Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2002 13:50:04 -0800 (PST) From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@starjuice.net> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/33941: /usr/sbin/dev_mkdb dumps core Message-ID: <200201172150.g0HLo4a91357@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/33941; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@starjuice.net> To: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> Cc: Ryan Dooley <dooleyr@missouri.edu>, bug-followup@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bin/33941: /usr/sbin/dev_mkdb dumps core Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2002 23:48:43 +0200 On Thu, 17 Jan 2002 13:41:53 PST, Matthew Dillon wrote: > It should work fine as long as the filesystem frag ratio is 8:1. The > buffer cache is optimized for 16384 byte buffers and can become > fragmented if larger block sizes are used, leading to inefficient > operation, but should have no other adverse effects. Okay, so there are no nasty surprises beyond what's already documented in newfs(8) and tuning(7). Sorry for the false alarm, Ryan. Back to the drawing board on trying to find your problem. It'd be interesting to see whether the problematic box makes it through a buildworld without any problems. Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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