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Date:      Thu, 9 Jul 2020 18:59:02 +0200
From:      Michael Tuexen <tuexen@freebsd.org>
To:        Eugene Grosbein <eugen@grosbein.net>
Cc:        Mark Johnston <markj@freebsd.org>, freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: making SCTP loadable and removing it from GENERIC
Message-ID:  <64E66BD2-99DA-4FBA-B5A9-03AE2C16C2DB@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <1a425cce-4905-1d2f-d5ee-cbeb1c300afc@grosbein.net>
References:  <20200709151300.GC8947@raichu> <A8BC13AB-F2EC-4819-8920-17395A4DBE64@freebsd.org> <1a425cce-4905-1d2f-d5ee-cbeb1c300afc@grosbein.net>

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> On 9. Jul 2020, at 18:36, Eugene Grosbein <eugen@grosbein.net> wrote:
>=20
> 09.07.2020 22:41, Michael Tuexen wrote:
>=20
>>> I am wondering if anyone has any objections to or concerns about =
this
>>> proposal.  Any feedback is appreciated.
>=20
> I'm for it.
>=20
>> maybe it is acceptable to document user visible changes. This could =
include
>> * parameter tunings in /etc/sysctl.conf are only applied if the SCTP =
module
>>  is loaded from /etc/loader.conf.
>=20
> You mean /boot/loader.conf.
Yes, sorry for the mistake.
>=20
> This may be relaxed with "sctp_enable" knob for /etc/rc.conf and new =
startup script
> /etc/rc.d/sctp that: a) REQUIRE: kld; b) checks if sctp.ko already =
loaded and load it as needed;
> c) applies sctp sysctl tuning from /etc/sysctl.conf for values that =
differ.
The only difference between this and loading it from /boot/loader.conf I =
see
is that the above also works on some PPC platforms. Am I missing =
something?

Best regards
Michael
>=20
>> * If the module is not loaded yet, a user must have root privileges =
to run
>>  a program using SCTP sockets.
>=20
>=20
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