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Subject: Re: isp driver - sysctl controls missing
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On 04/13/2010 10:57 AM, Ross wrote:
>    
>>> Anyone know if there's any reason for the sysctl is being pulled out,
>>> and the limits being so high?  We use this in conjunction with geom
>>> multipath, so would prefer to fail over to another fc path asap when
>>> there's an issue.
>>>        
> MJ>  Sounds like a bug that I need to fix.
>
> Actually, it looks to be just a documentation "bug".
>
> Further reading of the source shows that in isp_pci.c, it now just
> reads the sysctl variables as driver hints (set in /boot/device.hints).
>
> That's probably the better way to do it since the values don't get
> changed once the system is booted.
>
> Good to see it's still modifiable!
>
> Cheers,
>    Ross.
>
>    
It's something you might want to change.