i had to find some cpu flags and their descriptions, so i wrote a little utility script that explains what features your CPU has. It uses your kernel's cpuinfo includes to gather the descriptions and /proc/cpuinfo to get the actual flags. For example:
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| $ ./cpufeatures.py
fpu : Onboard FPU
vme : Virtual Mode Extensions
de : Debugging Extensions
pse : Page Size Extensions
tsc : Time Stamp Counter
msr : Model-Specific Registers
pae : Physical Address Extensions
mce : Machine Check Exception
cx8 : CMPXCHG8 instruction
apic : Onboard APIC
sep : SYSENTER/SYSEXIT
mtrr : Memory Type Range Registers
pge : Page Global Enable
mca : Machine Check Architecture
cmov : CMOV instructions
pat : Page Attribute Table |
cpufeatures.py :
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| #!/bin/env python
import re
cpuflag_descriptions = {
# filled during runtime, see readLinuxKernelCPUFeatures
}
def readLinuxKernelCPUFeatures():
f = open('/usr/src/linux/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h', 'r')
lines = f.readlines()
f.close()
for line in lines:
m = re.search('#define X86_FEATURE_([A-Za-z0-9_]*).*\/\* (.*)\*\/', line)
if m is None:
continue
cpuflag_descriptions[m.group(1).lower()] = m.group(2)
def readCPUInfo():
f = open('/proc/cpuinfo')
lines = f.readlines()
f.close()
return lines
def getCPUInfo():
result = {}
lines = readCPUInfo()
proc = -1
for line in lines:
args = map(lambda arg: arg.strip(), line.split(':'))
if len(args) != 2:
continue
if args[0] == 'processor':
proc = int(args[1])
result[proc] = {}
continue
if args[0] == 'flags':
args[1] = args[1].split()
result[proc][args[0]] = args[1]
return result
def processCPUFlags(cpuinfo, cpu=0):
flags = cpuinfo[0]['flags']
for f in flags:
if not f in cpuflag_descriptions:
print "%20s : unkown" % (f)
else:
print "%20s : %s" % (f, cpuflag_descriptions[f])
def explainCPUFlags():
cpuinfo = getCPUInfo()
processCPUFlags(cpuinfo)
readLinuxKernelCPUFeatures()
#print cpuflag_descriptions
explainCPUFlags() |
just started a new project called 'monitordatasink' (im kind of uncreative in such naming things...).
Jut hop over to http://code.google.com/p/monitordatasink/ and have a look yourself. happy monitoring! 
its easy if you know how:
A is the computer we want to clone, B is the target.
1) download and burn two gentoo installation CDs and boot them on both systems.
2) give the root user a password and start sshd:
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/etc/init.d/sshd start |
3) clone discs via dd and ssh: (execute this on A)
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4) thats all. You can view the status of the operation via:
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EDIT: better solution (with compression over the network):
on B:
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on A:
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LVM is really cool to use, but two features are lacking in my opinion:
1. a nice backup feature
2. a volume merge feature (could be combined with the backup feature)
the best backup process to date possible which i found is that: http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/snapshots_backup.html
Thats in short:
1. create a backup logical volume:
lvcreate -L20G -s -n backup /dev/vg/webserver
(be sure that the size is more or equal the target volume size!
2. mount the backup volume:
mount /dev/vg/backup /mnt/
3. create a backup using the famous tar tool:
tar -cfvj /backup.tar.bz2 /mnt/
4. unmount the backup volume and remove it:
umount /mnt/ops/dbbackup
lvremove /dev/ops/dbbackup
not very comfortable.
EDIT: ah btw happy new year 
the newest version of the netgear DG834B router blocks the windows filesharing ports through VPN Connections. This is a small tutorial how to re-enable them:
download the official sources:
http://kbserver.netgear.com/kb_web_files/n101238.asp
(for me DG834Bv3 Version 4.01.06. )
(never ever install a version prior 4 when your device is shipped with version 4.)
just try to download the same version that is actually running on it.
tar xvfj DG834Bv3_DG834GBv3_4_01_06_src.tar.bz2
cd DG834B\(G\)V3.V4.01.06_src
# follow the README
patch -p0 < patch-apps
patch -p0 < patch-knl
su
tar jxf target.tar.bz2
# hexedit the file target/usr/sbin/rc and replace 137 with 147, 138 with 148, 139 with 149 and 445 with 455.
khexedit target/usr/sbin/rc
#go on with the README
./build.sh "DG834V3B_V4.01.06.img" target newimage.img
#upload newimage.img to your router.
#windows directory sharing should now work over the vpn