From owner-cvs-all Sat Jan 12 2:58:40 2002 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (freebie.xs4all.nl [213.84.32.253]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D735337B416; Sat, 12 Jan 2002 02:58:34 -0800 (PST) Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g0CAwVm39451; Sat, 12 Jan 2002 11:58:31 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wkb) Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2002 11:58:31 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte To: Sheldon Hearn Cc: Ian Dowse , cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/boot/alpha/boot1 sys.c Message-ID: <20020112115831.A39437@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <200201111614.g0BGEZg96426@freefall.freebsd.org> <92846.1010832598@axl.seasidesoftware.co.za> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <92846.1010832598@axl.seasidesoftware.co.za>; from sheldonh@starjuice.net on Sat, Jan 12, 2002 at 12:49:58PM +0200 X-OS: FreeBSD 4.5-PRERELEASE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org 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 Sat, Jan 12, 2002 at 12:49:58PM +0200, Sheldon Hearn wrote: > > > 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. I think that would be a good idea to do. We can than hold off building RC2 until this change is committed. Wilko -- | / o / /_ _ email: wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte Arnhem, the Netherlands To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message