From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 11 09:00:08 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA4BA16A421 for ; Tue, 11 Dec 2007 09:00:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9CD3D13C447 for ; Tue, 11 Dec 2007 09:00:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id lBB908Yh051459 for ; Tue, 11 Dec 2007 09:00:08 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.2/8.14.1/Submit) id lBB908gA051458; Tue, 11 Dec 2007 09:00:08 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 09:00:08 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <200712110900.lBB908gA051458@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, Bob Bishop Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09CE516A417 for ; Tue, 11 Dec 2007 08:54:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (www.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::21]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0084613C468 for ; Tue, 11 Dec 2007 08:54:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www.freebsd.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id lBB8sLU4023904 for ; Tue, 11 Dec 2007 08:54:21 GMT (envelope-from nobody@www.freebsd.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by www.freebsd.org (8.14.2/8.14.1/Submit) id lBB8sLtc023903; Tue, 11 Dec 2007 08:54:21 GMT (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <200712110854.lBB8sLtc023903@www.freebsd.org> Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 08:54:21 GMT From: Bob Bishop To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: www-3.1 Cc: Subject: docs/118545: loader tunables kern.dfldsiz and friends nearly undocumented X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 09:00:08 -0000 >Number: 118545 >Category: docs >Synopsis: loader tunables kern.dfldsiz and friends nearly undocumented >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue Dec 11 09:00:08 UTC 2007 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Bob Bishop >Release: 6.2R (also applies to HEAD) >Organization: GID ltd >Environment: FreeBSD yyy.zzz.com 6.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE #0: Fri Jan 12 11:05:30 UTC 2007 root@dessler.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SMP i386 >Description: Loader tunables kern.dfldsiz and friends are not documented in loader(8)/loader.conf(5) nor in the Handbook. There is a reference in the release note for 4.5R/i386, but apparently nothing made it into mainstream documentation. The tunables are enumerated in /boot/defaults/loader.conf, other available references are: http://www.lemis.com/grog/diary-mar2005.html http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/freebsd.html >How-To-Repeat: See loader(8)/loader.conf(5), search web pages for dfldsiz >Fix: Suggest: adding a better pointer from loader(8) and/or loader.conf(5) to /boot/defaults/loader.conf, unless it's considered worth documenting these explicitly in the man page(s); and add a subsection to the Handbook section 11.13. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: