From owner-svn-src-all@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 15 18:48:35 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2FB0EA20; Wed, 15 Jan 2014 18:48:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org (svn.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:2068::e6a:0]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1B9261905; Wed, 15 Jan 2014 18:48:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.70]) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id s0FImYlj070260; Wed, 15 Jan 2014 18:48:34 GMT (envelope-from hrs@svn.freebsd.org) Received: (from hrs@localhost) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.7/8.14.7/Submit) id s0FImY1O070259; Wed, 15 Jan 2014 18:48:34 GMT (envelope-from hrs@svn.freebsd.org) Message-Id: <201401151848.s0FImY1O070259@svn.freebsd.org> From: Hiroki Sato Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2014 18:48:34 +0000 (UTC) To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable-10@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r260693 - stable/10/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/errata X-SVN-Group: stable-10 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: svn-src-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire src tree \(except for " user" and " projects" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2014 18:48:35 -0000 Author: hrs Date: Wed Jan 15 18:48:34 2014 New Revision: 260693 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/260693 Log: Document an issue of FreeBSD/i386 on VirtualBox. Discussed with: glebius and delphij Modified: stable/10/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/errata/article.xml Modified: stable/10/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/errata/article.xml ============================================================================== --- stable/10/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/errata/article.xml Wed Jan 15 17:51:49 2014 (r260692) +++ stable/10/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/errata/article.xml Wed Jan 15 18:48:34 2014 (r260693) @@ -143,7 +143,32 @@ Open Issues - No open issues. + + + &os;/&arch.i386; &release.prev; running as a guest + operating system on VirtualBox + can have a problem with disk I/O access. It depends on some + specific hardware configuration and does not depend on a + specific version of VitrualBox or + host operating system. + + It causes various errors and makes &os; quite unstable. + Although the cause is still unclear, disabling unmapped I/O + works as a workaround. To disable it, choose Escape to + loader prompt in the boot menu and enter the following + lines from &man.loader.8; prompt, after + an OK: + + set vfs.unmapped_buf_allowed=0 +boot + + Note that the following line has to be added to + /boot/loader.conf after a boot. + It disables unmapped I/O at every boot: + + vfs.unmapped_buf_allowed=0 + +