Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1996 08:40:20 -0400 (EDT) From: Stephen Hovey <shovey@buffnet.net> To: Gary Palmer <gpalmer@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.com Subject: Re: news server Message-ID: <Pine.BSD.3.91.960612083942.13977C-100000@buffnet7.buffnet.net> In-Reply-To: <28734.834545817@palmer.demon.co.uk>
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On Wed, 12 Jun 1996, Gary Palmer wrote: > T. William Wells wrote in message ID > <4pkliu$nv9@twwells.com>: > > Next question: I hear about this thing called the "sharedactive > > patch". I'm guessing that it has something to do with nnrps > > sharing the history file via memory mapping. Is that correct? > > Does it work with 2.1-RELEASE and later? > > That's debatable. It does for some people, but leads to active file > corruption for others. The cause has yet to be tracked down, as the VM > guru (John Dyson) can't seem to replicate the behaviour causing > corruption on his system(s). > > My current guess is that if your machine doesn't swap/page while > running the sharedactive patch, you'll be okay, but don't quote me on > that, and don't blame me if it doesn't work! That sounds the same as what happens with MMAP
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