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author | Eivind Eklund <eivind@FreeBSD.org> | 1999-01-08 16:04:18 +0000 |
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committer | Eivind Eklund <eivind@FreeBSD.org> | 1999-01-08 16:04:18 +0000 |
commit | f8f8d7afe84e3fc3f9ba2d2d57daf2f002aa6d2d (patch) | |
tree | 13f1bc6d1b4154ad3681a0638fa7b74051ee7c8a /sys/conf/NOTES | |
parent | c999877cc475218dd7909ca4ab30c5beae7cb50d (diff) | |
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Instead of providing bad instructions here, point people at the
appropriate docs.
Prodded by: Sheldon Hearn <axl@iafrica.com>'s message in -current
Notes
Notes:
svn path=/head/; revision=42402
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diff --git a/sys/conf/NOTES b/sys/conf/NOTES index 4dd4be2c4455..dca3ca3dc50a 100644 --- a/sys/conf/NOTES +++ b/sys/conf/NOTES @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ # LINT -- config file for checking all the sources, tries to pull in # as much of the source tree as it can. # -# $Id: LINT,v 1.525 1999/01/01 04:16:32 peter Exp $ +# $Id: LINT,v 1.526 1999/01/01 08:09:57 peter Exp $ # # NB: You probably don't want to try running a kernel built from this # file. Instead, you should start from GENERIC, and add options from @@ -531,14 +531,15 @@ options NFS_ROOT #NFS usable as root device # Also, 'options MFS' is currently incompatible with DEVFS. options DEVFS #devices filesystem -# Allow the FFS to use Softupdates technology. -# To do this you need to copy the two files -# /sys/ufs/ffs/softdep.h and /sys/ufs/ffs/ffs_softdep.c -# from /usr/src/contrib/sys/softupdates -# and understand the licensing restrictions. -# You should also check on the FreeBSD website for newer versions. +# Soft updates is technique for improving file system speed and +# making abrupt shutdown less risky. It is not enabled by default due +# to copyright restraints on the code that implement it. +# +# Read .../../ufs/ffs/README.softupdates to learn what you need to +# do to enable this. ../../../contrib/sys/softupdates/README gives +# more details on how they actually work. +# #options SOFTUPDATES -# (we can't actually enable it because the files may not be present) # Make space in the kernel for a MFS root filesystem. Define to the number # of kilobytes to reserve for the filesystem. |