disadvantages of running 8.3 kernel on freebsd 8.2 system

[Devin Teske]

On Jan 17, 2013, at 11:14 AM, Steven Hartland wrote:

> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Devin Teske" <devin.teske at fisglobal.com>
>> You're the perfect person to help us figure out why when we:
>> 
>> 1. back-port mfi(4) from stable/8 into releng/8.3 (8.3-RELEASE-p5 at the time of back-port)
>> 
>> 2. Succeed in getting 8.3 to boot on Thunderbolt card
>> 
>> 3. mfiutil produces Inappropriate ioctl for device
>> 
>> Even after…
>> 
>> 4. Recompiling mfiutil from stable/8 (albeit in a releng/8.3 build environment -- back ported headers applied for new macros even)
>> 
>> Any hints on where to go next to restore mfiutil access?
> 
> You also need to backport mfiutil too.
> 
> I have a patch set for 8.3 which include latest mfi driver, mfiutil and
> a large set of mfi driver fixes, even head has some rather serious issues
> although mainly around error handling on tbolt cards.
> 
> We're running this in production so believe its a good stable set.
> 
> If you would like the patch set just let me know.
> 

I can't resist when you combine words like "production" and "8.3" (smiles)

I'm definitely interested in the patch. Can you send it our way, please?
-- 
Devin

_____________
The information contained in this message is proprietary and/or confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please: (i) delete the message and all copies; (ii) do not disclose, distribute or use the message in any manner; and (iii) notify the sender immediately. In addition, please be aware that any message addressed to our domain is subject to archiving and review by persons other than the intended recipient. Thank you.