On Wed, 06.01.2010 at 16:27:09 -0800, Julian Elischer wrote: > Pieter de Goeje wrote: > > Because when you "erase" something, all it does is unlink (delete the > > reference to) the data. So there is currently no way the memory disk can > > free > > the memory associated with the data. That is also why you should normally > > use > > swap backed memory disks instead, or use tmpfs. These can return memory to > > the system. > > > > The ability of the filesystem to mark certain blocks as "erased" is > > important > > not only for memory disks but also for solid state drives. It is a feature > > UFS2 is currently lacking unfortunately. > > but is being worked on
Will this automagically work for md(4) backed UFS2 file-systems? Is this also being worked on? Regards, Uli _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
