Date: Sat, 11 Dec 1999 13:00:52 -0500 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Agent Drek <drek@MonsterByMistake.Com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: softupdates... the sequel Message-ID: <19991211130052.I355@mojave.sitaranetworks.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.10.9912110237170.13517-100000@jazz.monsterbymistake.com>; from drek@MonsterByMistake.Com on Sat, Dec 11, 1999 at 02:41:56AM -0500 References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.9912110346420.56533-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <Pine.LNX.4.10.9912110237170.13517-100000@jazz.monsterbymistake.com>
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On Saturday, 11 December 1999 at 2:41:56 -0500, Agent Drek wrote: > On Sat, 11 Dec 1999, Jonathon McKitrick wrote: > >> Date: Sat, 11 Dec 1999 03:48:48 +0000 (GMT) >> From: Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> >> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >> Subject: softupdates... the sequel >> >> So, for an average joe running FreeBSD on a laptop with an UltraIDA drive >> (i guess that matters now ;-) does it make any sense to install >> softupdates? Or is it negligible? Or am i sacrificing reliability? >> >> Just so i don't look foolish, here is m guess: >> Yes, i will gain some performance >> No, i will not lose reliability >> >> Correct me if i'm wrong. ;-) > > from sys/ufs/ffs/README.softupdates : > > IMPORTANT NOTE: The Soft Updates code is currently in ALPHA test. > Use at your own risk! That comment has suffered bit rot and has now been removed. > I would like to know if I should run this code on a production > machine. I've been told that this message is probably just out of > date but ... It's out of date. However, we have seen some strange crashes with soft updates, and I'm not convinced that they're not due to soft updates. Having said that, I'm writing this message on my laptop with soft updates enabled. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html 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-questions" in the body of the message
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