Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2013 19:52:14 -0800 From: John-Mark Gurney <jmg@funkthat.com> To: Edward Tomasz Napiera?a <trasz@FreeBSD.org> Cc: svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org, svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org, Mateusz Guzik <mjguzik@gmail.com>, src-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r258909 - in head: sbin/mdconfig sys/dev/md sys/sys Message-ID: <20131205035214.GW55638@funkthat.com> In-Reply-To: <20131205035144.GV55638@funkthat.com> References: <201312040738.rB47cOsV009261@svn.freebsd.org> <20131204075436.GA15763@dft-labs.eu> <61CD2D35-BEAD-4826-AA10-78F3EACEB2CC@FreeBSD.org> <20131205035144.GV55638@funkthat.com>
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John-Mark Gurney wrote this message on Wed, Dec 04, 2013 at 19:51 -0800: > Edward Tomasz Napiera?a wrote this message on Wed, Dec 04, 2013 at 10:43 +0100: > > Wiadomo?? napisana przez Mateusz Guzik w dniu 4 gru 2013, o godz. 08:54: > > > On Wed, Dec 04, 2013 at 07:38:24AM +0000, Edward Tomasz Napierala wrote: > > >> Author: trasz > > >> Date: Wed Dec 4 07:38:23 2013 > > >> New Revision: 258909 > > >> URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/258909 > > >> > > >> Log: > > >> Add "null" backend to mdconfig(8). This does exactly what the name > > >> suggests, and is somewhat useful for benchmarking. > > >> > > > > > > There is already a 'geom zero' module which I believe provides > > > equivalent functionality. > > > > Oh, the joys of software without manual pages. Still, I'm leaning toward > > There isn't even a gzero command either... One of the problems of > something so simple.. > > > leaving this in, in case someone needs more than one instance, or a particular > > size. > > gzero+gnop would get you the specific size you want... Though gnop doesn't > provide a way to name the output different, so you'd be limited to only > one instance... P.S. If someone writes one, I'll make sure it gets committed... -- John-Mark Gurney Voice: +1 415 225 5579 "All that I will do, has been done, All that I have, has not."
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