On Fri, 15 Jun 2001, Matt Dillon wrote:
>
> :softupdates later on). Write-back caching is disabled in the disks,
> :even if they support it. This is yet another step towards making the
> :default installation of FreeBSD as reliable a system as it can be.
>
> Well, not any more... we caved in on that one because the performance
> loss was insane. But for 4.2 it was turned off.
>
> -Matt
Actually, I think write caching was on for 4.2. I'd hate to see what
their benchmark would've shown with write caching and softupdates off.
<shudder>
Of course, assuming dirpref and Ian's new directory cache have been MFC'd
by the time 4.4 comes out, it will scream on that same benchmark.
Mike "Silby" Silbersack
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