Subject: Re: fsck still happens with softdeps?
To: Juan RP <juan@xtraeme.nopcode.org>
From: Thor Lancelot Simon <tls@rek.tjls.com>
List: tech-kern
Date: 12/22/2004 10:24:07
On Wed, Dec 22, 2004 at 01:17:17PM +0100, Juan RP wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 09:57:33 +0100
> Peter Bex <Peter.Bex@student.kun.nl> wrote:
> 
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > I just read McKusick's softdeps paper and if I understood it correctly,
> > fscks aren't necessary anymore except for the occasional background fsck
> > to reclaim lost inodes.
> > 
> 
> Background fsck hasn't been implemented on NetBSD, this could be implemented
> now we have fss(4) with read/write support... any volunteer? :-)

fss(4) really doesn't have anything to do with it.

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 Thor Lancelot Simon	                                      tls@rek.tjls.com

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