[Fwd: Re: Anybody actually using gigabit ethernet?]

1999-05-15 Thread Studded
Josef Karthauser wrote: > Couldn't it read: > tcp_extensions="NO" # Switch RFC1323 extensions on? How about: tcp_extensions="NO" # Set to Yes to turn on RFC1323 extensions That would match existing style and be a lot more clear. I can submit a PR if anyone thinks that's really n

Version 1.23 of mergemaster available for gamma test

1999-05-07 Thread Studded
Greetings, Since several of the people who've asked for changes to mergemaster are on this list I thought I'd give y'all first crack at the new version. I've incorporated the suggestions I've received over the last 6 months, including a fix for the dreaded PAGER problem. You can retrieve a

Re: How stable is -current?

1999-05-06 Thread Studded
Matthew Dillon wrote: > The only major bugfixes that have not been backported from -current to > -stable in regards to NFS are the NFS/TCP fix, which is being backported > now, and a number of fixes to the VM system when dealing with mmap(), > which cannot be backported until we ba

Re: How stable is -current?

1999-05-06 Thread Studded
Greg Lehey wrote: > > I know it goes through periods of instability, but assuming that I'm > > following the lists and know when not to build, could I put a 4.x > > box up and not be embarrassed? > > Yes, but that's a big assumption: "assuming everything went OK". How > do you known in advance w

How stable is -current?

1999-05-05 Thread Studded
First off, let's assume that I'm aware of all the traditional caveats re -current being bleeding edge, read the lists, etc. and am willing to deal with that. Now let's assume that I am trying to convince the powers that be at work to use freebsd for an upcoming CGI server project. Here is a

Question on 2.2.8 -> -current upgrade procedure

1999-05-05 Thread Studded
I've been doing some reading and I think I have a grip on what I need to do to go from 2.2.8-Release to -current on my scratch box. Please check me and let me know if I've got it right: 1. Install 3.1-Stable sources 2. make upgrade 3. make world 4. make new kernel 5. reboot 6. Install -cur

Re: Simple DOS against 3.x locks box solid

1999-03-05 Thread Studded
m...@seidata.com wrote: > > On Thu, 4 Mar 1999, Chris Costello wrote: > > >Add /etc/login.conf restrictions if you don't want your users > > to do that. > > Speaking of which... I've always used login.conf to set limits for > specific user classes... However, it seems like some login.conf

Re: mergemaster should be merged in to the main tree.

1999-01-28 Thread Studded
Jaye Mathisen wrote: > > This utility is too valuable for all the update not to at least have a > mention of it. Thank you. :) The occasional compliment makes the hard work worthwhile. > At the very least, references should be made to it in /usr/src/Makefile as > part of the conversion p