Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2004 23:57:36 -0700 From: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> To: Chris Laverdure <dashevil@sympatico.ca> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.3-BETA5 Available Message-ID: <414E7F60.5010400@elischer.org> In-Reply-To: <1095636627.812.2.camel@elemental.DashEvil> References: <20040920022927.GA70726@bobbi.cse.buffalo.edu> <414E4B34.9080702@elischer.org> <1095636627.812.2.camel@elemental.DashEvil>
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Chris Laverdure wrote: > On Mon, 2004-09-20 at 03:15, Julian Elischer wrote: > >>Ken Smith wrote: >> >>>*Clip* >>> >>>Fixes and Enhancements made since BETA4: >>> >>> - Updated floppy device driver (testers trying out floppies on your >>> systems would be appreciated). This fixes a lot of problems with >>> floppy drives not being probed/attached. >>> - Fix for panics on certain hardware during boot if no media in the >>> cdrom drive. >>> - Change to pf logging format to handle 64-bit time. If updating an >>> older system remove /var/log/pflog before restarting pf. >>> - Many more scheduler fixes, we encourage testers to turn PREEMPTION on. >> >>ummm no, today's testing shows that this may not be such a good idea.. >>it produces problem in wierd places, such as the atapi driver. > > > Thank you Julian Elischer! I was just about to enable it again, but I > suppose that isn't exactly wise. Not that I mind having my system > rendered instable in the name of testing. But if there is no way the > information I provide out of it is going to help, then I shall not > torture myself. > > Any specifics or just `problems'? no specifics yet except that it increases "flakiness" > > >>>*clip*
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