From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 26 14:05:21 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A66C616A4CF for ; Wed, 26 May 2004 14:05:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp-out1.xs4all.nl (smtp-out1.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.11]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ECF1D43D1D for ; Wed, 26 May 2004 14:05:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (freebie.xs4all.nl [213.84.32.253]) by smtp-out1.xs4all.nl (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i4QKTacv024693; Wed, 26 May 2004 22:29:36 +0200 (CEST) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.12.11/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i4QKSnhX037178; Wed, 26 May 2004 22:28:49 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id i4QKSncx037177; Wed, 26 May 2004 22:28:49 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wkb) Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 22:28:49 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte To: Ivan Voras Message-ID: <20040526202849.GA37162@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <40B4ECC8.50808@fer.hr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <40B4ECC8.50808@fer.hr> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-OS: FreeBSD 4.10-PRERELEASE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Softupdates a mount option? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 21:05:21 -0000 On Wed, May 26, 2004 at 09:15:20PM +0200, Ivan Voras wrote: > This has been really nagging me for a long time: Why aren't softupdates > made a mount option (like 'sync' and 'async')? Do I remember correctly > that it is done so in NetBSD (where it's called softdeps), so it's doable? Its been discussed before, so I suggest to search the mailing list archives (I really don't remember all the arguments used btw ;) -- Wilko Bulte wilko@FreeBSD.org