From owner-freebsd-doc Sun Jun 17 14: 0:16 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ACA3437B405 for ; Sun, 17 Jun 2001 14:00:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.11.3/8.11.3) id f5HL03a69057; Sun, 17 Jun 2001 14:00:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats) Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 14:00:03 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200106172100.f5HL03a69057@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Cc: From: Stefan `Sec` Zehl Subject: Re: docs/27599: md(4) manpage enhancement Reply-To: Stefan `Sec` Zehl Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR docs/27599; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Stefan `Sec` Zehl To: Dima Dorfman Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/27599: md(4) manpage enhancement Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 22:56:45 +0200 On Sat, Jun 16, 2001 at 03:52:52PM -0700, Dima Dorfman wrote: > Okay, I did misunderstand. But it still says what you want: > > The malloc(9) backed disks are severely limited in size by constraints > imposed by malloc(9). The limit imposed depends on the amount of physi- > cal RAM in the machine, and covers all malloc(9) backed instances of md > devices. > > but perhaps that could do with some elaboraton. How about this: > > The malloc(9) backed disks are severely limited in size by constraints > imposed by malloc(9). Specifically, only one malloc bucket s used, which > means that all md devices with malloc(9) backing must share the malloc > per-bucket quota. The exact size of this quota varies, in particuar with > the amount of RAM in the system. The exact value can be determined with > vmstat(8). Yes, that sounds much better, thanks. Maybe alter the last sentence to "The exact value can be determined from the 'Limit' column of vmstat(8)" But you don't have to. Your suggestion would be fine for me, too. CU, Sec -- I think the IDE issue is a good point. People with IDE hardware in their machines should be punished by making them wait to boot... -- terry@lambert.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message