Subject: Re: sysctl: vfs.ffs.doreallocblks
To: None <thorpej@zembu.com>
From: Jesse Off <joff@gci-net.com>
List: current-users
Date: 09/18/2000 20:06:24
Well, I've been using it for awhile now, without a hitch.  I haven't
actually tested whether or not its working though.  What were the known
bugs that were present in Lite so as to determine whether this
mysterious sysctl is indeed safe to be set?  If not, it probably should
be documented somewhere or removed altogether.  

//Jesse Off 

Jason R Thorpe wrote:
> 
> On Tue, Sep 19, 2000 at 03:06:32AM +0200, Sean Doran wrote:
> 
>  > Why is it off by default?
> 
> Well, in Lite, it was buggy.  I think it may have been fixed in Lite2, but
> I'm not sure.  The Havard people did a paper on it, and had a patch available
> for BSD/OS that fixed it, and I think it made it into Lite2, but I'm not sure.
> 
> --
>         -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@zembu.com>