From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 1 20:30:07 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 214611065680 for ; Sun, 1 Jun 2008 20:30:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 010378FC15 for ; Sun, 1 Jun 2008 20:30:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m51KU6N4093349 for ; Sun, 1 Jun 2008 20:30:06 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.2/8.14.1/Submit) id m51KU6vA093346; Sun, 1 Jun 2008 20:30:06 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2008 20:30:06 GMT Message-Id: <200806012030.m51KU6vA093346@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org From: Jos Backus Cc: Subject: Re: kern/124174: Panic after installing audio/oss on an Asus A8N-SLI Premium mobo X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Jos Backus List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 01 Jun 2008 20:30:07 -0000 The following reply was made to PR kern/124174; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Jos Backus To: Remko Lodder Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/124174: Panic after installing audio/oss on an Asus A8N-SLI Premium mobo Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2008 13:23:18 -0700 On Sun, Jun 01, 2008 at 09:15:39PM +0200, Remko Lodder wrote: > Well, Generally I would think it's a bad idea to run 8-current on your > desktop... 7.0 is something I can imagine, but 8... do you have specific > reasons doing so? (Just curious :)) I like to live dangerously. :) My home system has been running -current since 3.0 or so with very few problems, and I've reported the occasional bug (as I'm doing now). It's all about timing upgrades right and following the mailing lists closely. Tracking -current generally means avoiding big release-related bumps, which are replaced by lots of mostly smaller bumps. Groetjes, Jos