Subject: Re: NetBSD 3.0, named, and sparc64
To: None <current-users@netbsd.org>
From: Christos Zoulas <christos@astron.com>
List: current-users
Date: 12/26/2005 19:22:09
In article <200512261919.jBQJJNg13626@toad.rmkhome.com>,
Rick Kelly  <rmk@rmkhome.com> wrote:
>
>I'm replacing my main mailserver/DNS server/ntp server with a box running
>NetBSD/sparc64 running 3.0. Is there a problem with the fact that named is
>compiled to use threading?
>
>The old box is an SS5 running NetBSD 1.5.4, and it needs to be replaced
>fairly quick as it is no longer healthy after 6 years on the job.

Depends how much memory you have. I believe that there are still problems
when threaded processes get swapped out.

christos