From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 25 00:18:19 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F048816A401 for ; Sat, 25 Mar 2006 00:18:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from mxout4.cac.washington.edu (mxout4.cac.washington.edu [140.142.33.19]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9ABAA43D46 for ; Sat, 25 Mar 2006 00:18:19 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from smtp.washington.edu (smtp.washington.edu [140.142.32.139]) by mxout4.cac.washington.edu (8.13.5+UW05.10/8.13.5+UW06.03) with ESMTP id k2P0IIdn026692 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Fri, 24 Mar 2006 16:18:18 -0800 X-Auth-Received: from [128.208.4.242] (nilakantha.cs.washington.edu [128.208.4.242]) (authenticated authid=youshi10) by smtp.washington.edu (8.13.5+UW05.10/8.13.5+UW06.03) with ESMTP id k2P0IHPn008195 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Fri, 24 Mar 2006 16:18:18 -0800 Message-ID: <44248C49.3040605@u.washington.edu> Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 16:18:17 -0800 From: Garrett Cooper User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 (Windows/20050716) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Leo R. Lundgren" References: <4424743A.6050206@finalresort.org> In-Reply-To: <4424743A.6050206@finalresort.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='__CT 0, __CTE 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0, __USER_AGENT 0' Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mdmfs -P X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2006 00:18:20 -0000 Leo R. Lundgren wrote: > Hey all, > > Some days ago I posted on the stable mailinglist, but haven't gotten a > response, so I'm trying my luck here instead. > > Looking at > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/sbin/mdmfs/mdmfs.c.diff?r1=1.25&r2=1.26 > , I see that we've finally gotten a -P option to mdmfs, enabling use > of mdmfs with a persistent vnode-backed file[system]. > > The patch has only been implemented in current, though, as far as I > understand. My question is simple; Is this going to be put in stable? > > I'm less skilled at coding, but it looks to me as if this new option > wouldn't possibly break anything in use today. Is there any way/-where > we can say pleease, and get this patch put in stable too? I'm sure I'm > not the only one with a great need for it. > > I really hope it's possible :) > > Please send replies directly to my address since I'm not subscribed to > this one of the lists. Thank you! > > // Leo Have you tried emailing this question to freebsd-current@freebsd.org or another mailing list about this? -Garrett