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Date:      Mon, 01 Dec 2014 17:28:58 +0100
From:      Hans Petter Selasky <hps@selasky.org>
To:        Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org>
Cc:        "svn-src-head@freebsd.org" <svn-src-head@freebsd.org>, "svn-src-all@freebsd.org" <svn-src-all@freebsd.org>, Alfred Perlstein <alfred@freebsd.org>, "src-committers@freebsd.org" <src-committers@freebsd.org>, John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r275136 - in head/sys: dev/e1000 dev/ixgbe kern sys
Message-ID:  <547C974A.9050302@selasky.org>
In-Reply-To: <EA71D8ED-A7C6-4570-B889-30C741EA1E0F@mu.org>
References:  <201411262019.sAQKJaw4043557@svn.freebsd.org> <39377603.10OyiSzjWY@ralph.baldwin.cx> <872C180A-6ADD-469F-A801-3728DF134EEC@mu.org> <547C88A9.1070007@selasky.org> <5E1B6CD4-BBA7-4AD0-9982-E981015AF138@mu.org> <547C8A9C.4080603@selasky.org> <F621EBD1-C330-456A-B130-A2F46B5F8355@mu.org> <547C8CA2.8040305@selasky.org> <EB6CB885-C5B2-4D7C-A502-18A4E8F5EF40@mu.org> <547C8DEF.5020809@selasky.org> <EA71D8ED-A7C6-4570-B889-30C741EA1E0F@mu.org>

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On 12/01/14 16:56, Alfred Perlstein wrote:
>
>
>> On Dec 1, 2014, at 7:49 AM, Hans Petter Selasky <hps@selasky.org> wrote:
>>
>>> On 12/01/14 16:45, Alfred Perlstein wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> It is quite early, actually:
>>>>
>>>> SYSINIT(sysctl, SI_SUB_KMEM, SI_ORDER_FIRST, sysctl_register_all, 0);
>>>>
>>>> In some parts of the machine independent, MI, code you neee to keep the TUNABLE_FETCH'es, because its run before SI_SUB_KMEM !
>>>
>>> Then it will not work unless I move the global n_queues sysctl creation into the driver's mod load function.
>>>
>>> Is that ok?
>>
>> Are you asking me?
>
> In soviet russia no one is ever sure whom to ask for permission to proceed.
>
> (Also you have significant commits to the driver so it makes sense. )
>

Ok,

You need to check "sys/sys/kernel.h" for the full init order and figure 
out where exactly your driver code is running and make sure that is 
running after the SYSCTL/TUNABLE gets init.

--HPS




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