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Reminder: EuroBSDcon 2009

2009-09-02T05:28:56Z

EuroBSDcon 2009
Friday 18th - Sunday 20th September,
University of Cambridge, UK

A day of tutorials followed by 2 days of conference talks
covering a wide variety of BSD related topics. This is the
European BSD Community's annual event to meet, share and
interact across the projects and between friends.

This year's line up features...
* ISC and *BSD
* OpenBSD malloc
* How FreeBSD finds oil
* NetBSD's LVM
* faster packets in OpenBSD
* Wireless Mesh networks
* Kirk McKusick's FreeBSD Guide
* and more,

The full talk list and schedule: http://2009.euroBSDcon.org

Discounted Early Bird registration runs until 12th
September. Book your place now at
http://2009.euroBSDcon.org

Final programme may be subject to alteration. EuroBSDcon
is a not for profit event open to everyone so please help
spread the word online and offline. Thanks for reading!

If you're interested to read this far, you can sign up for
future announcements about EuroBSDcons by sending an email to
eurobsdcon-announce-subscribe@... . Your address
will only be used to contact you about European BSD events.

EuroBSDcon 2009 : September 18-20th, Cambridge, England.

http://www.ukuug.org/events/eurobsdcon2009/

EuroBSDcon is grateful to our sponsors; Premier Sponsor iXsystems.com,
and The FreeBSD Foundation, NetApp and Google.

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g4u 2.4alpha4 is available for testing

2009-08-30T15:42:00Z

Again much more time has passed than I expected, but over the past few days
I've made sure that g4u compiles against the latest NetBSD-current sources, and
so I'm making g4u 2.4alpha4 available for resting.

What is g4u? ``g4u ("ghosting for unix") is a NetBSD-based bootfloppy/CD-ROM
that allows easy cloning of PC harddisks to deploy a common setup on a number
of PCs using FTP. The floppy/CD offers two functions. The first is to upload
the compressed image of a local harddisk to a FTP server, the other is to
restore that image via FTP, uncompress it and write it back to disk. Network
configuration is fetched via DHCP. As the harddisk is processed as an image,
any filesystem and operating system can be deployed using g4u. Easy cloning of
local disks as well as partitions is also supported.''

Get it now:
* ISO: http://www.feyrer.de/g4u/g4u-2.4alpha4.iso
* compressed ISO: http://www.feyrer.de/g4u/g4u-2.4alpha4.iso.zip
* First floppy: http://www.feyrer.de/g4u/g4u-2.4alpha4-1.fs
* 2nd floppy: http://www.feyrer.de/g4u/g4u-2.4alpha4-2.fs
* 3rd floppy: http://www.feyrer.de/g4u/g4u-2.4alpha4-3.fs
* all 3 floppies: http://www.feyrer.de/g4u/g4u-2.4alpha4.fs.zip
* sources: http://www.feyrer.de/g4u/g4u-2.4alpha4.tgz

What's new in g4u 2.4alpha4:

* Make this build with NetBSD-current as of 2009-08-30
* Trim kernel some more (NFS server, quotas)
* Put only on the CD what's really needed (31MB->5MB)
* Drivers for:
o Marvell Hercules-I/II SATA controller
o SiI SteelVine SATA controllers
o Attansic/Atheros L1 Gigabit Ethernet cards
o Attansic/Atheros L1E Ethernet cards & PHY
o SD/MMC cards as media - feedback highly appreciated!

Again, I'd like to hear any reports if this version works better or worse than
any previous alpha version or release, esp. under the light that this version
is (another...) attempt to switch to ACPI, which is on by default in NetBSD
now. Also, I'd appreciate any reports if using SD/MMC cards on internal card
readers work as media - I do not have any hardware to test this. Let me hear if
it works for you! If things go well, I want to put this out as 2.5 before it
gets old again. ;-)

Enjoy!

- Hubert

Announcing EuroBSDcon 2009

2009-07-13T10:25:12Z

EuroBSDcon 2009
Friday 18th - Sunday 20th September,
University of Cambridge, UK

A day of tutorials followed by 2 days of conference talks
covering a wide variety of BSD related topics. This is the
European BSD Community's annual event to meet, share and
interact across the projects and between friends.

This year's line up features...
* ISC and *BSD
* OpenBSD malloc
* How FreeBSD finds oil
* NetBSD's LVM
* faster packets in OpenBSD
* Wireless Mesh networks
* Kirk McKusick's FreeBSD Guide
* and more,

The full talk list and schedule: http://2009.euroBSDcon.org

Discounted Early Bird registration runs until 2nd
September. Book your place now at
http://2009.euroBSDcon.org

Final programme may be subject to alteration. EuroBSDcon
is a not for profit event open to everyone so please help
spread the word online and offline. Thanks for reading!

If you're interested to read this far, you can sign up for
future announcements about EuroBSDcons by sending an email to
eurobsdcon-announce-subscribe@... . Your address
will only be used to contact you about European BSD events.

EuroBSDcon 2009 : September 18-20th, Cambridge, England.

http://www.ukuug.org/events/eurobsdcon2009/

EuroBSDcon is grateful to our sponsors; Premier Sponsor iXsystems.com,
and The FreeBSD Foundation, NetApp and Google.

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EuroBSCon: 18-20 Sept 2009

2009-05-06T15:22:19Z

EuroBSDCon 2009 - Call for Papers
9th European BSD Conference
September 18 - 20, 2009
University of Cambridge, UK
http://2009.eurobsdcon.org/

Introduction

The European BSD Community is once again gathering for
EuroBSDcon. In 2009, we invite you to join us in Cambridge,
England for the latest in discussion, dissemination and
development of material from the many BSDs and their related
communities. This, the ninth European BSD conference is a
great opportunity to present new ideas to the community and
to meet some of the developers behind the different BSDs.

The two day conference program (September 19 - 20) will be
complemented by a tutorial day preceding the conference
(Sept 18).

Call for Papers

The Conference is inviting authors to submit innovative and
original papers not submitted to other European conferences on the
applications, architecture, implementation, performance and security of
BSD-derived operating systems. Investigations on economic aspects regarding the
operation of BSD systems are also welcome. Topics of interest for the EuroBSD
Conference 2009 include, but are not limited to:

application development and deployment
device drivers
security and safe coding practices
methods others should know about
system administration: techniques and tools of the trade
operational and economic aspects

Prospective authors of contributions to the technical program are
requested to submit an abstract via http://2009.eurobsdcon.org/ .
All submissions will be acknowledged. Presentations may last from
15 to 45 minutes - please indicate how long you would like.

This is the initial call for papers; a more focussed call based on
initial accepted submissions will follow in March 2009. We will
begin accepting talks early in 2009.

Authors of accepted submissions should provide a full paper for
publication in the conference proceedings and give permission to the
organizers to publish the results in the printed proceedings and on
the conference web site at www.eurobsdcon.org

Call for Tutorial Proposals

Selected tutorials on practical and problem-solving aspects of
BSD-derived operating systems will be offered on the day before the
Conference. The tutorials will be presented by speakers who
have wide experience in developing and administering the different
BSDs. Potential tutorial themes could include, but are not limited to:

Safe coding practices to provide secure solutions
System load testing and tuning
BSD in a large network
Solving sets of problems

If you are interested in presenting a tutorial, please contact the
organisers on eurobsdcon@... with what you're thinking. Initial
exploratory conversations are as welcome as full proposals.

Sponsorship Opportunities

We are seeking companies or institutions to sponsor various
elements of the conference in order to keep delegate fees as
low as possible. Sponsorship opportunities include: paying
for a speaker's travel or accommodation; providing bursaries
for delegates who cannot pay the conference fee themselves;
sponsoring catering, lunches, or the conference dinner.

All sponsors will be listed in the conference proceedings
and included on our website with a link back to your
site. You will also have the opportunity to provide
literature for distribution in delegate packs. Please
contact the UKUUG Secretariat (office@...) to discuss
the possibilities or see http://www.eurobsdcon.org

Important Dates

Final abstract deadline: May 31st 2009
Final tutorial deadline: May 31st
Final papers due: August 1st
Tutorial day: September 18
Conference: September 19 - 20

For more, see www.eurobsdcon.org

--
Matthias Scheler http://www.netbsd.org/~tron/

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Call for nominations for BSD Certification Group Board of Directors

2009-03-04T15:32:49Z

To the BSD community,

The BSD Certification Group will be accepting nominations for three
Board of Directors positions starting March 4. These positions are
for a two year term starting at the end of the election process.
Nominees can be anyone from the general BSD community as well as any
interested organization or company.

The board of directors will be expanded to five members with Dru
Lavigne and Jim Brown continuing their terms until 2010.
Responsibilities may include participating in monthly meetings and
helping set the direction of the BSD Certification Group.

Nominations may be emailed to nominations@... until April
3, 2009. Please consider carbon copying the person being nominated on the
email.

The non-voting chair, Phil Nelson from the NetBSD community, will
acknowledge receipt of each nomination and confirm the nominees.
The names of the confirmed nominees along with the number of
nominations received by each will be published by mid April.

The eligible BSDCG members will hold an internal vote and the public
announcement of the new Directors should be announced by mid May, 2009.

For more details, the BSDCG bylaws are available at
http://www.bsdcertification.org/BSDCG/bylaws.html .

About the BSD Certification Group

The BSD Certification Group (BSDCG) is a non-profit organization
committed to creating and maintaining a global certification standard
for system administration on BSD-based operating systems. The BSDCG
works with the BSD and sysadmin communities in order to provide a
practical and relevant certification. The BSD Certification Group
was founded in February 2005. Details about the group and the BSDA
certification are available via http://www.bsdcertification.org.

--
Phil Nelson (phil at cs.wwu.edu) http://www.cs.wwu.edu/nelson

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Announcing EuroBSDcon 2009 - Cambridge, UK

2009-02-15T14:55:33Z

EuroBSDCon 2009 - Cambridge, UK
18-20 September 2009

The Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) family of computer operating
systems is derived from software developed at the University of
California at Berkeley. The various family members (Dragonfly-,
Free-, Net- and OpenBSD, among others) are extensively used both for
embedded appliances and for large internet servers and have an
excellent reputation for stability and state-of-the- art
technology. BSD-derived software is a driving force for IT research
and development and is well-received as a building block in commercial
software due to its unique license scheme.

The ninth European BSD conference is a great opportunity to present
new ideas to the community and to meet some of the developers behind
the different BSDs.

The two day conference program (September 19 - 20) will be complemented
by a tutorial day preceding the conference (Sept 18).

Call for Papers

The Conference is inviting authors to submit innovative and original
papers not submitted to other European conferences on the
applications, architecture, implementation, performance and security
of BSD-derived operating systems. Investigations on economic aspects
regarding the operation of BSD systems are also welcome. Topics of
interest for the EuroBSD Conference 2009 include, but are not limited to:

- embedded application development and deployment
- device drivers
- security and safe coding practices
- methods others should know about
- system administration: techniques and tools of the trade
- operational and economic aspects

Prospective authors of contributions to the technical program are
requested to submit an abstract by email to eurobsdcon@... All
submissions will be acknowledged. Presentations may last from 15 to 45
minutes - please indicate how long you would like.

This is the initial call for papers; a more focussed call based on
initial accepted submissions will follow in March 2009. We will begin
accepting talks early in 2009.

Authors of accepted submissions should provide a full paper for
publication in the conference proceedings and give permission to the
organizers to publish the results in the printed proceedings and on
the conference web site.

Call for Tutorial Proposals

Selected tutorials on practical and problem-solving aspects of
BSD-derived operating systems will be offered on the day before the
Conference. The tutorials will be presented by speakers who have wide
experience in developing and administering the different BSDs.
Potential tutorial themes could include, but are not limited to:

- Safe coding practices to provide secure solutions
- System load testing and tuning
- BSD in a large network
- Solving sets of problems

If you are interested in presenting a tutorial, please contact the
organisers on eurobsdcon@... with what you're thinking. Initial
exploratory conversations are as welcome as full proposals.

Sponsorship Opportunities

We are seeking companies or institutions to sponsor various elements
of the conference in order to keep delegate fees as low as
possible. Sponsorship opportunities include: paying for a speaker's
travel or accommodation; providing bursaries for delegates who cannot
pay the conference fee themselves; sponsoring catering, lunches, or
the conference dinner.

All sponsors will be listed in the conference proceedings and included
on our website with a link back to your site. You will also have the
opportunity to provide literature for distribution in delegate packs.
Please contact the UKUUG Secretariat (office@...) to discuss the
possibilities.

Important Dates

Final abstract deadline: May 31st 2009
Final tutorial deadline: May 31st Final
papers due: August 1st
Tutorial day: September 18
Conference: September 19 - 20

--
Matthias Scheler http://www.NetBSD.org/~tron/

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g4u 2.4alpha3 is available for testing

2008-11-22T09:03:13Z

* g4u 2.4alpha3 is available for testing

After a lot of time, a lot of distractions, and a lot of changes to NetBSD's
install system, I've finally found time again to adjust g4u to the current
world order, and I'm happy to finally have g4u 2.4alpha3 available for testing.

What is g4u? ``g4u ("ghosting for unix") is a NetBSD-based bootfloppy/CD-ROM
that allows easy cloning of PC harddisks to deploy a common setup on a number
of PCs using FTP. The floppy/CD offers two functions. The first is to upload
the compressed image of a local harddisk to a FTP server, the other is to
restore that image via FTP, uncompress it and write it back to disk. Network
configuration is fetched via DHCP. As the harddisk is processed as an image,
any filesystem and operating system can be deployed using g4u. Easy cloning of
local disks as well as partitions is also supported.''

Get it now:
* ISO: http://www.feyrer.de/g4u/g4u-2.4alpha3.iso
* compressed ISO: http://www.feyrer.de/g4u/g4u-2.4alpha3.iso.zip
* First floppy: http://www.feyrer.de/g4u/g4u-2.4alpha3-1.fs
* 2nd floppy: http://www.feyrer.de/g4u/g4u-2.4alpha3-2.fs
* 3rd floppy: http://www.feyrer.de/g4u/g4u-2.4alpha3-3.fs
* all 3 floppies: http://www.feyrer.de/g4u/g4u-2.4alpha3.fs.zip
* sources: http://www.feyrer.de/g4u/g4u-2.4alpha3.tgz

What's new in g4u 2.4alpha3:
* Support Bluetooth keyboard and USB hubs
* ACPI support is enabled by default. SMP is, too, but that's not
really used in g4u; They can both be disabled form the bootloader in
case of problems.
* Moved away from GENERIC kernel back to customized kernel, to avoid
bloat through too many drivers that aren't needed in g4u (audio,
video, ...)
* The build structure was adjusted to NetBSD's latest framework, which
loads the kernel from CD, then loads the ramdisk, too, before
starting the kernel. No more kernel+ramdisk for now. (Need to
re-evaluate situation for PXE)
* Drivers for:
o AMD CS5535/CS5536 and Intel PIIX4 PCI bridges
o Areca SATA PCI RAID controllers
o Workbit NinjaATA-32 CardBus IDE controllers
o Realtek 8139C+/8169/8169S/8110S cardbus wlan cards
o Geode CSC and ScanLogic SL811HS USB controllers
o Intel PRO/Wireless 4965AGN
o JMicron JMC2[56]0 ethernet
o Atheros L2 Fast-Ethernet
o Realtek 8139C+/8169/8169S/8110S cardbus network cards
* ... and any driver updates, bug fixes and other enhancements from
NetBSD-current
* This version of g4u was again cross-compiled on Mac OS X. To get
your own build, grap NetBSD-current sources from yesterday
(20081122), unpack the g4u source .tgz then "cd .../src ; sh
g4u-build" and report what happens.

I'd like to hear any reports if this version works better or worse than any
previous alpha version or release, esp. under the light that this version is
(another...) attempt to switch to ACPI, which is on by default in NetBSD now.
Let me hear if it works, or if it hangs for you!

- Hubert Feyrer

EuroBSDCon needs you

2008-06-04T19:08:23Z

EuroBSDCon 2008 needs you (or at least your papers). The deadline for
paper submission has been moved to july 1st and the program comitee is
eager to read your contributions.

So if you can afford a trip to Strasbourg, France on 18-19 october 2008,
and if you developed or integrated something cool this year, please
submit an abstract to pc@...

The new call for papers is here:
http://2008.eurobsdcon.org/cfp.html

--
Emmanuel Dreyfus
http://hcpnet.free.fr/pubz
manu@...

reminder: EuroBSDcon2007 poster session

2007-08-28T08:34:24Z

For EuroBSDcon2007 we have changed the "works in progress" session to
a "poster" session.

All attendees are welcome to prepare a poster and tell the world
about their hot new stuff:

http://2007.eurobsdcon.org/poster-session.html

--
Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20
phk@... | TCP/IP since RFC 956
FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe
Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence.

EuroBSDCon 2007 - less than four weeks!

2007-08-21T16:24:15Z

DO NOT MISS THE EUROPEAN BSD EVENT OF THE YEAR
==============================================

EuroBSDCon 2007

September 14th - 15th 2007
-------------------------------

The sixth EuroBSDCon - the annual European BSD conference for users
and developers begins Friday September 14th. It's being held at
Symbion Science Park in Copenhagen, Denmark. Come, meet and talk to
BSD people from all over the world.

Program
-------

20+ interesting speakers in a program which includes:

Kirk McKusick: Kirk is the epitome of BSD - an all-time Berkley guy
will talk about the history of the UFS file system.

Sam Leffler: Sam is another of the original BSD people. For a while
he has been working a lot with wireless networks and and his name can
be found in a lot of the open source wireless code. At the conference
he will be talking about long distance wireless.

Marc Balmer: Marc became an active OpenBSD developer in 2004 and has
since be responsible for several prominent OpenBSD projects. At the
conference he will talk about Support for Radio Clocks in OpenNTPD.

Steven Murdoch: Steven is working on computer security research at
Cambridge University and he will be talking about hidden channels
between computers which even the best firewall cannot close.

John Hartmann: Very few if any UNIX people have heard about John
Hartmann, despite the fact that he completed the work Dennis and Ken
started with pipes. John will talk about "CMS pipes" a minor and
cheap entry in the IBM product catalogue which is a radical
generalization of the UNIX pipe concept.

Read more about the speakers and the program on:

http://2007.eurobsdcon.org/talks.html

More information about the tutorials can be found at:

http://2007.eurobsdcon.org/tutorials.html

Prices
------

The conference costs 1800 DKK for 2 days.

It is also possible to register for a social event which will take
place on Friday night or register for the tutorials which will take
place in the two days leading up to the conference (September 12th -
13th).

You can register at:

http://2007.eurobsdcon.org/shop.html

Sponsors
--------

The conference is organized by the Danish BSD user group BSD-DK in
co-operation with the Danish UNIX User group DKUUG.

The conference is sponsored by:

catpipe Aps
FreeBSD Foundation
Fullrate
GlobalConnect
Google
LogicLAB
pil.dk
Security6.net
Soekris Engineering
Telia Danmark
USENIX
zen.systems

We are looking forward to seeing you in Denmark!

Best,

The EuroBSDCon 2007 Organizing Committee

--
Simon L. Nielsen

Second Call for Papers And Registration for BSDConTR

2007-07-12T04:27:27Z

First Turkish Conference on BSD Systems (BSDConTR'07) Call for Papers
October 20 - 21, 2007 - Marmara University, Goztepe Istanbul, Turkey

The call for papers[1] and conference registration[2] is now open for
BSDConTR

[1] Second Call for Papers

We're inviting you to submit papers and proposals for first BSD
Conference in Turkey

Your submission should include:
1. Name, title, address, email and phone number
2. Draft of the proposed presentation
3. Short biography, qualification, occupation, achievement and
affiliations (limit 150 words).
4. Summary or abstract for your presentation (limit 150 words)
5. Time (40-60 minutes). Include time for discussion and questions
6. Technical requirements (video, internet, wireless, audio, etc.)

We do not accept product, service or vendor related presentations.

Topics of special interest include :

* Kernel Architecture
* Interoperatbility with other Operating Systems
* Networking
* Embedded systems
* Device drivers
* Commercial uses (hosting, etc.)
* Spam Prevention with BSDs
* Ports collection
* Desktop
* Performance Tuning
* Security
* Programming
* E-commerce
* Applications of BSD systems on "E-Government" projects
* System Administration
* Raid and high-volume storage
* High-performance
* Mass Installation
* Networking
* Cryptography

call for paper will end August 1st and all proposals received before
August 15th 2007, will be considered by the Program Committee.

== Important Deadlines==

Begining of Call for Papers June 1, 2007

Ending of Call for Papers August 1, 2007

Authors and presenters notified by the program committee August 15, 2007

Final papers and presentations due October 1, 2007

The conference October 20, 2007

==Further Information ==

For updates, see the conference website:

http://www.bsdcontr.org

For further information email the organising committee at:

contact at bsdcontr.org

For papers

papers at bsdcontr.org

== About BSDConTR ==

BSDConTR is first Turkish Conference on BSD Systems. Organized in
cooperation with Marmara University [3]
and EnderUNIX Software Development team, which is largely known as its
ongoing support for BSD systems in Turkey,
and its open source projects, the conference will be held on October
20th and 21th in Goztepe campus of Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey.

FreeBSD core team member Robert Watson, from OpenBSD Project Marc Balmer
and Diomidis D. Spinellis, author of "Code Reading" book,
will be attending the conference as guest speaker.

Many thanks,

[2] Registration : http://www.bsdcontr.org/register.php
[3] Marmara Univ.: http://www.marmara.edu.tr/index_en.php

--
BÂKIR EMRE
EnderUNIX Semester Leader
http://www.enderunix.org

C3 EXPO in New York City June 27-29

2006-06-14T23:55:52Z

Cylogistics is an Open Enterprise Specialty Distributor that has been
distributing NetBSD for over 6 years. Cylogistics will be attending the C3
EXPO at the Jacob Javits Center June 27-29, 2006 in New York City. This is
the show that replaced LinuxWorld when it moved to Boston. Matt Szulik,
President & CEO of RedHat will be speaking there along with many other
industry heavy weights. If you plan to attend, we can provide you with a
free pass & and a 50% discount off the C3 Conference Program. Register
using the VIP Guest Pass Source Code: 6XCYLG when signing up at
www.c3expo.com - This code is exclusive to Cylogistics. Come and visit us in
booth 3853 and pick up a free BSD or Asterisk bumper sticker.

Don Witt
cyLogistics
809B Cuesta Dr. #2149
Mountain View, CA 94040
800-749-2734 or 650-694-4949
Fax:650-694-4953
http://www.cylogistics.com

Announcing the g4u 2.2 release

2006-05-30T18:23:53Z

* Announcing the g4u 2.2 release

G4u ("ghost for unix") is a NetBSD-based bootfloppy/CD-ROM that allows
easy cloning of PC harddisks to deploy a common setup on a number of
PCs using FTP, and I'm happy to announce the first release of the g4u
harddisk image cloning software since one year now. G4u is freely
available for most uses, military and optional commercial are
available on request, and donations are always welcome.
The most important changes in this release lie in an improved
infrastructure that allow more flexibility, basically restricting the
2.88MB limit that g4u had so far. Here's the full list of changes:

* The build infrastructure was changed: The kernel used is now
based on a GENERIC kernel with ramdisk hooks, instead of a
customized INSTALL kernel. There's still a ramdisk embedded in
the kernel, and that kernel+ramdisk are used to build the ISO
and floppy-set. My main motivation for this release is to
utilize NetBSD's 'makefs -t cd9660' and bootxx_cd9660 for
creating the ISO version, the floppy splits the kernel+ramdisk
over (now) three floppies using NetBSD's ustarfs. This approach
allows growing the ramdisk with more programs without the 2.88MB
limit imposed by harddisk-emulation-booting and mkisofs before,
to an (sort of) arbitrary size. Size restrictions right now are
the size of the CD and (more likely) the size of the ramdisk
that can fit into RAM, see below.
* Password entry in all scripts is now without echo (added stty(1)
to run 'stty -noecho')
* The G4U kernel is now a real NetBSD "GENERIC" kernel with an
embedded ramdisk, with all the devices supported there. The
trade-in for the reduced maintenance costs are a minimum of 16MB
RAM needed now. Please let me know if this is an issue!
* Updated hardware support to match NetBSD-current's GENERIC as of
20060406, adding support for Workbit NinjaSCSI-32 (pci); Symbios
53c875 SCSI and newer (pci); Qlogic ESP406/FAS408 SCSI (pcmcia);
Cardbus SCSI including AdvanSys 1200[A,B], 9xx[U,UA] SCSI,
Adaptec ADP-1480, Workbit NinjaSCSI-32; Intel 82597 10GbE LR NIC
(pci); Sun Microelectronics STP2002-STQ (pci); Intel
PRO/Wireless 2100 and 2200BG (pci; may not work due to missing
firmware); PCnet-PCI Ethernet (pci); ralink wifi (pci); 3com
3cr990 (pci); VIATech VT612X Gigabit Ethernet (pci); Neterion
(S2io) Xframe-I 10GbE (pci); BayStack 660 (802.11FH/DS, pcmcia);
Cardbus NICs including Atheros 5210/5211/5212 802.11, ADMtek
ADM8211 (802.11), 3Com 3C575TX, Intel i8255x, Realtek
8129/8139/8180L (802.11) and DECchip 21143; CDC, Ethernet
Networking Control Model and Davicom DM9601 based USB-ethernet
adapters; Atmel AT76C50XX based adapters and Ralink Technology
RT25x0 802.11a/b/g USB WLAN adapters
* I've added an item "What FTP server software to use?" to the FAQ
list.
* I've added a reference to the g4u blog (or rather, the g4u part
of my NetBSD blog :).

For more information on g4u see the homepage at
http://www.feyrer.de/g4u/.

- Hubert

BSDCan - two weeks away!

2006-04-27T11:20:57Z

Hi folks,

A reminder that BSDCan 2006 is just two weeks away. Our schedule has
been announced <http://www.bsdcan.org/2006/schedule.php> and we're
putting the finishing touches on the social calendar. We have a
great line up of talks and bofs ready for you. Be sure to get in on
the biggest BSD event of the year!

As is tradition, you can pick up your registration pack at the Royal
Oak pub. Stay for a pint or two and have dinner with us.

If you have any questions, please ask.

--
Dan Langille : Software Developer looking for work
my resume: http://www.freebsddiary.org/dan_langille.php

Code quality and the NetBSD source code

2006-04-10T02:13:22Z

A quick note to inform my fellow NetBSD users and developers that my new
book "Code Quality: The Open Source Perspective" (Addison-Wesley, 2006)
is now available. Almost all the 623 examples I use in the book are
drawn from actual code, and NetBSD is the primary package I used for
drawing examples. For more details you can visit the book's web site at
<http://www.spinellis.gr/codequality?nbsd>.

Diomidis
--
Diomidis Spinellis Associate Professor
Department of Management Science and Technology (DMST)
Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB)
Patision 76, GR-104 34 Athens, GREECE +30 2108203981
http://www.dmst.aueb.gr/dds/ mailto:dds@...

Announce: g4u 2.2beta2 released

2006-04-06T16:21:29Z

* Announce: g4u 2.2beta2 released

After more than a year of distraction and work in the background, I'm happy to
announce a beta release of the upcoming g4u 2.2 release. The most imortant
changes are not user-visible but in the build process, but as a result of this,
the 2.88MB size restriction is gone and now only the machine's RAM is the
limit, allowing me to add a lot of drivers again.

You can find all the details in the history section of the g4u webpage:

http://www.feyrer.de/g4u/

Those interested in some development activities can also have a look at the g4u
portion of my weblog, I've added a note to this at
http://www.feyrer.de/g4u/#blog.

Last, let me thank all those that have donated money to make this beta-release
of g4u possible. I'm still working on my PhD thesis (with no financial aid or
work contract), and your donations make it possible for me to continue work on
g4u and not starve. Those wishing to express their gratitude for where g4u is
today, please donate via paypal@..., or get in contact for means other
than paypal. Thanks!

- Hubert

NetBSD Annoucement

2006-03-10T12:20:27Z

Can the attached be sent to the NetBSD Announce list.

Thanks,

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BSDCan 2006: Call For Papers

2005-11-25T12:52:39Z

Hello folks,

BSDCan 2005 proved that the first annual BSDCan was no fluke. We've
demonstrated repeatedly that we know how to put on a good conference.
It's hard to follow on from such success, but we know we can keep
improving. It is with great pleasure that I announce the BSDCan 2006 Call
For Papers.

BSDCan 2006 will be held May 12-13, 2006, in Ottawa at University of
Ottawa. We are now requesting proposals for papers.

The papers should be written with a very strong technical content
bias. Papers and proposals of a business development or marketing
nature are not appropriate for this venue.

The schedule is:

19 Dec 2005 Proposal acceptance begins
19 Jan 2006 Proposal acceptance ends
19 Feb 2006 Confirmation of accepted proposals
19 Mar 2006 Abstracts due
19 Apr 2006 Formatted final papers must arrive no later than this date

Please submit all proposals to papers@...

NOTE: This is the schedule for formal papers. We are also accepting
submissions for for talks and presentations. If you have a proposal,
please contact us on papers@....
--
Dan Langille : http://www.langille.org/
BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference - http://www.bsdcan.org/