From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 23 13:12:15 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 C2A7C16A4CE for ; Mon, 23 Aug 2004 13:12:15 +0000 (GMT) Received: from aiolos.otenet.gr (aiolos.otenet.gr [195.170.0.23]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 69A0E43D1F for ; Mon, 23 Aug 2004 13:12:14 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from keramida@linux.gr) Received: from gothmog.gr (patr530-a230.otenet.gr [212.205.215.230]) i7NDBwk6022316; Mon, 23 Aug 2004 16:11:58 +0300 Received: from gothmog.gr (gothmog [127.0.0.1]) by gothmog.gr (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id i7NDAanE003040; Mon, 23 Aug 2004 16:10:36 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@linux.gr) Received: (from giorgos@localhost) by gothmog.gr (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id i7NChiAs002480; Mon, 23 Aug 2004 15:43:44 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@linux.gr) Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 15:43:44 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: Danny Braniss Message-ID: <20040823124343.GD2239@gothmog.gr> References: <20040823074614.17DC343D41@mx1.FreeBSD.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040823074614.17DC343D41@mx1.FreeBSD.org> Phone: +30-2610-312145 Mobile: +30-6944-116520 cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: src/UPDATING X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 13:12:15 -0000 On 2004-08-23 10:46, Danny Braniss wrote: > shouldn't > NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 5.x IS SLOW: > now be 6.x ... Would something like this seem ok to you? It only mentions FreeBSD-CURRENT instead of a specific version, so it will also work for FreeBSD 7.X when that comes along. %%% Index: UPDATING =================================================================== RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/UPDATING,v retrieving revision 1.346 diff -u -r1.346 UPDATING --- UPDATING 21 Aug 2004 19:44:43 -0000 1.346 +++ UPDATING 23 Aug 2004 12:42:30 -0000 @@ -8,13 +8,13 @@ /usr/ports/UPDATING. Please read that file before running portupgrade. Important recent entries: 20040724 (default X changes). -NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 5.x IS SLOW: - FreeBSD 5.x has many debugging features turned on, in - both the kernel and userland. These features attempt to detect - incorrect use of system primitives, and encourage loud failure - through extra sanity checking and fail stop semantics. They - also substantially impact system performance. If you want to - do performance measurement, benchmarking, and optimization, +NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FREEBSD-CURRENT IS SLOW: + The CURRENT branch of FreeBSD has many debugging features turned + on, in both the kernel and userland. These features attempt to + detect incorrect use of system primitives, and encourage loud + failure through extra sanity checking and fail stop semantics. + They also substantially impact system performance. If you want + to do performance measurement, benchmarking, and optimization, you'll want to turn them off. This includes various WITNESS- related kernel options, INVARIANTS, malloc debugging flags in userland, and various verbose features in the kernel. Many %%%