Date: Wed, 12 May 2021 18:50:19 +0200 From: Miroslav Lachman <000.fbsd@quip.cz> To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Changes in vfs.zfs.arc_max on 13 Message-ID: <a4cfa6e5-2690-dc10-7484-78c2b71c8dbf@quip.cz> In-Reply-To: <95d2d77f-c995-69ce-c6d6-ea8e22e9515b@nomadlogic.org> References: <0961dfe0-922e-8a6f-0bf9-c0685e3ec3d1@nomadlogic.org> <dcf63f50-5ea6-8524-37b3-577bda3ba06f@FreeBSD.org> <95d2d77f-c995-69ce-c6d6-ea8e22e9515b@nomadlogic.org>
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On 12/05/2021 18:06, Pete Wright via freebsd-fs wrote: [...] > Ah interesting, the examples certainly refer to loader.conf knobs. I had > mistakenly assumed that the sysctl values would take the same form. > Section 20.6.1 of the handbook isn't clear on this distinction: > "This value can be adjusted at runtime with sysctl(8) > <https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=sysctl&sektion=8&format=html>; > and can be set in /boot/loader.conf or /etc/sysctl.conf." > > zfs-module-parameters(5) is a bit more clear on this it looks like. Is > it common for loader variables to accept different formatted values for > the same knob? It is really user-unfriendly to accept 2048M in the loader.conf but not in sysctl.conf / sysctl command. I think it always should accept the same format. And human formatted is the preferred way. Just my $0.02 Miroslav Lachman
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