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Date:      Tue, 12 Dec 2000 13:49:23 +1100
From:      Peter Jeremy <peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au>
To:        "Jeroen C. van Gelderen" <jeroen@vangelderen.org>
Cc:        arch@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: inheriting the "nodump" flag ?
Message-ID:  <20001212134923.O69646@gsmx07.alcatel.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <3A3454DC.5A9E7FF1@vangelderen.org>; from jeroen@vangelderen.org on Mon, Dec 11, 2000 at 12:15:24AM -0400
References:  <440.976476322@critter> <3A3454DC.5A9E7FF1@vangelderen.org>

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On 2000-Dec-11 00:15:24 -0400, "Jeroen C. van Gelderen" <jeroen@vangelderen.org> wrote:
>The NetBSD dump seems to be more evolved than the FreeBSD
>version. I've partially merged the NetBSD changes into our
>dump, just enough so that the 'nodump' flag is handled 
>properly. I will merge the rest of the NetBSD changes as
>well if there is interest.

Some time ago, Søren suggested that the NetBSD dump has some
buffering to improve its speed.  I believe this would be a
worthwhile addition.

>I have some patches for the NetBSD folks as well and if 
>both parties accept them we can have a virtually identical 
>traverse.c on the two BSDs.

IMHO, avoiding gratuitous differences between the various
*BSDs is a good idea.

Peter


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