Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2019 22:34:07 -0700 (PDT) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> To: Ravi Pokala <rpokala@freebsd.org> Cc: Kyle Evans <kevans@freebsd.org>, src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r345680 - head/sys/conf Message-ID: <201903290534.x2T5Y7v2097332@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> In-Reply-To: <CAF5D833-B3C3-4AD6-9B77-0363C56E93E9@panasas.com>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: <owner-src-committers@freebsd.org> on behalf of Kyle Evans <kevans@FreeBSD.org> > Date: 2019-03-28, Thursday at 21:00 > To: <src-committers@freebsd.org>, <svn-src-all@freebsd.org>, <svn-src-head@freebsd.org> > Subject: svn commit: r345680 - head/sys/conf > > > Author: kevans > > Date: Fri Mar 29 04:00:46 2019 > > New Revision: 345680 > > URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/345680 > > > > Log: > > NOTES: Use non-default value for BOOT_TAG > > Why? > > (I was on IRC when jhb debugged this, but I didn't quite get it; and of course lots of us *weren't* on IRC at the time.) Yes, please, why is this beeing changed, do I need to revise my .sh that was hunting for the old string to use what now? Or do I need to now override this in my KERNCONF files? I think changing this in stable/12 is a POLA issue. > Thanks, > > Ravi (rpokala@) > > > Reported by: jhb > > MFC after: 1 week (except non-empty value in stable/11) Why is 11 being treated special, or is it that it does not implement BOOT_TAG at all? Does this deserve a RELNOTES Y, or UPDATING entry? > > Modified: > > head/sys/conf/NOTES > > > > Modified: head/sys/conf/NOTES > > ============================================================================== > > --- head/sys/conf/NOTES Fri Mar 29 03:25:20 2019 (r345679) > > +++ head/sys/conf/NOTES Fri Mar 29 04:00:46 2019 (r345680) > > @@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ options BOOTHOWTO=RB_MULTIPLE > > # > > # Default boot tag; may use 'kern.boot_tag' loader tunable to override. The > > # current boot's tag is also exposed via the 'kern.boot_tag' sysctl. > > -options BOOT_TAG=\"---<<BOOT>>---\" > > +options BOOT_TAG=\"\" > > # Maximum boot tag size the kernel's static buffer should accomodate. Maximum > > # size for both BOOT_TAG and the assocated tunable. > > options BOOT_TAG_SZ=32 > > > > > -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@freebsd.org
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