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Date:      Mon, 24 Aug 2015 14:29:12 -0500
From:      Mark Felder <feld@FreeBSD.org>
To:        "Bjoern A. Zeeb" <bz@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: RCTL and VIMAGE for 11.0-RELEASE
Message-ID:  <1440444552.1833687.364780977.20044688@webmail.messagingengine.com>
In-Reply-To: <4EE0EEFA-EDAB-4A88-B959-458C1D89900F@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <1440443338.1828791.364761057.5F263CEC@webmail.messagingengine.com> <4EE0EEFA-EDAB-4A88-B959-458C1D89900F@FreeBSD.org>

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On Mon, Aug 24, 2015, at 14:18, Bjoern A. Zeeb wrote:
> > On 24 Aug 2015, at 19:08 , Mark Felder <feld@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
> >=20
> > What is preventing RCTL from being enabled right now? Any known/serious
> > blockers?
>=20
> It=E2=80=99s enabled in GENERIC.
>=20
>=20

This is great news!

https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/head/sys/amd64/conf/GENERIC?r1=3D282900&r2=
=3D282901&

It also appears to be in 10.2-RELEASE -- I missed this. That helps a
lot...

> > And the same for VIMAGE? I know there were issues with some firewalls,
> > but I'm not sure where that stands today. Does it degrade network
> > performance in a measurable way?
>=20
> Ignoring performance for a second, there is more than just firewalls that
> needs to be done.  I started writing a plan for the next 4 months
> yesterday.  Most of this was done a few years ago and never made it to
> HEAD.  It needs to be re-validated.  If my plan comes together we=E2=80=
=99ll have
> another 4 month window before the 11 release cycle will start.
>=20
> /bz
>=20
>=20

Thanks for taking time to fill me in on this.



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