From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 3 07:36:51 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: current@freebsd.org 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 42A2816A41C; Fri, 3 Jun 2005 07:36:51 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from Alexander@Leidinger.net) Received: from mailout04.sul.t-online.com (mailout04.sul.t-online.com [194.25.134.18]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C044343D4C; Fri, 3 Jun 2005 07:36:50 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from Alexander@Leidinger.net) Received: from fwd20.aul.t-online.de by mailout04.sul.t-online.com with smtp id 1De6jY-0003f9-05; Fri, 03 Jun 2005 09:36:48 +0200 Received: from Andro-Beta.Leidinger.net (XBT-zeZb8e++3xvxfoSOy+imJzcv+qlPJwx76-Ef0oUoLbaMBYEksT@[84.165.198.7]) by fwd20.sul.t-online.de with esmtp id 1De6jS-1HUVZA0; Fri, 3 Jun 2005 09:36:42 +0200 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by Andro-Beta.Leidinger.net (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j537aebv003578; Fri, 3 Jun 2005 09:36:40 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from Alexander@Leidinger.net) Received: from 141.113.101.32 ([141.113.101.32]) by netchild.homeip.net (Horde MIME library) with HTTP for ; Fri, 03 Jun 2005 09:36:40 +0200 Message-ID: <20050603093640.peozqfqydwssosgk@netchild.homeip.net> X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Date: Fri, 03 Jun 2005 09:36:40 +0200 From: Alexander Leidinger To: Don Lewis References: <200506021840.j52IeRZa004091@gw.catspoiler.org> In-Reply-To: <200506021840.j52IeRZa004091@gw.catspoiler.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format="flowed" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) H3 (4.0.3) / FreeBSD-4.11 X-ID: XBT-zeZb8e++3xvxfoSOy+imJzcv+qlPJwx76-Ef0oUoLbaMBYEksT@t-dialin.net X-TOI-MSGID: aa3edaaa-b214-4950-b3fc-8edbf1375fc8 Cc: phk@phk.freebsd.dk, current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: [RFC] [PATCH] VM & VFS changes X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 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: Fri, 03 Jun 2005 07:36:51 -0000 Don Lewis wrote: >> Ah! Yes! I tend to forget this is possible. In my mind a memory/swap >> based FS >> as a "leaf" in the directory tree... or more correctly, the subtree >> below the >> memory/swap based FS isn't allowed to contain a mointpoint of a non >> memory/swap based FS. Any other use which may require to break this rule has >> to use symlinks instead and isn't allowed to break the rule. > > I'm pretty sure that sysinstall violates that by using a memory-backed > fs for the root partition. The file systems being installed-to are > mounted below this memory-backed fs. On a typical desktop or server installation there's no need to allow it, but sysinstall is a special case. To me sysinstall is like an embedded system. You have special requirements there and you should be allowed to do everything you want (you have to take care of the edge cases yourself). But as you already said, as long as the md device doesn't use swap space, everything should be fine. Bye, Alexander. -- http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander @ Leidinger.net: PGP ID = B0063FE7 http://www.FreeBSD.org netchild @ FreeBSD.org : PGP ID = 72077137 The source for an unattributed quotation will appear in the most hostile review of your work.