Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 01:15:44 +0200 From: Bernd Walter <ticso@cicely12.cicely.de> To: Dmitry Morozovsky <marck@rinet.ru> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mfs/mdconfig under RELENG_5: malloc vs swap-backed Message-ID: <20050729231544.GX26656@cicely12.cicely.de> In-Reply-To: <20050729211719.C95340@woozle.rinet.ru> References: <20050729211719.C95340@woozle.rinet.ru>
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On Fri, Jul 29, 2005 at 09:41:24PM +0400, Dmitry Morozovsky wrote: > Dear colleagues, > > can anyone please point me why mdconfig method for tmpmfs > is malloc-backed instead of swap-backed, and it is hardcoded into rc.subr? > > Are swap-backed file systems so inefficient? If no, why not move -M to > /etc/defaultc/rc.conf so admin can override this behaviour? Diskless systems may not have swap - the default is required as is. Don't know about beeing hardcoded. -- B.Walter BWCT http://www.bwct.de bernd@bwct.de info@bwct.de
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