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Re: Need some kernels tested
Hello,
I was wondering whether running (and testing) these require a 'current'
machine, or a 3.5 would do.
Masoud
Theo de Raadt wrote:
>In the next hours or so, a new directory will show up that has some
>kernels that we need tested.
>
>These are from the SMP branch. Hold your horses, don't get too
>excited, and above all, don't get too chatty or you'll be slowing us
>down.
>
> ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/smp/
>
>contains
>
> bsd.alpha bsd.cats bsd.i386 bsd.mp.i386 bsd.sparc64
> bsd.amd64 bsd.hppa bsd.macppc bsd.sparc bsd.vax
>
>Please test all these kernels if you can, with your regularily running
>machine. Please report any failures in as much details as possible.
>
>New kernels will be placed there about every 24 hours for the next
>few days. You MUST give your kernel date when you mail in, and if
>there is a new one when you are about to mail, test it instead, and
>discard the results that you saw.
>
>We don't want to hear about make -j or performance issues, we just
>don't care. If you think we're going to care about how fast it is
>when we are just getting it going, then don't bother even downloading
>it and trying it. We don't want to hear cheers
>
>Please remain focused, and do not post this out too far and wide. If
>you flood us with flawed problem reports, this will just take longer.
>That's a promise.