From owner-freebsd-current Mon Jan 10 16:33:20 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from point.osg.gov.bc.ca (point.osg.gov.bc.ca [142.32.102.44]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8DDBF14EA5 for ; Mon, 10 Jan 2000 16:33:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by point.osg.gov.bc.ca (8.8.7/8.8.8) id QAA27379; Mon, 10 Jan 2000 16:32:05 -0800 Received: from passer.osg.gov.bc.ca(142.32.110.29) via SMTP by point.osg.gov.bc.ca, id smtpda27377; Mon Jan 10 16:31:45 2000 Received: (from uucp@localhost) by passer.osg.gov.bc.ca (8.9.3/8.9.1) id QAA08562; Mon, 10 Jan 2000 16:31:45 -0800 (PST) Received: from cwsys9.cwsent.com(10.2.2.1), claiming to be "cwsys.cwsent.com" via SMTP by passer9.cwsent.com, id smtpdoL8546; Mon Jan 10 16:31:18 2000 Received: (from uucp@localhost) by cwsys.cwsent.com (8.9.3/8.9.1) id QAA02009; Mon, 10 Jan 2000 16:31:18 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200001110031.QAA02009@cwsys.cwsent.com> Received: from localhost.cwsent.com(127.0.0.1), claiming to be "cwsys" via SMTP by localhost.cwsent.com, id smtpdYk1999; Mon Jan 10 16:30:55 2000 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 Reply-To: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group From: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group X-OS: FreeBSD 3.4-RELEASE X-Sender: cy To: Brad Knowles Cc: Jonathan Michaels , freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: When does the 4.x branch go stable? In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 10 Jan 2000 14:19:10 +0100." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 16:30:55 -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message , Brad Knowles writes: > At 11:46 PM +1100 2000/1/10, Jonathan Michaels wrote: > > > what sort of hardware problems, please ? > > Issues with some older Pentium motherboards apparently losing > their minds (and their timing interrupts) with the new ATA driver > (replaces the old wd driver). There are also some issues with > laptops and PC Cards, especially CardBus cards. I currently have a couple of older machines, a P120 and a 486DX/33 happily running 3.4. Would you recommend installing 4.0-current on a spare slice to verify whether it will run on these older machines or should I wait until -current settles down, e.g. is more or less in a bug-fix state? Any other pitfalls one would need to consider prior to running this kind of test? Regards, Phone: (250)387-8437 Cy Schubert Fax: (250)387-5766 Sun/DEC Team, UNIX Group Internet: Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca ITSD Province of BC "e**(i*pi)+1=0" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message