FreeBSD 4.9 Open Issues
Open Issues
This is a list of open issues that need to be resolved for
FreeBSD 4.9. If you have any updates for this list, please e-mail
re@FreeBSD.org.
As many of these open issues involve merging bus_dma driver
changes from -CURRENT, the busdma
project page is also useful.
Must Resolve Issues for 4.9-RC3
| Issue |
Status |
Responsible |
Description |
| FireWire load failure bug. |
Done |
matusita@ |
Reported on stable@. Did this
ever work after the initial firewire commit to drivers.conf in
April? If not, is there any reason to not just back out that commit
and not have firewire supported during the install? |
Must Resolve Issues for 4.9-RELEASE
| Issue |
Status |
Responsible |
Description |
| if_dc tested/merged to work with PAE in
4.x |
-- |
luoqi |
|
| busdma infrastructure merges |
-- |
scottl |
It's unclear if further bus_dma
infrastructure changes need to be merged? |
| if_xl |
Done |
silby |
|
| RAID drivers tested/merged to work with
PAE in 4.x |
-- |
scottl |
|
| ACPI merged as optional component |
In progress |
John Baldwin |
ACPI will be provided as an optional
component, turned off by default. |
Desired Features for 4.9-RELEASE
| Issue |
Status |
Responsible |
Description |
| USB updated to work with PAE |
In progress |
jmg, joe, luoqi |
USB does not currently work with PAE
enabled. |
| twe updated for
bus_dma/PAE |
-- |
ps |
The 3ware twe driver needs to
be updated for use with PAE in 4.X. |
| ciss updated for
bus_dma/PAE |
-- |
ps |
The ciss driver needs to be
updated for use with PAE in 4.X. |
Documentation items that must be resolved for 4.9
| Issue |
Status |
Responsible |
Description |
| ACPI |
Done |
Murray |
Handbook should be updated to note that
ACPI can be enabled on 4.9 systems. |
| PAE |
Done |
Murray |
Handbook should be updated to explain
the basic PAE functionality. |
Testing focuses for 4.9
| Issue |
Status |
Responsible |
Description |
| PAE testing |
-- |
More testing should be done with PAE
systems to test device compatibility and performance. In
particular, active systems with 12 gig of ram or more should be
thoroughly tested to make sure the various memory allocation
algorithms in the kernel still scale properly. There were reports
of users running out of KVA space in -CURRENT with large memory
machines. |
