Date: Sat, 14 May 2016 13:58:56 +0930 From: Shane Ambler <FreeBSD@ShaneWare.Biz> To: Doug McIntyre <merlyn@geeks.org>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Custom kernel for NAT and PF ? Message-ID: <5736A988.5020603@ShaneWare.Biz> In-Reply-To: <20160513191039.GA38861@geeks.org> References: <CAFy1QJ=VwETucFLJYm4eQH4hPtvgW5Mv789c9nYuJ3D3V7dYdA@mail.gmail.com> <1463013024.29740.2.camel@michaeleichorn.com> <CALfReyd1%2BXAURbaHbMJsVHRq2Aqtb2eES-N1sRWTrkHCQP6jdg@mail.gmail.com> <CAE63ME76vuEAjcsvRMXMdTY8eyYtPLgO7zQXc-hq7ZJ%2Br2ayvA@mail.gmail.com> <5735596F.50302@ShaneWare.Biz> <20160513191039.GA38861@geeks.org>
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On 14/05/2016 04:40, Doug McIntyre wrote: > On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 02:04:55PM +0930, Shane Ambler wrote: >>> Now you only need to compile a custom kernel if you want to use newer >> features. > ... > > Unfortunately, I have two situations where that isn't true. > > For the first, I wish that just loading the PPS drivers enabled the > PPS_SYNC option in the kernel, but it doesn't seem to. (if there is > a way to enable 'option PPS_SYNC' with a generic kernel I'd like to know, > but my experients didn't lead me that working. I still have to compile > the kernel for my GPS connected NTP servers. Which makes me wonder why > the PPS drivers are a kernel loadable object. I would report that as a bug and see if it can be improved. > The second is that the username handling is still limited to 32-bytes, > which really cramps my logins for 'billyjoebobuser@somesillydomainname.com' > so I have to build a custom kernel with longer usernames patched for > the systems that need to deal with system logins like that. While I don't have that issue, it does sound like an old time limitation that should be considered for rework. Maybe it could be made into an adjustable sysctl. -- FreeBSD - the place to B...Software Developing Shane Ambler
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