Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1999 13:29:31 -0400 (EDT) From: Mikhail Teterin <mi@aldan.algebra.com> To: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ROOTDEVNAME error in conf/LINT Message-ID: <199906211729.NAA09550@misha.cisco.com> In-Reply-To: <199906202315.JAA03124@godzilla.zeta.org.au> from Bruce Evans at "Jun 21, 1999 09:15:25 am"
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Bruce Evans once wrote: > > that may change as SCSI disk sizes keep climbing and too large > > partitions take performance hits. > > > > alternative is to change MAXPARTITIONS? to 16? > > One reason is that the slice data format is better. It doesn't have > arbitrary limits like 8 or 16 (it's essentially a linked list). For a total of 3-5 slices/partitions/chunks like / /usr swap /home /var /tmp I'd much rather have an array then a link list... And shorter device names too... Is it worth it to keep the two tactics in place with the kernel build option? I don't know... Sincerely, -mi To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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