Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 17:39:50 +0200 (CEST) From: Harti Brandt <brandt@fokus.fraunhofer.de> To: Thomas Moestl <t.moestl@tu-bs.de> Cc: sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sparc slowdown - problem identified... Message-ID: <20030815173749.A92087@beagle.fokus.fraunhofer.de> In-Reply-To: <20030815153458.GC701@crow.dom2ip.de> References: <20030815121010.I97608@beagle.fokus.fraunhofer.de> <20030815165603.R92087@beagle.fokus.fraunhofer.de> <20030815153458.GC701@crow.dom2ip.de>
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On Fri, 15 Aug 2003, Thomas Moestl wrote: TM>On Fri, 2003/08/15 at 16:58:44 +0200, Harti Brandt wrote: [SNIP] TM>> I can confirm that it helps. I assume that OFW_NEWPCI is currently there TM>> to allow testing and one day to throw the switch and remove the old stuff? TM> TM>Yes. TM> TM>> Wouldn't it help to make it the default? Otherwise the testing will be TM>> rather limited. TM> TM>I haven't made it the default because it can require configuration TM>changes because of the different enumeration, as detailed in the TM>warning notice in GENERIC and NOTES. I had hoped that making it an TM>option would allow people could gradually change over their TM>installations, so that the transition would be more painless. TM> TM>I guess I should make it the default soon. Yes. Write a HEADSUP to the sparc list, wait a couple of days and throw the switch. Otherwise you'll not get the testing :-| harti -- harti brandt, http://www.fokus.fraunhofer.de/research/cc/cats/employees/hartmut.brandt/private brandt@fokus.fraunhofer.de, harti@freebsd.org
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