Call to delay EOL of 11.x -> Re: OS to replace FreeBSD

[Paul]

disable USB3 onboard and recompile without it.

add a card with a known-food controller.

Envoyé de mon iPhone

> Le 19 mars 2021 à 12:10, freebsd at johnea.net a écrit :
> 
> On 3/19/21 8:00 AM, Jerry wrote:
>> On Fri, 19 Mar 2021 10:42:04 -0400, Paul stated:
>>>> Le 19 mars 2021 à 10:34, Matthias Gamsjager <mgamsjager at gmail.com> a
>>>> écrit :
>>>> 
>>>> On Fri, 19 Mar 2021 at 15:16, Jerry <jerry at seibercom.net> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> With the soon-to-be release of version 13 of FreeBSD and the EOL of
>>>>> FreeBSD 11.x, I will need to invest in a new OS. Due to FreeBSD’s
>>>>> unfortunate inability to squash bug
>>>>> https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=237666, l am left
>>>>> with no choice but to seek out a new OS. I need a bare-bones system
>>>>> that can run a mail server, Postfix with Dovecot, and a few other
>>>>> utilities.
>>>>> 
>>>>> --
>>>>> Jerry
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Not sure what you want to hear. You could also try a different
>>>> motherboard. _______________________________________________
>> 
>>> Or you could try not being lazy and fixing the bug yourself it’s an
>>> open source software and you’re free to rewrite the kernel however you
>>> like so don’t play these games with us if freebsd is good enough for
>>> Apple in their build of xnu , Microsoft and Seagate, ARM, etc. , IT
>>> SHOULD BE GOOD ENOUGH FOR JERRY, so don’t play this game with us and
>>> sendmail.org is the default mail server not postfix...
>>> 
>>> Envoyé de mon iPad
> 
> To anyone who has read the bug report, this is clearly a serious regression issue on certain USB (probably 3) host controller hardware.
> 
> Those same unread individuals claim anyone unlucky enough to have purchased affected hardware should:
> 
> 1) Read several million lines of code
> 
> 2) Become an expert in low level kernel debug of USB/PCI/ACPI issues
> 
> 3) bisect, build, and debug several dozen kernels that may, or may not, work with an installed userland, or even compile for that matter.
> 
> Anyone not ready to jump into this fray is "lazy". Why? because the "source" is available.
> 
> Ironically, the info in these accusatory emails demonstrates these individuals have not even made the effort to read the bug report before hurling their insults.
> 
>> 
>> Obviously, you are of no assistance.
>> 
> 
> Well said Jerry.
> 
> This is clearly a regression with 11.x kernels being unaffected. As such, the 11 series should NOT be EOL'd until resolution of this issue reached.
> 
> This is a request to the release engineering team to please continue to support 11.x until USB3 issues in 12.x and 13.x are resolved.
> 
> Thank you...
> 
> johnea
> 
> p.s. This is not a thread about email servers.
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