Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 17:19:22 -0500 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Hyperthreading Problem - suggestion Message-ID: <20050110221922.GA5174@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <20050110172023 DOT GA2023 AT trixie DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050110172023.GA2023@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i On Mon, Jan 10, 2005 at 12:20:23PM -0500, Christopher Faylor wrote: >On Mon, Jan 10, 2005 at 09:53:55AM +0100, Volker Bandke wrote: >>I really want that "hyperthreading problem" with Cygwin resolved. Does >>the following suggestion make any sense: >> >>(I assume cfg is in the US, if not, make the necessary changes) >> >>a: Someone (close by to cfg) demonstrates that the bug/problem/issue >>appears on his machine >> >>b: This someone determines what an identical replacement machine would >>cost now >> >>c: CFG (or the someone from a) sets up a paypal account for "HT Machine >>Donations" >> >>d: When the required amount is reached, the Someone from a: sends his >>machine to CFG and buys a replacement out of the paypal account >> >>I am willing to pay 100 USD into that account. Knowing that my machine >>has cost about Euro 1000 I believe it should take a real short time to >>provide cfg with a machine to test / debug the hyperthreading issue . > >http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2004-09/msg00084.html I have, with some misgivings, set up a donations page: http://cygwin.com/donations.html This is something that I've wanted to do for a while and, IIRC, I've even previously gotten buy-in from other developers and package maintainers. If other package maintainers want to add their links, please send me private email with the appropriate info and I'll do so post-haste. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/