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Date:      Thu, 4 Sep 2014 10:54:40 -0700
From:      Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com>
To:        =?UTF-8?B?SmVhbi1Tw6liYXN0aWVuIFDDqWRyb24=?= <jean-sebastien.pedron@dumbbell.fr>
Cc:        "freebsd-x11@freebsd.org" <freebsd-x11@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Mobility Radeon 4570
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On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 1:15 AM, Jean-S=C3=A9bastien P=C3=A9dron <
jean-sebastien.pedron@dumbbell.fr> wrote:

> On 04.09.2014 09:59, Zsolt Udvari wrote:
> > I don't have experience in kernel development, so in this I can't help
> > :( But if should test the drivers, features, etc., I'm willing to
> > help...
>
> The best way to do this is to follow freebsd-current@ and freebsd-x11@
> mailing-lists and watch for any "Call for testers", as well as running
> HEAD on your workstation. HEAD is quite stable most of the time with
> some bumps on the road :)
>

Frankly, STABLE is pretty stable with some bumps along the road. Having run
HEAD on my work laptop and desktop systems for a few years including all
through the very messy transition from v4 to v6. Very seldom did I have
serious issues, though I did have to watch mail to current@ to avoid some
of the more serious breakages. Since FreeBSD-6, it has been pretty easy to
run HEAD. I do suggest avoiding it for a couple of months after the base is
fully thawed after a major release as lots of new code that has only been
lightly tested gets committed.
--
Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer, Retired



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