Date: Sun, 02 Dec 2001 09:57:37 -0800 From: Jordan Hubbard <jkh@winston.freebsd.org> To: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Enabling Softupdates in default install on -CURRENT Message-ID: <11356.1007315857@winston.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: Message from Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.ORG> of "Sat, 01 Dec 2001 23:27:30 EST." <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1011201232300.4004I-100000@fledge.watson.org>
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Sounds reasonable to me. I think it's been well-tested enough by now. > I'm beginning to wonder if it isn't time to switch sysinstall to start > configuring softupdates "by default" for file systems at install-time. We > currently allow it to be selected, but don't enable it by default. I > would propose it be turned on by default for all non-root file systems, or > some other similar rule (file systems <64MB, ..). Given that this is the > primary recommendation made for system performance tuning, and not only > addresses performance but improved reliability, it seems to me that this > would be a sensible change to introduce at some useful breaking point, and > 5.0 provides a good opportunity to do that. > > Any objections? > > Robert N M Watson FreeBSD Core Team, TrustedBSD Project > robert@fledge.watson.org NAI Labs, Safeport Network Services > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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