Re: When does the 4.x branch go stable?

[Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group]

In message <v04220815b49f8c375699@[195.238.1.121]>, Brad Knowles writes:
> At 11:46 PM +1100 2000/1/10, Jonathan Michaels wrote:
> 
> >  what  sort of hardware problems, please ?
> 
>       Issues with some older Pentium motherboards apparently losing 
> their minds (and their timing interrupts) with the new ATA driver 
> (replaces the old wd driver).  There are also some issues with 
> laptops and PC Cards, especially CardBus cards.

I currently have a couple of older machines, a P120 and a 486DX/33 
happily running 3.4.  Would you recommend installing 4.0-current on a 
spare slice to verify whether it will run on these older machines or 
should I wait until -current settles down, e.g. is more or less in a 
bug-fix state?

Any other pitfalls one would need to consider prior to running this 
kind of test?


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