From owner-freebsd-current Fri Feb 13 17:28:59 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA27765 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Fri, 13 Feb 1998 17:28:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from picnic.mat.net (picnic.mat.net [206.246.122.117]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA27743 for ; Fri, 13 Feb 1998 17:28:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from chuckr@glue.umd.edu) Received: from localhost (chuckr@localhost) by picnic.mat.net (8.8.8/8.8.5) with SMTP id UAA25313; Fri, 13 Feb 1998 20:27:59 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 13 Feb 1998 20:27:59 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Robey X-Sender: chuckr@localhost To: Julian Elischer cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Working (apparently) soft-update code available. In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 13 Feb 1998, Julian Elischer wrote: > > look in: > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/incoming/softupdates4.tgz > > first extract the README and read it before extracting everything. > this should patch cleanly against last night's -current. Julian, is this safe for an SMP system? > > try a make world before and after.. > particularly, > make /var/tmp and/or /usr/obj use softupdates. > > for a real laugh, try timing deletion of a large directory hierarchy.. > > enjoy.. > > courtesy of: > Kirk Mckusick > John Dyson, > Whistle Communications. (Julian Terry and Archie) > > this at least should put an end to the > "ext2fs is faster" arguments, even if they are based on apple/oranges > comparisons. :-) > > > julian > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@glue.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and picnic, both FreeBSD (301) 220-2114 | version 3.0 current -- and great FUN! ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message