np->allocsize

2000-05-10 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
Hi, np->allocsize is the number of bytes allocated for the file, right? (rounded up to a block multiple). Is it okay for np->allocsize to be initially as big as needed to contain the file, rather than the actual disk space allocated for the file? AFAICS, it is sufficient if diskfs_grow does the

Re: MIG -> CORBA

2000-05-10 Thread Sergey Izvoztchikov
On Wed, 10 May 2000, Martin v. Loewis wrote: > No, you are right. DII and DSI and part of the standard. They are just > not very useful, except for very specialized applications. Instead of > the DII and the DSI, those applications could use an internal API of > the ORB as well - for example, peo

Bug#63723: hurd: suspicious code in ext2fs/pager.c

2000-05-10 Thread Kalle Olavi Niemitalo
According to the glibc manual, the result of setjmp must not be assigned like diskfs_catch_exception does: it must be either immediately used in a do/while/for/if/switch statement or ignored. Has GCC relaxed this restriction?

Re: more ramblings about inodeless fs

2000-05-10 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Wed, 10 May 2000 04:15:33 Brent Fulgham wrote: > On Wed, May 10, 2000 at 01:33:11AM +0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > > Hi, > > > > maybe my ramblings will be useful for other inodeless fs implementations > > later. > > > > 3. Making up inode numbers on the way: > > Simply start with 1 and go

Re: MIG -> CORBA

2000-05-10 Thread Mark Kettenis
Date: Tue, 9 May 2000 22:55:21 +0500 (GMT-5) From: Sergey Izvoztchikov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On Wed, 10 May 2000, Mark Kettenis wrote: > Indeed. I don't really have experience with CORBA, but I don't think > the issues in this thread are relevant in this stage of Hurd > developm

Re: MIG -> CORBA

2000-05-10 Thread Martin v. Loewis
> As I understand ORBit is going to have DII, DSI in near feature. > And I think that DII and DSI supposed to be in ORB. Correct me > if I'm wrong. No, you are right. DII and DSI and part of the standard. They are just not very useful, except for very specialized applications. Instead of the DII