Category: DragonFly

Here’s some explicit instructions for upgrading from 2.4 to 2.6.

If for some reason you don’t have a /usr/src directory:

mkdir -p /usr/src
cd /usr/src && git init
git remote add origin git://git.dragonflybsd.org/dragonfly.git
git fetch origin
git branch DragonFly_RELEASE_2_6 origin/DragonFly_RELEASE_2_6
git checkout DragonFly_RELEASE_2_6
git pull

If you already have a /usr/src/ directory, you can just do the last 3 steps:

git branch DragonFly_RELEASE_2_6 origin/DragonFly_RELEASE_2_6
git checkout DragonFly_RELEASE_2_6
git pull

And then you can perform the normal “make buildworld…” steps outlined in /usr/src/UPDATING.

Jan Lentfer’s ready to remove BIND from the base system; test out his changes if you’re running a DragonFly-based name server and want to see how it’ll work.

DragonFly 2.6 is out!  Download from a mirror, check the release page, and enjoy the large number of new features.  There’s a full set of binary packages built, too.

Technically, this is 2.6.1, since 2.6.0 was tagged a week ago and 2.6.1 has all the last minute fixes since then.

2.6 will probably be out within the next 24 hours. We’re just waiting on the packages, though we’re probably in the clear already.

Be ready for mild confusion with this and the current Linux kernel.  I know it’ll happen.

Alex Hornung has posted an elaborate summary of his I/O scheduler work, with details on usage.  He reports speed improvements under heavy load.  If this sounds interesting to you (and it should), it’s possible to test his changes right now.

Alex Hornung has been working on an I/O scheduler; he’s made some graphs to show results so far.   They’re plain, but pictures are always fun.