nfe(4) issues

[Alexander Leidinger]

Quoting Tony Holmes <tony at crosswinds.net> (from Wed, 8 Aug 2007  
15:04:56 -0400):

> On +Aug 08, Oliver Fromme wrote:

>> However, I recommend you update to 7-current anyway.  It is
>> already in code freeze for several weeks (in preparation
>> for the release), and it has been stable for me so far.
>
> Let me add a "I concur" to this. I upgaded to 7-current 4 weeks ago for this
> very reason and I have been pleased with the stability and   
> performance. I have
> enough confidence to deploy into production in the next couple of weeks.

gcc 4.2.0 in -current has known defects. I wouldn't trust it on a  
production system. When 4.2.1 is imported, some of the known problems  
in gcc are fixed, but not all. The IP checksum code in FreeBSD is  
affected by the new gcc (IIRC when compiled without optimization...  
it's probably the same bug in the checksum code which showed up when I  
compiled the kernel with icc 3 years ago). One of our SoC students  
knows how to fix it, but I don't know if one of our network guys is  
taking care about the problem.

Bye,
Alexander.

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