Date: Sun, 21 May 2006 21:46:15 -0700 From: Wes Peters <wes@opensail.org> To: Florent Thoumie <flz@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/share/man/man5 rc.conf.5 src/etc rc.subr src/etc/rc.d Makefile mdconfig mdconfig2 Message-ID: <A01595E5-D61C-4217-8082-6EE8EEADD0D7@opensail.org> In-Reply-To: <200605181529.k4IFTRFu074293@repoman.freebsd.org> References: <200605181529.k4IFTRFu074293@repoman.freebsd.org>
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On May 18, 2006, at 8:29 AM, Florent Thoumie wrote:
> flz 2006-05-18 15:29:27 UTC
>
> FreeBSD src repository
>
> Modified files:
> share/man/man5 rc.conf.5
> etc rc.subr
> etc/rc.d Makefile
> Added files:
> etc/rc.d mdconfig mdconfig2
> Log:
> Add two new scripts (mdconfig/mdconfig2) to replace old ramdisk{,-
> own}
> scripts. These scripts handle vnode backed md(4) devices.
>
> Old ramdisk{,-own} scripts will stay a bit in CVS to allow some
> time for
> migration since variable names have changed (ramdisk_* ->
> mdconfig_*).
>
> Two new variables have been introduced to be able to populate the
> md(4)
> device once it has been mounted (mdconfig_*_files and
> mdconfig_*_cmd).
>
> Use should be as easy as:
>
> mdconfig_md0="-t malloc -s 10m"
> mdconfig_md1="-t vnode -f /var/foo.img"
>
> See rc.conf(5) for more information and description of the
> additional
> variables.
Mmm, much better, thanks for cleaning this up. I was never
particularly happy
with the original. Please do remove the originals, at least in
CURRENT, as
soon as everyone has had a few weeks to convert.
--
Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?
Wes Peters
wes@softweyr.com
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