From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 5 16:09:24 2004 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 AF9AB16A4CF for ; Mon, 5 Jul 2004 16:09:24 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.FreeBSD.org.cn (dns3.freebsd.org.cn [61.129.66.75]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7403043D1D for ; Mon, 5 Jul 2004 16:09:23 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from delphij@frontfree.net) Received: (qmail 84663 invoked by uid 0); 5 Jul 2004 16:07:58 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO beastie.frontfree.net) (218.107.145.7) by mail.FreeBSD.org.cn with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP; 5 Jul 2004 16:07:58 -0000 Received: from localhost (localhost.frontfree.net [127.0.0.1]) by beastie.frontfree.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 06ACA1156F; Tue, 6 Jul 2004 00:09:06 +0800 (CST) Received: from beastie.frontfree.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (beastie.frontfree.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 03303-05; Tue, 6 Jul 2004 00:09:05 +0800 (CST) Received: by beastie.frontfree.net (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 7C7CB11494; Tue, 6 Jul 2004 00:09:04 +0800 (CST) Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2004 00:09:04 +0800 From: Xin LI To: current@FreeBSD.org Message-ID: <20040705160904.GA180@frontfree.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="vGgW1X5XWziG23Ko" Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-GPG-key-ID/Fingerprint: 0xCAEEB8C0 / 43B8 B703 B8DD 0231 B333 DC28 39FB 93A0 CAEE B8C0 X-GPG-Public-Key: http://www.delphij.net/delphij.asc X-Operating-System: FreeBSD beastie.frontfree.net 5.2-delphij FreeBSD 5.2-delphij #80: Thu Jun 24 17:30:33 CST 2004 delphij@beastie.frontfree.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/BEASTIE i386 X-URL: http://www.delphij.net X-By: delphij@beastie.frontfree.net X-Location: Beijing, China X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at frontfree.net cc: imp@FreeBSD.org Subject: [PATCH] Suggested UPDATING item 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: Mon, 05 Jul 2004 16:09:24 -0000 --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 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--