From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 26 18:40:35 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 2C5F116A41F for ; Sat, 26 Nov 2005 18:40:35 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from racerx@makeworld.com) Received: from makeworld.com (makeworld.com [216.201.118.142]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66F4543D53 for ; Sat, 26 Nov 2005 18:40:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from racerx@makeworld.com) Received: from localhost (localhost.com [127.0.0.1]) by makeworld.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9850A6468; Sat, 26 Nov 2005 12:40:29 -0600 (CST) Received: from makeworld.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (makeworld.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 09175-03; Sat, 26 Nov 2005 12:40:26 -0600 (CST) Received: by makeworld.com (Postfix, from userid 1008) id DFC6C6465; Sat, 26 Nov 2005 12:40:26 -0600 (CST) Received: from [216.201.118.138] (racerx.makeworld.com [216.201.118.138]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by makeworld.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A75D2645D; Sat, 26 Nov 2005 12:40:25 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <4388AC19.7050209@makeworld.com> Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2005 12:40:25 -0600 From: Chris User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (X11/20051122) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Derrick MacPherson References: <20051126182651.A966@www.pukruppa.net> <43889E27.2010209@makeworld.com> <20051126185500.I966@www.pukruppa.net> <4388A349.9080808@makeworld.com> <4388A5B0.6070005@mainframe.ca> <4388A6E4.1040206@makeworld.com> <4388AAB2.1010805@mainframe.ca> In-Reply-To: <4388AAB2.1010805@mainframe.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-2.3.3 (20050822) at makeworld.com - FreeBSD:The Power To Serve Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Yesterday's -STABLE kernel corrupts LAN X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: RacerX@makeworld.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2005 18:40:35 -0000 Derrick MacPherson wrote: > Chris wrote: > >> Derrick MacPherson wrote: >> >> >>> My friend posted late last night, on a problem we are seeing, Sub: >>> Problem with FreeBSD 6 -STABLE and Dell PowerEdge 2850 spewing arp >>> requests >>> >>> Pasted here: >>> >>> Hi All, >>> >>> I have a problem with FreeBSD 6 -Stable, i built the machine with >>> -RELEASE and it's been running fine for the last few weeks.. Today i >>> tryed to make the jump to -STABLE by running cvsup on the RELENG_6 >>> branch, running makebuildworld/kernel >>> which built fine without any errors.. upon the first reboot the machine >>> did not come back up.. I went down to the data centre where the machine >>> is COLO'd and saw the machine did boot the new kernel.. it just has no >>> network connectivity.. >>> >>> The Machine is a Dell PowerEdge 2850, Raid 1 volume on the Perc4i >>> controller.. there are 2 Intel 1000BT adaptors.. i poked around making >>> sure there were no errors in the syslog etc.. the machine comes up fine >>> as mentioned... >>> >> >> >> Yes - I can see running STABLE (or CURRENT for that matter) on a >> production box makes perfect sence to me. Yes it does. >> >> > Wow, if I could use that sarcasm to fuel my car I'd be happy. I guess we > would be the only people to run current or stable on a production > machine, and everyone else is using RELEASE? I guess I should have stuck > with 4.1x considering all the initial troubles with 5.x, and not go to 6 > at all cause heck that can't be near ready considering the obvious > ineptitude of freebsd developers, the horrible track record speaks for > itself. Or should I run RedHat? ;) > > Just wanted to contribute to the discussion in a productive manner, and > make sure people are aware of issues as well as solve our current issue, > but thanks for your input nonetheless. I hope it's sunny over there > today, cause it is here. Whoomp. Indeed it is - perhaps a bit more then there. -- Best regards, Chris The value of a program is proportional to the weight of its output.