Date: Sun, 1 Mar 1998 23:01:51 -0500 (EST) From: "John S. Dyson" <toor@dyson.iquest.net> To: opsys@mail.webspan.net (Open Systems Networking) Cc: toor@dyson.iquest.net, jak@cetlink.net, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 3.0-RELEASE? Message-ID: <199803020401.XAA04407@dyson.iquest.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.980301223458.6402A-100000@orion.webspan.net> from Open Systems Networking at "Mar 1, 98 10:41:23 pm"
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Open Systems Networking said: > On Sun, 1 Mar 1998, John S. Dyson wrote: > > > I think that the *biggest* and most complex thing that will be missing > > will be the fine-grained SMP. It seems that we'll have ELF support, > > but I forget (or simply don't know) if we (they) decided that ELF will be > > primary or not. > > I was hoping to see SMP (in ANY form), kernel threads, RAID, and > softupdates, and maybe some TCP stuff, SACK, etc.. > But RAID, and SMP, and softupdates isn't bad. > > I was counting on 3.0 till last quarter of '98 though. hmmm > I can't imagine having 3.0 ready before the middle of the year. IMO, and not necessarily that of the rest -core, I think that the "last quarter" is too long. Note that my comments MUST NOT be construed to being any kind of political statement, other than a caveat that it is time to get the lower level code in order (including my own work.) My guess is that the VFS and VM code needs to be stabilized within the next month or so. That means that low level enhancements need to be made with care. I applaud all of the new work being done on the VFS code, but am also trying to suggest that care be taken when making mods. That includes a quick back-out plan just in case there are problems. It is too early to say what every middle and upper level piece that will be in 3.0. -- John | Never try to teach a pig to sing, dyson@freebsd.org | it just makes you look stupid, jdyson@nc.com | and it irritates the pig. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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