Date: Sat, 9 Oct 1999 09:45:44 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/vm vm_swap.c Message-ID: <19991009094543.R78191@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <199910081910.MAA18645@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <199910081910.MAA18645@freefall.freebsd.org>
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On Friday, 8 October 1999 at 12:10:19 -0700, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > phk 1999/10/08 12:10:19 PDT > > Modified files: > sys/vm vm_swap.c > Log: > Fix a panic(8) implementation: > hexdump -C < /dev/drum > by simply refusing to do I/O from userland. > a panic. I'm not sure we even need /dev/drum anymore, it seems > to have been broken for a long time thi The commit message seems to be suffering from bit rot, too. I'm concerned about this change. It sounds like "if it's broke, stop using it" rather than a real fix. I can't think of a use for reading for swap, but that doesn't mean there isn't one. Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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