From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 11 16:49:35 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 082221065677 for ; Mon, 11 May 2009 16:49:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from cyrus.watson.org (cyrus.watson.org [65.122.17.42]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD5FC8FC18 for ; Mon, 11 May 2009 16:49:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from bigwig.baldwin.cx (66.111.2.69.static.nyinternet.net [66.111.2.69]) by cyrus.watson.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 6BB3046B2E; Mon, 11 May 2009 12:49:34 -0400 (EDT) Received: from jhbbsd.hudson-trading.com (unknown [209.249.190.8]) by bigwig.baldwin.cx (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 163938A025; Mon, 11 May 2009 12:49:33 -0400 (EDT) From: John Baldwin To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org, Lothar Scholz Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 08:40:32 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 References: <976698487.20090509182307@scriptolutions.com> <123863765.20090509203610@scriptolutions.com> In-Reply-To: <123863765.20090509203610@scriptolutions.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200905110840.32980.jhb@freebsd.org> X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.0.1 (bigwig.baldwin.cx); Mon, 11 May 2009 12:49:33 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.95 at bigwig.baldwin.cx X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=4.2 tests=BAYES_00, DATE_IN_PAST_03_06, RDNS_NONE autolearn=no version=3.2.5 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on bigwig.baldwin.cx Cc: pluknet Subject: Re: Are named posix semaphores not implemented? X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 16:49:35 -0000 On Saturday 09 May 2009 2:36:10 pm Lothar Scholz wrote: > Hello pluknet, > > > p> First, you should have sem(4) capacity enabled in kernel > p> (via kldload or statically built). It seems you haven't. > > Yes - but it was a total fresh PC-BSD build. > > I must say that i really don't like this start off with > anything disabled. They will never get a good desktop os > if the user can't run simple programs without the need to > learn about kernel modules. > > Well this is the wrong list to discuss this anyway. They are disabled by default because they used to be badly broken. They have been overhauled in 7.2 and perhaps should be enabled by default now. -- John Baldwin