Call for regression and performance testing - 8.0

[Mike Tancsa]

At 08:29 AM 8/12/2009, Robert Watson wrote:

>Dear all:
>
>As we're approaching 8.0 BETA3, now would be a really good time to 
>start identifying functional and performance regressions from the 
>7.x series. We've done a mixed job at this in the past, but when it 
>comes to "I'll do better some day", there's no time like the present 
>:-).  Some notes:
>



Hi Robert,
         Other than the removal of whats below from the kernel, what 
other adjustments should be made to make more accurate comparisons ?

# Debugging for use in -current
options         KDB                     # Enable kernel debugger support.
options         DDB                     # Support DDB.
options         GDB                     # Support remote GDB.
options         INVARIANTS              # Enable calls of extra sanity checking
options         INVARIANT_SUPPORT       # Extra sanity checks of 
internal structures, required by INVARIANTS
options         WITNESS                 # Enable checks to detect 
deadlocks and cycles
options         WITNESS_SKIPSPIN        # Don't run witness on 
spinlocks for speed

         ---Mike



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