Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 18:44:37 -0400 From: Matthew Graybosch <matthew@starbreaker.net> To: David Rio <drio@perpels.com> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: RELENG_5 ? Message-ID: <200307211844.37462.matthew@starbreaker.net> In-Reply-To: <20030721221840.GB58118@perpels.com> References: <20030721221840.GB58118@perpels.com>
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On Monday 21 July 2003 06:18 pm, David Rio wrote: > If I am not wrong with this, what will be the reason to install 5.1 > instead 4.8? I mean, 5.1 has more features but a worst performace > that 4.8. On the other hand, there is no -STABLE branch of 5.1 so > the only way to keep you system up to date is follow the -CURRENT > branch which is a little agresive in my case. Did you tune your installation? I found that after enabling SSE in my kernel and modifying /boot/loader.conf to enable DMA on IDE and ATAPI devices that 5.1 runs like a bat out of Hell. Only when playing DVDs with mplayer do I get slowdown, and it's my fault for using an ancient video card. There isn't a -STABLE branch for 5.1 yet because the maintainers don't think 5.1 is ready for it. Be patient. -- Matthew Graybosch http://www.starbreaker.net "I am become root, shatterer of kernels." PS: If you want, I'll send copies of my kernel config and /boot/loader.conf.
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