Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 08:32:50 -0700 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Bernd Walter <ticso@mail.cicely.de> Cc: alpha@FreeBSD.ORG, developers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: dropping compiler support in -current Message-ID: <20010817083250.A5916@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <20010817125220.A29953@cicely20.cicely.de>; from ticso@mail.cicely.de on Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 12:52:20PM %2B0200 References: <20010817081929.A2859@freebie.xs4all.nl> <20010817081147.DCEEA3811@overcee.netplex.com.au> <20010817125220.A29953@cicely20.cicely.de>
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On Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 12:52:20PM +0200, Bernd Walter wrote:
> I asumed that most recent problems are SMP specific.
> In fact my -current alphas are running great:
>
> ticso@cicely10> uname -a
> FreeBSD cicely10.cicely.de 5.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT #1: Mon Apr 2 23:56:44 CEST 2001 ticso@cicely9.cicely.de:/var/d8/src-2001-03-28/src/sys/compile/CICELY10 alpha
> ticso@cicely9> uname -a
> FreeBSD cicely9.cicely.de 5.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT #0: Fri Mar 30 18:42:31 CEST 2001 ticso@cicely9.cicely.de:/var/d8/src-2001-03-28/src/sys/compile/CICELY9 alpha
Feh. March 30th and April 2nd. That is no where NEAR -current. Try
this:
# cd /usr/src/sys
# cvs -qR diff -u0 -D 4/2/2001 | wc -l
740408
For *me*, things were OK Alpha wise until mid-May. Then all hell broke
loose.
> What we really need are more knowledged alpha users of recent -current.
They need to be no more knowledgeable than the x86 crowd. Update your
box bi-weekly and report problems. Learn the most basic `gdb' (such as
"where") and ddb ("trace", "show locks") commands and post the info.
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-- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)
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