Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2003 10:39:42 +0930 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/nfsclient bootp_subr.c nfs_diskless.c nfs_vfsops.c nfsdiskless.h Message-ID: <20030816010942.GC8274@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <200308151204.h7FC42rq050760@repoman.freebsd.org> References: <200308151204.h7FC42rq050760@repoman.freebsd.org>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
--DSayHWYpDlRfCAAQ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Friday, 15 August 2003 at 5:04:02 -0700, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > phk 2003/08/15 05:04:02 PDT > > FreeBSD src repository > > Modified files: > sys/nfsclient bootp_subr.c nfs_diskless.c nfs_vfsops.c > nfsdiskless.h > Log: > Remove the magic way of configuring NFS backed swap. > > This code dates back to the very first diskless support on FreeBSD, > back when swapon(8) couldn't simply be run on a NFS backed file. > > Suggested replacement command sequence on the client: > > dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile bs=1k count=1 oseek=100000 > swapon /swapfile > rm -f /swapfile > > For whatever value of 100000 you want. I'm confused. Why was this necessary? Which is the "magic" way? Is the rm -f /swapfile really necessary, or just a foot guard? Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers --DSayHWYpDlRfCAAQ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/PYRVIubykFB6QiMRAhQ8AJ4tosPwc5i57rbuqoQpz5pESIMgAACfckNa 27lOfhDDnEKTADcKwQWNNSc= =nKSQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --DSayHWYpDlRfCAAQ--
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20030816010942.GC8274>