Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2021 12:16:33 -0400 From: Paul <pkagan@videotron.ca> To: freebsd@johnea.net Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Call to delay EOL of 11.x -> Re: OS to replace FreeBSD Message-ID: <AFC8977D-7165-4548-81CD-0D978E432B74@videotron.ca> In-Reply-To: <NHhglyssGEUMLNHhhlglks@videotron.ca> References: <NHhglyssGEUMLNHhhlglks@videotron.ca>
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disable USB3 onboard and recompile without it. add a card with a known-food controller. Envoyé de mon iPhone > Le 19 mars 2021 à 12:10, freebsd@johnea.net a écrit : > > On 3/19/21 8:00 AM, Jerry wrote: >> On Fri, 19 Mar 2021 10:42:04 -0400, Paul stated: >>>> Le 19 mars 2021 à 10:34, Matthias Gamsjager <mgamsjager@gmail.com> a >>>> écrit : >>>> >>>> On Fri, 19 Mar 2021 at 15:16, Jerry <jerry@seibercom.net> wrote: >>>> >>>>> With the soon-to-be release of version 13 of FreeBSD and the EOL of >>>>> FreeBSD 11.x, I will need to invest in a new OS. Due to FreeBSD’s >>>>> unfortunate inability to squash bug >>>>> https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=237666, l am left >>>>> with no choice but to seek out a new OS. I need a bare-bones system >>>>> that can run a mail server, Postfix with Dovecot, and a few other >>>>> utilities. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Jerry >>>>> >>>> >>>> Not sure what you want to hear. You could also try a different >>>> motherboard. _______________________________________________ >> >>> Or you could try not being lazy and fixing the bug yourself it’s an >>> open source software and you’re free to rewrite the kernel however you >>> like so don’t play these games with us if freebsd is good enough for >>> Apple in their build of xnu , Microsoft and Seagate, ARM, etc. , IT >>> SHOULD BE GOOD ENOUGH FOR JERRY, so don’t play this game with us and >>> sendmail.org is the default mail server not postfix... >>> >>> Envoyé de mon iPad > > To anyone who has read the bug report, this is clearly a serious regression issue on certain USB (probably 3) host controller hardware. > > Those same unread individuals claim anyone unlucky enough to have purchased affected hardware should: > > 1) Read several million lines of code > > 2) Become an expert in low level kernel debug of USB/PCI/ACPI issues > > 3) bisect, build, and debug several dozen kernels that may, or may not, work with an installed userland, or even compile for that matter. > > Anyone not ready to jump into this fray is "lazy". Why? because the "source" is available. > > Ironically, the info in these accusatory emails demonstrates these individuals have not even made the effort to read the bug report before hurling their insults. > >> >> Obviously, you are of no assistance. >> > > Well said Jerry. > > This is clearly a regression with 11.x kernels being unaffected. As such, the 11 series should NOT be EOL'd until resolution of this issue reached. > > This is a request to the release engineering team to please continue to support 11.x until USB3 issues in 12.x and 13.x are resolved. > > Thank you... > > johnea > > p.s. This is not a thread about email servers. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"help
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