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I tried compiling something with different calling conventions in MSVC (cdecl, stdcall, fastcall, vectorcall); I think vectorcall sounded better going directly to a CPU thing, but could only successfully build with stdcall (something like one...

Move semantics want a word with you :) They have multiple full books about it.

bgavin do you use guards for checking what CPU is installed? I once had a tool where some cool haxor used inline assembly, for x86, without guards. Because all the world is a vax, you know? And it was only one instruction. Running that on a big...

Inline assembly is not a tool, it is a 50 push-up offense.

Worked for Rollercoaster Tycoon :p One coder and 2 years for one of the funnest games!

This has already been covered in the thread.

Therefore, all programs should be written in assembly. QED

I heard of that, but the VX1120 I got was apparently used at a nearby bank for years before I got it out the computer repair shop for $5 :p (didn't see any burn in or notice any my use)

Don’t forget that CRTs can suffer from burn-in if you display the same image (like a login screen) for long periods of time. One of the money transferring networks, I think it was Fedwire, but I may be wrong, had a cool screensaver that comprised...

Maybe you're just contrary. :)

FWIW, the only times I have needed memtest86+ (it is a very good tool, you need to let it run long enough, preferably over night) was with machines so unstable that the operating system itself (FreeBSD) would crash and that crash could not be...

Use pkg prime-list for this.

There are companies that still make CRTs. They are not in the consumer market, though, so you'd probably have to order a production run. If this is really something that you want, you can try a campaign on drop.com.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jo4fRy4zGK4&list=RDJo4fRy4zGK4&start_radio=1 View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KsiNFZ_YpI&list=RD_KsiNFZ_YpI&start_radio=1

Phoronix went a little overboard interpreting the 2025Q4 status report: https://www.phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-Q4-2025-Status-Report "FreeBSD's Rust Kernel Support Could Be Stable Enough To Try This Year" ETA: link to that status report...

Since Crivens mentioned the Z1: I had the luck to hear a speech of Konrad Zuse life.

S3 seemingly worked on a Dell Latitude 5591 on 15.0 (I don't usually suspend and tried it on a whim :p) It suspended and woke quick no problem like other OSs. I'm thinking it'd vary on similar laptop models depending on hardware configs (stuff...

S3 seemingly worked on a Dell Latitude 5591 on 15.0 (I don't usually suspend and tried it on a whim :p) It suspended and woke quick no problem like other OSs. I'm thinking it'd vary on similar laptop models depending on hardware configs (stuff...

How reliable is suspend on FreeBSD 15.0 on a ThinkPad W520? and how well does resume work?

Does anyone make CRTs with modern-tech today? I'm convinced CRT latency is unmatchable (LCDs keep trying by throwing Hz at it :p), true-blacks with no OLED ghosting/burn downsides, and I'd totally use one today :D I had a Gateway VX1120 around...

My NEC MultiSync XP37 Plus - a 37" CRT. It supports resolution of up to 2048×1536. That's more than Full HD, even though it dates back to the dawn of DVD. Interestingly, for a new one you could buy, in my country, an apartment or new VW Golf...

Not really, then again the early C specs didn't define much as formally defined behavior. It was defined by a few vendor specific compilers (talking DOS era here) possibly as extensions (arguably similar to gcc's -fno-strict-aliasing)...

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Allright, my issue were twofold. At first I had an attempt with a lagg that I failed to setup, but (as I have this host running another system...) I switched to another port on the switch instead of reconfiguring the aggregation, but forgot to...

With version 15's new VLAN aware bridges, we only need one bridge at the host level and one epair per jail to handle networking for every jail's needs. Prior to version 15, when I was trying to build a vnet jailed gateway with a handful of VLANs...

Same here. My "mancave" starts when you walk through my front door.

My favorite thing about this forum is that nobody can read what anyone else posts.

Given that this is in "Off-topic" I can say that I don't like rust first of all because the naming is awful. Rust is dangerous.

======= Ignore - Just a RANT, not help...from poorly informed semi-noob======= Docker is the reason Linux is "beating" FreeBSD as headless server alternative....right now....and the reason behind WSL on Windows (embrace -> suffocate pipeline)...

Same here. My "mancave" starts when you walk through my front door.

I used to have a bootleg BEMANI set-up :p (had DDR, pop'n, and Dance Evolution too with the Kinect on that speaker) View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7ShFoOBehg The screen rotated for pop'n and DDR (I had controllers propped up on CD...

MetaOxy why don't you just use a GNU/Linux container host under bhyve or VirtualBox?

Audio/Video System: Ultra-Short Throw projector with 120" screen 9.1.4 high-end audio system for surround and stereo use FreeBSD HTPC and other media/disk players Other than that, reading nook and some pinball machines.

Why not run the darn containers directly on FreeBSD, using sysutils/podman ? Also, see this video: View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HV-wUUzRCMo&t=51s

There is no separate repository. You download the diff and apply it to your local copy of the ports tree.

Use pkg prime-list for this.

Ok, will fallback to default youtube.com domain in the next release.

But you are a genius SirDice

Took me 2 minutes to find. https://support.google.com/chat/answer/10126829?hl=en

Took me 2 minutes to find. https://support.google.com/chat/answer/10126829?hl=en

This is probably the most well written one-liner on what FreeBSD is all about. I remember years ago, on job they installed a bunch of Linux servers in an isolated network to run something we developed. There was a proxy and package cache, but it...

Do you have ipmon running? Last time I used IPFilter was when PF wasn't added to FreeBSD yet.

You should always get the best tools you can afford. Harbor Freight is OK if you only need something a few times but if you are going to live with a tool for a lifetime then FreeBSD is an excellent choice.

Aw crap - I've read 'NPU' and since NPU has stood for "Network Processing Unit" for at least 20+ years I was already excited that those core-ultra-thingies finally bring proper integrated networking (maybe even >10G) to the desktop like it has...

Fits in with the TITLE of this thread, on hackernews today someone posted about how AI wrote them a nonexistant or previously existing driver for their machine, running FreeBSD, that was missing. [ I did not have time to read the entire thread...

Inline assembly is not a tool, it is a 50 push-up offense.

yes. It misbehaves, while other programs don’t.

Strict aliasing comes to mind. Violating it allows for some really useful hacks relating to memory safety but alas, these days (ehem, since C89) it breaks portability.

Heh. We transcend the one hit wonders. I honestly believe that some of them are religious Linux fans, just posting seemingly innocent questions as a weird passive attempt of raising awareness of a lacking (or different) feature in FreeBSD as...