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Date:      Tue, 18 Sep 2012 18:40:40 -0700
From:      Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        John-Mark Gurney <jmg@funkthat.com>
Cc:        freebsd-rc@freebsd.org, Chris Rees <utisoft@gmail.com>
Subject:   Re: minor patch to defaults/rc.conf
Message-ID:  <50592298.2010108@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20120918154536.GD58312@funkthat.com>
References:  <20120918152743.GC58312@funkthat.com> <CADLo83_zk6fNzyb98=XoCSamPxfVkqNUhpZmfQT-kyrEBBvmvw@mail.gmail.com> <20120918154536.GD58312@funkthat.com>

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On 09/18/2012 08:45, John-Mark Gurney wrote:
> Chris Rees wrote this message on Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 16:37 +0100:
>> On 18 Sep 2012 16:28, "John-Mark Gurney" <jmg@funkthat.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Any objections?
>>>
>>> This makes it explicate that these controls are dependant upon AC
>>> online/offline state...

I like the idea of clarifying, but I don't think this helps enough. Can
you instead add a newline and a comment on its own line above
performance_cx_lowest with a little more detail?

> Ugh, sorry:
> Index: etc/defaults/rc.conf
> ===================================================================
> --- etc/defaults/rc.conf	(revision 240566)
> +++ etc/defaults/rc.conf	(working copy)
> @@ -654,10 +654,10 @@
>  devfs_set_rulesets=""	# A list of /mount/dev=ruleset_name settings to
>  			# apply (must be mounted already, i.e. fstab(5))
>  devfs_load_rulesets="NO"	# Enable to always load the default rulesets
> -performance_cx_lowest="HIGH"	# Online CPU idle state
> -performance_cpu_freq="NONE"	# Online CPU frequency
> -economy_cx_lowest="HIGH"	# Offline CPU idle state
> -economy_cpu_freq="NONE"		# Offline CPU frequency
> +performance_cx_lowest="HIGH"	# AC Online CPU idle state
> +performance_cpu_freq="NONE"	# AC Online CPU frequency
> +economy_cx_lowest="HIGH"	# AC Offline CPU idle state
> +economy_cpu_freq="NONE"		# AC Offline CPU frequency
>  virecover_enable="YES"	# Perform housekeeping for the vi(1) editor
>  ugidfw_enable="NO"	# Load mac_bsdextended(4) rules on boot
>  bsdextended_script="/etc/rc.bsdextended"	# Default mac_bsdextended(4)
> 
> Also, I noticed that when changing economy_cx_lowest, the indentation
> of the comment changed, should I add a couple spaces after the closing
> quote to keep the comment aligned?

No. Just like in the kernel conf, the appropriate format is:

option<space><tab>*# comment

(Also just like in the kernel conf, this rule is frequently ignored/abused)

Doug

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    I am only one, but I am one.  I cannot do everything, but I can do
    something.  And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what
    I can do.
			-- Edward Everett Hale, (1822 - 1909)



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