[bf1942] Linux server status update 2003-05-05

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They will all run flawlessly on Linux as well. :-p  ...and I have never seen a difference in performance or resource utilization between BSD and Linux.  The only thing I have noticed between the 2 in the dedicated server world is things like this where Linux is first supported before BSD.

I just figure run the most widely used *nix environment since it is the most supported and I have never seen a difference in performance between them. It just makes it that much easier. :)



Original Message -----------------------
That's what I was afraid of..  Unfortunately, I think this decision has
hosed a lot of Game Server hosting companies and other individuals like
myself.

Requiring people to go to FreeBSD 5 to get the server to work is like
telling people ..  If you want to run our game server, you have to upgrade
to Windows XP because it won't run on Windows 2000, so I think your STILL
going to have a hard sell once they do get stdc++ in FBSD 5.

And, I'll be damned if I'm gonna load Linux on a box just to run
Battlefield 1942 Dedicated server, where all the rest of my servers
(ut2k3, soldier of fortune 2, jedi knight 2) run flawless on FreeBSD.

Sigh.

On Fri, 9 May 2003,
Fredriksson, Andreas wrote:

>
> Sam,
>
> the current server doesn't run at all under FreeBSD due to it
> requiring the stdc++ libraries that come with gcc3. So there's
> not much use in testing it on other FreeBSD machines.
>
> // Andreas
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Sam Evans [mailto:sam at neuroflux.com]
> > Sent: Friday, May 09, 2003 3:53 PM
> > To: bf1942 at icculus.org
> > Subject: RE: [bf1942] Linux server status update 2003-05-05
> >
> >
> > That's good news to an extent, and I appreciate your efforts.
> >  I guess I
> > was wanting to have the next version of bf1942 be able to run
> > on FreeBSD
> > using the Linux Emulation.
> >
> > I would be *really* interested to know if you have worked
> > with anyone on
> > this list who is currently running BF1942 on FreeBSD under
> > Linux Emulation
> > to test the 1.4 server?
> >
> >
> > On Fri, 9 May 2003, Fredriksson, Andreas wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Sam,
> > >
> > > I can't build a BF server on FreeBSD right now because of
> > the lacking
> > > support for wchar_t (wstring) in the gcc3.x configuration. It can be
> > > hacked to work by altering the configuration scripts for gcc3 but
> > > according to people on the gcc3 list it's not a safe thing to do.
> > >
> > > I think work is in progress for FreeBSD 5 to fix the remaining
> > > wide character problems so that the stdc++ libraries can work with
> > > FreeBSD but as of now they are broken.
> > >
> > > So, no FreeBSD release until I can compile the code on it. The
> > > 4.8 Linux compat layer pukes at my binaries as well so it's a
> > > pretty bad situation. It might be tricked into working by copying
> > > libraries from a RH9 or Gentoo distribution but I wouldn't hold
> > > my breath.
> > >
> > > Once wchar support is there on FreeBSD I promise to compile a native
> > > FreeBSD version, but I won't support it as much here on the
> > list as the
> > > Linux version.
> > >
> > > // Andreas
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Sam Evans [mailto:sam at neuroflux.com]
> > > > Sent: Friday, May 09, 2003 3:38 PM
> > > > To: bf1942 at icculus.org
> > > > Subject: RE: [bf1942] Linux server status update 2003-05-05
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > *cough* FreeBSD *cough*
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, 9 May 2003, Fredriksson, Andreas wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Roland,
> > > > > that might be a good idea for future releases (1.x) but
> > for now I'm
> > > > > going to focus on putting out a binary that works for
> > the majority
> > > > > of users. There will be two binaries for 1.4, one
> > dynamic and one
> > > > > static. The one to run is automatically selected by a
> > small shell
> > > > > scripts that runs ldd over the dynamic binary and then decides
> > > > > which version to symlink to before starting the server.
> > > > >
> > > > > Adding AMD/Intel versions at this point would bring the
> > executable
> > > > > count up to four, and I simply don't have time to
> > compile and test
> > > > > all those versions right now :-)
> > > > >
> > > > > Regards,
> > > > > Andreas
> > > > >
> > > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > > From: Roland Kool [mailto:roland at cyso.nl]
> > > > > > Sent: Friday, May 09, 2003 9:44 AM
> > > > > > To: bf1942 at icculus.org
> > > > > > Subject: RE: [bf1942] Linux server status update 2003-05-05
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Andreas,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I just downloaded a server patch for Half-Life Dedicated
> > > > Server and I
> > > > > > saw they compiled optimised binaries for AMD and Pentium
> > > > processors.
> > > > > > Perhaps a suggestion for Battlefield as well? I'm not
> > > > sure how much
> > > > > > performance gain you have, but the more the better I guess?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Regards,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Roland
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> > > > > > Van: Fredriksson, Andreas [mailto:andreas.fredriksson at dice.se]
> > > > > > Verzonden: Monday, May 05, 2003 1:54 PM
> > > > > > Aan: 'bf1942 at icculus.org'
> > > > > > Onderwerp: [bf1942] Linux server status update 2003-05-05
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Hi list,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > there's not much from me this week. I'm working on win32
> > > > bugs at the
> > > > > > moment but the fixes (as you know by now) also apply
> > to the Linux
> > > > > > server. We are building the two releases side-by-side
> > > > from the same
> > > > > > codebase so nothing will be left out from the Linux release.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On the features side event logging is in, and so is
> > the new client
> > > > > > checksum system which allows you to allow anything (0),
> > > > allow official
> > > > > > (1) or allow client side mods of your choice (2).
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Regards,
> > > > > > Andreas
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>