Index: en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/vinum/article.sgml =================================================================== RCS file: /home/ncvs/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/vinum/article.sgml,v retrieving revision 1.9 diff -u -r1.9 article.sgml --- en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/vinum/article.sgml 2002/07/07 17:54:24 1.9 +++ en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/vinum/article.sgml 2002/12/01 13:31:36 @@ -1078,7 +1078,7 @@ /dev/ad0s1f by default.) - If you prefer soft updates as I do and you are + If you prefer Soft Updates as I do and you are using 4.4-RELEASE or better, this is a good time to enable them. Index: en_US.ISO8859-1/books/developers-handbook/vm/chapter.sgml =================================================================== RCS file: /home/ncvs/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/developers-handbook/vm/chapter.sgml,v retrieving revision 1.5 diff -u -r1.5 chapter.sgml --- en_US.ISO8859-1/books/developers-handbook/vm/chapter.sgml 2002/10/13 16:22:23 1.5 +++ en_US.ISO8859-1/books/developers-handbook/vm/chapter.sgml 2002/12/01 13:31:36 @@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ especially the VM related ones. Run time VM and system tuning is relatively straightforward. - First, use softupdates on your UFS/FFS filesystems whenever possible. + First, use Soft Updates on your UFS/FFS filesystems whenever possible. /usr/src/sys/ufs/ffs/README.softupdates contains instructions (and restrictions) on how to configure it. Index: en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml =================================================================== RCS file: /home/ncvs/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml,v retrieving revision 1.497 diff -u -r1.497 book.sgml --- en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml 2002/11/30 12:17:03 1.497 +++ en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml 2002/12/01 13:31:47 @@ -5478,24 +5478,24 @@ - Which partitions can safely use softupdates? I have - heard that softupdates on / can cause + Which partitions can safely use Soft Updates? I have + heard that Soft Updates on / can cause problems. - Short answer: you can usually use softupdates safely + Short answer: you can usually use Soft Updates safely on all partitions. Long answer: There used to be some concern over using - softupdates on the root partition. Softupdates has two - characteristics that caused this. First, a softupdates + Soft Updates on the root partition. Soft Updates has two + characteristics that caused this. First, a Soft Updates partition has a small chance of losing data during a system crash. (The partition will not be corrupted; the - data will simply be lost.) Also, softupdates can cause + data will simply be lost.) Also, Soft Updates can cause temporary space shortages. - When using softupdates, the kernel can take up to + When using Soft Updates, the kernel can take up to thirty seconds to actually write changes to the physical disk. If you delete a large file, the file still resides on disk until the kernel actually performs the deletion. @@ -5517,9 +5517,9 @@ This risk is extremely small, but generally manageable. Use of IDE write caching greatly increases this risk; it is strongly recommended that you disable IDE write caching - when using softupdates. + when using Soft Updates. - These issues affect all partitions using softupdates. + These issues affect all partitions using Soft Updates. So, what does this mean for the root partition? Vital information on the root partition changes very @@ -5531,7 +5531,7 @@ possible that data could be lost. This risk is negligible for most applications, but you should be aware that it exists. If your system cannot tolerate this much risk, - do not use softupdates on the root filesystem! + do not use Soft Updates on the root filesystem! / is traditionally one of the smallest partitions. By default, FreeBSD puts the @@ -6136,7 +6136,7 @@ du and df will agree. - Note that softupdates can delay the freeing of disk + Note that Soft Updates can delay the freeing of disk space; you might need to wait up to 30 seconds for the change to be visible! Index: en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig/chapter.sgml =================================================================== RCS file: /home/ncvs/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig/chapter.sgml,v retrieving revision 1.88 diff -u -r1.88 chapter.sgml --- en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig/chapter.sgml 2002/11/30 11:07:57 1.88 +++ en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig/chapter.sgml 2002/12/01 13:31:48 @@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ is at a premium and disk access speed is less important, such as a firewall. - options SOFTUPDATES #Enable FFS soft updates support + options SOFTUPDATES #Enable FFS Soft Updates support This option enables Soft Updates in the kernel, this will help speed up write access on the disks. They are enabled by default in the 4.X branch