Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2000 09:37:15 -0800 From: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> To: "Jeroen C. van Gelderen" <jeroen@vangelderen.org> Cc: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: inheriting the "nodump" flag ? Message-ID: <3A33BF4B.97EE1BCC@elischer.org> References: <97668.976451080@critter> <3A33BCCE.844B35B4@vangelderen.org>
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"Jeroen C. van Gelderen" wrote: > > > This answer does not address the real point Julian is trying > to make. Trying to fix a buggy dump implementation by patching > the kernel is the wrong approach. It doesn't matter how peculiar > the tree walker is, if it's buggy the fixing needs to be done > there. thanks: well the patch is there on the URL given below. I fully support implementing it on FreeBSD as well. (with a little testing) > > It looks like NetBSD have already addressed the problem a > year ago: > > http://lists.openresources.com/NetBSD/tech-kern/msg00453.html > > for the beginning of a thread discussing the problem. This > was the first hit Google returned for "nodump flag". Basic > research is cheap these days... > > A look at the NetBSD PR in question (6705) reveals: > http://www.NetBSD.org/cgi-bin/query-pr-single.pl?number=6705 > [...] > >Release-Note: > >Audit-Trail: > State-Changed-From-To: open->closed > State-Changed-By: bouyer > State-Changed-When: Tue Mar 9 09:32:08 PST 1999 > State-Changed-Why: > Functionality added [to dump I presume], but differently. > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > It seems that fixing dump is the correct approach. Changing > the semantics to nodump almost certainly is not as Julian > pointed out in his other mail (<3A336EA3.9F1FE318@elischer.org>). > > I can now even add another reason why changing the kernel isn't > such a good plan: inter-BSD compatibility. > > Cheers, > Jeroen > -- > Jeroen C. van Gelderen o _ _ _ > jeroen@vangelderen.org _o /\_ _ \\o (_)\__/o (_) > _< \_ _>(_) (_)/<_ \_| \ _|/' \/ > (_)>(_) (_) (_) (_) (_)' _\o_ -- __--_|\ Julian Elischer / \ julian@elischer.org ( OZ ) World tour 2000 ---> X_.---._/ presently in: Budapest v To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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