Martin Husemann wrote:
On Sat, Jun 07, 2008 at 12:11:57AM +0100, Andrew Doran wrote:So, I propose to remove softdep when we import the journalling code, and to go forward with the focus on improving journalling.I agree with this in principle, but as an admin running file systems with softdeps now (netbsd-4 mostly, and never experienced any problems with softdeps) this migration would force me to dump, newfs and restore serious amounts of data, so would be a huge pain.
Seconded. To achieve the same performance as I have today with softdeps, it is crucial that I must be able to switch to journaled ffs without hassle.
Cheers, Jared