Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2000 21:36:57 -0700 (PDT) From: John Baldwin <jhb@pike.osd.bsdi.com> To: Nik Clayton <nik@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HEADS UP: Destabilization due to SMP development Message-ID: <200008210436.VAA84092@pike.osd.bsdi.com> In-Reply-To: <20000820121405.A2298@kilt.nothing-going-on.org> from Nik Clayton at "Aug 20, 2000 12:14:05 pm"
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Nik Clayton wrote: > On Mon, Jun 19, 2000 at 11:53:30AM -0700, Jason Evans wrote: > > Summary: -current will be destabilized for an extended period (on the order > > of months). A tag (not a branch) will be laid down before the initial > > checkin, and non-developers should either stick closely to that tag until > > the kernel stabilizes, or expect large doses of pain. This tag will be > > laid down as soon as June 26, 00:00 PST, with a minimum 24 hour warning > > beforehand. > > Is there any news on this work? Unless I've missed the significance of > recent commits, I haven't seen anything approaching this sort of > destabilisation in -current. It's not all that unstable actually. Well, it currently panics an SMP box within minutes of starting a make world, but single processor seems to be relatively stable. You can get more info at http://www.freebsd.org/~jasone/smp/. > N > -- > Internet connection, $19.95 a month. Computer, $799.95. Modem, $149.95. > Telephone line, $24.95 a month. Software, free. USENET transmission, > hundreds if not thousands of dollars. Thinking before posting, priceless. > Somethings in life you can't buy. For everything else, there's MasterCard. > -- Graham Reed, in the Scary Devil Monastery -- John Baldwin <jhb@bsdi.com> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.cslab.vt.edu/~jobaldwi/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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