From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 19 04:39:39 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 9933D16A4CE for ; Mon, 19 Jan 2004 04:39:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from hotmail.com (bay1-f140.bay1.hotmail.com [65.54.245.140]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F3FC43D62 for ; Mon, 19 Jan 2004 04:39:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rob_macgregor@hotmail.com) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Mon, 19 Jan 2004 04:39:30 -0800 Received: from 81.144.192.58 by by1fd.bay1.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Mon, 19 Jan 2004 12:39:29 GMT X-Originating-IP: [81.144.192.58] X-Originating-Email: [rob_macgregor@hotmail.com] X-Sender: rob_macgregor@hotmail.com From: "Rob MacGregor" To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 12:39:29 +0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 19 Jan 2004 12:39:30.0194 (UTC) FILETIME=[48554720:01C3DE89] Subject: RE: Worth to try 5.2? (had problems with 5.1) X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: me@privacy.net List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 12:39:39 -0000 >From: Andriy Korud > >Hi. >about 2 monthes ago I was trying 5.1 on IBM x345 server (Xeon with HT, >Intel >PRO/Gigabit adapter, Fusion MPT SCSI) and had the following problems: >- with ACPI enabled: hang during boot process on keyboard detection; >- with ACPI disabled: boot ok, but permanent kernel panic in ufs2 code on >formatting disks. >Server runs heavy threaded application (oops web cache), up to 1000 active >threads, so I think 4.9->5.x upgrade should give performance boost, but >worring >about stability. Well, 5.x is still the development branch. Last I saw they don't expect 5 to be the stable branch until 5.3. This means that if you decide to run 5.2 then you're running a risk. So, if you want that chance of a performance boost (which there may or may not be) then you run some risks. I'd advise ensuring you have a rollback strategy in place incase it doesn't work for you. Please DO NOT send me ANY email directly unless it's a privacy issue. Reply-to mangled to assist those who don't read the above. -- Rob | What part of "no" was it you didn't understand? _________________________________________________________________ Tired of 56k? Get a FREE BT Broadband connection http://www.msn.co.uk/specials/btbroadband