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Date:      Sat, 12 Jan 2002 12:49:58 +0200
From:      Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@starjuice.net>
To:        Ian Dowse <iedowse@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/boot/alpha/boot1 sys.c 
Message-ID:  <92846.1010832598@axl.seasidesoftware.co.za>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 11 Jan 2002 08:14:35 PST." <200201111614.g0BGEZg96426@freefall.freebsd.org> 

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On Fri, 11 Jan 2002 08:14:35 PST, Ian Dowse wrote:

>   Modified files:
>     sys/boot/alpha/boot1 sys.c 
>   Log:
>   Make the alpha boot1 work on filesystems that have a block size
>   larger than 8k. We now use 4k buffers regardless of the filesystem
>   block size, so there is no longer a static limit.
>   
>   Simply increasing the buffer size from 8k to 16k as done on the
>   i386 doesn't work on the alpha, probably because it causes us
>   to overshoot boot1's 48k runtime memory limit.

Excellent!  This means I can reinstate the new fs block/frag size
defaults in sysinstall on the Alpha, yes? :)

If so, I already have permission from the release engineering team.

Ciao,
Sheldon.

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