From owner-cvs-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 26 11:49:19 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: cvs-doc@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: cvs-doc@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D878816A420; Thu, 26 Jan 2006 11:49:19 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from trhodes@FreeBSD.org) Received: from pittgoth.com (ns1.pittgoth.com [216.38.206.188]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 851F943D45; Thu, 26 Jan 2006 11:49:15 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from trhodes@FreeBSD.org) Received: from localhost (ip68-105-180-11.dc.dc.cox.net [68.105.180.11]) (authenticated bits=0) by pittgoth.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k0QCRRq3053360 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Thu, 26 Jan 2006 07:27:28 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from trhodes@FreeBSD.org) Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 06:49:08 -0500 From: Tom Rhodes To: Ceri Davies Message-Id: <20060126064908.4bc6215d.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20060126101706.GJ36965@submonkey.net> References: <200601260957.k0Q9vCUn054132@repoman.freebsd.org> <20060126101706.GJ36965@submonkey.net> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 1.0.5 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: murray@FreeBSD.org, cvs-doc@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, doc-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: www/en/releases/6.1R todo.sgml X-BeenThere: cvs-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the doc and www trees List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 11:49:20 -0000 On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 10:17:06 +0000 Ceri Davies wrote: > On Thu, Jan 26, 2006 at 09:57:12AM +0000, Murray Stokely wrote: > > murray 2006-01-26 09:57:12 UTC > > > > FreeBSD doc repository > > > > Modified files: > > en/releases/6.1R todo.sgml > > Log: > > Add kbdmux and sysinstall smp kernel install items from the ideas page > > to the 6.1 Desired Features list. > > I think it's a little late to mess with sysinstall to that extent > for 6.1. Sounds like the kind of thing that could sit in -CURRENT for > months, but hardly anyone would actually be using it. It seems that the > main problem with sysinstall is that hardly any of our developers use > it. > > On to the question: how often does an SMP kernel fail to boot where a > UP one might work? I remember that this used to be a problem, but if > it's still "too often", can we have just the bits that probe for an > mptable (or however we determine that there is more that one processor) > in the UP kernel without suffering that instability? > > What I'm basically asking is how much of the SMP code is really required > just to detect MP hardware? *I* have not had many problems. Ok, I've had none. -- Tom Rhodes