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Date:      Thu, 17 Aug 2006 21:01:38 +0200
From:      Ulrich Spoerlein <uspoerlein@gmail.com>
To:        Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.org, Craig Boston <craig@xfoil.gank.org>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-geom@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: GJournal (hopefully) final patches.
Message-ID:  <20060817190138.GB1091@roadrunner.aventurien.local>
In-Reply-To: <20060810192841.GA1345@garage.freebsd.pl>
References:  <20060808195202.GA1564@garage.freebsd.pl> <20060810184702.GA8567@nowhere> <20060810192841.GA1345@garage.freebsd.pl>

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Pawel Jakub Dawidek wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 10, 2006 at 01:47:23PM -0500, Craig Boston wrote:
> I prefer to put gjournal on the top, because it gives consistency to
> layers below it. For example I can use geli with bigger sector size
> (sector size greater than disk sector size in encryption-only-mode can
> be unreliable on power failures, which is not the case when gjournal is
> above geli), I can turn off synchronization of gmirror/graid3 after a
> power failure, etc.

I have been bitten by the bigger sector size + kernel crash, and it is
not funny. Could you *please* add a note to the geli and/or gjournal
manpages describing the various possibilities and their
advantages/drawbacks? Thanks.

Ulrich Spoerlein
-- 
A: Yes.
>Q: Are you sure?
> >A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
> >>Q: Why is top posting frowned upon?



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