From owner-cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 10 21:12:29 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: cvs-src@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C5D7D16A4DC for ; Mon, 10 Nov 2003 21:12:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from vette.gigo.com (vette.gigo.com [216.218.228.114]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7AF7D43F85 for ; Mon, 10 Nov 2003 21:12:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from lioux@brturbo.com) Received: from 200.101.111.208 (200-101-111-208.bsace705.dsl.brasiltelecom.net.br [200.101.111.208]) by vette.gigo.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A8693572D for ; Mon, 10 Nov 2003 20:56:19 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 26430 invoked by uid 1001); 11 Nov 2003 04:07:33 -0000 Message-ID: <20031111040733.26429.qmail@exxodus.fedaykin.here> Received: (qmail 2234 invoked from network); 21 Oct 2003 19:17:31 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO localhost) (unknown) by unknown with SMTP; 21 Oct 2003 19:17:31 -0000 Received: from pop3.uol.com.br by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-6.2.4) for lioux-freebsd@localhost (single-drop); Tue, 21 Oct 2003 17:17:09 -0200 (BRST) Received: from peart.uol.com.br (172.26.5.199) by mtauol7.mail.sys.intranet (5.1.071) id 3EDB5C0C01C65262 for lioux-freebsd@uol.com.br; Tue, 21 Oct 2003 16:16:23 -0300 Received: from mx2.freebsd.org (mx2.freebsd.org [216.136.204.119]) by storm4.uol.com.br (Postfix) with ESMTP id B735F6C2BE for ; Tue, 21 Oct 2003 16:55:32 -0200 (BRST) Received: from hub.freebsd.org (hub.freebsd.org [216.136.204.18]) by mx2.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2709A56468 for ; Tue, 21 Oct 2003 11:54:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-src-committers@FreeBSD.org) Received: by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) id 6B55416A50D; Tue, 21 Oct 2003 11:54:25 -0700 (PDT) Delivered-To: lioux@freebsd.org Received: by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix, from userid 538) id 2940816A4BF; Tue, 21 Oct 2003 11:54:24 -0700 (PDT) Delivered-To: src-committers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C6EFB16A4C0 for ; Tue, 21 Oct 2003 11:53:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from relay.pair.com (relay.pair.com [209.68.1.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2145543FAF for ; Tue, 21 Oct 2003 11:53:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from silby@silby.com) Received: (qmail 80820 invoked from network); 21 Oct 2003 18:53:48 -0000 Received: from niwun.pair.com (HELO localhost) (209.68.2.70) by relay.pair.com with SMTP; 21 Oct 2003 18:53:48 -0000 X-pair-Authenticated: 209.68.2.70 From: Mike Silbersack To: Mike Silbersack In-Reply-To: <200310211828.h9LISaO6093920@repoman.freebsd.org> References: <200310211828.h9LISaO6093920@repoman.freebsd.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-src-committers@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org cc: src-committers@FreeBSD.org cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/amd64/amd64 amd64_mem.c tsc.csrc/sys/dev/aac aac_disk.c src/sys/dev/ata ata-disk.c src/sys/dev/pci pci_pci.c src/sys/i386/i386 i686_mem.c tsc.c src/sys/i386/pci pc X-BeenThere: cvs-src@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 List-Id: CVS commit messages for the src tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 05:12:29 -0000 X-Original-Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 15:53:35 -0500 (CDT) X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 05:12:29 -0000 On Tue, 21 Oct 2003, Mike Silbersack wrote: > Change all SYSCTLS which are readonly and have a related TUNABLE > from CTLFLAG_RD to CTLFLAG_RDTUN so that sysctl(8) can provide > more useful error messages. For those interested, this series of commits causes the following to happen: > sysctl kern.maxproc=1 Tunable values are set in /boot/loader.conf and require a reboot to take effect. sysctl: oid 'kern.maxproc' is a tunable. This should help reduce confusion for sysadmins trying to tune FreeBSD for the first time. Perhaps the documentation could be improved as well, but I'm too lazy to tackle that right now. Mike "Silby" Silbersack