Date: Sun, 04 Nov 2007 19:53:47 +0100 From: Olli Hauer <ohauer@gmx.de> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Ken Smith <kensmith@cse.Buffalo.EDU>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 7.0-BETA2 Available Message-ID: <472E153B.4070303@gmx.de> In-Reply-To: <472E1373.4020603@FreeBSD.org> References: <1194175906.1115.7.camel@opus.cse.buffalo.edu> <472E116B.2030003@gmx.de> <472E1373.4020603@FreeBSD.org>
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Kris Kennaway wrote: > Olli Hauer wrote: >> Ken Smith wrote: >>> The 7.0-BETA2 builds have completed and are on many of the FreeBSD >>> mirror sites. If you want to update an existing machine using cvsup use >>> RELENG_7 as the branch tag. Instructions on using FreeBSD Update to >>> perform a binary upgrade from FreeBSD 6.x to 7.0-BETA2 will be provided >>> via the freebsd-stable list when available. >>> >>> The checksums for the currently available ISOs are: >> >> Grrrr, >> Just updated from the source rebuild world and kernel do debug a >> system hang >> and notice after hours of recompile (during system hang) that this part >> is missing in GENERIC (BETA2) >> >> # Debugging for use in -current >> options KDB # Enable kernel debugger support. >> options DDB # Support DDB. >> options GDB # Support remote GDB. >> options INVARIANTS # Enable calls of extra sanity >> checking >> options INVARIANT_SUPPORT # Extra sanity checks of >> internal structures, required by INVARIANTS >> options WITNESS # Enable checks to detect >> deadlocks and cycles >> options WITNESS_SKIPSPIN # Don't run witness on >> spinlocks for speed >> >> >> I always thought this will removed if BETA? and RC? phase finished. >> Please correct me if I'm wrong. > > Yes, you're wrong. The debugging options are removed early in the beta > cycle when the branch occurs, not at the end right before release. > > Kris > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Thanks, Please forgive me the noise new kernel build has started ... olli
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