From owner-svn-src-all@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 22 21:57:03 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7909F1065670; Wed, 22 Sep 2010 21:57:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bruce@cran.org.uk) Received: from queueout02-winn.ispmail.ntl.com (queueout02-winn.ispmail.ntl.com [81.103.221.56]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 199768FC13; Wed, 22 Sep 2010 21:57:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from know-smtpout-4.server.virginmedia.net ([62.254.123.4]) by mtaout03-winn.ispmail.ntl.com (InterMail vM.7.08.04.00 201-2186-134-20080326) with ESMTP id <20100922212445.ZFKO3075.mtaout03-winn.ispmail.ntl.com@know-smtpout-4.server.virginmedia.net>; Wed, 22 Sep 2010 22:24:45 +0100 Received: from [86.31.87.130] (helo=unknown) by know-smtpout-4.server.virginmedia.net with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1OyWo1-0002NQ-80; Wed, 22 Sep 2010 22:24:45 +0100 Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 22:24:41 +0100 From: Bruce Cran To: Andriy Gapon Message-ID: <20100922222441.00002f27@unknown> In-Reply-To: <4C9A6EE6.5050301@freebsd.org> References: <201009211507.o8LF7iVv097676@svn.freebsd.org> <4C9A1602.4020204@freebsd.org> <1285169017.64197.29.camel@buffy.york.ac.uk> <201009221558.27393.jhb@freebsd.org> <4C9A6EE6.5050301@freebsd.org> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.6 (GTK+ 2.16.6; i586-pc-mingw32msvc) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Cloudmark-Analysis: v=1.1 cv=3ENABmdyEd/Fm7fR7+mZIuMDn6+IErAeEhlfWBImZFk= c=1 sm=0 a=eMkYoSNlslsA:10 a=kj9zAlcOel0A:10 a=6I5d2MoRAAAA:8 a=mLnWKSbTkEf9j1wKOzIA:9 a=y6gBx-ZuQ5kXiikVPmfYdMhZ_6IA:4 a=CjuIK1q_8ugA:10 a=SV7veod9ZcQA:10 a=HpAAvcLHHh0Zw7uRqdWCyQ==:117 Cc: svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, Gavin Atkinson , src-committers@freebsd.org, John Baldwin Subject: Re: svn commit: r212964 - head/sys/kern X-BeenThere: svn-src-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire src tree \(except for " user" and " projects" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 21:57:03 -0000 On Thu, 23 Sep 2010 00:02:30 +0300 Andriy Gapon wrote: > But what was the reason that dumpdev="AUTO" was reverted? > I remember that POLA was quoted at the time. > I am not sure what the astonishment actually was - perhaps 'AUTO' was > not smart enough and destroyed somebody's data? > The problem with "AUTO" is that it takes time to do the dump unless using textdumps; it also has the potential of failing and leaving the system unusable until someone resets it. I believe the argument was that for production servers you want the system to be up and running again as soon as possible after a crash. -- Bruce Cran