Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2001 04:41:36 -0800 (PST) From: Hiten Pandya <hiten@uk.FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: docs/33272: [PATCH] - loader(8) man page is missing important tunables Message-ID: <200112281241.fBSCfaq43049@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 33272 >Category: docs >Synopsis: [PATCH] - loader(8) man page is missing important tunables >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Fri Dec 28 04:50:01 PST 2001 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Hiten Pandya >Release: 5.0-CURRENT >Organization: The FreeBSD Project >Environment: 5.0-CURRENT >Description: The loader(8) man page is missing a very important tunable, 'kern.maxusers', which needs to be added, in order to point out to people that kern.maxusers can be changed at boot-time. >How-To-Repeat: Visit the loader(8) man page. >Fix: The fix below will resolve this issue by adding 'kern.maxusers' tunable to the loader(8) man page. *** loader.8.old Fri Dec 7 09:04:51 2001 --- loader.8 Fri Dec 7 09:04:59 2001 *************** *** 397,402 **** --- 397,411 ---- Other variables are used to override kernel tunable parameters. The following tunables are available: .Bl -tag -width Va + .It Va kern.maxusers + Sets the static sizing number of the internal + systems table. The tunable defaults to a very + low value. We recommend modifying the value + for this tunable to (default: 32) 64, 128 or + 256. Please do not assign a value higher + than 256 unless you need a huge amount of file + descriptors. Modifies kernel config(8) + .Va maxusers . .It Va kern.ipc.nmbclusters Set the number of mbuf clusters to be allocated. The value cannot be set below the default >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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