Please let me know which files you need.


sam

On Mon, 05 Nov 2007 19:14:50 +0100, Xin LI <delphij@delphij.net> wrote:

quoted text
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> Hash: SHA1
>
> Aryeh M. Friedman wrote:
>> LI Xin wrote:
> [...]
>>>>>
>>>> The default behaviour should be fixed if it is so easy then.
>>>>
>>> How come the number is so important for you?  What do you think if y=
ou
quoted text
>>> have to drop into single user mode and adjust fstab manually and the=
  =

quoted text
>>> box
>>> is several thousands of miles away from you after a simple 'make
>>> kernel'?  I think changing this behavior is a big POLA and not the  =

quoted text
>>> right
>>> thing to do.
>>
>> It prevents certain automated config issues that may or may not be
>> issues as stuff moves more mass market... I know FreeBSD unlike Linux=

quoted text
>> has no aim to be a non-techinical enduser OS but I find my self
>> increasingly recommended it as the prefered UNIX desktop enviroment
>> because so stability and the general ease of using the ports/pkg syst=
em
quoted text
>> compared to RPM's... sad to say many of the end-user oriented tools
>> occasionally make naive but critical assumptions about how a machine =
is
quoted text
>> layed out.
>
> Which tool?  This is apparently a bug of the tool, because the tool
> won't work on Solaris either.
>
>>>>>  - Wrong SATA type/speed reported
>>>>> More information is needed if you really want to have this problem=

quoted text
>>>>> resolved, like atacontrol output, etc.
>>>>>
>>>> See the SATA ihc9 and previous threads if you really need to know a=
ll
quoted text
>>>> the messy details but the bottom line is I have been told by severa=
l  =

quoted text
>>>> of
>>>> the ATA developers that since they do not have IHC9 machines P35/IH=
C9
quoted text
>>>> owners where on their own (and thus the need for informal group the=
  =

quoted text
>>>> wiki
>>>> is aimed at)
>>>>
>>> Please provide links on the wiki if you really want it to be useful.=

quoted text
>>>
>> I am at the end of a long day so I will dig the links up and post the=
m
quoted text
>> tommorow (and send you copies)
>>
>>> I think the only ich9 issue I am aware of so far is that a specific
>>> model of it is not recognized.  This is fixed in HEAD and RELENG_7.
>>
>> If you don't have an ICH machine I invite you to get one and verify t=
he
quoted text
>> issues ;-)
>
> Mine has no problem, and I can not afford to buy a new piece of hardwa=
re
quoted text
> right now.
>
>>>> 2. The answer to the type/speed type issue from the commuhity is th=
e
quoted text
>>>> same one I got here
>>>>
>>> Is the problem still exist for latest RELENG_7 and RELENG_6?  Who ca=
n
quoted text
>>> provide some basic testing for a new snapshot?
>>>
>>
>> I csup my version of -CURRENT every day (do a buildkernel anytime the=
re
quoted text
>> are more then 10 commulative changes):
>>
>> FreeBSD monster 8.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT #1: Sat Nov  3 21:33:=
49
quoted text
>> EDT 2007     aryeh@monster:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/MONSTER  amd64
>>
>> and do a build world about once a week plus a ground up rebuild of al=
l
quoted text
>> ports twice a month... in other words I am as current as anyone and t=
he
quoted text
>> issues still persist.
>
> PCI ID and dmesg?
>
>>> No, it does not help if that's just "it panics", "foo is not support=
ed"
quoted text
>>> if no detailed information is provided and we don't have our hands o=
n
quoted text
>>> the actual hardware.
>>
>> I have submitted the complete verbose dmesg, pciutil -l and everythin=
g
quoted text
>> to several people and all of them have come to the conclusion that th=
ere
quoted text
>> is no obvious smoking gone beyond ("it just doesn't work")...  Thus t=
he
quoted text
>> comment of ICH9 owners are on their own... Next time I reboot I will
>> send you a copy if you really want it.
>
> Yes, please.  These information is very important for knowing how to
> change the situation, thanks.
>
> Cheers,
> - --
> Xin LI <delphij@delphij.net>	http://www.delphij.net/
> FreeBSD - The Power to Serve!
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
> Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (FreeBSD)
> Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org
>
> iD8DBQFHL12ahcUczkLqiksRAieBAJ0Ut4zyLxTzQD3O6xlcKI+8forcMgCgxrCM
> 6aqCOI+3FikoTFFG54GFzOQ=3D
> =3D1uQ2
> -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
> _______________________________________________
> freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list
> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current
> To unsubscribe, send any mail to  =

quoted text
> "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"



-- =

Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/
_______________________________________________
freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list
http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current
To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"