From owner-freebsd-current Mon Nov 8 10:17:55 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (critter.freebsd.dk [212.242.40.131]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A0BD1525D for ; Mon, 8 Nov 1999 10:17:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by critter.freebsd.dk (8.9.3/8.9.2) with ESMTP id TAA19717; Mon, 8 Nov 1999 19:16:54 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) To: Greg Lehey Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Please test Vinum with this (was: bdev patch looking for review & testers) In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 08 Nov 1999 13:12:31 EST." <19991108131231.58652@mojave.sitaranetworks.com> Date: Mon, 08 Nov 1999 19:16:53 +0100 Message-ID: <19715.942085013@critter.freebsd.dk> From: Poul-Henning Kamp Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message <19991108131231.58652@mojave.sitaranetworks.com>, Greg Lehey writes: >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. This patch is newer than the one I emailed out, and should be used for testing. Thanks in advance! -- Poul-Henning Kamp FreeBSD coreteam member phk@FreeBSD.ORG "Real hackers run -current on their laptop." FreeBSD -- It will take a long time before progress goes too far! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message