Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2012 10:27:09 +0100 From: Rainer Duffner <rainer@ultra-secure.de> To: Rick Miller <vmiller@hostileadmin.com> Cc: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.net>, stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 9.1 stability/robustness? Message-ID: <20121105102709.6fb64c54@suse3> In-Reply-To: <CAHzLAVGqQZ6Z8kr0cL_7hMDmEtZwDULspYRDsL_Mjq_1oueq2w@mail.gmail.com> References: <201211020214.UAA29489@lariat.net> <20121102091021.23cf9af0@suse3> <CAHzLAVGqQZ6Z8kr0cL_7hMDmEtZwDULspYRDsL_Mjq_1oueq2w@mail.gmail.com>
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Am Sat, 3 Nov 2012 21:56:45 -0400 schrieb Rick Miller <vmiller@hostileadmin.com>: > On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 4:10 AM, Rainer Duffner > <rainer@ultra-secure.de> wrote: > > Am Thu, 1 Nov 2012 20:14:51 -0600 (MDT) > > schrieb Brett Glass <brett@lariat.net>: > > > >> I need to build up a few servers and routers, and am wondering how > >> FreeBSD 9.1 is shaping up. Will it be likely to be more stable and > >> robust than 9.0-RELEASE? Are there issues that will have to wait > >> until 9.2-RELEASE to be fixed? Opinions welcome. > > > > > > If I'm not mistaken, the bge-stuff that makes the default NICs ins > > HP G8 servers (360+380) actually run will not make it back into 9.1. > > Intel cards work much better anyway... > > I have a blog post at > http://blog.hostileadmin.com/2012/06/14/freebsd-on-hp-proliant-dl360p-g8-servers/ > which touches on this. I heard as recently as today that the fixes > for the BCM5719 and 5720 were recently committed to -CURRENT. It's > too late for them to be rolled into 9.1. Not sure if they'll be > committed to to stable/8 or not, but if so they could make it into > 8.4-R. How did you PXE-boot the box, BTW? I ask, because I see no option during booting-up the DL380G8 to pxe-boot from the NC365T igb(4) NICs.... http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c02607548&lang=en&cc=us&taskId=135&prodSeriesId=4189874&prodTypeId=329290 Rainer
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