From owner-freebsd-current Fri Aug 7 15:29:46 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA08527 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Fri, 7 Aug 1998 15:29:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from canonware.com (canonware.com [206.184.206.112]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id PAA08516 for ; Fri, 7 Aug 1998 15:29:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jasone@canonware.com) Received: (qmail 9194 invoked by uid 1001); 7 Aug 1998 22:25:52 -0000 Received: from localhost (sendmail-bs@127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 7 Aug 1998 22:25:52 -0000 Date: Fri, 7 Aug 1998 15:25:52 -0700 (PDT) From: Jason Evans To: John Birrell cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SMP and kernel threads (Was: Re: Pthreads woes revisited.) In-Reply-To: <199808072208.IAA11118@cimlogic.com.au> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, 8 Aug 1998, John Birrell wrote: > > I suggest that you look at the message John Dyson posted and try applying > his patches to your local SMP system. If you can debug this and are willing > to write regression testing code to prove that it works, then we can > talk more. Okay, ummm... Your message begs some additional questions and a comment. 1) Which message from John Dyson are you referring to? I don't recall a technically detailed message from him on this subject for 2+ months. 2) Where are John Dyson's patches currently available? 3) I thought that John Dyson's patches had been committed long ago. Were they not committed because of stability problems, performance problems, lack of a warm body to do it, etc.? You request that I "write regression testing code to prove that it works". Regression testing does nothing more than prevent old bugs from reappearing. It proves nothing other than that old bugs haven't reappeared, and that assumes that the regression tests are written correctly to test for the bugs rather than their symptoms. Don't get me wrong; I'm a proponent of regression testing, but it won't achieve what you're asking for. Are you just asking for stability testing of the patches, or something else in addition? Thanks, Jason Jason Evans Email: [jasone@canonware.com] Web: [http://www.canonware.com/~jasone] Home phone: [(650) 856-8204] Work phone: [(408) 774-8007] Quote: ["Invention is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration" - Thomas Edison] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message