Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2000 23:05:02 -0700 (PDT) From: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> To: Richard Wackerbarth <rkw@dataplex.net> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SMP changes and breaking kld object module compatibility Message-ID: <200004240605.XAA66216@apollo.backplane.com> References: <200004231909.MAA09128@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> <00042315214900.24082@nomad.dataplex.net> <200004232031.NAA64273@apollo.backplane.com> <00042315420301.24082@nomad.dataplex.net>
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:On Sun, 23 Apr 2000, Matthew Dillon wrote:
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:> :Rather than break the FreeBSD4 modules over which you have no control,
:> :perhaps your arguments should be used to accelerate the 5.0 release
:> :and make 4.x a short lived branch.
:>
:> I don't think this is possible. 4.0 is the most stable release we've
:> ever had, and I am confident that the 4.x series of releases will be
:> the best in FreeBSD's history probably until 5.1 or 5.2.
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:It's all in the name. I don't disagree with your assesment of the code bases.
:However, I consider your SMP changes VERY destablizing; they BREAK
:lots of modules :-(
Huh? No they don't. They simply require recompiling the modules. If
they actually broke the modules I wouldn't be trying to MFC it to
-stable.
:...
:I'm sure that we will get over it and have something that settles into a
:quite solid product.
:
:...
:(Richard Wackerbarth <rkw@dataplex.net>)
-Matt
Matthew Dillon
<dillon@backplane.com>
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