From owner-freebsd-arm@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 30 16:01:41 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B8648C4 for ; Wed, 30 Jan 2013 16:01:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wynkoop@wynn.com) Received: from mail.wynn.com (wa3yre.wynn.com [199.89.147.3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D568305 for ; Wed, 30 Jan 2013 16:01:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ivory.lan (mail.wynn.com [199.89.147.3]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail.wynn.com (8.14.3/8.12.6) with ESMTP id r0UG1cZ8088052; Wed, 30 Jan 2013 11:01:38 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from wynkoop@wynn.com) Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2013 11:01:38 -0500 From: Brett Wynkoop To: george@ceetonetechnology.com Subject: Re: Some ideas on Tim's script Message-ID: <20130130110138.62b4570e@ivory.lan> In-Reply-To: <51092D3A.4060608@ceetonetechnology.com> References: <51092D3A.4060608@ceetonetechnology.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.8.1 (GTK+ 2.24.13; x86_64-apple-darwin10.8.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the StrongARM Processor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2013 16:01:41 -0000 On Wed, 30 Jan 2013 09:24:58 -0500 George Rosamond wrote: > I mentioned this to Tim offline a while back, but I have some quick > thoughts on options for the scripts. > > A bunch of us in NYC*BUG have been hacking on Soekris and Alix boards > with i386 for a long while, which lays the basis for some of these > thoughts. > > But first, with 8G images, I had to adjust the config.sh's SD_SIZE > below 7900 for Kingston SD Cards to fit. I can give more specifics > if desired. Anyone else experience that? > No problem with my microsd card, but I do not recall what brand it is and I do not want to shut down the board to check. > In terms of /etc/fstab, I think adding tmpfs to the kernel would be > useful. Without it, using md(4) for /var/log, /tmp and /var/tmp is > certainly a nice way to minimize disk writes. > I agree that tmpfs in the kernel would be good for the above. > It might also make sense to add rc_debug="YES" and rc_info="YES" to > the default /etc/rc.conf. Most users are testing right now, and it's > only logical for the pool of people hacking on them. > > And maybe to add the relevant ntpdate(8) settings to /etc/rc.conf. One of the first things I did was put ntpdate into startup, but for boards not connected to the net that will create a several second hang. -Brett -- wynkoop@wynn.com http://prd4.wynn.com/wynkoop/pgp-keys.txt 917-642-6925 718-717-5435 "The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government" - Thomas Jefferson.