From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 21 14:04:17 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E72B4106564A; Fri, 21 Jan 2011 14:04:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nwhitehorn@freebsd.org) Received: from adsum.doit.wisc.edu (adsum.doit.wisc.edu [144.92.197.210]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B8C318FC0A; Fri, 21 Jan 2011 14:04:17 +0000 (UTC) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed; delsp=yes Received: from avs-daemon.smtpauth1.wiscmail.wisc.edu by smtpauth1.wiscmail.wisc.edu (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.05 32bit (built Jul 30 2009)) id <0LFD00C0MLR4IY00@smtpauth1.wiscmail.wisc.edu>; Fri, 21 Jan 2011 08:04:16 -0600 (CST) Received: from [10.0.2.97] (adsl-76-208-68-88.dsl.mdsnwi.sbcglobal.net [76.208.68.88]) by smtpauth1.wiscmail.wisc.edu (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.05 32bit (built Jul 30 2009)) with ESMTPSA id <0LFD00KSALR0CB20@smtpauth1.wiscmail.wisc.edu>; Fri, 21 Jan 2011 08:04:14 -0600 (CST) Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2011 08:04:12 -0600 From: Nathan Whitehorn In-reply-to: <86lj2ebh9n.fsf@ds4.des.no> To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav?= Message-id: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.936) Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Report: AuthenticatedSender=yes, SenderIP=10.0.2.97 X-Spam-PmxInfo: Server=avs-14, Version=5.6.0.2009776, Antispam-Engine: 2.7.2.376379, Antispam-Data: 2011.1.21.135416, SenderIP=10.0.2.97 References: <4D20C8BF.701@freebsd.org> <20110102203548.000052e8@unknown> <4D20E28C.4090907@freebsd.org> <86lj2ebh9n.fsf@ds4.des.no> Cc: Bruce Cran , freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org, freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: BSDInstall: I want the bikeshed painted plaid X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2011 14:04:18 -0000 On Jan 21, 2011, at 5:58 AM, Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav wrote: > Nathan Whitehorn writes: >> That's a good point. I was planning on using libfetch's restart >> feature for this case. Do you think that would be unreliable? > > (old thread, but) > > libfetch does not have a restart feature, unless you mean the HTTP > byte-range stuff. The restart / mirror etc. stuff is implemented in > fetch(1). I did mean the byte range stuff (the URL offset argument). I took a =20 look at the fetch(1) source, and it seemed like its restart =20 implementation was just a very small amount of logic on top of this. -Nathan=