Re: 5.3-BETA5 Available

From: Julian Elischer <julian_at_elischer.org>
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2004 23:57:36 -0700
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*
Received on Mon Sep 20 2004 - 04:57:40 UTC

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