Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 08:00:24 +0100 From: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@FreeBSD.org> Cc: doc-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-doc@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/config chapter.sgml Message-ID: <20061129080024.y95fcbeyskwwkc80@webmail.leidinger.net> In-Reply-To: <20061128170913.GB5104@kobe.laptop> References: <200611221617.kAMGH1PD093122@repoman.freebsd.org> <20061123151459.qad64blllicgo4gs@webmail.leidinger.net> <20061128170913.GB5104@kobe.laptop>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Quoting Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@FreeBSD.org> (from Tue, 28 Nov =20 2006 19:09:13 +0200): > On 2006-11-23 15:14, Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@leidinger.net> wrote: >> Quoting Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@FreeBSD.org> >> (from Wed, 22 Nov 2006 16:17:01 +0000 (UTC)): >>> keramida 2006-11-22 16:17:01 UTC >>> >>> FreeBSD doc repository >>> >>> Modified files: >>> en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/config chapter.sgml >>> Log: >>> Various fixes to the "config and tuning" section of the Handbook. >>> >>> * Reword the paragraph before a set of tunables for Linux, as >>> it wasa bit confusing. >> >> The compat.linux.osrelease one needs to be removed. glibc behaves >> differently based upon the value of it. It may refuse to do anything >> if it doesn't understand the value. Changing the value of osrelease is >> only advised in experimental situations (like in >> http://wiki.freebsd.org/linux-kernel) and may result even in kernel >> panics. > > Thanks! Should I just remove the reference to compat.linux.osrelease, > or do we need to make other wider changes to the text around the area. > > It currently reads: [snip] It's a chapter/paragraph about sysctl, not about linux. So remove the =20 compat.linux stuff here and you are safe. Feel free to use the =20 hw.snd.maxautovchans sysctl as an example (there are different default =20 values in -current than in some releases, I don't remember if I MFCed =20 the new default value to 6.2). Adding an explanation to the linux chapter would be nice (except for =20 the panic part, this is specific to -current if you already have some =20 linux programs running and then change the osrelease). If you want to =20 change the linux chapter I try to come up with other missing facts for =20 this chapter (I have to read it when I get a little bit of time). Bye, Alexander. --=20 Breeding rabbits is a hare raising experience. http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander @ Leidinger.net: PGP ID =3D B0063FE7 http://www.FreeBSD.org netchild @ FreeBSD.org : PGP ID =3D 72077137
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20061129080024.y95fcbeyskwwkc80>