From owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 28 17:13:58 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A545816A416; Tue, 28 Nov 2006 17:13:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from keramida@FreeBSD.org) Received: from igloo.linux.gr (igloo.linux.gr [62.1.205.36]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0682443DC4; Tue, 28 Nov 2006 17:10:19 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from keramida@FreeBSD.org) Received: from kobe.laptop (host5.bedc.ondsl.gr [62.103.39.229]) (authenticated bits=128) by igloo.linux.gr (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-2) with ESMTP id kASH9PFV003198 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Tue, 28 Nov 2006 19:09:27 +0200 Received: from kobe.laptop (kobe.laptop [127.0.0.1]) by kobe.laptop (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id kASH9E4f005414; Tue, 28 Nov 2006 19:09:14 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from keramida@localhost) by kobe.laptop (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id kASH9ENI005413; Tue, 28 Nov 2006 19:09:14 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@FreeBSD.org) Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 19:09:13 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: Alexander Leidinger Message-ID: <20061128170913.GB5104@kobe.laptop> References: <200611221617.kAMGH1PD093122@repoman.freebsd.org> <20061123151459.qad64blllicgo4gs@webmail.leidinger.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20061123151459.qad64blllicgo4gs@webmail.leidinger.net> X-Hellug-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-Hellug-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=-3.658, required 5, autolearn=not spam, ALL_TRUSTED -1.80, AWL 0.74, BAYES_00 -2.60) X-Hellug-MailScanner-From: keramida@freebsd.org X-Spam-Status: No Cc: doc-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-doc@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/config chapter.sgml X-BeenThere: cvs-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the entire tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 17:13:58 -0000 On 2006-11-23 15:14, Alexander Leidinger wrote: >Quoting Giorgos Keramidas >(from Wed, 22 Nov 2006 16:17:01 +0000 (UTC)): >>keramida 2006-11-22 16:17:01 UTC >> >> FreeBSD doc repository >> >> Modified files: >> en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/config chapter.sgml >> Log: >> Various fixes to the "config and tuning" section of the Handbook. >> >> * Reword the paragraph before a set of tunables for Linux, as >> it wasa bit confusing. > > The compat.linux.osrelease one needs to be removed. glibc behaves > differently based upon the value of it. It may refuse to do anything > if it doesn't understand the value. Changing the value of osrelease is > only advised in experimental situations (like in > http://wiki.freebsd.org/linux-kernel) and may result even in kernel > panics. Thanks! Should I just remove the reference to compat.linux.osrelease, or do we need to make other wider changes to the text around the area. It currently reads: % % <filename>sysctl.conf</filename> % % sysctl.conf % sysctl % % sysctl.conf looks much like % rc.conf. Values are set in a % variable=value % form. The specified values are set after the system goes into % multi-user mode. Not all variables are settable in this mode. % % To turn off logging of fatal signal exits and let Linux % programs know they are really running under &os;, the following % tunables can be set in sysctl.conf: % % kern.logsigexit=0 # Do not log fatal signal exits (e.g. sig 11) % compat.linux.osname=&os; % compat.linux.osrelease=4.3-STABLE % %