From owner-cvs-all Fri Oct 8 17:16: 0 1999 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4170014C06; Fri, 8 Oct 1999 17:15:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.3/8.9.0) id JAA08409; Sat, 9 Oct 1999 09:45:44 +0930 (CST) Date: Sat, 9 Oct 1999 09:45:44 +0930 From: Greg Lehey To: Poul-Henning Kamp Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/vm vm_swap.c Message-ID: <19991009094543.R78191@freebie.lemis.com> References: <199910081910.MAA18645@freefall.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre2i In-Reply-To: <199910081910.MAA18645@freefall.freebsd.org> WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog X-PGP-Fingerprint: 6B 7B C3 8C 61 CD 54 AF 13 24 52 F8 6D A4 95 EF Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk On Friday, 8 October 1999 at 12:10:19 -0700, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > phk 1999/10/08 12:10:19 PDT > > Modified files: > sys/vm vm_swap.c > Log: > Fix a panic(8) implementation: > hexdump -C < /dev/drum > by simply refusing to do I/O from userland. > a panic. I'm not sure we even need /dev/drum anymore, it seems > to have been broken for a long time thi The commit message seems to be suffering from bit rot, too. I'm concerned about this change. It sounds like "if it's broke, stop using it" rather than a real fix. I can't think of a use for reading for swap, but that doesn't mean there isn't one. Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message