Re: What would be the best course of action?

[David Brownlee <abs%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On 29 June 2012 11:44, Hugo Silva <hugo%barafranca.com@localhost> wrote:
> Good morning,
>
> We'll be acquiring some supermicro servers with Intel i350 network cards
> which until some hours ago were only supported in current (find "wm(" @
> http://releng.netbsd.org/cgi-bin/req-6.cgi?status=resolved
>
>
> Given that those changes will not be in 6.0-BETA2 and considering that a
> 6.0-BETA2 ISO install won't detect the cards, and for the moment assuming no
> more hardware involved (I've thought of asking the dc to temporarily insert
> a supported nic, as this may be easier than any other course of action):
>
> - Do I have any other options besides:
>  - Going with a -current snapshot and then downgrading (not even sure if
> this won't majorly break things)
>  - Waiting for BETA3/RELEASE

Two more options
- assuming a pulling to netbsd-6 is coming is to wait until the pullup
occurs and use the next nightly build from
http://nyftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD-daily/netbsd-6/ (like BETA3 but
faster :)
- apply the patch from current to a netbsd-6 tree, run "./build.sh
iso-image" and use that