Date: Thu, 11 Sep 1997 01:37:52 -0400 (EDT) From: spork <spork@super-g.com> To: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: mmap and INN Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970911013258.16743A-100000@super-g.inch.com>
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I've attached two messages I dug up out of the mail archives that seem to
contradict each other. Gary says mmap + INN is a good thing, and Mike
says it's a bad thing...
Who should I listen to? We're close to going live with a 2.2-stable news
machine, and I'm a bit confused about what INN optimizations to go with.
Thanks,
Charles
--> Gary
Subject: Re: INN 1.5.1 w/MMAP OK on FreeBSD-2.2?
From: gpalmer@webspan.net (Gary Palmer)
Date: 1997/04/01
Message-Id: <5hpuur$5q8@news.webspan.net>
Newsgroups: news.software.nntp,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
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In article <5havfd$hd@gosset.maths.tcd.ie>,
ajudge@maths.tcd.ie (Alan Judge) writes:
> I'm just about to install an INN-1.5.1 system on a FreeBSD server
> (running 2.2-RELEASE, soon to be 2.2.1-RELEASE). Does anyone know
> if the past problems with mmap on FreeBSD are now fixed? I'd like
> to know if I can safely set active and DBZ to use MMAP (and whether
> the various shared active patches for nnrpd will work).
-->MMAP is indeed fixed in 2.2. I've been running with -current (and
later the 2.2 branch after the branch was made) on my news server for
several months with no kernel problems (just drives dying).
Gary
--
Gary Palmer FreeBSD Core Team
Member
FreeBSD: Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for
info
---> Mike
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 1997 04:58:58 +0930 (CST)
From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
To: ksmm@cybercom.net
Cc: mrcpu@cdsnet.net, chat@FreeBSD.ORG, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: -current report. :) (moved to chat/questions)
The Classiest Man Alive stands accused of saying:
> Okay, see, now you've got me worried. What crashes? I convinced my IS
> manager to let me set up our news server with FreeBSD rather than NT.
I'm
> using 2.2.1, but I read that 2.2.2 fixes some problems with using an
> Adaptec 2940 under a heavy load, so I thought I'd upgrade to the latest
> release. And now you tell me this?
Lots of people are happy with 2.2-stable. I'd suggest bring it up in
test mode and run it for a few days under a test load and see how it
holds up. Make sure you're using inn as configured out of the ports
--> collection, particularly with the mmap stuff off.
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