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  From: Andrew Reid <andrew.reid@plug.cx>
  To  : <rsharpe@ns.aus.com>
  Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 09:29:27 +1030

Re: Gettting the latest FreeBSD sources ...

On Sat, Nov 24, 2001 at 09:00:48AM +1030, Richard Sharpe wrote:

> A 10-client NetBench run gets about 60Mb/s with Linux as a server, while 
> with FreeBSD 4.3-current, it gets about 20Mb/s.

What's the configuration difference? Is the Linux box a standard
install of <distribution>? It's hardly a fair comparison if the
FreeBSD box has had no tweaking, even if it is updated to -STABLE.

> Now, I know that FreeBSD 4.4 is out, so this strikes me as an unfair 
> comparison.
> 
> Can anyone tell me how I can quickly upgrade the kernel to the 
> 4.4-current version?

FreeBSD works with a unified kernel and userspace. You need to update
everything for a "seemless" upgrade.

Use CVSup to update your sources (it may take a little while the first 
time -- if you've got 4.3-RELEASE, you'll have a bit of catching up to 
do).

My /usr/src/ tree is about 283MB, so I can burn it onto CD for you if
you'd like. Just swap some blanks. That may be better for you if you
don't want to download the updates.

   - andrew

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