Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 02:42:59 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org> To: Reko Turja <reko.turja@liukuma.net>, rrs@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD 7 trivial problems / notes Message-ID: <20071211004258.GA11140@kobe.laptop> In-Reply-To: <002801c83b05$56ab20b0$3a2a13ac@staff.ktc.lan> References: <fjho0k$hdc$1@ger.gmane.org> <20071210002131.GA74729@kobe.laptop> <002801c83b05$56ab20b0$3a2a13ac@staff.ktc.lan>
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On 2007-12-10 10:19, Reko Turja <reko.turja@liukuma.net> wrote: >>> > => SCTP depends on IPv6 >>> > >>> > This is clearly documented in NOTES. I don't think it should >>> > count as a surprising fact. >>> >>> I know it's in the NOTES - I've added it when it bit me since I >>> didn't read the notes. Maybe I'll remove it. >> >> If it bit you, an experienced FreeBSD developer, it can bite others >> too. Let's work with re@ to get it in the release notes, if it's not >> already there (instead of deleting it from the list) :-) >> >> My last CVSup is from Wed Dec 05 19:32:59 2007 +0000 (right before I >> started preparing for Friday's FreeBSD talk at a nearby university), >> so I'll CVSup again tomorrow morning, and check how we can fit this >> into the release notes in a nice, non-intrusive but still useful >> manner. > > How about making a comment about the requirement in the GENERIC > config file, in a manner used for device 'ed' or device 'sbp' for example? > > ... > options INET6 # IPv6 communications protocols > options SCTP # Stream Control Transmission > Protocol > # SCTP requires 'options > INET6' > options FFS > ... > > Or are the comments about in requirement at 'GENERIC' phased out? Does the following look ok? %%% diff -r eae64e5226db sys/i386/conf/GENERIC --- a/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC Mon Dec 10 12:03:23 2007 +0000 +++ b/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC Tue Dec 11 02:41:27 2007 +0200 @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ options PREEMPTION # Enable kernel thr options PREEMPTION # Enable kernel thread preemption options INET # InterNETworking options INET6 # IPv6 communications protocols -options SCTP # Stream Control Transmission Protocol +options SCTP # Stream Control Transmission Protocol (requires INET6) options FFS # Berkeley Fast Filesystem options SOFTUPDATES # Enable FFS soft updates support options UFS_ACL # Support for access control lists %%% It's simple enough, and we already have a few lines which are a bit `longish' in GENERIC.
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