Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2011 20:50:08 -0500 From: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> To: Gavin Atkinson <gavin@FreeBSD.org> Cc: svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org, svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r219667 - head/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/partedit Message-ID: <4D840BD0.4030306@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <1300211430.87705.34.camel@buffy.york.ac.uk> References: <201103151327.p2FDRZPK044315@svn.freebsd.org> <1300198773.87705.25.camel@buffy.york.ac.uk> <4D7FA14C.8040205@freebsd.org> <1300211430.87705.34.camel@buffy.york.ac.uk>
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On 03/15/11 12:50, Gavin Atkinson wrote: > On Tue, 2011-03-15 at 12:26 -0500, Nathan Whitehorn wrote: >> On 03/15/11 09:19, Gavin Atkinson wrote: >>> On Tue, 2011-03-15 at 13:27 +0000, Nathan Whitehorn wrote: >>>> Author: nwhitehorn >>>> Date: Tue Mar 15 13:27:34 2011 >>>> New Revision: 219667 >>>> URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/219667 >>>> >>>> Log: >>>> Turn on softupdates by default. We need a UI to set filesystem >>>> parameters. >>>> >>>> Modified: >>>> head/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/partedit/gpart_ops.c >>> This would appear to still be a change from the previous behaviour, >>> where softupdates were enabled by default for any filesystem except for >>> the root filesystem. >> It is -- and this needs to become settable. Bear in mind, however, that >> the default partition layout is also different. If you select the auto >> option, only one file system is made, so there are no non-root file systems. > Hrm, I hadn't realised this was the case. If this change is intentional > and planned to remain, I guess the various bits of documentation that > say "several partitions good, one bad" should be updated... It is intended. I think it makes things somewhat easier for the virtualization case, and I know a lot of people have been running their systems with "one-big-/" for years. If it is harmful for some reason, however, it's easy to change. >>> I wonder if it is time to start enabling SU+J on non-root filesystems >>> now? >> That's certainly something to think about, although I'll defer whether >> that is wise to others. It's a little bit of a pain on the >> implementation side, since you can't turn it on from newfs, but that >> isn't a serious obstacle. > As of r218726, you can now set this from newfs. (-j) Ah, wonderful. The decision of whether that is a good idea still rests with others, however :) -nathan
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