From owner-svn-src-head@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 19 01:50:12 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 15DEB106564A; Sat, 19 Mar 2011 01:50:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nwhitehorn@freebsd.org) Received: from adsum.doit.wisc.edu (adsum.doit.wisc.edu [144.92.197.210]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB3608FC13; Sat, 19 Mar 2011 01:50:11 +0000 (UTC) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; format=flowed Received: from avs-daemon.smtpauth1.wiscmail.wisc.edu by smtpauth1.wiscmail.wisc.edu (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.05 32bit (built Jul 30 2009)) id <0LIA00C007RMX500@smtpauth1.wiscmail.wisc.edu>; Fri, 18 Mar 2011 20:50:10 -0500 (CDT) Received: from comporellon.tachypleus.net ([unknown] [76.210.65.155]) by smtpauth1.wiscmail.wisc.edu (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.05 32bit (built Jul 30 2009)) with ESMTPSA id <0LIA001R97RKB010@smtpauth1.wiscmail.wisc.edu>; Fri, 18 Mar 2011 20:50:10 -0500 (CDT) Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2011 20:50:08 -0500 From: Nathan Whitehorn In-reply-to: <1300211430.87705.34.camel@buffy.york.ac.uk> To: Gavin Atkinson Message-id: <4D840BD0.4030306@freebsd.org> X-Spam-Report: AuthenticatedSender=yes, SenderIP=76.210.65.155 X-Spam-PmxInfo: Server=avs-11, Version=5.6.0.2009776, Antispam-Engine: 2.7.2.376379, Antispam-Data: 2011.3.19.13921, SenderIP=76.210.65.155 References: <201103151327.p2FDRZPK044315@svn.freebsd.org> <1300198773.87705.25.camel@buffy.york.ac.uk> <4D7FA14C.8040205@freebsd.org> <1300211430.87705.34.camel@buffy.york.ac.uk> User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD amd64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.15) Gecko/20110305 Thunderbird/3.1.9 Cc: svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org, svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r219667 - head/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/partedit X-BeenThere: svn-src-head@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the src tree for head/-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2011 01:50:12 -0000 On 03/15/11 12:50, Gavin Atkinson wrote: > On Tue, 2011-03-15 at 12:26 -0500, Nathan Whitehorn wrote: >> On 03/15/11 09:19, Gavin Atkinson wrote: >>> On Tue, 2011-03-15 at 13:27 +0000, Nathan Whitehorn wrote: >>>> Author: nwhitehorn >>>> Date: Tue Mar 15 13:27:34 2011 >>>> New Revision: 219667 >>>> URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/219667 >>>> >>>> Log: >>>> Turn on softupdates by default. We need a UI to set filesystem >>>> parameters. >>>> >>>> Modified: >>>> head/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/partedit/gpart_ops.c >>> This would appear to still be a change from the previous behaviour, >>> where softupdates were enabled by default for any filesystem except for >>> the root filesystem. >> It is -- and this needs to become settable. Bear in mind, however, that >> the default partition layout is also different. If you select the auto >> option, only one file system is made, so there are no non-root file systems. > Hrm, I hadn't realised this was the case. If this change is intentional > and planned to remain, I guess the various bits of documentation that > say "several partitions good, one bad" should be updated... It is intended. I think it makes things somewhat easier for the virtualization case, and I know a lot of people have been running their systems with "one-big-/" for years. If it is harmful for some reason, however, it's easy to change. >>> I wonder if it is time to start enabling SU+J on non-root filesystems >>> now? >> That's certainly something to think about, although I'll defer whether >> that is wise to others. It's a little bit of a pain on the >> implementation side, since you can't turn it on from newfs, but that >> isn't a serious obstacle. > As of r218726, you can now set this from newfs. (-j) Ah, wonderful. The decision of whether that is a good idea still rests with others, however :) -nathan