OK, you've answered my question (sort of). Where do I find out more about
the Linux Abstraction layer?

Regards,

Norman





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From: Nigel Weeks [mailto:nweeks@...]
Sent: 20 January 2005 07:29
To: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [firebird-support] Firebird on FreeBSD



You have to use the Linux abstraction layer, but it runs at native speeds(no
emulation, just library/system call mapping)

Nige.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mohd. Jeffry [mailto:linuxlah@...]
> Sent: Thursday, 20 January 2005 3:58 PM
> To: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [firebird-support] Firebird on FreeBSD
>
>
>
> Does it run natively or you are using linux runtime/emulation?
>
>
> On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 13:55:09 +1100, Nigel Weeks
> <nweeks@...> wrote:
> >
> > Silly me, I forgot we can do this!
> >
> > Simply run the Linux version of SuperServer on FreeBSD.
> >
> > Nige.
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Nigel Weeks [mailto:nweeks@...]
> > > Sent: Thursday, 20 January 2005 1:34 PM
> > > To: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com
> > > Subject: RE: [firebird-support] Firebird on FreeBSD
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > At one time, 18 months ago, you did the following:
> > > `cd /usr/ports/databases/firebird`
> > > `make install -DENABLE_SUPERSERVER`
> > >
> > > This then added the '--enable-superserver' argument to the
> > > configure stage,
> > > which then told the build process to create the SuperServer
> > > binaries as
> > > well.
> > >
> > > At the moment, on line 67 of the
> > > Makefile(/usr/ports/databases/firebird/Makefile), add
> > > '--enable-superserver'
> > > inside the last bracket, and it'll build it...and break on
> > > the PTHREAD spot
> > > as well.
> > >
> > > I'll continue to tinker at it, but I'm no c++ coder - someone
> > > with true
> > > mastery could step in, see exactly what the problem is, and
> > > fix it in a
> > > flash, but I don't think any Firebird devs even use FreeBSD...
> > >
> > > Nige.
> > >
> > > At the moment, I'm waiting for the build to break - it's
> > > having troubles
> > > with some calls inside the PTHREAD libraries...
> > >
> > > Nige.
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Mohd. Jeffry [mailto:linuxlah@...]
> > > > Sent: Thursday, 20 January 2005 1:18 PM
> > > > To: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com
> > > > Subject: Re: [firebird-support] Firebird on FreeBSD
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Pardon me, How to choose what kind of firebird ( Super Server or
> > > > Classic) prior to install at FreeBSD ( through ports) ?
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 09:43:54 +1100, Nigel Weeks
> > > > <nweeks@...> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > What requirements do you have that only SuperServer
> can provide?
> > > > >
> > > > > FreeBSD's Firebird port (/usr/ports/databases/firebird/)
> > > > builds both Classic
> > > > > and Embedded Server (libfbembed.so - based on SuperServer),
> > > > which has
> > > > > powered all my apps with roaring performance so far...
> > > > >
> > > > > Do you really need the shared cache of SS? Have you tried
> > > > CS with persistent
> > > > > connections?
> > > > >
> > > > > Nige.
> > > > >
> > > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > > From: Norman McFarlane [mailto:norman@...]
> > > > > > Sent: Wednesday, 19 January 2005 5:37 PM
> > > > > > To: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com
> > > > > > Subject: RE: [firebird-support] Firebird on FreeBSD
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Hi Nigel,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thanks for the reply. The guy who did the install for us
> > > > > > assured me that
> > > > > > only the Classic would run on FreeBSD, and I did visit
> > > > the web iste to
> > > > > > confirm. I'fd be grateful if you'd feedback to me anything
> > > > > > you get from the
> > > > > > maintainer.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Regards,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Norman
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > _____
> > > > > >
> > > > > > From: Nigel Weeks [mailto:nweeks@...]
> > > > > > Sent: 19 January 2005 00:16
> > > > > > To: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com
> > > > > > Subject: RE: [firebird-support] Firebird on FreeBSD
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > SuperServer used to be available in the same port, and both
> > > > > > versions were
> > > > > > installed at the same time - you simply start up the version
> > > > > > that you need.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > As I don't use SuperServer, I hadn't noticed the change.
> > > > > > I know the maintainer, so I'll check it out. He's been busy
> > > > > > porting Vulcan
> > > > > > to FreeBSD...
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Nige.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > > > From: Norman McFarlane [mailto:norman@...]
> > > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, 18 January 2005 5:45 PM
> > > > > > > To: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com
> > > > > > > Subject: [firebird-support] Firebird on FreeBSD
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Hi group,
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I'm a new participant having joined a few days ago. I've
> > > > > > > already picked up
> > > > > > > some interesting tips, and look forward to
> participating in
> > > > > > the forum.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > We've just deployed FreeBSD on our formerly Mandrake
> > > > Linux Internet
> > > > > > > gateway/firewall/uncapped ADSL machine, and I was
> distressed
> > > > > > > to discover
> > > > > > > that Firebird is not available in SuperServer version for
> > > > > > > FreeBSD. Does
> > > > > > > anybody have any idea whether it will be available in a
> > > > > > > SuperServer version
> > > > > > > for FreeBSD in the future?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > BTW, we need to use FreeBSD as an OS on this box, as it is
> > > > > > > *required* by our
> > > > > > > uncapped ADSL provider.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Thanks and regards,
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Norman
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > _____
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > From: Dan Wilson [mailto:dwilson@...]
> > > > > > > Sent: 18 January 2005 06:38
> > > > > > > To: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com
> > > > > > > Subject: Re: [firebird-support] C or C++ API
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On 1/17/2005 at 3:06 PM Dave Brooks wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Hello,
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > After reading the Dr. Dobbs article about Firebird I
> > > > > > > decided to check
> > > > > > > > into it. I've installed the Win32 Super Server version;
> > > > > > I found the
> > > > > > > > examples directory and read through the PDFs in the doc
> > > > > > > directory, and
> > > > > > > > even searched online for pointers to the current
> > > C++ or C API.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > I found a posting that said to NOT use the Interbase 6.0
> > > > > > > API document.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > If someone could point me to the API docs I'd appreciate
> > > > > > > it! Thanks in
> > > > > > > > advance.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Best regards,
> > > > > > > > Dave Brooks
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > You might also take a look at www.ibpp.org. IBPP is a C++
> > > > > > > wrapper around
> > > > > > > the C API that simplifies your life considerably.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > HTH,
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Dan.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
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