Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 21:20:44 +0100 From: Melvyn Sopacua <freebsd.stable@melvyn.homeunix.org> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADS UP: Release schedule for 2006 Message-ID: <200512162120.45053.freebsd.stable@melvyn.homeunix.org> In-Reply-To: <20051216194255.GB31497@soaustin.net> References: <20051216105005.68898.qmail@web36212.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <20051216184149.GC58262@thought.org> <20051216194255.GB31497@soaustin.net>
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On Friday 16 December 2005 20:42, Mark Linimon wrote: > And, if someone ever wants to write that 5.X vs 6.X vs 7.X feature list > comparison, now would be a good time :-) Well, here's a nice start (and a question or two slipped in) - dmesg diff between two GENERIC kernels 5 vs 6 stable of the same date, same hardware. Noise reduced (mem range flips on hw, 'same' entries): -FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE #3: Sun Nov 20 03:52:04 CET 2005 - root@sarevok.lan.melvyn.homeunix.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC +FreeBSD 6.0-STABLE #1: Wed Dec 7 01:36:46 CET 2005 + root@sarevok.lan.melvyn.homeunix.org:/usr/obj/usr/current/src/sys/GENERIC Features=0xa7e9f9bf<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,MCE,CX8,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,CLFLUSH,DTS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,TM,PBE> + Features2=0x180<EST,TM2> Q: What are those extra features and are they useful? ;-) +npx0: [FAST] -cpu0: <ACPI CPU (4 Cx states)> on acpi0 +cpu0: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0 Q: Guessing that's a formatting difference, rather then 6.x not recognizing the states (sysctl hw.acpi.cpu.cx_supported confirms 4 states) -ACPI link \\_SB_.PCI0.LNKB has invalid initial irq 11, ignoring +pci_link1: BIOS IRQ 11 for 0.31.INTB is invalid Q: Could this be midi? +uhci0: [GIANT-LOCKED] +uhci1: [GIANT-LOCKED] +uhci2: [GIANT-LOCKED] Q: Again - is this formatting or are these (and the ones below) still under Giant in 6.x but not in 5.x? -pci0: <serial bus, USB> at device 29.7 (no driver attached) +ehci0: <Intel 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4) USB 2.0 controller> mem 0xf4fffc00-0xf4ffffff irq 11 at device 29.7 on pci0 +ehci0: [GIANT-LOCKED] +usb3: EHCI version 1.0 +usb3: companion controllers, 2 ports each: usb0 usb1 usb2 +usb3: <Intel 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4) USB 2.0 controller> on ehci0 +usb3: USB revision 2.0 +uhub3: Intel EHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 1 +uhub3: 6 ports with 6 removable, self powered Kudos! -atapci0: <Intel ICH4 UDMA100 controller> port 0xbfa0-0xbfaf,0x376,0x170-0x177,0x3f6,0x1f0-0x1f7 at device 31.1 on pci0 -ata0: channel #0 on atapci0 -ata1: channel #1 on atapci0 -pcm0: <Intel ICH4 (82801DB)> port 0xbc40-0xbc7f,0xb800-0xb8ff mem 0xf4fff400-0xf4fff4ff,0xf4fff800-0xf4fff9ff irq 5 at device 31.5 on pci0 -pcm0: <SigmaTel STAC9750/51 AC97 Codec> +atapci0: <Intel ICH4 UDMA100 controller> port 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6,0x170-0x177,0x376,0xbfa0-0xbfaf at device 31.1 on pci0 +ata0: <ATA channel 0> on atapci0 +ata1: <ATA channel 1> on atapci0 +pci0: <multimedia, audio> at device 31.5 (no driver attached) Didn't have snd_ich_load="YES" in loader.conf yet. pcm0 appears the same and is GIANT-LOCKED on 6. +atkbd0: [GIANT-LOCKED] +psm0: [GIANT-LOCKED] -Timecounter "TSC" frequency 1398819442 Hz quality 800 -Timecounters tick every 10.000 msec +Timecounter "TSC" frequency 1398819606 Hz quality 800 +Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec Q: This is a big scarey difference :p This isn't a printf bug I presume? -acd0: CDRW <HL-DT-STCD-RW/DVD-ROM GCC-4241N/A100> at ata1-master PIO4 +acd0: CDRW <HL-DT-STCD-RW/DVD-ROM GCC-4241N/A100> at ata1-master UDMA33 That's *very* nice! -- Melvyn Sopacua freebsd.stable@melvyn.homeunix.org FreeBSD 6.0-STABLE Qt: 3.3.5 KDE: 3.4.3
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