From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 2 19:52:01 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3748216A425; Sun, 2 Apr 2006 19:52:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from scottl@samsco.org) Received: from pooker.samsco.org (pooker.samsco.org [168.103.85.57]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 758AA43D88; Sun, 2 Apr 2006 19:51:56 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from scottl@samsco.org) Received: from [192.168.254.11] (junior.samsco.home [192.168.254.11]) (authenticated bits=0) by pooker.samsco.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k32JoKd4033301; Sun, 2 Apr 2006 13:50:20 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from scottl@samsco.org) Message-ID: <44302AF5.2040607@samsco.org> Date: Sun, 02 Apr 2006 13:50:13 -0600 From: Scott Long User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.7.12) Gecko/20051230 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Holger Kipp References: <442EE1D7.90909@samsco.org> <20060402192250.GA29100@intserv.int1.b.intern> In-Reply-To: <20060402192250.GA29100@intserv.int1.b.intern> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.4 required=3.8 tests=ALL_TRUSTED autolearn=failed version=3.1.0 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.0 (2005-09-13) on pooker.samsco.org Cc: 'FreeBSD Current' , freebsd-stable Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.2.9 Released X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 02 Apr 2006 19:52:01 -0000 Holger Kipp wrote: > On Sat, Apr 01, 2006 at 01:25:59PM -0700, Scott Long wrote: > >>It is my great pleasure and privilege to announce the availability of >>FreeBSD 2.2.9-RELEASE. This release is the culmination of SEVENTY-SEVEN >>months of tireless work by the FreeBSD developers, users, their children, >>and their pets. Significant features in this release: > > > Ah, at last I can upgrade my old 2.2.8 without hassle. A minor note (maybe > I am getting this wrong): my 2.2.8 is from January 1999, so shouldn't this > be 87 months instead of 77? > Yeah, I realized that I screwed up the math after I sent it out. I actually meant 89, since 2.2.8 was officially released in Nov 1998. I think that the CD's were issued a couple of months after that. > >>- - The 8GB barrier in IDE drive sizes has finally been broken. The wd(4) >> driver now supports unimaginable sizes of 137GB on a single drive! > > > Hmm, the 4GB SCSI is still working fine here - and I still have a spare drive > for replacement, but that is good news anyway. > 4GB SCSI drive? You were a big spender at the time =-D > >>A full description of the release can be found here: >> >> ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/2.2.9-RELEASE/README.TXT >> ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/2.2.9-RELEASE/RELNOTES.TXT > > > Looks okay to me. I am still missing support for IBMs Microchannel, though. > Any chance this will be ready for the next release (2.2.10)? Have the MicroChannel patents expired yet? > > Anyway, thanks a lot to all involved for making FreeBSD even better ;-) > > Regards, > Holger > Scott