Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 10:59:08 -0700 From: "Vinod Kashyap" <vkashyap@amcc.com> To: Jason Thomson <jason.thomson@mintel.com>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Using the 6-CURRENT twa driver on 5-STABLE. Message-ID: <IFKFAM00.KDZ@hadar.amcc.com>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Jason Thomson > Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2005 7:02 AM > To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org > Cc: Vinod Kashyap > Subject: Using the 6-CURRENT twa driver on 5-STABLE. > = > = > Is it better to use the 6-CURRENT driver on 5-STABLE, or the = > 3ware 9.2 > Software Release for 5.x. > = > I see that there have been some changes between the two. Are they > improvements, applicable to 5-STABLE as well, or just = > changes required > for 6-CURRENT? > = > It looks like the changes are probably optimisations, but = > I'm not sure > whether that applies for 5-STABLE as well. > = > I've tried both, and am currently using the 6-CURRENT driver on 2 of > our 4 5-STABLE boxes without any obvious ill effects. Should I stop? > = > In either case, would it be possible to commit one or the other quite > soon after 5.4-RELEASE? (I'm assuming they can't go into = > 5.4-RELEASE). > = twa on 6 -CURRENT is essentially the same as the 9.2 release, except for the changes needed to be able to build on 6 -CURRENT. You should be able to use it on 5 -STABLE without any problems. I just want it sit in -CURREN= T for 2-3 weeks before I commit it to -STABLE.
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