OS to replace FreeBSD

[Mohammad Noureldin]

Hi Tomasz,

Well said!

On Sat, Mar 20, 2021, 14:21 Tomasz CEDRO <tomek at cedro.info> wrote:

> On Sat, Mar 20, 2021, 11:35 Jerry <jerry at seibercom.net> wrote:
>
> > I never said I could not compile a new kernel, I said I could not
> > install the OS. Correct me if I am wrong, but doesn't the installation
> > of the OS precede the creation of a new kernel? Furthermore, the
> > screen just rolls away filling up with the error message ad infinitum.
> >
> > By the way, as I understand it, creating a custom kernel nullifies the
> > use of "freebsd update". Wow, things just keep getting better & better.
> >
> > What I cannot understand is that FreeBSD knows it has a problem, one
> > not shared by any other OS as far as I have been able to ascertain,
> > and I have done a lot of research, and they refuse to fix it. The
> > problem did not exist before version 12.x, so it is not like they never
> > were able to get it right.
> >
> > --
> > Jerry
>
>
>
> Hey Jerry :-)
>
> Please just rebuild and install new kernel, at least to see if that fixes
> your problem :-)
>
> This is a standard procedure when you find a problem, it seems identified,
> workaround seems available, a least try if that works for you :-)
>
> I also use custom compliled kernel to get my Touchpad working on a
> non-standard configuration. Until fix is ready and does not break
> configuration for others I need to work that way because this is a problem
> with _my_setup_. It seems that your problem seems similar.
>
> Look on the other hand you are helping others not to have this problem in
> future.. developers are going through this way everyday and we usually have
> broken or incomplete setup just to help others not to have such problems.
> With new hardware showing up faster and faster, using their own standards,
> or enforcing linux like solutions thing are and will get even worse. This
> is not really the issue with FreeBSD, it only gets impacted by this
> "bleeding edge" approach around :-)
>
> Because of drivers I have chosen Linux over FreeBSD around 1999 on my first
> desktop PC. Then when Linux kernel api started changing with every minor
> release, and when the stable USB stack was created by HPS, I have abandoned
> Linux for good and FreeBSD is my ultimate OS of the choice. I even prefer
> FreeBSD over OSX/macOS. The problem of quickly changing things and breaking
> compatibility is the Linux by design. You will find many more problems like
> this over there. We are experiencing this kind of issues here because world
> has changed that way unfortunately.
>
> I can see three effective solutions here:
> 1. Use Alt+F2 to switch away from terminal flood and recompile your kernel.
> 2. Maybe XHCI/USB3.0 controller can/could be disabled at runtime in
> bootloader so it wont be active and the workaround can be ready with no
> kernel recompile.
> 3. Provide a hardware and development fee for a person that is willing to
> fix the problem for you. This will cost time and money but there is a
> chance that you will get the fix one day just using freebsd-update :-)
>
> Free Softwate is free to use, but is really cost developers life time and
> all other technical resources and experiences. Just imagine how many
> problems of this kind developers have everyday. Most of them work for free
> in their free time, but they also need to pay the bills.
>
> Best regards :-)
> Tomek
>
> --
> CeDeROM, SQ7MHZ, http://www.tomek.cedro.info
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