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Date:      Tue, 19 Jan 1999 19:52:07 -0500 (EST)
From:      Spike <spork@ix.netcom.com>
To:        Bill Hamilton <billh@finsco.com>
Cc:        "Jasper O'Malley" <jooji@webnology.com>, freebsd questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: softupdates
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9901191950530.295-100000@PigStuy.nws.net>
In-Reply-To: <36A50BD5.CFA71295@finsco.com>

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On Tue, 19 Jan 1999, Bill Hamilton wrote:

> 
> 
> Jasper O'Malley wrote:
> > You'll need the latest copies of your kernel and contrib sources. Once you
> > have those:
> > 
> > cd /sys/ufs/ffs
> > ln -s /usr/src/contrib/sys/softupdates/softdep.h
> > ln -s /usr/src/contrib/sys/softupdates/ffs_softdep.h
> (snip) 
> 
> Thanks.
> You are saying is that I need to track -CURRENT?

No, 3.0-RELEASE has softupdates.

> You imply that the 3.0-RELEASE did not have softupdates. Maybe that's
> why
> I can't find any documentation on it.

/usr/src/contrib/sys/softupdates/README
/usr/src/sys/ufs/ffs/README.softupdates

> Since I just upgraded to 3.0 from 2.2.7 and since 3.0 is "going stable"
> this week,
> I thought maybe I should wait and start cvsup'ing the -STABLE branch
> when the smoke
> clears.
> Where is the best place to read more about "softupdates" and what it
> does for us?

http://www.ece.cmu.edu/~ganger/papers/CSE-TR-254-95/


	-Spike Gronim
	 sporkl@ix.netcom.com	


		The majority only rules those who let them. 


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