From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 15 18:24:21 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F311E16A4CE for ; Tue, 15 Mar 2005 18:24:20 +0000 (GMT) Received: from carver.gumbysoft.com (carver.gumbysoft.com [66.220.23.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE95343D2D for ; Tue, 15 Mar 2005 18:24:20 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dwhite@gumbysoft.com) Received: by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id C4B9972DD9; Tue, 15 Mar 2005 10:24:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF62D72DD4; Tue, 15 Mar 2005 10:24:20 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 10:24:20 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White To: Claus Guttesen In-Reply-To: <20050315150545.51592.qmail@web26806.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <20050315100850.Q14078@carver.gumbysoft.com> References: <20050315150545.51592.qmail@web26806.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: upgrade-path to 5.4 X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 18:24:21 -0000 On Tue, 15 Mar 2005, Claus Guttesen wrote: > Hi. > > I have two NFS-servers, one running 5.2-current from > Feb 18 2004 and the other 5.3 beta 3. They are both > equipped with a qlogic 2310 hba, and one with a > aic7899 adapter, PIII at 1 GHz (DL380 G2). They are > serving 8 webservers. Both are very stable. Good to hear! > I'll have some downtime next week and 5.4 won't be > ready by then, but will the upgrade to 5.4 be easier > doing an incremental 5.3->5.4-upgrade, or should I > just go straight to 5.4 (and wait some weeks)? It can't hurt, although 5.3 beta 3 is pretty much 5.3-R. Technically you should be able to roll up to the top of RELENG_5 without problems (modulo anything in UPDATING of course). > Does the qlogic card no longer require both > > device isp > device ispfw > > but only device isp in either 5.3 or 5.4? What do you mean by "require"? isp is the device driver, and you want ispfw so you get more robust loop handling. Without ispfw the card can lock up if there's no loop connected, and it hoses the system pretty good when that happens. I know from experience :) You can of course load them as modules. -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org