Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 22:28:02 +0200 From: Kostik Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com> To: Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org> Cc: stable@freebsd.org, Eugene Grosbein <egrosbein@rdtc.ru> Subject: Re: Living on gmirror: need to reincarnate /etc/rc.early Message-ID: <20110125202802.GU2518@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua> In-Reply-To: <4D3F24BE.1070206@FreeBSD.org> References: <4D3E79D5.7050800@rdtc.ru> <4D3F24BE.1070206@FreeBSD.org>
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--OwXA+KufQS8ol7Xv Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 11:30:06AM -0800, Doug Barton wrote: > On 01/24/2011 23:20, Eugene Grosbein wrote: > >Hi! > > > >In RELENG_8, gmirror is good enough to keep whole HDD pair withing the= =20 > >mirror. > >Its performance, stability any pretty ease of maintainance allows > >to use it widely. > > > >With wide deployment of gmirror in production I've faced inability > >of RELENG_8 to store kernel crashdumps out-of-the-box. > >gmirror manual page documents a way to setup FreeBSD so that > >it would store crashdumps again but that way involves /etc/rc.early > >removed from RELENG_8. I've read about intentions - it was unsafe etc. > >But we still need working crashdump support. > > > >Easiest way is to reincarnate /etc/rc.d/early support making it better a= nd=20 > >safer > >and it should support gmirror's mechanics for crashdumps out-of-the-box. >=20 > I'll tell you the same thing I told Kostik way back when I removed it.=20 > This is the only thing that anyone has ever suggested a use for in=20 > /etc/rc.early, and the "solution" in the man page is a hack. :) >=20 > If this is something that is necessary to do then I'd prefer to do it=20 > properly and add an /etc/rc.d/gmirror that runs in the proper (early)=20 > position, and then figure out the proper location in rc.d to handle the= =20 > second half of the configuration. >=20 No, my use for rc.early is different. I use it to load modules before filesystems are mounted. > I'm happy to review patches. :) >=20 >=20 > Doug >=20 > --=20 >=20 > Nothin' ever doesn't change, but nothin' changes much. > -- OK Go >=20 > Breadth of IT experience, and depth of knowledge in the DNS. > Yours for the right price. :) http://SupersetSolutions.com/ >=20 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" --OwXA+KufQS8ol7Xv Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk0/MlIACgkQC3+MBN1Mb4hCIACggXMjAHkVh0oOGLCwGzKHghST XfUAn1XiWnZGPo5EZVZf1NoN9vXzg0Ty =BBTD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --OwXA+KufQS8ol7Xv--
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