> On Wed, 28 Mar 2007, prasad wrote:
>
> > We create iso images of our product in the
> following way (high-level):
> >
> > # mkfile 3g /isoimages/myiso
> > # lofiadm -a /isoimages/myiso
> > /dev/lofi/1
> > # newfs /dev/rlofi/1
> > # mount /dev/lofi/1 /mnt
> > # cd /mnt; zcat /product/myproduct.ta
> > That's probably bug 6382683 "lofi is confused about sync/async I/O",
> > and AFAIK it's fixed in current opensolaris releases.
> >
> According to Bug Database bug 6382683 is in
> 1-Dispatched state, what does that mean? I wonder if
> the fix is available (or will be available) as a
> Solaris 1
> According to Bug Database bug 6382683 is in 1-Dispatched state, what does
> that mean?
Roughly speaking, the bug has been entered into the database, but no developer
has been assigned to it. (State 3 indicates that a developer or team has agreed
that it's a bug; it sounds likely that this bug
> That's probably bug 6382683 "lofi is confused about
> sync/async I/O",
> and AFAIK it's fixed in current opensolaris
> releases.
>
> See the thread with subject "bad lofi performance
> with zfs file backend /
> bad mmap write performance" from january / february
> 2006:
>
> http://mail.opensol
> We are running Solaris 10 11/06 on a Sun V240 with 2
> CPUS and 8 GB of memory. This V240 is attached to a
> 3510 FC that has 12 x 300 GB disks. The 3510 is
> configured as HW RAID 5 with 10 disks and 2 spares
> and it's exported to the V240 as a single LUN.
>
> We create iso images of our produ
