Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2004 00:09:04 +0800 From: Xin LI <delphij@frontfree.net> To: current@FreeBSD.org Cc: imp@FreeBSD.org Subject: [PATCH] Suggested UPDATING item Message-ID: <20040705160904.GA180@frontfree.net>
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--vGgW1X5XWziG23Ko Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="5mCyUwZo2JvN/JJP" Content-Disposition: inline --5mCyUwZo2JvN/JJP Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I think we should mention the addition of the native preemption for kernel scheduler and warn user about the potential (temporary) problem found with ULE scheduler. Please review the patch and consider committing it. Cheers, --=20 Xin LI <delphij frontfree net> http://www.delphij.net/ See complete headers for GPG key and other information. --5mCyUwZo2JvN/JJP Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=patch-UPDATING Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Index: UPDATING =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D RCS file: /home/fcvs/src/UPDATING,v retrieving revision 1.321 diff -u -r1.321 UPDATING --- UPDATING 30 Jun 2004 23:13:16 -0000 1.321 +++ UPDATING 5 Jul 2004 16:08:40 -0000 @@ -17,6 +17,16 @@ developers choose to disable these features on build machines to maximize performance. =20 +20040702: + The native preemption has been added to the kernel scheduler. + There is some report that ULE scheduler was broken in some + machines and we encourage users using ULE schedluer either + stick with an known good kernel, or temporary switch to 4BSD + scheduler as a workaround. + + We are working on this issue and it is expected to be solved + in the near future. + 20040630: The netgraph ABI version number has been incremented to indicate an incompatible change in the ABI. Old netgraph nodes will refuse --5mCyUwZo2JvN/JJP-- --vGgW1X5XWziG23Ko Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFA6X0gOfuToMruuMARAst+AJ92xtcebSN46Rde+jda6PX/8FCJCACeM9xH gFWzPLA0b5AcWJyCDqAz+g8= =N85Z -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --vGgW1X5XWziG23Ko--
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