From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 13 12:18:19 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C80D916A4CE for ; Mon, 13 Sep 2004 12:18:19 +0000 (GMT) Received: from pandora.cs.kun.nl (pandora.cs.kun.nl [131.174.33.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 30E4843D54 for ; Mon, 13 Sep 2004 12:18:19 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from groot@kde.org) Received: from odin.cs.kun.nl [131.174.33.33] (helo=[127.0.0.1]) by pandora.cs.kun.nl (8.12.10/4.16) with ESMTP id i8DCIHdE012723; Mon, 13 Sep 2004 14:18:17 +0200 (MEST) From: Adriaan de Groot To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 14:18:17 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.6.2 References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200409131418.17212.groot@kde.org> Subject: Re: Newbie question: current X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 12:18:19 -0000 On Monday 13 September 2004 13:55, P-J Nefkens wrote: > I've been working on getting my amd64 system ready to replace the > current system. For some applications I need to recompile the kernel. > If I do a complete upgrade with the standard-cvsup file, I end up with > a 6.0 FreeBSD system. Is this system reasonably stable, or should I > remain with the 5.2.1 release? 5.2.1 is pretty old by now, and there have been considerable improvements - modules, etc. - since. It's probably best to follow RELENG_5 right now, although there are rumors [1] that updating _right now_ might be a bad idea (something to do with the scheduler?). *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_5 is, I believe, the right supfile syntax. [1] Dammit, I know I ought to read -current as well, but there's only so many high-volume lists a guy can plow through. -- As of September 1st, 2004, the University of Nijmegen will _still_ be the University of Nijmegen, but with a different nonsensical adjective in front. Reach me at groot@kde.org instead. GPG FEA2 A3FE