Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2017 14:40:21 +0100 From: RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> To: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Question on Amavis and ramdisk Message-ID: <20170821144021.79d11c43@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <0f8b812d-8db5-ab56-89fd-2fccbffc4e1f@digiware.nl> References: <0f8b812d-8db5-ab56-89fd-2fccbffc4e1f@digiware.nl>
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On Mon, 21 Aug 2017 14:47:43 +0200 Willem Jan Withagen wrote: > Hi, > > In the amavis rc.d file is noted: > "========================================================" > "WARNING: using ramdisk is reported to be unstable and" > "thus it is highly recommended to be turned off." > "========================================================" > > And this warning seems there since 2012.... Actually it came in with revision 228889 in 2009. The script at that point didn't allow for tmpfs and only checks for an existing md device before creating a malloc md device (i.e. in unswapable wired kernel memory). IIRC there used to be a warning about this kind of md device being able to cause crashes.
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