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Date:      Mon, 27 Feb 2012 16:53:43 +0100
From:      =?UTF-8?B?xYF1a2FzeiBXxIVzaWtvd3NraQ==?= <lukasz@wasikowski.net>
To:        "Bjoern A. Zeeb" <bzeeb-lists@lists.zabbadoz.net>
Cc:        Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net>, stable@FreeBSD.org, current@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: [CFT] modular kernel config
Message-ID:  <4F4BA707.5070608@wasikowski.net>
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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.  Please 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.

-- 
best regards,
Lukasz Wasikowski



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