stat for FreeBSD

stat for FreeBSD

[Andrey Shuvikov]

Hello,

I tried to compile Grub2 under FreeBSD, it compiles but doesn't work (grub-setup). The problem seems to be in the stat() call, which is used to determine disk size. The call returns 0 for st_size, and grub-setup complains for "Read out of range". Is it a known issue? Is there a way to use Grub2 under FreeBSD?

Thank you,
Andrey


      

Re: stat for FreeBSD

[Robert Millan]

On Tue, Dec 09, 2008 at 03:26:28PM -0800, Andrey Shuvikov wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I tried to compile Grub2 under FreeBSD, it compiles but doesn't work (grub-setup). The problem seems to be in the stat() call, which is used to determine disk size. The call returns 0 for st_size, and grub-setup complains for "Read out of range". Is it a known issue? Is there a way to use Grub2 under FreeBSD?

Do you know how to obtain the disk size on FreeBSD ?

-- 
Robert Millan

  The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and
  how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we
  still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all."

Re: stat for FreeBSD

[Javier Martín]

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El dom, 14-12-2008 a las 02:12 +0100, Robert Millan escribió:
> On Tue, Dec 09, 2008 at 03:26:28PM -0800, Andrey Shuvikov wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I tried to compile Grub2 under FreeBSD, it compiles but doesn't work (grub-setup). The problem seems to be in the stat() call, which is used to determine disk size. The call returns 0 for st_size, and grub-setup complains for "Read out of range". Is it a known issue? Is there a way to use Grub2 under FreeBSD?
> 
> Do you know how to obtain the disk size on FreeBSD ?
> 
IF parted works on FreeBSD, we could look at what it does, since it's a
GNU project, copyrights assigned to the FSF and all that (isn't it?)

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Re: stat for FreeBSD

[Andrey Shuvikov]

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I don't have much experience developing under FreeBSD but this call taken from the fdisk source code seems to work (see attachment also):

error = ioctl(fd, DIOCGMEDIASIZE, &size);

Thanks,
Andrey


--- On Sat, 12/13/08, Robert Millan <rmh@aybabtu.com> wrote:

> From: Robert Millan <rmh@aybabtu.com>
> Subject: Re: stat for FreeBSD
> To: "The development of GRUB 2" <grub-devel@gnu.org>
> Date: Saturday, December 13, 2008, 8:12 PM
> On Tue, Dec 09, 2008 at 03:26:28PM -0800, Andrey Shuvikov
> wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I tried to compile Grub2 under FreeBSD, it compiles
> but doesn't work (grub-setup). The problem seems to be
> in the stat() call, which is used to determine disk size.
> The call returns 0 for st_size, and grub-setup complains for
> "Read out of range". Is it a known issue? Is there
> a way to use Grub2 under FreeBSD?
> 
> Do you know how to obtain the disk size on FreeBSD ?
> 
> -- 
> Robert Millan
> 
>   The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We
> will decide when (and
>   how) you may access your data; but nobody's
> threatening your freedom: we
>   still allow you to remove your data and not access it at
> all."
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Grub-devel mailing list
> Grub-devel@gnu.org
> http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel


      

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#include <fcntl.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <sys/ioctl.h>
#include <sys/disk.h>

int main(int argc, char * argv[]) {
  off_t size;
  int   error;
  int   fd;

  if (argc != 2) {
    printf("Usage: getsize <device>\n");
    return 1;
  }

  fd = open(argv[1], O_RDONLY);
  if (fd == -1) {
    perror("open");
    return -1;
  }

  error = ioctl(fd, DIOCGMEDIASIZE, &size);
  if (error == -1) {
    perror("ioctl");
  } else {
    printf("Size: %lld\n", size);
  }
 
  close(fd);
  return 0;
}

Re: stat for FreeBSD

[Robert Millan]

On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 09:24:41AM -0800, Andrey Shuvikov wrote:
> I don't have much experience developing under FreeBSD but this call taken from the fdisk source code seems to work (see attachment also):
> 
> error = ioctl(fd, DIOCGMEDIASIZE, &size);

This seems fine.  Could you provide a tested patch?

-- 
Robert Millan

  The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and
  how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we
  still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all."

Re: stat for FreeBSD

[Andrey Shuvikov]

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--- On Sat, 2/7/09, Robert Millan <rmh@aybabtu.com> wrote:

> From: Robert Millan <rmh@aybabtu.com>
> Subject: Re: stat for FreeBSD
> To: "The development of GRUB 2" <grub-devel@gnu.org>
> Date: Saturday, February 7, 2009, 2:39 PM
> On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 09:24:41AM -0800, Andrey Shuvikov
> wrote:
> > I don't have much experience developing under
> FreeBSD but this call taken from the fdisk source code seems
> to work (see attachment also):
> > 
> > error = ioctl(fd, DIOCGMEDIASIZE, &size);
> 
> This seems fine.  Could you provide a tested patch?
> 
> -- 
> Robert Millan
> 
>   The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We
> will decide when (and
>   how) you may access your data; but nobody's
> threatening your freedom: we
>   still allow you to remove your data and not access it at
> all."
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Grub-devel mailing list
> Grub-devel@gnu.org
> http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel

Here is the patch to make grub-probe working on FreeBSD. It includes this
ioctl call, FreeBSD device names parsing, and accounts for the fact that disk drives are character devices under FreeBSD.

Regards,
Andrey Shuvikov




      

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Index: include/grub/util/getroot.h
===================================================================
--- include/grub/util/getroot.h (revision 2028)
+++ include/grub/util/getroot.h (working copy)
@@ -30,5 +30,6 @@
 int grub_util_get_dev_abstraction (const char *os_dev);
 char *grub_util_get_grub_dev (const char *os_dev);
 const char *grub_util_check_block_device (const char *blk_dev);
+const char *grub_util_check_char_device (const char *blk_dev);
 
 #endif /* ! GRUB_UTIL_GETROOT_HEADER */
Index: util/grub-probe.c
===================================================================
--- util/grub-probe.c (revision 2028)
+++ util/grub-probe.c (working copy)
@@ -112,8 +112,13 @@
   
   if (path == NULL)
     {
+#if defined(__FreeBSD__)
+      if (! grub_util_check_char_device (device_name))
+        grub_util_error ("%s is not a character device.\n", device_name);
+#else
       if (! grub_util_check_block_device (device_name))
         grub_util_error ("%s is not a block device.\n", device_name);
+#endif
     }
   else
     device_name = grub_guess_root_device (path);
Index: util/getroot.c
===================================================================
--- util/getroot.c  (revision 2028)
+++ util/getroot.c  (working copy)
@@ -238,7 +238,11 @@
      }
  }
 
+#ifdef __FreeBSD__ 
+      if (S_ISCHR (st.st_mode) && st.st_rdev == dev)
+#else
       if (S_ISBLK (st.st_mode) && st.st_rdev == dev)
+#endif
  {
 #ifdef __linux__
    /* Skip device names like /dev/dm-0, which are short-hand aliases
@@ -519,3 +523,18 @@
   else
     return 0;
 }
+
+const char *
+grub_util_check_char_device (const char *blk_dev)
+{
+  struct stat st;
+
+  if (stat (blk_dev, &st) < 0)
+    grub_util_error ("Cannot stat `%s'", blk_dev);
+
+  if (S_ISCHR (st.st_mode))
+    return (blk_dev);
+  else
+    return 0;
+}
+
Index: util/hostdisk.c
===================================================================
--- util/hostdisk.c (revision 2028)
+++ util/hostdisk.c (working copy)
@@ -86,6 +86,10 @@
 # define FLOPPY_MAJOR  2
 #endif
 
+#ifdef __FreeBSD__
+# include <sys/disk.h> /* DIOCGMEDIASIZE */
+#endif
+
 struct
 {
   char *drive;
@@ -179,7 +183,7 @@
 
     return GRUB_ERR_NONE;
   }
-#elif defined(__linux__) || defined(__CYGWIN__)
+#elif defined(__linux__) || defined(__CYGWIN__) || defined(__FreeBSD__)
   {
     unsigned long long nr;
     int fd;
@@ -188,13 +192,21 @@
     if (fd == -1)
       return grub_error (GRUB_ERR_BAD_DEVICE, "cannot open `%s' while attempting to get disk size", map[drive].device);
 
+#if defined(__FreeBSD__)
+    if (fstat (fd, &st) < 0 || ! S_ISCHR (st.st_mode))
+#else
     if (fstat (fd, &st) < 0 || ! S_ISBLK (st.st_mode))
+#endif
       {
  close (fd);
  goto fail;
       }
     
+#if defined(__FreeBSD__)
+    if (ioctl (fd, DIOCGMEDIASIZE, &nr))
+#else
     if (ioctl (fd, BLKGETSIZE64, &nr))
+#endif
       {
  close (fd);
  goto fail;
@@ -741,6 +753,22 @@
     path[8] = 0;
   return path;
 
+#elif defined(__FreeBSD__)
+  char *path = xstrdup (os_dev);
+  if (strncmp ("/dev/", path, 5) == 0)
+    {
+      char *p;
+      for (p = path + 5; *p; ++p)
+        if (grub_isdigit(*p))
+          {
+            p = strchr (p, 's');
+            if (p)
+              *p = '\0';
+            break;
+          }
+    }
+  return path;
+
 #else
 # warning "The function `convert_system_partition_to_system_disk' might not work on your OS correctly."
   return xstrdup (os_dev);
@@ -788,7 +816,11 @@
       return 0;
     }
   
+#if defined(__FreeBSD__)
+  if (! S_ISCHR (st.st_mode))
+#else
   if (! S_ISBLK (st.st_mode))
+#endif
     return make_device_name (drive, -1, -1);
   
 #if defined(__linux__) || defined(__CYGWIN__)
@@ -933,6 +965,40 @@
     return make_device_name (drive, dos_part, bsd_part);
   }
   
+#elif defined(__FreeBSD__)
+  /* FreeBSD uses "/dev/[a-z]+[0-9]+(s[0-9]+[a-z]?)?".  */
+  {
+    int dos_part = -1;
+    int bsd_part = -1;
+  
+    if (strncmp ("/dev/", os_dev, 5) == 0)
+      {
+        char *p, *q;
+        long int n;
+
+        for (p = os_dev + 5; *p; ++p)
+          if (grub_isdigit(*p))
+            {
+              p = strchr (p, 's');
+              if (p)
+                {
+                  p++;
+                  n = strtol (p, &q, 10);
+                  if (p != q && n != LONG_MIN && n != LONG_MAX)
+                    {
+                      dos_part = (int) n - 1;
+
+                      if (*q >= 'a' && *q <= 'g')
+                        bsd_part = *q - 'a';
+                    }
+                }
+              break;
+            }
+      }
+    
+    return make_device_name (drive, dos_part, bsd_part);
+  }
+
 #else
 # warning "The function `grub_util_biosdisk_get_grub_dev' might not work on your OS correctly."
   return make_device_name (drive, -1, -1);

Re: stat for FreeBSD

[Andrey Shuvikov]

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--- On Sat, 2/7/09, Robert Millan <rmh@aybabtu.com> wrote:

> From: Robert Millan <rmh@aybabtu.com>
> Subject: Re: stat for FreeBSD
> To: "The development of GRUB 2" <grub-devel@gnu.org>
> Date: Saturday, February 7, 2009, 2:39 PM
> On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 09:24:41AM
> -0800, Andrey Shuvikov wrote:
> > I don't have much experience developing under FreeBSD
> but this call taken from the fdisk source code seems to work
> (see attachment also):
> > 
> > error = ioctl(fd, DIOCGMEDIASIZE, &size);
> 
> This seems fine.  Could you provide a tested patch?
> 
> -- 
> Robert Millan
> 
>   The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We
> will decide when (and
>   how) you may access your data; but nobody's
> threatening your freedom: we
>   still allow you to remove your data and not access
> it at all."
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Grub-devel mailing list
> Grub-devel@gnu.org
> http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
> 

Here is the patch against the latest revision to make grub-probe working on FreeBSD. It includes this ioctl call, FreeBSD device names parsing, and accounts for the fact that disk drives are character devices under FreeBSD. Below is the reply from FSF:

======================================================================
Hello Andrey,

Your GRUB2 assignment/disclaimer process with the FSF is currently
complete; your fully executed PDF will be sent to you in a separate
email immediately following this one.

Please remember to let us know when your employment status changes, as
this may effect your assignment status.

Thank you for your contribution!

All the best,

Donald R. Robertson, III, J.D.
Assignment Administrator
Free Software Foundation
51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor
Boston, MA 02110
Phone +1-617-542-5942
Fax +1-617-542-2652

cc - maintainer
_______________________________________________________________________
INFORMATION FOR THE MAINTAINER(S)



Here's how the contributor answered the question, “ Did you copy any
files or text written by someone else in these changes?”

Copied some lines from the same project, then modified.

[Which files have you changed so far, and which new files have you written
so far?]

include/grub/util/getroot.h
util/grub-probe.c
util/getroot.c
util/hostdisk.c 
======================================================================

Regards,
Andrey Shuvikov


      

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Index: include/grub/util/getroot.h
===================================================================
--- include/grub/util/getroot.h	(revision 2068)
+++ include/grub/util/getroot.h	(working copy)
@@ -30,5 +30,6 @@
 int grub_util_get_dev_abstraction (const char *os_dev);
 char *grub_util_get_grub_dev (const char *os_dev);
 const char *grub_util_check_block_device (const char *blk_dev);
+const char *grub_util_check_char_device (const char *blk_dev);
 
 #endif /* ! GRUB_UTIL_GETROOT_HEADER */
Index: util/grub-probe.c
===================================================================
--- util/grub-probe.c	(revision 2068)
+++ util/grub-probe.c	(working copy)
@@ -112,8 +112,13 @@
   
   if (path == NULL)
     {
+#if defined(__FreeBSD__)
+      if (! grub_util_check_char_device (device_name))
+        grub_util_error ("%s is not a character device.\n", device_name);
+#else
       if (! grub_util_check_block_device (device_name))
         grub_util_error ("%s is not a block device.\n", device_name);
+#endif
     }
   else
     device_name = grub_guess_root_device (path);
Index: util/getroot.c
===================================================================
--- util/getroot.c	(revision 2068)
+++ util/getroot.c	(working copy)
@@ -238,7 +238,11 @@
 	    }
 	}
 
+#ifdef __FreeBSD__ 
+      if (S_ISCHR (st.st_mode) && st.st_rdev == dev)
+#else
       if (S_ISBLK (st.st_mode) && st.st_rdev == dev)
+#endif
 	{
 #ifdef __linux__
 	  /* Skip device names like /dev/dm-0, which are short-hand aliases
@@ -519,3 +523,18 @@
   else
     return 0;
 }
+
+const char *
+grub_util_check_char_device (const char *blk_dev)
+{
+  struct stat st;
+
+  if (stat (blk_dev, &st) < 0)
+    grub_util_error ("Cannot stat `%s'", blk_dev);
+
+  if (S_ISCHR (st.st_mode))
+    return (blk_dev);
+  else
+    return 0;
+}
+
Index: util/hostdisk.c
===================================================================
--- util/hostdisk.c	(revision 2068)
+++ util/hostdisk.c	(working copy)
@@ -86,6 +86,10 @@
 # define FLOPPY_MAJOR	2
 #endif
 
+#ifdef __FreeBSD__
+# include <sys/disk.h> /* DIOCGMEDIASIZE */
+#endif
+
 struct
 {
   char *drive;
@@ -179,7 +183,7 @@
 
     return GRUB_ERR_NONE;
   }
-#elif defined(__linux__) || defined(__CYGWIN__)
+#elif defined(__linux__) || defined(__CYGWIN__) || defined(__FreeBSD__)
   {
     unsigned long long nr;
     int fd;
@@ -188,13 +192,21 @@
     if (fd == -1)
       return grub_error (GRUB_ERR_BAD_DEVICE, "cannot open `%s' while attempting to get disk size", map[drive].device);
 
+#if defined(__FreeBSD__)
+    if (fstat (fd, &st) < 0 || ! S_ISCHR (st.st_mode))
+#else
     if (fstat (fd, &st) < 0 || ! S_ISBLK (st.st_mode))
+#endif
       {
 	close (fd);
 	goto fail;
       }
     
+#if defined(__FreeBSD__)
+    if (ioctl (fd, DIOCGMEDIASIZE, &nr))
+#else
     if (ioctl (fd, BLKGETSIZE64, &nr))
+#endif
       {
 	close (fd);
 	goto fail;
@@ -746,6 +758,22 @@
     path[8] = 0;
   return path;
 
+#elif defined(__FreeBSD__)
+  char *path = xstrdup (os_dev);
+  if (strncmp ("/dev/", path, 5) == 0)
+    {
+      char *p;
+      for (p = path + 5; *p; ++p)
+        if (grub_isdigit(*p))
+          {
+            p = strchr (p, 's');
+            if (p)
+              *p = '\0';
+            break;
+          }
+    }
+  return path;
+
 #else
 # warning "The function `convert_system_partition_to_system_disk' might not work on your OS correctly."
   return xstrdup (os_dev);
@@ -793,7 +821,11 @@
       return 0;
     }
   
+#if defined(__FreeBSD__)
+  if (! S_ISCHR (st.st_mode))
+#else
   if (! S_ISBLK (st.st_mode))
+#endif
     return make_device_name (drive, -1, -1);
   
 #if defined(__linux__) || defined(__CYGWIN__)
@@ -938,6 +970,40 @@
     return make_device_name (drive, dos_part, bsd_part);
   }
   
+#elif defined(__FreeBSD__)
+  /* FreeBSD uses "/dev/[a-z]+[0-9]+(s[0-9]+[a-z]?)?".  */
+  {
+    int dos_part = -1;
+    int bsd_part = -1;
+  
+    if (strncmp ("/dev/", os_dev, 5) == 0)
+      {
+        char *p, *q;
+        long int n;
+
+        for (p = os_dev + 5; *p; ++p)
+          if (grub_isdigit(*p))
+            {
+              p = strchr (p, 's');
+              if (p)
+                {
+                  p++;
+                  n = strtol (p, &q, 10);
+                  if (p != q && n != LONG_MIN && n != LONG_MAX)
+                    {
+                      dos_part = (int) n - 1;
+
+                      if (*q >= 'a' && *q <= 'g')
+                        bsd_part = *q - 'a';
+                    }
+                }
+              break;
+            }
+      }
+    
+    return make_device_name (drive, dos_part, bsd_part);
+  }
+
 #else
 # warning "The function `grub_util_biosdisk_get_grub_dev' might not work on your OS correctly."
   return make_device_name (drive, -1, -1);

Re: stat for FreeBSD

[Yoshinori K. Okuji]

On Tuesday 07 April 2009 00:48:37 Andrey Shuvikov wrote:
> Here is the patch against the latest revision to make grub-probe working on
> FreeBSD. It includes this ioctl call, FreeBSD device names parsing, and
> accounts for the fact that disk drives are character devices under FreeBSD.

Do you have an account on Savannah? I can have you to check it in yourself. ;)

Regards,
Okuji

Re: stat for FreeBSD

[Andrey Shuvikov]

--- On Mon, 4/6/09, Yoshinori K. Okuji <okuji@enbug.org> wrote:

> From: Yoshinori K. Okuji <okuji@enbug.org>
> Subject: Re: stat for FreeBSD
> To: "The development of GRUB 2" <grub-devel@gnu.org>
> Date: Monday, April 6, 2009, 8:35 PM
> On Tuesday 07 April 2009 00:48:37
> Andrey Shuvikov wrote:
> > Here is the patch against the latest revision to make
> grub-probe working on
> > FreeBSD. It includes this ioctl call, FreeBSD device
> names parsing, and
> > accounts for the fact that disk drives are character
> devices under FreeBSD.
> 
> Do you have an account on Savannah? I can have you to check
> it in yourself. ;)
> 
> Regards,
> Okuji
> 
> 

No I don't have an account. I was just trying to compile Grub2 under FreeBSD. :-)

Regards,
Andrey


      

Re: stat for FreeBSD

[Yoshinori K. Okuji]

On Wednesday 08 April 2009 23:32:18 Andrey Shuvikov wrote:
> --- On Mon, 4/6/09, Yoshinori K. Okuji <okuji@enbug.org> wrote:
> > From: Yoshinori K. Okuji <okuji@enbug.org>
> > Subject: Re: stat for FreeBSD
> > To: "The development of GRUB 2" <grub-devel@gnu.org>
> > Date: Monday, April 6, 2009, 8:35 PM
> > On Tuesday 07 April 2009 00:48:37
> >
> > Andrey Shuvikov wrote:
> > > Here is the patch against the latest revision to make
> >
> > grub-probe working on
> >
> > > FreeBSD. It includes this ioctl call, FreeBSD device
> >
> > names parsing, and
> >
> > > accounts for the fact that disk drives are character
> >
> > devices under FreeBSD.
> >
> > Do you have an account on Savannah? I can have you to check
> > it in yourself. ;)
> >
> > Regards,
> > Okuji
>
> No I don't have an account. I was just trying to compile Grub2 under
> FreeBSD. :-)

Ok, but if you are willing to maintain the FreeBSD port, I think it would be 
convenient for you to have an account, otherwise you will have to wait for 
someone else to pick up your patch and check it in instead of you all the 
time. It's up to you.

Regards,
Okuji

Re: stat for FreeBSD

[Andrey Shuvikov]

--- On Thu, 4/9/09, Yoshinori K. Okuji <okuji@enbug.org> wrote:
> From: Yoshinori K. Okuji <okuji@enbug.org>
> Subject: Re: stat for FreeBSD
> To: "The development of GRUB 2" <grub-devel@gnu.org>
> Date: Thursday, April 9, 2009, 7:31 PM
> On Wednesday 08 April 2009 23:32:18
> Andrey Shuvikov wrote:
> > --- On Mon, 4/6/09, Yoshinori K. Okuji <okuji@enbug.org>
> wrote:
> > > From: Yoshinori K. Okuji <okuji@enbug.org>
> > > Subject: Re: stat for FreeBSD
> > > To: "The development of GRUB 2" <grub-devel@gnu.org>
> > > Date: Monday, April 6, 2009, 8:35 PM
> > > On Tuesday 07 April 2009 00:48:37
> > >
> > > Andrey Shuvikov wrote:
> > > > Here is the patch against the latest
> revision to make
> > >
> > > grub-probe working on
> > >
> > > > FreeBSD. It includes this ioctl call,
> FreeBSD device
> > >
> > > names parsing, and
> > >
> > > > accounts for the fact that disk drives are
> character
> > >
> > > devices under FreeBSD.
> > >
> > > Do you have an account on Savannah? I can have
> you to check
> > > it in yourself. ;)
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Okuji
> >
> > No I don't have an account. I was just trying to
> compile Grub2 under
> > FreeBSD. :-)
> 
> Ok, but if you are willing to maintain the FreeBSD port, I
> think it would be 
> convenient for you to have an account, otherwise you will
> have to wait for 
> someone else to pick up your patch and check it in instead
> of you all the 
> time. It's up to you.
> 

I'm an expert in neither FreeBSD nor Grub, I just wanted to dual-boot FreeBSD to play with it. :-) And frankly I don't know how much time I can devote to it. But I can try. I'm on vacation for the next two weeks anyway and if nobody picks up the patch until then I can check it in myself. What's involved in creating an account?

Thanks,
Andrey


      

Re: stat for FreeBSD

[Felix Zielcke]

Am Donnerstag, den 09.04.2009, 20:51 -0700 schrieb Andrey Shuvikov:
> 
>  What's involved in creating an account?

Just like always only accountname + password + email address
See https://savannah.gnu.org/account/register.php

-- 
Felix Zielcke