From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 22 16:34:41 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 60056106564A for ; Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:34:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kensmith@cse.Buffalo.EDU) Received: from phoebe.cse.buffalo.edu (phoebe.cse.buffalo.edu [128.205.32.89]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1E768FC08 for ; Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:34:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kensmith@cse.Buffalo.EDU) Received: from [128.205.32.76] (bauer.cse.buffalo.edu [128.205.32.76]) (authenticated bits=0) by phoebe.cse.buffalo.edu (8.14.1/8.13.7) with ESMTP id mBMGYVcJ077972 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 22 Dec 2008 11:34:32 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from kensmith@cse.buffalo.edu) From: Ken Smith To: Patrick =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Lamaizi=E8re?= In-Reply-To: <20081222143820.7f799014@baby-jane> References: <1228876766.35416.23.camel@bauer.cse.buffalo.edu> <20081222143820.7f799014@baby-jane> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-lIHr3/fCs9DbOu3gA75m" Organization: U. Buffalo CSE Department Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2008 11:34:31 -0500 Message-Id: <1229963671.29842.40.camel@bauer.cse.buffalo.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.22.3.1 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port X-DCC-Buffalo.EDU-Metrics: phoebe.cse.buffalo.edu 1336; Body=0 Fuz1=0 Fuz2=0 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.0 required=5.0 tests=RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED autolearn=failed version=3.2.3 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3 (2007-08-08) on phoebe.cse.buffalo.edu Cc: freebsd-stable Subject: Re: FreeBSD 7.1-RC1 Available... X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:34:41 -0000 --=-lIHr3/fCs9DbOu3gA75m Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, 2008-12-22 at 14:38 +0100, Patrick Lamaizi=E8re wrote: > Le Tue, 09 Dec 2008 21:39:26 -0500, > Ken Smith a =E9crit : >=20 > Hello, >=20 > > So... Two show-stoppers, one Security Advisory, and one "Gee. Did we > > really implement that new interface that way? That needs a bit more > > work." later... >=20 > Can we know what were these two show-stoppers? In the past there were > some informations about show stoppers on the FreeBSD's web site but i > can't find them. >=20 > I'm asking because i run 7.1 since the -PRERELEASE and it looks solid > as a rock. >=20 The two show-stoppers, which were worked through quite a while ago (like I said before its been a couple other issues since then not necessarily directly related to stability) were: - routing table locking issues, which would under the "wrong" set of circumstances cause panics, most often it seemed during boot. It seemed to depend on how active things like the arp entries were, etc (as in didn't always cause a panic for any given machine as it booted, it was somewhat random). - huge performance drop on certain things that got traced to changes made to malloc after 7.0. Sorry about the lack of something on the Web site. We're working on ways to fix issues like that during the next release. The past couple of releases we've known I have communication issues that I meant to try and fix when things quieted down after the release. But then things were quiet and that sorta never happened. So we're starting to work out what needs to be done differently during 7.2-RELEASE now while the list of things not being done is freshly in everyones' mind instead of waiting to talk about it later... --=20 Ken Smith - From there to here, from here to | kensmith@cse.buffalo.edu there, funny things are everywhere. | - Theodore Geisel | --=-lIHr3/fCs9DbOu3gA75m Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEABECAAYFAklPwZcACgkQ/G14VSmup/aiRgCfb1zzEr9IQFZsYSu403Ccahzs oQUAoI/sx8eEp3l5CBaJ3odsUoaaF+Cw =HLLX -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-lIHr3/fCs9DbOu3gA75m--