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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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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,
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Xin LI <delphij frontfree net>	http://www.delphij.net/
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Index: UPDATING
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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.
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+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

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