From owner-freebsd-current Fri Feb 13 17:40:25 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA29594 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Fri, 13 Feb 1998 17:40:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from alpo.whistle.com (alpo.whistle.com [207.76.204.38]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA29588 for ; Fri, 13 Feb 1998 17:40:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from julian@whistle.com) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by alpo.whistle.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id RAA07233; Fri, 13 Feb 1998 17:35:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from UNKNOWN(), claiming to be "current1.whistle.com" via SMTP by alpo.whistle.com, id smtpd007228; Fri Feb 13 17:35:20 1998 Date: Fri, 13 Feb 1998 17:31:32 -0800 (PST) From: Julian Elischer To: Chuck Robey 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 John Dyson has tested on one but I think you should be careful (use it on an expendable partition.) On Fri, 13 Feb 1998, Chuck Robey wrote: > 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