Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 00:38:23 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org> To: "Jonathan A. Dama" <jd@ugcs.caltech.edu> Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Possible problems with Broadcom BCM5704C 10/100/1000 on Tyan Motherboard Message-ID: <20050215083823.GA61934@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.53.0502141729540.17073@groat.ugcs.caltech.edu> References: <20050214161959.1FDC343D39@mx1.FreeBSD.org> <20050214101303.R13953@carver.gumbysoft.com> <Pine.LNX.4.53.0502141729540.17073@groat.ugcs.caltech.edu>
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On Mon, Feb 14, 2005 at 05:47:27PM -0800, Jonathan A. Dama wrote: > FreeBSD/amd64 is not in my opinion not actually a stable tier 1 quality > release under these configurations, too many problems remain--especially > in regards to ia32 emulation. It is not required for a Tier-1 platform to have 32-bit support. Our UltraSparc platform does not have 32-bit support. Nor does any other of our 64-bit platforms. > We also have these boards, I've found them unusable under > FreeBSD/5.3-STABLE with 8GB of RAM--other qualities appear to work okay. > But I even saw some infrequent problems with 6GB. This problem is of course valid. > This is a really lamentable situation. We've been a primarily FreeBSD > shop for 10 years now and for the past 4 years or so a pure FreeBSD shop. > Switching to linux on just these machines has been quite the headache but > I'm holding on to the hope that FreeBSD/amd64 will shape up. FreeBSD/amd64 will only get better with your bug reports, testing, and feedback. I searched the GNATS PR database and only saw you've submitted 2 PR's for something we don't claim to really support (32-bit binaries on 64-bit OS). Please submit a PR for the Broadcom and 8GB issues. -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)
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