On Sat, May 31, 2003 at 09:00:16AM -0400, Robert Watson wrote:
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Must Resolve Issues for 5.1-RELEASE
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 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). | +------------------------------------------------------------------------+
i posted patches and a detailed description for this item
3 weeks ago to re@ and then the same was forwarded a couple of weeks
ago to the relevant lists (ipfw, sparc64, alpha) and got no useful feedback (in detail, two message: one 'cannot apply the patch',
the other one 'it dumps core' without further details).
As i do not have access to these platforms, all i can do is provide code and make sure that it compiles (which i did, using a cross-build), but for running it (part of the problem involves the kernel) i need someone with root&console access to test them.
I would interpret the absence of feedback as a "nobody cares enough" (which is perfectly fine given that these platforms are a negligible fraction of the installed base, there are more important issues to address and these particular ones should have a relatively trivial fix).
cheers luigi
Luigi,
It's been a matter of not having enough time, nothing more. I *will* address this one way or another before the release. I apologize for taking so long.
Scott
Desired Features for 5.1-RELEASE
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Documentation items that must be resolved for 5.1
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Areas requiring immediate testing
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 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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