5.3 STABLE kernel compilation oddity

[Kris Kennaway]

On Mon, Jan 31, 2005 at 09:53:12AM -0600, Billy Newsom wrote:

> I have a similar system to yours, but a dual processor.  One thing I see is 
> that as the days have gone by since the original 5.3-Release, the SMP code 
> has had some code changes that have alternately caused crashes or 
> compile-time errors, at least from my point of view.  I am beginning to 
> regret using 5.3, but all of the press releases nudged me to believe that 
> 5.3 ws ready for live systems.  I have to admit that I had problems with 
> 4.7 and 4.9, but not like the 5.3-STABLE track.  I hope all of this doesn't 
> give FreeBSD a bad reputation, although it might earn it if it continues to 
> be so buggy for SMP systems.  Having no experience with 5.2, I almost wish 
> I could provide more advice.  But perhaps you can get the generic kernel 
> off the CD and boot to it to recompile your kernel.
> 
> See this as one documented example:
> ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ERRATA/notices/FreeBSD-EN-05:03.ipi.asc

Err, that's a *fix* to the SMP code, not breakage introduced after
5.3-RELEASE as you claimed above.

If you are seeing panics, you must submit appropriate bug reports (see
the developers' handbook chapter on kernel debugging), or no-one can
possibly help you.

Kris
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