From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 8 16:12:21 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1535916A4CE for ; Fri, 8 Oct 2004 16:12:21 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp002.bizmail.yahoo.com (smtp002.bizmail.yahoo.com [216.136.172.126]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DA36E43D2F for ; Fri, 8 Oct 2004 16:12:20 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from noackjr@alumni.rice.edu) Received: from unknown (HELO optimator.noacks.org) (noackjr@supercrime.org@70.240.240.189 with login) by smtp002.bizmail.yahoo.com with SMTP; 8 Oct 2004 16:12:20 -0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by optimator.noacks.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A9ABD6247; Fri, 8 Oct 2004 11:12:19 -0500 (CDT) Received: from optimator.noacks.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (optimator.noacks.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 78462-06-3; Fri, 8 Oct 2004 11:12:18 -0500 (CDT) Received: from www.noacks.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by optimator.noacks.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C2086220; Fri, 8 Oct 2004 11:12:18 -0500 (CDT) Received: from 69.53.57.66 (SquirrelMail authenticated user noackjr); by www.noacks.org with HTTP; Fri, 8 Oct 2004 11:12:18 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <30988.69.53.57.66.1097251938.squirrel@69.53.57.66> In-Reply-To: <200410081534.i98FYhiF031897@hugo10.ka.punkt.de> References: <24639.69.53.57.66.1097248169.squirrel@69.53.57.66> <200410081534.i98FYhiF031897@hugo10.ka.punkt.de> Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2004 11:12:18 -0500 (CDT) From: "Jon Noack" To: "Patrick M. Hausen" User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.3a X-Mailer: SquirrelMail/1.4.3a MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at noacks.org cc: "Patrick M. Hausen" cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Vinum problems in 5.3-BETA7? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: noackjr@alumni.rice.edu List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 08 Oct 2004 16:12:21 -0000 Patrick M. Hausen wrote: > Hi, Jon! > >>> Since geom_vinum wasn't in the earlier betas I expected it was >>> scheduled for after 5.3-RELEASE. I'm puzzled by the amount of >>> feature changes during the current beta process. Bind 9 is >>> another example. Shouldn't there be a feature freeze at the >>> first beta and only bug fixing until release? >> >> geom_vinum was added way back in June >> (http://www.xl0.org/FreeBSD/14-06-04.html#geom-supporting-vinum-added). >> Recently, it was reworked to fix some corruption issues and improve >> performance > > Ah - so I got that wrong, sorry. > I checked if it was vailable in the 5.3-BETAs by typing > > $ man geom_vinum > $ man gvinum > > Well, I thought it wasn't in the system since there was no man page. > There still isn't one in 5.3-BETA7 or did I get my installworld wrong? I don't see one here either, so it looks like we were both right ;-). It is intended to be a clone of vinum using geom, so I guess the vinum man page is still mostly applicable. I believe there are still a few features in vinum that haven't made it into geom_vinum, though. Jon