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Date:      Wed, 29 Feb 2012 20:28:49 +0700
From:      "~Lst" <slackbie@gmail.com>
To:        Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@leidinger.net>
Cc:        stable@freebsd.org, current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: [CFT] modular kernel config
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On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 10:37 PM, Alexander Leidinger
<Alexander@leidinger.net> wrote:
> Quoting ~Lst <slackbie@gmail.com> (from Tue, 28 Feb 2012 16:38:43 +0700):
>
>> 2012/2/28 Steve Wills <swills@freebsd.org>:
>>>
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>>>
>>> On 02/27/12 10:53, =A3ukasz W=B1sikowski wrote:
>>>>
>>>> W dniu 2012-02-22 23:31, Bjoern A. Zeeb pisze:
>>>>
>>>>> You cannot ship that on by default for non-tecnical reasons in a
>>>>> kernel. =A0Please do not commit a kernel config that can be booted
>>>>> (no LINT cannot be booted) with these on without consulting
>>>>> appropriate hats upfront.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> - ALTQ - SW_WATCHDOG - QUOTA - IPSTEALTH (disabled in
>>>>>> loader.conf) - IPFIREWALL_FORWARD (touches every packet, power
>>>>>> users which need a bigger PPS but not this feature can
>>>>>> recompile the kernel, discussed with julian@) - FLOWTABLE
>>>>>> (disabled in loader.conf)
>>>>>
>>>>> Which is not the same as it's not 100% disabled and will still
>>>>> allocate memory.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> FLOWTABLE on 8.x crashed BGP routers (kern/144917). I don't know if
>>>> it is fixed by now, but this kind of potential problematic features
>>>> should not be enabled by default.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Agree, I've run into problems with FLOWTABLE (with just the features
>>> that were enabled by default in 8.0) when routers changed MAC
>>> addresses. As far as I understand it, FLOWTABLE is both broken and
>>> abandoned (but if I'm wrong, please let me know).
>>>
>>> So, IMHO, not only should it not be enabled by default, but given that
>>> it was disabled complete in 8.x after 8.0 (too lazy to look at exactly
>>> when right now), I think it shouldn't even be included, since that
>>> might encourage users to try it out only to encounter problems with it.
>>>
>>> Steve
>>>
>>
>> Definitely yes, I'd some problems too with FLOWTABLE running for router.
>> So I have to disabled in kernel and sysctl.
>
>
> To make sure I understand you correctly: Did you disabled it with the
> sysctl/loader-tunable and everything was OK again, or did you had to remo=
ve
> it from the kernel config (disabling via sysctl was not enough) to resolv=
e
> the issue?
>
> I have one report where a person has issue with FLOWTABLE, but disabling =
it
> via the sysctl/loader-tunable was enough to address his concerns.
>
> Bye,
> Alexander.
>

I had to remove it from the kernel config and in my cased disabling
via sysctl was not enough to resolve the issue


Rgds,
--
Lasta Yani



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