From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Aug 31 21:14:57 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA12178 for freebsd-stable-outgoing; Mon, 31 Aug 1998 21:14:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from word.smith.net.au (castles231.castles.com [208.214.165.231]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA12166 for ; Mon, 31 Aug 1998 21:14:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@word.smith.net.au) Received: from word.smith.net.au (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by word.smith.net.au (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA00398; Mon, 31 Aug 1998 21:11:37 GMT (envelope-from mike@word.smith.net.au) Message-Id: <199808312111.VAA00398@word.smith.net.au> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: chad@dcfinc.com cc: don@calis.BlackSun.org (Don), stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Looking for feedback on xl (3c905/3c905B) driver In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 31 Aug 1998 16:24:31 MST." <199808312324.QAA18249@freebie.dcfinc.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1998 21:11:35 +0000 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > The only problem with this driver is that some ppl did not realize > > that it came out and did not know to change their kernels and rc.conf > > files. The performance has to date been flawless. > > -Don > > You know, once you're knocked off the net, it's a lot harder to fix > things. > > Perhaps some posting to -announce or -stable that the vx driver would > suddenly stop working would have been in order. This was done as part of the announcement. It's also in the commit logs, which are the authoratative reference. Tracking either -stable or -current without reading the logs is like anything else your mother warned you about. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message