drizzt/2007/03/07/jamendo_antarhes_breathin_again#comments Gentoo/FreeBSD stages 6.2 published http://blogs.gentoo.org/drizzt/2007/03/05/gentoo_freebsd_stages_6_2_published Mon, 05 Mar 2007 19:10:05 +0000 Timothy REDAELLI Gentoo 1268@http://blogs.gentoo.org/ <p>Finally the stages are published on mirrors.<br /> You can get in experimental/x86/freebsd/stages/ directory</p><div class="item_footer"><p><small><a href="http://blogs.gentoo.org/drizzt/2007/03/05/gentoo_freebsd_stages_6_2_published">Original post</a> blogged on <a href="http://b2evolution.net/">b2evolution</a>.</small></p></div> Finally the stages are published on mirrors.
You can get in experimental/x86/freebsd/stages/ directory

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]]> http://blogs.gentoo.org/drizzt/2007/03/05/gentoo_freebsd_stages_6_2_published#comments New Gentoo/FreeBSD stages ready http://blogs.gentoo.org/drizzt/2007/03/01/new_gentoo_freebsd_stages_ready Thu, 01 Mar 2007 12:51:05 +0000 Timothy REDAELLI Gentoo 1264@http://blogs.gentoo.org/ <p>Hello boys,<br /> The new fresh Gentoo/FreeBSD 6.2 x86 stages are ready to use and tested.<br /> The installation guide is always <a href="http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-freebsd.xml">here</a>.</p> <p>Enjoy <img src="http://blogs.gentoo.org/rsc/smilies/icon_mrgreen.gif" alt="&#58;&#62;&#62;" class="middle" /></p> <p><strong>Edit:</strong>Thanks to solar now we (UberLord and I) can put the stages directly on the mirrors. You rocks, thx <img src="http://blogs.gentoo.org/rsc/smilies/icon_rolleyes.gif" alt="&#58;&#114;&#111;&#108;&#108;&#58;" class="middle" /></p><div class="item_footer"><p><small><a href="http://blogs.gentoo.org/drizzt/2007/03/01/new_gentoo_freebsd_stages_ready">Original post</a> blogged on <a href="http://b2evolution.net/">b2evolution</a>.</small></p></div> Hello boys,
The new fresh Gentoo/FreeBSD 6.2 x86 stages are ready to use and tested.
The installation guide is always here.

Enjoy :>>

Edit:Thanks to solar now we (UberLord and I) can put the stages directly on the mirrors. You rocks, thx :roll:

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]]> http://blogs.gentoo.org/drizzt/2007/03/01/new_gentoo_freebsd_stages_ready#comments Future of Gentoo/FreeBSD http://blogs.gentoo.org/drizzt/2007/02/28/future_of_gentoo_freebsd Wed, 28 Feb 2007 19:21:24 +0000 Timothy REDAELLI Gentoo FreeBSD 1262@http://blogs.gentoo.org/ <p>Since Flameeyes has retired UberLord and I become the new leads.</p> <p>Uber is working on baselayout2 that should boost up the startup time (90% of gain) because it is developed in C and sh (in BSD systems /bin/sh is not bash).</p> <p>I was working on stage building but my horrible Maxtor 60gb doesn't resist it ><img src="http://blogs.gentoo.org/rsc/smilies/icon_sad.gif" alt="&#58;&#40;" class="middle" /> so I asked the new member (<a href="http://01welp.co.uk/">welp</a>) to build it.</p> <p>I'm also working on Gentoo/FreeBSD livecd and I hope I can release it asap<img src="http://blogs.gentoo.org/rsc/smilies/icon_razz.gif" alt="&#58;&#112;" class="middle" /></p> <p>Stay tuned, more news are coming soon (flash support, linux emulation support, etc) <img src="http://blogs.gentoo.org/rsc/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt="&#58;&#41;" class="middle" /></p><div class="item_footer"><p><small><a href="http://blogs.gentoo.org/drizzt/2007/02/28/future_of_gentoo_freebsd">Original post</a> blogged on <a href="http://b2evolution.net/">b2evolution</a>.</small></p></div> Since Flameeyes has retired UberLord and I become the new leads.

Uber is working on baselayout2 that should boost up the startup time (90% of gain) because it is developed in C and sh (in BSD systems /bin/sh is not bash).

I was working on stage building but my horrible Maxtor 60gb doesn't resist it >:( so I asked the new member (welp) to build it.

I'm also working on Gentoo/FreeBSD livecd and I hope I can release it asap:p

Stay tuned, more news are coming soon (flash support, linux emulation support, etc) :)

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