From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Mar 1 07:48:30 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA26360 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Sun, 1 Mar 1998 07:48:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from Kitten.mcs.com (Kitten.mcs.com [192.160.127.90]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA26345; Sun, 1 Mar 1998 07:48:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from karl@Mars.mcs.net) Received: from Mars.mcs.net (karl@Mars.mcs.net [192.160.127.85]) by Kitten.mcs.com (8.8.7/8.8.2) with ESMTP id JAA02227; Sun, 1 Mar 1998 09:48:14 -0600 (CST) Received: (from karl@localhost) by Mars.mcs.net (8.8.7/8.8.2) id JAA07192; Sun, 1 Mar 1998 09:48:14 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <19980301094814.32295@mcs.net> Date: Sun, 1 Mar 1998 09:48:14 -0600 From: Karl Denninger To: dyson@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: jb@cimlogic.com.au, joe@via.net, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: help - make world fails References: <19980228234146.52327@mcs.net> <199803010741.CAA01681@dyson.iquest.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.84 In-Reply-To: <199803010741.CAA01681@dyson.iquest.net>; from John S. Dyson on Sun, Mar 01, 1998 at 02:41:21AM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, Mar 01, 1998 at 02:41:21AM -0500, John S. Dyson wrote: > Karl Denninger said: > > > > I'm still trying to find out where -CURRENT is right now in terms of > > stability and what does/doesn't work. As a result this is pretty germane to > > me at the moment, but I don't have commit access and don't understand why > > those changes were made anyway (which means I wouldn't back them out without > > knowing). > > > I am NOT super-happy with NFS yet. I have a regression and performance > test suite that I run before committing VM code (believe it or not), and > NFS doesn't pass a critical test (paging.) It panics the system with > an infamous biodone error, and I will try to track it down tomorrow. > > I am freezing the current state of my VM work, except for bugfixes, > and perhaps some threads or AIO things (which are not part of the > core system.) Hopefully, we will be stable (with some anecdotal > evidence) soon, and I want to track (watch) the VFS layering changes > carefully. All of the above will fill my available time. > > I think that the system is very close to stable again, with the > NFS caveat. Once I can solve the (very reproduceable) problem, > I will be much happier with NFS. There are also some outstanding That's what I thought the state of things was.... This is NFS on the client side, right? Do you know of any problems with NFS on the *server* side? Please keep the lists posted on what you find and fix - the commit logs come across in volume, and sometimes I miss an important one. -- -- Karl Denninger (karl@MCS.Net)| MCSNet - Serving Chicagoland and Wisconsin http://www.mcs.net/ | T1's from $600 monthly to FULL DS-3 Service | NEW! K56Flex support on ALL modems Voice: [+1 312 803-MCS1 x219]| EXCLUSIVE NEW FEATURE ON ALL PERSONAL ACCOUNTS Fax: [+1 312 803-4929] | *SPAMBLOCK* Technology now included at no cost To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message