Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2010 10:58:00 -0500 From: Brandon Gooch <jamesbrandongooch@gmail.com> To: Alexander Motin <mav@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org, FreeBSD-Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, Tsuyoshi Ozawa <ozawa@t-oza.net> Subject: Re: RFC: New event timers infrastructure Message-ID: <AANLkTinYJPBmy_f-QIM6_8lY9dz8JZtPtqSE3RG3Dl70@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4C0E5646.1060007@FreeBSD.org> References: <4C0C1AE4.8050807@FreeBSD.org> <AANLkTimfyn0aCs7PFRHL8RONvg03_QVXK_90oy084IIx@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTikyWXHYezBW1mAlTU0Oi_Z1qlPbAyZllux_wFSB@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTimBrBjtoIIp_wUWp-nanTdvCx6ppwxIEGZSKFco@mail.gmail.com> <4C0E5646.1060007@FreeBSD.org>
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On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 9:40 AM, Alexander Motin <mav@freebsd.org> wrote: > Brandon Gooch wrote: >> Alexander, do you feel that the code is at a stage where meaningful >> user testing can occur? > > I think yes. I've touched a lot of legacy code, so it would be nice to > know what I may have broken. For example, i8254 and RTC drivers now more > dependent on attaching to PnP/ACPI reported hardware. I am not sure if > there still any legacy system which not doing that. The oldest system I > have tested was P-III Celeron. Unluckily my small development SSD is too > "large" for my Pentium board's BIOS. :) > > There is still work planned, but I hope it won't require major changes > in already written code. > > -- > Alexander Motin > I'm giving http://people.freebsd.org/~mav/et.20100607.patch a go right now... After patching and recompiling the kernel, I'm up and running. What information/feedback would you like to see from us users? -Brandon
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