Hey, dude- > The advice is appreciated, but why is it "better"? > > What I need is stability. I now have 5.2-STABLE with the "PCI bus number > resource tracking" and "secondary PCI root segment detection" patches > retrieved from CVS. These patches were applied to CVS not long after > tagging 5.2-STABLE. The resulting kernel boots perfectly and now detects > all my hardware. In this case I really don't expect any complications.
Don't expect any support, either. By cherry-picking those patches you're no longer running 5.2-STABLE. sthen@ recently wrote a great explanation of the major differences between -current and -stable (hint: the "-stable" moniker doesn't mean what you think it means): http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-ports&m=135506170817873 Best, Kent
