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Date:      Thu, 1 Jul 2010 14:52:18 -0700
From:      Pyun YongHyeon <pyunyh@gmail.com>
To:        Ken Smith <kensmith@buffalo.edu>
Cc:        Anders Nordby <anders@freebsd.org>, src-committers@freebsd.org, jdc@parodius.com, svn-src-stable@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable-7@freebsd.org, marcel@freebsd.org, Pyun YongHyeon <yongari@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r208995 - stable/7/sys/dev/bge
Message-ID:  <20100701215218.GC7090@michelle.cdnetworks.com>
In-Reply-To: <1277820825.55649.7.camel@bauer.cse.buffalo.edu>
References:  <201006101804.o5AI4PEX024259@svn.freebsd.org> <20100629074831.GA75332@fupp.net> <1277820825.55649.7.camel@bauer.cse.buffalo.edu>

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On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 10:13:45AM -0400, Ken Smith wrote:
> On Tue, 2010-06-29 at 09:48 +0200, Anders Nordby wrote:
> > Is it possible to get this fix into FreeBSD 7.3-RELEASE?
> 
> We typically rely on developers to decide if fixes might warrant
> consideration as an Errata Notice and send email to re@ suggesting
> it.  It's hard for us to judge on our own - factors include things
> like the individual developers' confidence level in the fix, etc.
> 

Even though I didn't receive positive feedback from jumbo frame
users I'm pretty sure the change set will fix regression introduced
in r199011. As you might know, the bug was not detected for a very
long time(about 6 months) so I think it's better to wait 2 or 3
weeks to get more confidence on the patch.

> If someone(s) were to send mail to re@ suggesting this be an
> Errata Notice given your description here we would definitely
> consider it seriously.  As far as the general process goes that's
> the first step.
> 
> -- 
>                                                 Ken Smith
> - From there to here, from here to      |       kensmith@buffalo.edu
>   there, funny things are everywhere.   |
>                       - Theodore Geisel |
> 





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