From owner-freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Mon Aug 21 13:40:29 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 87698DDC2F4 for ; Mon, 21 Aug 2017 13:40:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rwmaillists@googlemail.com) Received: from mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (mailman.ysv.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::50:5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 64120700E2 for ; Mon, 21 Aug 2017 13:40:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rwmaillists@googlemail.com) Received: by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) id 5FEA7DDC2F3; Mon, 21 Aug 2017 13:40:29 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: ports@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F413DDC2F2 for ; Mon, 21 Aug 2017 13:40:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rwmaillists@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-wr0-x243.google.com (mail-wr0-x243.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c0c::243]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E8874700E1 for ; Mon, 21 Aug 2017 13:40:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rwmaillists@googlemail.com) Received: by mail-wr0-x243.google.com with SMTP id p8so15076971wrf.2 for ; Mon, 21 Aug 2017 06:40:28 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to :references:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=p5urECIdeBPv46v5KXnCYvPkzohONsVRIRZT60ZQE04=; b=gDsffUGCEuFM1r853FalN3kcxehXKUJhNkqZMG1E85PDqNnkFqhmKVlzkiu+OEaiv6 RyrODVlLFHQH22rc5I4bCKD9IdumO5YZLvthdPrBHnLAR93pjFA8JWBm8QRhyuVXo56C 5Mg+zRQ7Lpe94ZXuKdYt+80QPXimXkXyYKZk323lnv2ZStOhYcoInNvST3BUuccRmhUi QJWXgLoVHKQJvZBtFcTecG2vJTkDLUBkB5GC3rh5PiwMrfTq1cSLcNQdql1W5a1cO6eZ 2/r7MzdUFzYpOJnIQFBwOFK9rVRrMPjD8ZydkN3n7kESx0AfLEXWV7B1wMUWjOLpSeWL ATmw== X-Gm-Message-State: AHYfb5hd7siYM5N3Wi1OghArTztmTXJDXEvCGA2tz69jnJWbMvBfyJyq Qp/wxUkv0LNQxEpM X-Received: by 10.223.130.163 with SMTP id 32mr5009709wrc.225.1503322826682; Mon, 21 Aug 2017 06:40:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gumby.homeunix.com ([81.17.24.158]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id n11sm703766wrg.80.2017.08.21.06.40.24 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Mon, 21 Aug 2017 06:40:25 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2017 14:40:21 +0100 From: RW 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> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.15.0 (GTK+ 2.24.31; amd64-portbld-freebsd10.3) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2017 13:40:29 -0000 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.