On 11/02/2012 07:08 PM, Bas Smeelen wrote:
> On 11/02/2012 06:27 PM, Adam Strohl wrote:
>> On 11/3/2012 0:13, Mike Jakubik wrote:
>>> You can disable SU+J after installing, though it would be nice if the
>>> installer gave you a choice.
>> This assumes that you know about this flaw, which most people do not.
>>
>> I didn't until I discovered it by panic-ing a perfectly fine running
>> server. Getting burned by a known bug like this shouldn't be "SOP"
>> for users of FreeBSD.
>>
>> If anything it should be turned off by default, and people can turn it
>> on if they want given the landmine it plants. If they know how to
>> turn it on they're much more likely to be aware of the issue.
>>
>>
Sorry for the spam.
Also since newer systems will be installing more and more on SSD it is
better to default SU+J to off as I understand from the original source.
Cheers
> Hi all
>
> I am not sure if this is the right place, but would like to propose this
> patch
> root@sys:/usr/src/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/partedit # diff -p gpart_ops.c
> gpart_ops.cnew
> *** gpart_ops.c Mon Aug 6 01:54:33 2012
> --- gpart_ops.cnew Fri Nov 2 19:02:43 2012
> *************** newfs_command(const char *fstype, char *
> *** 90,97 ****
> {"SU", "Softupdates",
> "Enable softupdates (default)", 1 },
> {"SUJ", "Softupdates journaling",
> ! "Enable file system journaling (default - "
> ! "turn off for SSDs)", 1 },
> {"TRIM", "Enable SSD TRIM support",
> "Enable TRIM support, useful on solid-state drives",
> 0 },
> --- 90,97 ----
> {"SU", "Softupdates",
> "Enable softupdates (default)", 1 },
> {"SUJ", "Softupdates journaling",
> ! "Disable file system journaling (default - "
> ! "turn on for adventurish admins)", 0 },
> {"TRIM", "Enable SSD TRIM support",
> "Enable TRIM support, useful on solid-state drives",
> 0 },
>
> If OK I will file a PR
> Cheers
> Bas
>
>
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