Date: Thu, 06 May 1999 11:14:39 -0400 (EDT) From: John Baldwin <jobaldwi@vt.edu> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG, Studded <Studded@gorean.org> Subject: Re: How stable is -current? Message-ID: <XFMail.990506111439.jobaldwi@vt.edu> In-Reply-To: <56224.925982116@zippy.cdrom.com>
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On 06-May-99 Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: >> 2. Our architecture is *highly* dependent on NFS. I know that the good >> work on NFS is happening in -current, which is why I'm considering it. >> How well does -current NFS mix with an almost all-Sun network? Any >> plans on MFC'ing the NFS fixes to -stable? > > Matt's submitted some patches for this which I've asked the core team > to review. Anyone else looking for -stable relative NFS patches to > test should send Matt Dillon or I some email and we'll provide you with > the diffs if you'll provide us with the testing. :) I'll gladly test them. I'm in the process of upgrading the lab I run to 3.1 and it depends heavily on NFS. Since the lab is closed during finals I won't be losing massive amounts of data if they go wrong. Send 'em on. :) NFS is a big deal to a lot of us, and we'd like to see the changes MFC'd to -stable if possible. >> 3. How good and how stable is SMP currently, and does -current offer any >> big advantages over -stable in SMP? > > I think SMP is pretty good in either branch, though Luoqi and Alan > have been working to improve it in -current lately. Do you know if they have test patches for -stable as well? Thanks. > - Jordan --- John Baldwin <jobaldwi@vt.edu> -- http://members.freedomnet.com/~jbaldwin/ PGP Key: http://members.freedomnet.com/~jbaldwin/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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