Date: Sat, 17 Oct 1998 11:34:47 +0200 (CEST) From: Søren Schmidt <sos@FreeBSD.ORG> To: chuckr@mat.net (Chuck Robey) Cc: donegan@quick.net, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: softupdates/smp Message-ID: <199810170934.LAA09826@sos.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9810170034350.25178-100000@picnic.mat.net> from Chuck Robey at "Oct 17, 98 00:37:55 am"
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In reply to Chuck Robey who wrote:
> On Fri, 16 Oct 1998, Steven P. Donegan wrote:
>
> > After a long biz trip and other adventures...
> >
> > I finally got back to the list, and compiled today's kernel (SMP). Tried
> > a boot - no problem. Turned on softupdates on the disk (tunefs -n
> > enable). Boot proceeded and then tombstone. Is softupdates viable on
> > anyone's hardware at present under SMP?
>
> Solid here. With CAM and softupdates. Buildworlds like crazy. Wasn't
> always that way, but is now. Real good, this machine get's used heavily
> for schoolwork (I shouldn't run current on it, but I've been too heavily
> infected with FreeBSD).
>
> It's a dual P6-166, Tyan Titan II. Wouldn't part with it for the world.
You are lucky I guess, I still think we have race problems in there, at
least it breaks real fast on a make work -j8 or above on resonably
fast hardware here, and remember your filesystem is then beyond repair...
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Søren Schmidt (sos@FreeBSD.org) FreeBSD Core Team
Even more code to hack -- will it ever end?
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