Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 20:01:35 -0400 (EDT) From: Luoqi Chen <luoqi@watermarkgroup.com> To: julian@whistle.com, sepotvin@videotron.ca Cc: bde@godzilla.zeta.org.au, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: softupdates Message-ID: <199805220001.UAA22115@lor.watermarkgroup.com>
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> Stephane E. Potvin wrote: > > > > Pentium 166, 32M Ram > > /dev/wd0s1a on / (local, writes: sync 89 async 2006) > > /dev/wd1s1e on /mnt/.1 (local, writes: sync 79294 async 39196) > > /dev/wd2s1e on /mnt/.2 (local, writes: sync 2 async 6044) > > /dev/wd0s1f on /usr (local, writes: sync 902564 async 323422) > > /dev/wd0s1e on /var (local, writes: sync 366 async 1934) > > procfs on /proc (local) > > wdc0: unit 0 (wd0): <IBM-DJAA-31700>, 32-bit, multi-block-16 > > wd0: 1628MB (3334464 sectors), 3308 cyls, 16 heads, 63 S/T, 512 B/S > > wdc0: unit 1 (wd1): <QUANTUM FIREBALL1280A>, 32-bit, multi-block-8 > > wd1: 1222MB (2503872 sectors), 2484 cyls, 16 heads, 63 S/T, 512 B/S > > wdc1: unit 0 (wd2): <IBM-DJAA-31700>, 32-bit, multi-block-16 > > wd2: 1628MB (3334464 sectors), 3308 cyls, 16 heads, 63 S/T, 512 B/S > > > > When enabling Softupdates on /usr, /mnt/.1, /mnt/.2 and /var I'm able to > > do as many buildworlds as I want but when I try to do a make release my > > systems reboots usually before finishing the checkout of the source > > tree. I was not able to get a dump because I had devfs enabled at the > > time and it doesn't support yet dump devices (sic) > > you haven't been paying attention.. > it has now for a couple of weeks.. > :-) It is not working any more, part of the commit was backed out. I made a mistake calling ioctl on unopened devices, there had been a discussion on cvs-sys. The correct way would be remove swap partition check and (as suggested by Julian) change d_psize() in bdevsw to return -1 for non-swap partitions. In fact, d_psize() for ccd already does this. -lq To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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