From owner-freebsd-current Wed Mar 18 22:26:59 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA27804 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Wed, 18 Mar 1998 22:26:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gratis.grondar.za (gratis.grondar.za [196.7.18.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA27797; Wed, 18 Mar 1998 22:26:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mark@greenpeace.grondar.za) Received: from greenpeace.grondar.za (greenpeace.grondar.za [196.7.18.132]) by gratis.grondar.za (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA05539; Thu, 19 Mar 1998 08:26:44 +0200 (SAST) (envelope-from mark@greenpeace.grondar.za) Received: from greenpeace.grondar.za (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by greenpeace.grondar.za (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA00641; Thu, 19 Mar 1998 08:26:43 +0200 (SAST) (envelope-from mark@greenpeace.grondar.za) Message-Id: <199803190626.IAA00641@greenpeace.grondar.za> To: dyson@FreeBSD.ORG cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: A reminder of toxic -current Date: Thu, 19 Mar 1998 08:26:43 +0200 From: Mark Murray Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG "John S. Dyson" wrote: > Yes. It is an extremely elusive problem. Are you using SMP or UP? Also, > any info about your system config might be useful (so I can see how you > are using your system.) It has been difficult for me to reproduce the > problems since my latest commits, but they still do happen. I am using CURRENT on an SMP box. SCB's are hosed (I have an ahc), so I disabled them; and the vx (ethernet) driver has a problem where it suddenly starts r u n n i n g v e r y s l o w l y, But I have no FS problems, and I reboot and FSCK after doing anything vaguely large. > Current is not stable enough for production use, and I want to make sure > that no-one gets hosed. Karl is helping regression test the system, and > if you can somehow make the problems occur, it would be useful for me to > hear how. I hope I am not coming across as saying "it is not broken". I am not. > If -current works for you, I am still concerned. I would be misleading you > and others if I stated otherwise!!! I really do care about people getting > messed up filesystems!!! Thanks! Is my data point useful, though? M -- Mark Murray Join the anti-SPAM movement: http://www.cauce.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message