On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 09:47:21PM -0800, listmail wrote: > On Fri, 30 Dec 2011 00:18:49 -0500, Daniel Ouellet wrote > > Hi Bill, > > > > If you really want this to be fix, the best way would be to help > > yourself by trying different vcs updates in between 4.7 and 4.8 and > > if you find the exact change that start to create your problem and > > send it to the list, I am sure someone will look into it for you. > > > Hi Daniel, > > I fondly remember the days when I had the time to do things like that. > > Unfortunately, these days, I'm just a luser who buys the OpenBSD CDs and makes > networks run. Frankly, it's far less expensive for me to replace all of the > SuperO P8xxx machines running OpenBSD than it is to spend time tracking down > this kernel bug. I'll happily donate a machine to the project if any of the > developers are interested in fixing this. Meanwhile, I'll be installing > OpenBSD 5.0 on machines that it works on, so that I can move forward with what > I need to get done.
I'm not sure as to how many updates there were between 4.7 and 4.8, but let's say there was one hundred. By using Daniel's proposal for a binary search you should be able to isolate the one causing problems within a maximum of 6 or 7 attempts. And if it were to be one thousand updates, you would be done within 9 or 10. Still not worth the effort? Cheers, Erling
