From owner-svn-src-stable-9@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 21 15:19:52 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-stable-9@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1ECC106564A; Sat, 21 Jan 2012 15:19:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rwatson@freebsd.org) Received: from cyrus.watson.org (cyrus.watson.org [65.122.17.42]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B1F388FC12; Sat, 21 Jan 2012 15:19:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.2.105] (host86-161-238-124.range86-161.btcentralplus.com [86.161.238.124]) by cyrus.watson.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id F213846B0C; Sat, 21 Jan 2012 10:19:50 -0500 (EST) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1251.1) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 From: "Robert N. M. Watson" In-Reply-To: <201201211433.30626.hselasky@c2i.net> Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2012 15:19:49 +0000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <7E058E8B-EB49-4A72-8555-A15E358C09F8@freebsd.org> References: <201201211344.05511.hselasky@c2i.net> <03DEA3A3-E5E4-4313-B82B-F0AD44F50ECD@FreeBSD.org> <201201211433.30626.hselasky@c2i.net> To: Hans Petter Selasky X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1251.1) Cc: "src-committers@freebsd.org" , "re@FreeBSD.org" , "svn-src-stable@freebsd.org" , "svn-src-all@freebsd.org" , "svn-src-stable-9@freebsd.org" , "Bjoern A. Zeeb" Subject: Re: svn commit: r230302 - in stable/9/sys/dev/usb: . controller X-BeenThere: svn-src-stable-9@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for only the 9-stable src tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2012 15:19:53 -0000 On 21 Jan 2012, at 13:33, Hans Petter Selasky wrote: >>>> Just to clarify, are you saying that: >>>>=20 >>>> (1) We should not ever do an errata note + binary update for the = most >>>> important of these bug fixes, just wait for them to ship in FreeBSD >>>> 8.3/9.1? >>>>=20 >>>> (2) We should do errata notes + binary updates for the most = important of >>>> these bug fixes, but we need to let them settle for a while to = ensure >>>> there are no unexpected consequences/etc? >>>>=20 >>>> Do we think that the impact of the USB 3.0 hub issue will be = significant >>>> to our userbase -- e.g., excluding use of USB on many recent = systems? >>>=20 >>> I mean (2). I'm not familiar with the process of binary updates. = Does >>> that mean I should commit fixes to the release branches in SVN = instead >>> of the stable ones? I think I maybe need some help there. Never done >>> that before :-) >>=20 >> Because you cannot. It would surely help if you could provide the >> relevant part of the change as patch to re@ and you can find two = samples >> of ENs linked from the box in the right lower corner of the front = page of >> www.freebsd.org and providing parts of the text (ignore revisions etc = for >> now) would certainly help as well. >=20 > Ok, I'll have a look at this once I find some time. Sounds good -- the first step is really to let the change settle in the = tree for a month or so to make sure we have a high confidence that it is = without serious unfortunate side effects, and cleanly resolves any = issues users are experiencing. Then, as Bjoern says, the next step is to = contact re@ with a proposed patch and some draft text, and we can take = it from there. Robert=