Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1998 23:11:52 +0200 From: Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>, Kevin Street <street@iname.com> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Softupdates panics Message-ID: <19980927231152.21543@follo.net> In-Reply-To: <199809271957.MAA27397@usr05.primenet.com>; from Terry Lambert on Sun, Sep 27, 1998 at 07:57:05PM %2B0000 References: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9809260144460.9118-100000@kstreet.interlog.com> <199809271957.MAA27397@usr05.primenet.com>
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On Sun, Sep 27, 1998 at 07:57:05PM +0000, Terry Lambert wrote: > > Here for your enjoyment are two softupdates panics. These are the first > > I've seen after months of softupdates use. They came shortly after I > > added `noatime' to two of my heavily used softupdates slices in > > /etc/fstab, but I have been in the habit of dynamically updating the > > mounts with noatime before make worlds with no problems. These happened > > in the middle of large port compiles. I've taken the noatime out of > > fstab and have survived a couple of passes through the same port build. > > > Do *NOT* use "noatime" in combination with soft updates! > > The dependencies for "noatime" are not switchable, and by enabling > it, you are breaking the dependency graph into seperate pieces! > > The bug here is that it didn't ignore your request for "noatime". Return error. noatime request a particular behaviour for the mount; ignoring that request on the assumption that people only do it for speed is IMO totally bogus. Eivind. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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