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Date:      Sat, 12 Jan 2002 11:58:31 +0100
From:      Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl>
To:        Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@starjuice.net>
Cc:        Ian Dowse <iedowse@FreeBSD.ORG>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/boot/alpha/boot1 sys.c
Message-ID:  <20020112115831.A39437@freebie.xs4all.nl>
In-Reply-To: <92846.1010832598@axl.seasidesoftware.co.za>; from sheldonh@starjuice.net on Sat, Jan 12, 2002 at 12:49:58PM %2B0200
References:  <200201111614.g0BGEZg96426@freefall.freebsd.org> <92846.1010832598@axl.seasidesoftware.co.za>

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On Sat, Jan 12, 2002 at 12:49:58PM +0200, Sheldon Hearn wrote:
> 
> 
> On Fri, 11 Jan 2002 08:14:35 PST, Ian Dowse wrote:
> 
> >   Modified files:
> >     sys/boot/alpha/boot1 sys.c 
> >   Log:
> >   Make the alpha boot1 work on filesystems that have a block size
> >   larger than 8k. We now use 4k buffers regardless of the filesystem
> >   block size, so there is no longer a static limit.
> >   
> >   Simply increasing the buffer size from 8k to 16k as done on the
> >   i386 doesn't work on the alpha, probably because it causes us
> >   to overshoot boot1's 48k runtime memory limit.
> 
> Excellent!  This means I can reinstate the new fs block/frag size
> defaults in sysinstall on the Alpha, yes? :)
> 
> If so, I already have permission from the release engineering team.

I think that would be a good idea to do. We can than hold off building
RC2 until this change is committed.

Wilko

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