Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 01:18:14 +0800 From: LI Xin <delphij@delphij.net> To: Olivier Mueller <om-lists-bsd@omx.ch> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: When will new changes in BCE driver for vlans be included in stable? Message-ID: <4586CD56.7040902@delphij.net> In-Reply-To: <0ABBA304-98FC-4621-9235-8322C0C0138B@omx.ch> References: <20061128161216.67685.qmail@web27715.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> <456C7308.4000004@samsco.org> <0ABBA304-98FC-4621-9235-8322C0C0138B@omx.ch>
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Olivier Mueller wrote:
> Le 29 nov. 06 à 01:34, Scott Long a écrit :
>
>> I just merged the fixes into RELENG_6 and RELENG_6_2. Thanks for
>> the reminder.
>
> thanks, but what about RELENG_6_1? Under freebsd 6.1 it is still not
> coming:
> I have this in my cvsup file: *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_6_1
>
> Should I rather use RELENG_6 to stay uptodate? After a cvsup now, I
> get this version from 14.04.2006:
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 217151 Apr 14 2006 if_bce.c
> __FBSDID("$FreeBSD: src/sys/dev/bce/if_bce.c,v 1.2.4.2 2006/04/13
> 22:42:07 ps Exp $");
RELENG_6_1 is frozen and only security and errata changes are allowed
under security-officer@'s permission (IIRC re@'s approval is required
for errata changes). Because we are working on 6.2-RELEASE, it's likely
that these changes would never get into RELENG_6_1.
So, there are three options:
- Manually checkout RELENG_6_2's sys/dev/bce and replace yours,
compile, install a new kernel. This way would bring your bce(4) driver
up-to-date, while retaining other parts untouched. For Dell [12]950
boxes, I think mfi(4) changes are also useful.
- Upgrade to RELENG_6_2. This brings a lot of stability enhancements.
However, if this is a production server you may want to wait for the
final RELEASE.
- Use RELENG_6. This is potentially somewhat risky, but newly
discovered bugs are fixed in RELENG_6 and the risk is less than running
a raw -CURRENT.
Cheers,
--
Xin LI <delphij@delphij.net> http://www.delphij.net/
FreeBSD - The Power to Serve!
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