Date: Sat, 31 May 2003 17:57:26 -0600 From: Scott Long <scott_long@btc.adaptec.com> To: Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@icir.org> Cc: current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: 5.1-RELEASE TODO Message-ID: <3ED94166.7070300@btc.adaptec.com> In-Reply-To: <20030531142459.A90361@xorpc.icir.org> References: <200305311300.h4VD0GUE084477@fledge.watson.org> <20030531142459.A90361@xorpc.icir.org>
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Luigi Rizzo wrote: > On Sat, May 31, 2003 at 09:00:16AM -0400, Robert Watson wrote: > >>This is an automated bi-daily mailing of the FreeBSD 5.1 open issues list. >>The live version of this list is available at: >> >> http://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/5.1R/todo.html >> >>Automated mailing of this list will continue through the release of >>FreeBSD 5.1. >> >> >> FreeBSD 5.1 Open Issues >> >> Open Issues >> >> This is a list of open issues that need to be resolved for FreeBSD 5.1. If >> you have any updates for this list, please e-mail re@FreeBSD.org. >> >> Must Resolve Issues for 5.1-RELEASE >> >> +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ >> | Issue | Status | Responsible | Description | >> |------------------+-------------+-------------+-------------------------| >> | | | | There are reports of | >> | ipfw/ipfw2 | | | alignment problems with | >> | alignment issues | In progress | Luigi Rizzo | ipfw and/or ipfw2 on | >> | on alpha/sparc64 | | | 64-bit platforms | >> | | | | (specifically alpha and | >> | | | | sparc64). | >> +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ > > > i posted patches and a detailed description for this item > 3 weeks ago to re@ and then the same was forwarded a couple of weeks > ago to the relevant lists (ipfw, sparc64, alpha) and got no > useful feedback (in detail, two message: one 'cannot apply the patch', > the other one 'it dumps core' without further details). > > As i do not have access to these platforms, all i can do is provide > code and make sure that it compiles (which i did, using a cross-build), > but for running it (part of the problem involves the kernel) i need > someone with root&console access to test them. > > I would interpret the absence of feedback as a "nobody cares enough" > (which is perfectly fine given that these platforms are a negligible > fraction of the installed base, there are more important issues to > address and these particular ones should have a relatively trivial > fix). > > cheers > luigi > Luigi, It's been a matter of not having enough time, nothing more. I *will* address this one way or another before the release. I apologize for taking so long. Scott > >> Desired Features for 5.1-RELEASE >> >> +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ >> | Issue | Status | Responsible | Description | >> +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ >> >> Documentation items that must be resolved for 5.1 >> >> +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ >> | Issue | Status | Responsible | Description | >> +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ >> >> Areas requiring immediate testing >> >> +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ >> | Issue | Status | Responsible | Description | >> |-------------------+--------+---------------+---------------------------| >> | | | | The 20030228 vendor | >> | Fresh ACPI-CA | -- | -- | sources have been | >> | import | | | imported. Further testing | >> | | | | is appreciated. | >> |-------------------+--------+---------------+---------------------------| >> | | | | PAE support allows the | >> | | | | use of up to 64GB of RAM | >> | PAE support for | -- | -- | on Pentium Pro and above | >> | i386 | | | systems. Virtual | >> | | | | addresses are still | >> | | | | constrained to 32-bits. | >> |-------------------+--------+---------------+---------------------------| >> | | | | The recently upgraded | >> | | | | if_wi driver is more | >> | | | | tuned to Prism hardware | >> | | | | than to Lucent hardware, | >> | if_wi problems on | | | resulting in system | >> | Lucent hardware | -- | -- | lockups and poor | >> | | | | performance when using | >> | | | | Lucent hardware. These | >> | | | | problems are believed to | >> | | | | be fixed but more testing | >> | | | | is welcome. | >> |-------------------+--------+---------------+---------------------------| >> | | | | For 5.1-RELEASE, the | >> | | | | default file system type | >> | | | | for newly created file | >> | | | | systems is UFS2 rather | >> | UFS2 as | | | than UFS1. newfs(8) and | >> | installation, | -- | Robert Watson | sysinstall(8) have been | >> | newfs default | | | updated to use this new | >> | | | | default. Testing to make | >> | | | | sure all goes well after | >> | | | | the change (committed on | >> | | | | April 20, 2003) is vital. | >> |-------------------+--------+---------------+---------------------------| >> | | | | Support for pluggable | >> | | | | directory services using | >> | | | | NSS, including | >> | | | | adaptations of current | >> | | | Jacques | directory services (local | >> | NSSwitch support | -- | Vidrine | databases, NIS), and | >> | | | | support for new services | >> | | | | (LDAP, Active Directory, | >> | | | | etc). This change has | >> | | | | been committed, and | >> | | | | requires broader testing. | >> |-------------------+--------+---------------+---------------------------| >> | | | | Kris Kennaway reports | >> | | | | that he has seen several | >> | | | | unique panics on the | >> | Spurious alpha | | | alpha machines, but since | >> | panics | -- | -- | gdb -k doesn't work on | >> | | | | alpha I haven't been able | >> | | | | to get more than a DDB | >> | | | | traceback. No-one has | >> | | | | looked into them. | >> +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> freebsd-qa@FreeBSD.ORG >> Copyright (c) 1995-2003 The FreeBSD Project. All rights reserved. >> Last modified: 2003/05/31 07:19:32
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