Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2000 12:53:06 -0600 From: "Michael C . Wu" <keichii@iteration.net> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD in good standing in netcraft survey Message-ID: <20001102125306.A13005@peorth.iteration.net> In-Reply-To: <200011021535.IAA08227@usr09.primenet.com>; from tlambert@primenet.com on Thu, Nov 02, 2000 at 03:35:41PM %2B0000 References: <20001102013134.A23799@citusc17.usc.edu> <200011021535.IAA08227@usr09.primenet.com>
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On Thu, Nov 02, 2000 at 03:35:41PM +0000, Terry Lambert scribbled: | > > BTW, we didn't fare very well at all in the top *average* | > > uptimes. Sun OTOH, did. Bugger. | > | > IMO, this can be plausibly explained by the availability of updated | > code for the two platforms. With Sun they release patches relatively | > infrequently, kernel patches less frequently still..OTOH FreeBSD | > "releases patches" many times each day, encouraging the admin to | > upgrade frequently to scratch the itch of being "up to date". | | This is an artifact of FreeBSD kernel modularity not being | what it should be, rather than the (in)frequency of patches, | one way or another. | | I personally think I should be able to "hot swap" any kernel | subsystem, including the VM code, without rebooting my machine. As I understand, has there not been a plan to do a similiar thing in the future since FreeBSDCon1999? -- +------------------------------------------------------------------+ | keichii@peorth.iteration.net | keichii@bsdconspiracy.net | | http://peorth.iteration.net/~keichii | Yes, BSD is a conspiracy. | +------------------------------------------------------------------+ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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