Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 13:49:23 +1100 From: Peter Jeremy <peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au> To: "Jeroen C. van Gelderen" <jeroen@vangelderen.org> Cc: arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: inheriting the "nodump" flag ? Message-ID: <20001212134923.O69646@gsmx07.alcatel.com.au> In-Reply-To: <3A3454DC.5A9E7FF1@vangelderen.org>; from jeroen@vangelderen.org on Mon, Dec 11, 2000 at 12:15:24AM -0400 References: <440.976476322@critter> <3A3454DC.5A9E7FF1@vangelderen.org>
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On 2000-Dec-11 00:15:24 -0400, "Jeroen C. van Gelderen" <jeroen@vangelderen.org> wrote: >The NetBSD dump seems to be more evolved than the FreeBSD >version. I've partially merged the NetBSD changes into our >dump, just enough so that the 'nodump' flag is handled >properly. I will merge the rest of the NetBSD changes as >well if there is interest. Some time ago, Søren suggested that the NetBSD dump has some buffering to improve its speed. I believe this would be a worthwhile addition. >I have some patches for the NetBSD folks as well and if >both parties accept them we can have a virtually identical >traverse.c on the two BSDs. IMHO, avoiding gratuitous differences between the various *BSDs is a good idea. Peter To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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