Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 02:21:26 -0700 From: Don Lewis <Don.Lewis@tsc.tdk.com> To: Adrian Chadd <adrian@FreeBSD.ORG>, Anders Andersson <anders@sanyusan.se> Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/contrib/softupdates softdep.h ffs_softdep.c Message-ID: <200006220921.CAA07831@salsa.gv.tsc.tdk.com> In-Reply-To: <20000622103045.F29036@zoe.bastard.co.uk> References: <200006220029.RAA97417@freefall.freebsd.org> <20000621223309.G47446@argon.gryphonsoft.com> <86g0q6gw5x.wl@localhost.local.idaemons.org> <20000622080509.A4065@enterprise.sanyusan.se> <20000622103045.F29036@zoe.bastard.co.uk>
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On Jun 22, 10:30am, Adrian Chadd wrote: } Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/contrib/softupdates softdep.h ffs_softdep } } [shifting conversation to -current .. ] } } On Thu, Jun 22, 2000, Anders Andersson wrote: } > on Tor, Jun 22, 2000 at 01:46:34pm +0900, Akinori -Aki- MUSHA wrote: } > > } > > Yes, it has been working quite stably here too. Besides, one must do } > > a "tunefs -n enable" for every partition that he or she wants to do } > > softupdates anyway, so just adding the support for softupdates to the } > > GENERIC kernel won't hurt anyone who don't want to turn that feature } > > on by default, except a little code increase. } > } > Please take a look at what NetBSD just recently did: } > http://www.netbsd.org/Changes/#softdepsmount } > } > These changes disables the whole 'tunefs' process, and let you control } > softupdates state with mount, (-o softdep). So all you have to do is to } > tune your /etc/fstab to enable softupdates. I think this will make it } > more easy to enable SOFTUPDATES by default. } } I like this. Would anyone object if this was brought over from NetBSD ? I'm pretty sure that Kirk had some reason for using tunefs. It might take me a while to dig up the information, though, assuming I still have it. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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