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Discussion of Tanenbaum's MINIX system.
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IPC restriction handling for user processes
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Hi again, I found the following lines in kernel/proc.c, to regulate the ipc from userspace into kernel tasks. However, those lines are disabled through the "#if 0" preprocessor statement. #if 0 if ((iskerneln(src_dst_p) && _function != SENDREC && _function != RECEIVE)) { #if DEBUG_ENABLE_IPC_WARNINGS... more »
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How to copy file from cd-rom to local disk?
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Hi all, This is my first time to touch the minix, and I don't know how to copy the file from the cd-rom to local disk. I installed the minix in the VMWare. Some one told me to use the mount command, but I do not know the details, does anybody help me? Thanks, Terrence.
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Message IPC and new server...
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Hello, I am trying to add a new server in minix, with its own system calls (its own table.c). I have found many similar posts in this group, but the difference is that i do not want to run my server using RS, but to run it like a regular process. My server can block in the receive() call and wait for a message, as I... more »
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Definition of _NERROR in errno.h
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Hi all, anybody knows, why "#define _NERROR 70" is not defined to the maximum error number plus one? By the way i doubt the importance of this define statements existence, since AFAIK it is reference in one file (commands/syslogd/syslogd.c) only. As I'm currently about to port Minix to a research processor platform,... more »
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unable to reboot while updating to minix 3_1_3b
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I have been trying to build minix 3_1_3b in a vmware minix 3_1_2 envinronment. I follow the instructions in the UPDATING file up to the reboot step successfully. However the reboot fails. The instructions say to use " reboot -x 'unset image; boot' " but I have doubts about this since the man page does not say anything about a "-... more »
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MINIX and Assembly Summer 2008
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Hi all! I'm going (for the first time) to Assembly, all I'm planning is to bring my MINIX box, the MINIX book and hack away. If anyone on the list is coming too and would be interested in meeting up, drop me a line, preferably email! .p
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building the latest minix
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Hi I'm trying to get familiar with the latest minix code. My had been to use the prebuilt vmware 3_1_2a image to build and install minix r3_1_3b. I was able to get 3_1_2a running under vmware and check out the 3_1_3b code and ftp it to my minix system. So far so good. But when I try to build it I run into a series of... more »
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out of memory when compiling flex-2.5.4 under vmware
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Hello everyone, I'm running out of memory when I try to compile flex-2.5.4 : cc -c -I. -I. -g skel.c Fatal: Out of memory cc: /usr/lib/i386/cg: Signal 6 - core dumped make in /usr/src/commands/flex-2.5.4: Exit code 1 I am running minix 3.1.2a under vmware. The code that I am trying to compile is minix r3.1.3b which I checked out from the svn repository... more »
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