From owner-freebsd-current Mon Mar 12 11:24:47 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from dragon.nuxi.com (trang.nuxi.com [209.152.133.57]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C38937B719 for ; Mon, 12 Mar 2001 11:24:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from obrien@NUXI.com) Received: (from obrien@localhost) by dragon.nuxi.com (8.11.3/8.11.1) id f2CJOgA21754 for current@FreeBSD.ORG; Mon, 12 Mar 2001 11:24:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from obrien) Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 11:24:42 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" To: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: swap-backed md-based /tmp to replace mfs-based one Message-ID: <20010312112442.C21123@dragon.nuxi.com> Reply-To: current@FreeBSD.ORG References: <200103112331.f2BNVxO62037@bunrab.catwhisker.org> <3AACE763.D2037119@newsguy.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <3AACE763.D2037119@newsguy.com>; from dcs@newsguy.com on Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 12:12:35AM +0900 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT Organization: The NUXI BSD group X-Pgp-Rsa-Fingerprint: B7 4D 3E E9 11 39 5F A3 90 76 5D 69 58 D9 98 7A X-Pgp-Rsa-Keyid: 1024/34F9F9D5 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 12:12:35AM +0900, Daniel C. Sobral wrote: > A while ago someone suggested a /etc/md.conf and an mdon(1) similar to > swapon(1). Putting it in terms of this analogy make this approach sound quite reasonable. > This solution is much more flexible than simple /tmp fs on md devices, > seems more appropriate (and scalable) than poluting rc.conf(5) with a > host of new options, As long as someone that is familiar with all the "cool" and more esoteric uses of `md' was consulted to ensure the framework is sufficiently capable. > and avoids the mount_mdfs criticism leveled by phk > that md is not an fs (which is true enough). If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, quacks like a duck, .... -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org) GNU is Not Unix / Linux Is Not UniX To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message