Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 10:20:13 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org> Cc: Benno Rice <benno@jeamland.net>, Kirk McKusick <mckusick@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/ufs/ffs ffs_alloc.c ffs_extern.h ffs_softdep.c Message-ID: <20020122102013.A21075@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <xzpk7uao9l5.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>; from des@ofug.org on Tue, Jan 22, 2002 at 01:26:30PM %2B0100 References: <200201220617.g0M6HOx41725@freefall.freebsd.org> <1011697733.442.0.camel@ratchet.jeamland.net> <xzpk7uao9l5.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Tue, Jan 22, 2002 at 01:26:30PM +0100, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote: > Benno Rice <benno@jeamland.net> writes: > > This change breaks kernels without softupdates. > > Why do we even bother supporting that? (apart from the fact that the > installation kernel is built without SU, though it would greatly > benefit from it: in most cases, installation is bounded by the > filesystem write speed) I don't think softupdates should be mandatory. From time to time there have been bugs introduced (into -current at least), which make it desirable for some people to turn it off for a while. Kris [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8Ta1dWry0BWjoQKURAhVzAKDqYOzRXkJndvzx0vo6Gx1ftNutCwCg8JQW UxMOXhCU268RKvUKXUel/5I= =wpW0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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