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Date:      Wed, 24 Sep 1997 12:33:06 +0530
From:      A Joseph Koshy <koshy@india.hp.com>
To:        Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>
Cc:        freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Known problems with async ufs? 
Message-ID:  <199709240707.AAA12771@palrel1.hp.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 24 Sep 1997 05:26:32 GMT." <199709240526.WAA02832@usr07.primenet.com> 

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>>>> "Terry Lambert" <tlambert@primenet.com> writes

> Other ways of making the same ordering guarantees are delayed ordered

I read (over a year back) that soft updates were being worked on by
Keith Bostic(?).  Anyone have any idea of further progress on this?

> which doesn't have a serial port), then it's much safer to run async;
> of course, you are still screwed if your power supply fails, and you
> aren't in the Soft Updates or NVRAM cases.

This doesn't offer protection from OS crashes though, so you are still
exposed to some degree of risk.

Koshy
<koshy@india.hp.com>			My Personal Opinions Only.



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