Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 13:48:32 -0500 From: Arnaud Lacombe <lacombar@gmail.com> To: Steve Wills <swills@freebsd.org> Cc: "Bjoern A. Zeeb" <bzeeb-lists@lists.zabbadoz.net>, stable@freebsd.org, =?ISO-8859-2?Q?=A3ukasz_W=B1sikowski?= <lukasz@wasikowski.net>, current@freebsd.org, Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@leidinger.net> Subject: Re: [CFT] modular kernel config Message-ID: <CACqU3MWx3pMMDncvOita-OAgfe=NPKtwKE2WeB_mdcYwozY81Q@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4F4C3FE7.3040802@FreeBSD.org> References: <20120221143537.Horde.deyFDZjmRSRPQ52pxBIpnLA@webmail.leidinger.net> <BA7FFA2D-DEE6-4FB7-AE26-0BC79CBFD8C0@lists.zabbadoz.net> <4F4BA707.5070608@wasikowski.net> <4F4C3FE7.3040802@FreeBSD.org>
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Hi, 2012/2/27 Steve Wills <swills@freebsd.org>: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 02/27/12 10:53, =C5=81ukasz W=C4=85sikowski wrote: >> W dniu 2012-02-22 23:31, Bjoern A. Zeeb pisze: >> >>> You cannot ship that on by default for non-tecnical reasons in a >>> kernel. =C2=A0Please do not commit a kernel config that can be booted >>> (no LINT cannot be booted) with these on without consulting >>> appropriate hats upfront. >>> >>> >>>> - ALTQ - SW_WATCHDOG - QUOTA - IPSTEALTH (disabled in >>>> loader.conf) - IPFIREWALL_FORWARD (touches every packet, power >>>> users which need a bigger PPS but not this feature can >>>> recompile the kernel, discussed with julian@) - FLOWTABLE >>>> (disabled in loader.conf) >>> Which is not the same as it's not 100% disabled and will still >>> allocate memory. >> >> FLOWTABLE on 8.x crashed BGP routers (kern/144917). I don't know if >> it is fixed by now, but this kind of potential problematic features >> should not be enabled by default. >> > > Agree, I've run into problems with FLOWTABLE (with just the features > that were enabled by default in 8.0) when routers changed MAC > addresses. As far as I understand it, FLOWTABLE is both broken and > abandoned (but if I'm wrong, please let me know). > You will sure go really far with this kind of "It is broken ? Let's not fix it and disable it instead" mentality, even more when coming from a committer. As long as there will be these kind of comments around here, FreeBSD will deserve nothing but to keep dying piece by piece, and it will be deserved. - Arnaud > So, IMHO, not only should it not be enabled by default, but given that > it was disabled complete in 8.x after 8.0 (too lazy to look at exactly > when right now), I think it shouldn't even be included, since that > might encourage users to try it out only to encounter problems with it. > > Steve > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2.0.18 (FreeBSD) > > iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJPTD/nAAoJEPXPYrMgexuhvWAH/iPa0N32GJXdyL7OdqFNNuEN > R/Z0tOqTCCmAm4WsbAbN3m5poBKNctRtQxG40XoqmvZAWlomwYCwpS2xgCX60NZO > XhspUEpQ7cHQpt6ZOW12x3G6FZJ4DzFX0+mDPYxE/7YmwtsjZFeTFGVEPezeKQwr > Khar5jWYqETmM1+mFvAFXnfTUiBwnqErDfYmHQAE93wKQd9CyzrFmDfooNTiMUB6 > yW+piexN/SzXz6nftQesJbFOWUW6fvhxe9TYcK8+b9zCo2GxPuUrRV60PKQX0apd > nlKWtj49znLVzmpTYboQnvmqmk+yik8wL2wszUaZ4jAjieCjWOhJwCWOvkQ9yIg=3D > =3DSBbK > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org= "
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