From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 23 14:43:20 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7980B106566B for ; Thu, 23 Oct 2008 14:43:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 388B08FC31 for ; Thu, 23 Oct 2008 14:43:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m9NEhJJY008810; Thu, 23 Oct 2008 08:43:19 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) with ESMTP id m9NEhJvq008807; Thu, 23 Oct 2008 08:43:19 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 08:43:19 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block To: Gonzalo Nemmi In-Reply-To: <200810230258.42153.gnemmi@gmail.com> Message-ID: References: <200810222335.26022.gnemmi@gmail.com> <200810230107.11493.gnemmi@gmail.com> <200810230258.42153.gnemmi@gmail.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.0.1 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Thu, 23 Oct 2008 08:43:19 -0600 (MDT) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: man -t odd page size X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 14:43:20 -0000 On Thu, 23 Oct 2008, Gonzalo Nemmi wrote: >> A good start would just be determining which programs need to be >> modified. A check for similar work in other operating systems would be >> very useful. Finally, a proposal for the way to implement the change, >> and maybe even patches. > > Well .. we seem to have a start about which programs need to be modified ... A list of base FreeBSD programs that need page size support would give a good idea of what approaches can be used. > It gets a little tougher regarding other operting system given that FreeBSD is > the only one running on my only PC :'( But there are printing applications that run on both FreeBSD and other OSs. CUPS or one of the big desktop environments or one of the variations of Linux may have already addressed global page size setting. You don't have to run them to research them. Taking advantage of existing work can get things going a lot faster and avoid unexpected pitfalls. (A shorter way of saying that: It's better to learn from somebody else's mistakes.) -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA