From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 30 14:37:11 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 200FC106567C for ; Fri, 30 May 2008 14:37:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (unknown [IPv6:2a01:170:102f::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A24808FC3C for ; Fri, 30 May 2008 14:37:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id m4UEb30K010463; Fri, 30 May 2008 16:37:03 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from oliver.fromme@secnetix.de) Received: (from olli@localhost) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.14.1/8.14.1/Submit) id m4UEb0J8010462; Fri, 30 May 2008 16:37:00 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from olli) Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 16:37:00 +0200 (CEST) Message-Id: <200805301437.m4UEb0J8010462@lurza.secnetix.de> From: Oliver Fromme To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, dinesh@alphaque.com In-Reply-To: <20080530135814.390321ee@prophet.alphaque.com> X-Newsgroups: list.freebsd-hackers User-Agent: tin/1.8.3-20070201 ("Scotasay") (UNIX) (FreeBSD/6.2-STABLE-20070808 (i386)) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.1.2 (lurza.secnetix.de [127.0.0.1]); Fri, 30 May 2008 16:37:04 +0200 (CEST) Cc: Subject: Re: Maximum memory allocation per process X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, dinesh@alphaque.com List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 14:37:11 -0000 Dinesh Nair wrote: > for those of us who're booting off a stripped down freebsd and are not > using the 4th routines, are the above to be set before 'load /kernel' or > after 'load /kernel' ? It doesn't matter. The tunables are passed to the kernel when it is booted. In fact, the standard beastie.4th stuff loads the kernel before displaying the menu, so the settings happen after the kernel is loaded. Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd "Being really good at C++ is like being really good at using rocks to sharpen sticks." -- Thant Tessman