Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 10:07:24 -0700 From: Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org> To: Alan Jay <alan@cyclopsvision.co.uk> Cc: "'Jonathan A. Dama'" <jd@ugcs.caltech.edu> Subject: Re: Possible problems with Broadcom BCM5704C 10/100/1000 on Tyan Motherboard Message-ID: <42122C4C.3050202@samsco.org> In-Reply-To: <20050215165352.4452143D2D@mx1.FreeBSD.org> References: <20050215165352.4452143D2D@mx1.FreeBSD.org>
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Alan Jay wrote: > Thanks Jonathan for this, can I ask the unmentionalble (which Linux > implementation did you pick?). > > I had major problems installing with more than 4Gb but once I moved to stable > we seemed to have a stable platform when doing basic stuff - we have two > databases (mySQL) one is reasonably heavily used and one very extensively > used. They sit on different servers to maximise performance. One worked > perfectly for a couple of weeks while the other more extensive one repeatedly > fell over. > > I think I agree wholeheartedly with your comments being a great supporter of > FreeBSD it is a shame that the AMD release is not as super as the other > versions we have used extensively. > > Thanks for your support. > > Regards > ALan > The >4GB problems with 5.3-RELEASE are a well known problem and affect for i386 and amd64. It's pretty much fixed in the 5.3-STABLE stream, but there are a few edge cases that I still need to fix which prevent me from feeling good about turning it into a 5.3-R errata fix. It'll definitely be fixed and fully working for 5.4-RELEASE next month. Scott
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