Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 04:22:34 +0100 From: Andrew Boothman <andrew@cream.org> To: Archie Cobbs <archie@dellroad.org> Cc: Patrick O'Reilly <bsd@perimeter.co.za>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: documentation for loader.conf variables? Message-ID: <3CB652FA.7060302@cream.org> References: <200204112318.g3BNIFB08170@arch20m.dellroad.org>
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Archie Cobbs wrote: > Patrick O'Reilly writes: > >>>Are the kernel override variables that can go into /boot/loader.conf >>>listed and/or documented somewhere? >>> >>>I'm talking about things like: >>> >>> hw.ata.wc="0" >>> kern.hz="1000" >> >>these variable relate to "sysctl". man sysctl for more info. sysctl >>-a will list them all, though it does not explain what each one means. > > > You are correct that they relate to sysctl but they are > not the same thing.. e.g., 'kern.hz' in loader.conf becomes > 'kern.clockrate.hz' in sysctl, i.e., it's not a 1:1 correspondence. > > Since they're not the same somewhere they ought to be documented... > though I'm getting the feeling they're not :-) Actually, they are :-) Have a look in /boot/defaults/loader.conf which contains the defaults and descriptions for all the possible variables you can change. Your /boot/loader.conf overrides /boot/defaults/loader.conf in the same way that your /etc/rc.conf overrides your /etc/defaults/rc.conf Andrew. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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