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                            FreeBSD 5.1 Open Issues

                                  Open Issues

   This is a list of open issues that need to be resolved for FreeBSD 5.1. If
   you have any updates for this list, please e-mail re_at_FreeBSD.org.

  Must Resolve Issues for 5.1-RELEASE

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   |      Issue       |   Status    | Responsible |       Description       |
   |------------------+-------------+-------------+-------------------------|
   |                  |             |             | There are reports of    |
   | ipfw/ipfw2       |             |             | alignment problems with |
   | alignment issues | In progress | Luigi Rizzo | ipfw and/or ipfw2 on    |
   | on alpha/sparc64 |             |             | 64-bit platforms        |
   |                  |             |             | (specifically alpha and |
   |                  |             |             | sparc64).               |
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  Desired Features for 5.1-RELEASE

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   |    Issue     |    Status     |    Responsible     |    Description     |
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  Documentation items that must be resolved for 5.1

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   |    Issue     |    Status     |    Responsible     |    Description     |
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  Areas requiring immediate testing

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   |       Issue       | Status |  Responsible  |        Description        |
   |-------------------+--------+---------------+---------------------------|
   |                   |        |               | The 20030228 vendor       |
   | Fresh ACPI-CA     | --     | --            | sources have been         |
   | import            |        |               | imported. Further testing |
   |                   |        |               | is appreciated.           |
   |-------------------+--------+---------------+---------------------------|
   |                   |        |               | PAE support allows the    |
   |                   |        |               | use of up to 64GB of RAM  |
   | PAE support for   | --     | --            | on Pentium Pro and above  |
   | i386              |        |               | systems. Virtual          |
   |                   |        |               | addresses are still       |
   |                   |        |               | constrained to 32-bits.   |
   |-------------------+--------+---------------+---------------------------|
   |                   |        |               | The recently upgraded     |
   |                   |        |               | if_wi driver is more      |
   |                   |        |               | tuned to Prism hardware   |
   |                   |        |               | than to Lucent hardware,  |
   | if_wi problems on |        |               | resulting in system       |
   | Lucent hardware   | --     | --            | lockups and poor          |
   |                   |        |               | performance when using    |
   |                   |        |               | Lucent hardware. These    |
   |                   |        |               | problems are believed to  |
   |                   |        |               | be fixed but more testing |
   |                   |        |               | is welcome.               |
   |-------------------+--------+---------------+---------------------------|
   |                   |        |               | For 5.1-RELEASE, the      |
   |                   |        |               | default file system type  |
   |                   |        |               | for newly created file    |
   |                   |        |               | systems is UFS2 rather    |
   | UFS2 as           |        |               | than UFS1. newfs(8) and   |
   | installation,     | --     | Robert Watson | sysinstall(8) have been   |
   | newfs default     |        |               | updated to use this new   |
   |                   |        |               | default. Testing to make  |
   |                   |        |               | sure all goes well after  |
   |                   |        |               | the change (committed on  |
   |                   |        |               | April 20, 2003) is vital. |
   |-------------------+--------+---------------+---------------------------|
   |                   |        |               | Support for pluggable     |
   |                   |        |               | directory services using  |
   |                   |        |               | NSS, including            |
   |                   |        |               | adaptations of current    |
   |                   |        | Jacques       | directory services (local |
   | NSSwitch support  | --     | Vidrine       | databases, NIS), and      |
   |                   |        |               | support for new services  |
   |                   |        |               | (LDAP, Active Directory,  |
   |                   |        |               | etc). This change has     |
   |                   |        |               | been committed, and       |
   |                   |        |               | requires broader testing. |
   |-------------------+--------+---------------+---------------------------|
   |                   |        |               | Kris Kennaway reports     |
   |                   |        |               | that he has seen several  |
   |                   |        |               | unique panics on the      |
   | Spurious alpha    |        |               | alpha machines, but since |
   | panics            | --     | --            | gdb -k doesn't work on    |
   |                   |        |               | alpha I haven't been able |
   |                   |        |               | to get more than a DDB    |
   |                   |        |               | traceback. No-one has     |
   |                   |        |               | looked into them.         |
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