Subject: Re: Why not softdep per default?
To: Tom Ivar Helbekkmo <tih@eunetnorge.no>
From: Johnny Billquist <bqt@Update.UU.SE>
List: current-users
Date: 03/29/2005 17:01:09
On Tue, 29 Mar 2005, Tom Ivar Helbekkmo wrote:

> Johnny Billquist <bqt@Update.UU.SE> writes:
>
> > True. But why does it not work on the VAX? Is it something specific to
> > that port, or is it just that there is a general bug that is easily
> > triggered on the VAX, but exist on all platforms?
>
> Something related to relative speeds of CPU versus disk subsystem?

Possibly.
The 8650 is running with UDA-50 and RA92 disks. The 3100/76 is SCSI.

> Just a hunch, since, as I said, it works flawlessly on my 4000-500.

Which is interesting. Time to dig a little under the hood perhaps.

	Johnny

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