From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 30 16:10:20 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1AD5C16A420 for ; Sun, 30 Dec 2007 16:10:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kris@FreeBSD.org) Received: from weak.local (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4648C13C4E8; Sun, 30 Dec 2007 16:10:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kris@FreeBSD.org) Message-ID: <4777C2E7.1050702@FreeBSD.org> Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2007 17:10:15 +0100 From: Kris Kennaway User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Macintosh/20071031) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jonathan Horne References: <20071229223028.gkahh4fvggk4ccso@webmail.1command.com> <47778093.5070905@FreeBSD.org> <200712300953.40068.freebsd@dfwlp.com> In-Reply-To: <200712300953.40068.freebsd@dfwlp.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 7B4 scheduling question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2007 16:10:20 -0000 Jonathan Horne wrote: > On Sunday 30 December 2007 05:27:15 am Kris Kennaway wrote: >> Yes, ULE is the recommended scheduler. > > out of curiosity, if the ULE is becoming the standard, then why does the > GENERIC config still have the 4BSD as the default? Release engineers wanted to be conservative in case of problems. It will change post-release. > im curious to know, since im rebuilding a badly-behaving 7.0-RC1 box that was > locking up under the loads of building kernel. (installed at BETA4, now > building up to RC1 as i type...) Sounds likely to be hardware failure, absent other evidence. Kris