From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 12 05:30:17 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 55C861065676 for ; Mon, 12 May 2008 05:30:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from pi.codefab.com (pi.codefab.com [199.103.21.227]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2739B8FC29 for ; Mon, 12 May 2008 05:30:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pi.codefab.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 48E4D5CDF; Mon, 12 May 2008 01:11:47 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at codefab.com Received: from pi.codefab.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (pi.codefab.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id HlCzqpZAOaXC; Mon, 12 May 2008 01:11:45 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [10.152.145.176] (72-165-115-225.dia.static.qwest.net [72.165.115.225]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pi.codefab.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 494725C4B; Mon, 12 May 2008 01:11:45 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <42C08C65-F0F6-42E5-B20C-D76035F111D7@mac.com> From: Chuck Swiger To: John Daniels In-Reply-To: <339469.80542.qm@web26912.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v919.2) Date: Sun, 11 May 2008 22:11:40 -0700 References: <339469.80542.qm@web26912.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.919.2) Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 7.0 issues fixed? upgrade timing? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 05:30:17 -0000 On May 11, 2008, at 9:34 PM, John Daniels wrote: > 1. I have a realtek network card and am using a cable modem > router. Does anyone know if fixes for problems with these (see > below) have been backported from HEAD to RELENG_7? The most useful thing to do would be to test the fixes out yourself and report back whether they help, assuming you encounter problems. > 2. Is this a good time to upgrade to RELENG_7? On a test machine, sure. It's been a long time since I've run a production environment off of a .0 release at all, much less without testing it first. :-) > 3. I read a post last week that advised that 7.1 is a long way off. > Appreciate any advice on use of ULE 3.0 and ZFS prior to 7.1 and a > comment on what is holding up 7.1. Respectively: ULE seems to be a solid improvement. ZFS is still beta. Nothing...be patient, or make more active contributions to help move things forwards. -- -Chuck