Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2005 08:55:00 +0000 From: Allen <slackwarewolf@comcast.net> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: My wish list for 6.1 Message-ID: <1134809700l.24187l.0l@HP> In-Reply-To: <20051217063409.GB19094@silverwraith.com> (from lists-freebsd@silverwraith.com on Sat Dec 17 01:34:09 2005) References: <43A26FFB.9080405@samsco.org> <20051216104022.A20877@cons.org> <20051217063409.GB19094@silverwraith.com>
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On 12/17/2005 01:34:09 AM, Avleen Vig wrote: > On Fri, Dec 16, 2005 at 10:40:22AM -0500, Martin Cracauer wrote: > > > 2. SMP kernels for install. Right now we only install a UP > kernel, for > > > performance reasons. We should be able to package both a UP and > SMP > > > kernel into the release bits, and have sysinstall install both. > It > > > should also select the correct one for the target system and make > that > > > the default on boot. > > > > If people are concerned about performance, I benchmarked a 6-beta > > kernel SMP versus UP on a socket 939 Opteron. Must be great having boxes like that ;) You know what I'd like to see in the next Free BSD? A way to update security fixes without having to play with any source, or having to touch make world. I know the speed and so on makes some people like this, but I personally try getting people who use Windows to switch to another OS or at least show them something else exists, and it's hard to make someone want to use Free BSD when installing patches can be such a timely manner. I know about the port tool, but what I'd love to have is a tool you could run from the CLI or the GUI that would check for updates, and then ask which ones to install, similar to Swaret on Slackware. This way people can do the usual updates if they want, and people like me can show people BSD and how great it is. > If those results are accurate, there's no real reason not to just use > an > SMP kernel on default install? > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers- > unsubscribe@freebsd.org"help
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