From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 13 00:24:02 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 20A8716A4CE; Thu, 13 Jan 2005 00:24:02 +0000 (GMT) Received: from imo-m23.mx.aol.com (imo-m23.mx.aol.com [64.12.137.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 63D9E43D2D; Thu, 13 Jan 2005 00:24:01 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from Tm4528@aol.com) Received: from Tm4528@aol.com by imo-m23.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v37_r3.8.) id n.148.3bec082b (1320); Wed, 12 Jan 2005 19:23:57 -0500 (EST) From: Tm4528@aol.com Message-ID: <148.3bec082b.2f17199c@aol.com> Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 19:23:56 EST To: rwatson@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: 9.0 for Windows sub 5116 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Freebsd 5.3 Performance X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 00:24:02 -0000 Mr Watson, As you are listed as the leader of the FreeBSD foundation, and you seem to be the only one willing to admit that FreeBSD 5.3 is not yet up to the performance of 4.x, doesn't in concern you that: 1) Freebsd 4.x is not being supported as a production O/S, and the "support" is ending with 4.11 before 5.x is ready performance-wise? 2) FreeBSD 4.x doesn't seem to work well with the 7520/5 chipsets, which are required to run the latest Intel XEON CPUs (Dell's most powerful servers, for example, are based on the 7520). A long-standing PR has been largely ignored 3) None of your "developers", according to Ted M, have ever "heard of" Intel's latest and most powerful chipsets. 4) no one in your "organization" seems to care about 1, 2 or 3 FreeBSD has fallen into a performance "hole" of sorts, in that the fastest version doesnt run on the fastest Motherboards. Its easily correctable, by simply dedicating resources for a day or 2 to find out whats wrong with the 7520 support. I'd like to hear why you don't think its worthwhile, as a primary goal, to make certain that the fastest version of the product works well on the fastest available motherboards.