A LOSER IS YOU!

powerpc-linux-gcc -I../linux-2.6.19.1/arch/ppc/include -I../linux-2.6.19.1/include -D__KERNEL__ -m32 -Wall -Wundef -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -O2 -msoft-float -pipe -ffixed-r2 -mmultiple -mno-altivec -mstring -Wa,-maltivec -fomit-frame-pointer -g -fno-stack-protector -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wno-pointer-sign -c -o cheese_main.o cheese_main.c In file included from ../linux-2.6.19.1/include/linux/sched.h:51, from ../linux-2.6.19.1/include/linux/module.h:9, from cheese_main.c:2: ../linux-2.6.19.1/include/linux/jiffies.h:18:5: warning: “CONFIG_HZ” is not defined ../linux-2.6.19.1/include/linux/jiffies.h:20:7: warning: “CONFIG_HZ” is not defined ../linux-2.6.19.1/include/linux/jiffies.h:22:7: warning: “CONFIG_HZ” is not defined … Continue reading A LOSER IS YOU!

Wherein we want to strangle the Linux kernel developers

The Linux kernel developers, in their mysterious and infinite wisdom, decided that between version 2.6.17 and 2.6.19 they would change the naming scheme for accessing Flash chips.  I am sure the change is documented in a footnote somewhere, but it is not terribly obvious.  It is obvious that things that formerly worked are now broken, … Continue reading Wherein we want to strangle the Linux kernel developers

The Reinstallation Blues

Please note that all blog posts before 8 April 2007 were automatically imported from LiveJournal.  To see the comments and any LiveJournal-specific extras such as polls and user icons, please find the source posting at http://brianenigma.livejournal.com/2007/03/Bad idea: upgrading your system from Fedora Core 4 to Fedora Core 6 using nothing but the online updater (“yum”). In … Continue reading The Reinstallation Blues

wcap software release

Please note that all blog posts before 8 April 2007 were automatically imported from LiveJournal.  To see the comments and any LiveJournal-specific extras such as polls and user icons, please find the source posting at http://brianenigma.livejournal.com/2007/03/“wcap is a packet sniffer that displays URLs. It is is an application that puts your ethernet interface in promiscuous mode … Continue reading wcap software release

Thunderbird

Please note that all blog posts before 8 April 2007 were automatically imported from LiveJournal.  To see the comments and any LiveJournal-specific extras such as polls and user icons, please find the source posting at http://brianenigma.livejournal.com/2007/02/For quite some time, I have been using KMail to talk to our IMAP mail server at work. This has worked … Continue reading Thunderbird

Firefox 2.0 Annoyances

Please note that all blog posts before 8 April 2007 were automatically imported from LiveJournal.  To see the comments and any LiveJournal-specific extras such as polls and user icons, please find the source posting at http://brianenigma.livejournal.com/2007/01/ One of the things about Firefox 2.0 for the Mac that bugs me (and only the Mac version–the Linux version … Continue reading Firefox 2.0 Annoyances

Singularities in Software Design

Please note that all blog posts before 8 April 2007 were automatically imported from LiveJournal.  To see the comments and any LiveJournal-specific extras such as polls and user icons, please find the source posting at http://brianenigma.livejournal.com/2006/11/Even with all of the work I’ve done with the Linux kernel and kernel drivers, there still are a number of … Continue reading Singularities in Software Design

Tea Time

Please note that all blog posts before 8 April 2007 were automatically imported from LiveJournal.  To see the comments and any LiveJournal-specific extras such as polls and user icons, please find the source posting at http://brianenigma.livejournal.com/2006/10/For the past few weeks, I have searched (off and on) for a decent tea timer application for use at work. … Continue reading Tea Time

Cool/Uncool

Please note that all blog posts before 8 April 2007 were automatically imported from LiveJournal.  To see the comments and any LiveJournal-specific extras such as polls and user icons, please find the source posting at http://brianenigma.livejournal.com/2006/10/Do you know what’s cool? * Digging into the implementation behind the pthread_create() system call, and in the process learning about … Continue reading Cool/Uncool

Linus? THE Linus? Nahhh…

Please note that all blog posts before 8 April 2007 were automatically imported from LiveJournal.  To see the comments and any LiveJournal-specific extras such as polls and user icons, please find the source posting at http://brianenigma.livejournal.com/2006/08/I just passed a sort of greyish-brownish BMW SUV going down the I-5 south (to Fry's?) with the license plate “LINUS.” … Continue reading Linus? THE Linus? Nahhh…