From owner-freebsd-current Mon Nov 8 10:12:52 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mojave.sitaranetworks.com (mojave.sitaranetworks.com [199.103.141.157]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 792781525D; Mon, 8 Nov 1999 10:12:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@mojave.sitaranetworks.com) Message-ID: <19991108131231.58652@mojave.sitaranetworks.com> Date: Mon, 8 Nov 1999 13:12:31 -0500 From: Greg Lehey To: Poul-Henning Kamp , current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Please test Vinum with this (was: bdev patch looking for review & testers) Reply-To: Greg Lehey References: <14629.941989932@critter.freebsd.dk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <14629.941989932@critter.freebsd.dk>; from Poul-Henning Kamp on Sun, Nov 07, 1999 at 04:52:12PM +0100 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sunday, 7 November 1999 at 16:52:12 +0100, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > > The main thing in this patch is to make bdevs use the same (ie: normal) > vnode locking as character devices. > > Secondary effects are general cleanup in spec_vnops.c > > You should see no operational changes by applying this patch, if you > do, please report them to me. Poul-Henning asked me to test this with Vinum, but I currently don't have access to a Vinum box. If somebody else would test it, both Poul-Henning and I would be grateful. Let both of us know if you have any problems. The patches are at http://phk.freebsd.dk/bdev/x.d. Greg -- Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message