From owner-cvs-all Sat Jan 12 2:47:52 2002 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from axl.seasidesoftware.co.za (axl.seasidesoftware.co.za [196.31.7.201]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 741A637B41C; Sat, 12 Jan 2002 02:47:45 -0800 (PST) Received: from sheldonh (helo=axl.seasidesoftware.co.za) by axl.seasidesoftware.co.za with local-esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 16PLjb-000O9X-00; Sat, 12 Jan 2002 12:49:59 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn To: Ian Dowse Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/boot/alpha/boot1 sys.c In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 11 Jan 2002 08:14:35 PST." <200201111614.g0BGEZg96426@freefall.freebsd.org> Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2002 12:49:58 +0200 Message-ID: <92846.1010832598@axl.seasidesoftware.co.za> Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 11 Jan 2002 08:14:35 PST, Ian Dowse wrote: > Modified files: > sys/boot/alpha/boot1 sys.c > Log: > Make the alpha boot1 work on filesystems that have a block size > larger than 8k. We now use 4k buffers regardless of the filesystem > block size, so there is no longer a static limit. > > Simply increasing the buffer size from 8k to 16k as done on the > i386 doesn't work on the alpha, probably because it causes us > to overshoot boot1's 48k runtime memory limit. Excellent! This means I can reinstate the new fs block/frag size defaults in sysinstall on the Alpha, yes? :) If so, I already have permission from the release engineering team. Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message