From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 14 07:00:28 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A5B016A80A for ; Sun, 14 Jan 2007 07:00:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dougb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mail2.fluidhosting.com (mx22.fluidhosting.com [204.14.89.5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B3AF813C459 for ; Sun, 14 Jan 2007 07:00:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dougb@FreeBSD.org) Received: (qmail 26862 invoked by uid 399); 14 Jan 2007 07:00:16 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO ?192.168.0.5?) (dougb@dougbarton.us@127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 14 Jan 2007 07:00:16 -0000 X-Originating-IP: 127.0.0.1 Message-ID: <45A9D4FD.5000809@FreeBSD.org> Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2007 23:00:13 -0800 From: Doug Barton Organization: http://www.FreeBSD.org/ User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (Windows/20061207) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Garrett Cooper References: <45A99BA8.6040204@u.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <45A99BA8.6040204@u.washington.edu> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.1.1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Embarking on upgrade from 6.1-RELEASE to 7-CURRENT X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2007 07:00:28 -0000 Garrett Cooper wrote: > Before I do this, I have a few questions; I know that the bulk > majority of the documentation for my questions may exist online or in > /usr/src/UPDATING, but I was just curious of the major changes that I > can expect between 6 and 7: It's generally considered polite to read those docs that you know about first before asking on a public list. > 1. What scheduler is currently the most complete for SMP/multi-core > capable processors? One of the guidelines for running -current is to stay abreast of the -current list. This questions leads me to believe that you might want to spend a little more time reading the list before you jump. > 2. Do I need to add some sort of compatibility layer for 6 going to 7 > (similar to compat_5)? As someone else said, you're better off just rebuilding all your ports. In -current things break sometimes, A[BP]Is change, so being required to rebuild formerly working ports is par for the course. It's one of the reasons that I wrote sysutils/portmaster. hth, Doug -- This .signature sanitized for your protection