Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 18:44:17 -0600 From: Chris <racerx@makeworld.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Freebsd 5.3 Performance Message-ID: <41E5C461.2050800@makeworld.com> In-Reply-To: <148.3bec082b.2f17199c@aol.com> References: <148.3bec082b.2f17199c@aol.com>
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Tm4528@aol.com wrote: > Mr Watson, > > As you are listed as the leader of the FreeBSD foundation, and you seem to be > the > only one willing to admit that FreeBSD 5.3 is not yet up to the performance > of 4.x, > doesn't in concern you that: > > 1) Freebsd 4.x is not being supported as a production O/S, and the "support" > is > ending with 4.11 before 5.x is ready performance-wise? > 2) FreeBSD 4.x doesn't seem to work well with the 7520/5 chipsets, which are > required to run the latest Intel XEON CPUs (Dell's most powerful servers, for > example, > are based on the 7520). A long-standing PR has been largely ignored > 3) None of your "developers", according to Ted M, have ever "heard of" Intel's > latest and most powerful chipsets. > 4) no one in your "organization" seems to care about 1, 2 or 3 > > FreeBSD has fallen into a performance "hole" of sorts, in that the fastest > version > doesnt run on the fastest Motherboards. Its easily correctable, by simply > dedicating > resources for a day or 2 to find out whats wrong with the 7520 support. I'd > like to hear > why you don't think its worthwhile, as a primary goal, to make certain that > the > fastest version of the product works well on the fastest available > motherboards. Hahahaha - are we smelling a troll?! -- Best regards, Chris I finally got it all together ... but I forgot where I put it.
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