From owner-freebsd-smp Mon Aug 18 15:00:34 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id PAA20808 for smp-outgoing; Mon, 18 Aug 1997 15:00:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mercury.Sun.COM (mercury.Sun.COM [192.9.25.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id PAA20803 for ; Mon, 18 Aug 1997 15:00:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Corp.Sun.COM ([129.145.35.78]) by mercury.Sun.COM (SMI-8.6/mail.byaddr) with SMTP id OAA02101 for ; Mon, 18 Aug 1997 14:59:51 -0700 Received: from mpk05.Corp.Sun.COM by Corp.Sun.COM (SMI-8.6/SMI-5.3) id OAA11757; Mon, 18 Aug 1997 14:59:49 -0700 Received: from concord.Corp.Sun.COM by mpk05.Corp.Sun.COM (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id OAA23775; Mon, 18 Aug 1997 14:59:49 -0700 Received: from concord by concord.Corp.Sun.COM (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id OAA15650; Mon, 18 Aug 1997 14:59:48 -0700 Message-Id: <199708182159.OAA15650@concord.Corp.Sun.COM> Date: Mon, 18 Aug 1997 14:59:45 -0700 (PDT) From: david.myers@Corp.Sun.COM Subject: Re: HEADS UP: good time to update SMP src To: smp@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199708111633.KAA15787@Ilsa.StevesCafe.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-smp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > So I'm going to call it fixed. I commited this fix, the SMP src is > as stable as its going to get for awhile. I have plans for new lock > code that I will start to commit later this week, expect the usual > breakage. > > In other words, come and get it while the getting is good! I'd like to put in a request for more notifications like this one. I'm not a developer, just a user of an SMP system, and I'd like to know which of the SMP releases is fairly stable. Keeping track of the discussions on this list takes a lot of work, and are really over my head anyway. I'm willing to tolerate experimental code (obviously), and I'm willing to update my source tree every month or so, but I don't need to stay that current. Maybe Steve you could send out a note when we've reached a branching point in the source, saying -- "those of you who want a fairly stable reference release, check out 3.0-9708xx-SNAP. Revisions after this date are likely to be buggy again." ??? I understand there's no guarantees and all, but it would sure help me track down the right SMP code base when I visit current.freebsd.org. -David ^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^ David Myers Sun Microsystems Area Java Technologist david.myers@corp.sun.com Strategic Sales Area (415) 614-6907 x46907 "Employ draconian measures as appropriate..." -- from the Java Security Whitepaper ^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^