From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 22 10:21:51 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 47378106566B; Tue, 22 Sep 2009 10:21:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rwatson@freebsd.org) Received: from cyrus.watson.org (cyrus.watson.org [65.122.17.42]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1EC558FC15; Tue, 22 Sep 2009 10:21:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.2.101] (host81-155-13-237.range81-155.btcentralplus.com [81.155.13.237]) by cyrus.watson.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id C609046B06; Tue, 22 Sep 2009 06:21:49 -0400 (EDT) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1075.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed; delsp=yes From: "Robert N. M. Watson" In-Reply-To: <200908122159.25234.mel.flynn+fbsd.current@mailing.thruhere.net> Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:21:48 +0100 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: References: <200908122159.25234.mel.flynn+fbsd.current@mailing.thruhere.net> To: Mel Flynn , Pawel Jakub Dawidek X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1075.2) Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Call for regression and performance testing - 8.0 X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 10:21:51 -0000 On 13 Aug 2009, at 06:59, Mel Flynn wrote: > On Wednesday 12 August 2009 04:29:35 Robert Watson wrote: > >> We actually have a sizable regression test suite in src/tools/ >> regression -- >> some of these tools will have broken as a result of 8-CURRENT >> development, >> so the first task may be to fix them. The next is to run them on 7- >> STABLE >> and 8-CURRENT and decide if things have gotten worse -- or maybe we >> have a >> bug to fix in both. Pick the tool of your choice, and give it a >> spin. >> More than one person per tool is fine, because that way we get more >> diverse >> testing. > > Well, there's one regression that prevents me from testing a > regression. In > gmirror(8) and still on 8.x it is described how to do kernel dumps > on a > gmirror, using /etc/rc.early. Yet, /etc/rc.d/early.sh has been > removed and a > grep for early in the /etc tree, has not shown me that there's a > replacement > in place. Catching up on back e-mail here after a lot of conference organizing :-). Did this issue get resolved to everyone (most people)'s satisfaction? I've CC'd Pawel. Robert > > I'm trying to see coming sunday (downtime) if a bug has re-occured > in 8.x > (kern/122572) and would like to de-activate one component of the > mirror, > install, reboot and if garbage is written to the disk again, use > livefs tools > + rc.early to boot from the de-activated mirror. > > So my questions are: > - What should really be in NOTES for gmirror(8) in 8.x? > - Is it possible to deactivate a mirror component, hose the active > component > and nextboot from the deactivated one, preferably without opening > the case? > -- > Mel