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      3.<replaceable>X</replaceable> series.  Work on 3-CURRENT trudged along
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      3.<replaceable>X</replaceable> series.  Work on 3-CURRENT trudged along
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      seemingly forever, and finally a cry was made to <quote>just ship it</quote> and
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      seemingly forever, and finally a cry was made to <quote>just ship it</quote> and
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      clean up later.  This decision resulted in the 3.0 and 3.1 releases
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      clean up later.  This decision resulted in the 3.0 and 3.1 releases
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      being very unsatisfying for most, and it wasn't until 3.2 that the
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      being very unsatisfying for most, and it was not until 3.2 that the
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      series was considered <quote>stable</quote>.  To make matters worse, the &t.releng.3;
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      series was considered <quote>stable</quote>.  To make matters worse, the &t.releng.3;
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      branch was created along with the 3.0 release, and the &t.releng.head; branch was
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      branch was created along with the 3.0 release, and the &t.releng.head; branch was
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      allowed to advance immediately towards 4-CURRENT.  This resulted in a
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      allowed to advance immediately towards 4-CURRENT.  This resulted in a
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      &t.releng.3; branch very difficult.  &os; 2.2.8 was left for quite a while
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      &t.releng.3; branch very difficult.  &os; 2.2.8 was left for quite a while
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      as the last production-quality version of &os;.</para>
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      as the last production-quality version of &os;.</para>
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    <para>Our intent is to avoid repeating that scenario with &os; 5.x.
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    <para>Our intent is to avoid repeating that scenario with &os; 5.X.
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      Delaying the &t.releng.5; branch until it is stable and production quality
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      Delaying the &t.releng.5; branch until it is stable and production quality
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      will ensure that it stays maintainable and provides a compelling reason
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      will ensure that it stays maintainable and provides a compelling reason
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      to upgrade from 4.<replaceable>X</replaceable>.  To do this, we must
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      to upgrade from 4.<replaceable>X</replaceable>.  To do this, we must
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          <para>busdma interface and drivers: architectures like PAE/&i386; and
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          <para>busdma interface and drivers: architectures like PAE/&i386; and
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            sparc64 which don't have a direct mapping between host memory
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            sparc64 which do not have a direct mapping between host memory
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            address space and expansion bus address space require the
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            address space and expansion bus address space require the
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            elimination for vtophys() and friends.  The busdma interface was
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            elimination for vtophys() and friends.  The busdma interface was
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            created to handle exactly this problem, but many drivers do not use
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            created to handle exactly this problem, but many drivers do not use

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