Re: Q's about IBM TSM (was Re: HEADSUP: ibcs2 and svr4 compat headedfor history)

From: Kris Kennaway (kris_at_FreeBSD.org)
Date: 06/30/04

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To: Tim Robbins <tjr@freebsd.org>

    On Tue, Jun 29, 2004 at 08:37:24PM +1000, Tim Robbins wrote:
    > On Mon, Jun 28, 2004 at 04:56:40PM -0500, Paul Seniura wrote:
    >
    > > I google'd and didn't like what I saw. Stuff about
    > > nullfs not being too kosher on -Current. :(
    >
    > There seems to be a lot of superstition surrounding nullfs, but I only
    > know of one outstanding reproducible problem with it in -current (sockets
    > and fifos aren't handled correctly and cause panics.) If you can spare the
    > time to experiment, I suggest trying it, then filing a PR if you encounter
    > any problems. There's no guarantee that these problems will be addressed
    > right away, but it will give others more solid information than rumours
    > to go by when deciding whether or not to use nullfs, and well-documented
    > problems are much more likely to get fixed.

    FYI, I use read-only nullfs extensively for package builds (with a
    static lower layer, and no sockets or fifos in either layer). I
    haven't had any problems with it.

    Kris
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