From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 7 00:32:09 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E1B816A4CE; Fri, 7 Jan 2005 00:32:09 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ns1.xcllnt.net (209-128-86-226.bayarea.net [209.128.86.226]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 88CD243D48; Fri, 7 Jan 2005 00:32:08 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from marcel@xcllnt.net) Received: from ns1.xcllnt.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ns1.xcllnt.net (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j070W7Jw086408; Thu, 6 Jan 2005 16:32:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from marcel@ns1.xcllnt.net) Received: (from marcel@localhost) by ns1.xcllnt.net (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id j070W7b7086407; Thu, 6 Jan 2005 16:32:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from marcel) Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2005 16:32:07 -0800 From: Marcel Moolenaar To: Ceri Davies , Alexander Leidinger , Andriy Gapon , current@freebsd.org, re@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20050107003207.GA86261@ns1.xcllnt.net> References: <41C38A7C.3070809@icyb.net.ua> <20041218174400.4b9af118@Magellan.Leidinger.net> <41DA9B7A.3000909@icyb.net.ua> <20050104153811.75258cba@Magellan.Leidinger.net> <41DACE3E.3070904@icyb.net.ua> <20050105121110.43e3209a@Magellan.Leidinger.net> <20050105112422.GZ49329@submonkey.net> <20050105142127.GH49329@submonkey.net> <20050106230331.GB49329@submonkey.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050106230331.GB49329@submonkey.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Subject: Re: Oracle & linprocfs (was: Re: linux kernel-land) X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2005 00:32:09 -0000 On Thu, Jan 06, 2005 at 11:03:31PM +0000, Ceri Davies wrote: > > There doesn't seem to be a significant regression for Oracle on 4.x. > I've spent 4 hours on this this evening and the installer *still* > doesn't work properly on 4.x, with or without an "equivalent" patch to > linprocfs_misc.c. This isn't new with the linux8 patch, and it's widely > believed that RELENG_5 or greater is a basic requirement for Oracle to > work under linux emulation (for 9i at least - I don't have earlier > versions to hand - marcel wrote the handbook section on this and may be > able to test Oracle 8.x). Alas. I don't have any 4.x machines since 5.3 came out and I left my knapsack of Oracle stuff and knowledge in the Netherlands when I moved to the US 5 years ago. I don't know and I can't find out :-) -- Marcel Moolenaar USPA: A-39004 marcel@xcllnt.net