Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 03:10:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/26579: FAQ inconsistency regarding allocating swap with vnconfig Message-ID: <200104181010.f3IAA3548678@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR docs/26579; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org>
To: grady@xcf.berkeley.edu
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org, jkh@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: docs/26579: FAQ inconsistency regarding allocating swap with vnconfig
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 11:06:56 +0100
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Jordan,
On Sat, Apr 14, 2001 at 11:39:58AM -0700, Steven Grady wrote:
> >Synopsis: FAQ inconsistency regarding allocating swap with vnconfig
>=20
> >Description:
>=20
> According to the FAQ, to swap immediately, you invoke:
> vnconfig -ce /dev/vn0c /usr/swap0 swap
> But /etc/rc does the following:
> vnconfig /dev/vn0b $swapfile && swapon /dev/vn0b
>=20
> I'm not sure whether it matters whether you swap on vn0b or
> vn0c, but it would cause less confusion if the two were
> consistent.
>=20
> (I checked with jkh, who said:
> Not sure it always matters, but "vn0b" is certainly
> more "correct."
> )
You added the code to /etc/rc to do this, rev 1.96. Do you recall why
you did "vnconfig ... && swapon ..." instead of using the "swap" option
to vnconfig?
I think it's probably better to bring /etc/rc in to line with the
documentation, rather than the other way around (but continuing to use
vn0b instead of vn0c. This would make the line
vnconfig -ce /dev/vn0b $swapfile swap
in /etc/rc.
Thoughts? This is something that can be postponed until after 4.3.
N
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