Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 08:00:24 +0100 From: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@FreeBSD.org> Cc: doc-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-doc@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/config chapter.sgml Message-ID: <20061129080024.y95fcbeyskwwkc80@webmail.leidinger.net> In-Reply-To: <20061128170913.GB5104@kobe.laptop> References: <200611221617.kAMGH1PD093122@repoman.freebsd.org> <20061123151459.qad64blllicgo4gs@webmail.leidinger.net> <20061128170913.GB5104@kobe.laptop>
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Quoting Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@FreeBSD.org> (from Tue, 28 Nov 2006 19:09:13 +0200): > On 2006-11-23 15:14, Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@leidinger.net> wrote: >> Quoting Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@FreeBSD.org> >> (from Wed, 22 Nov 2006 16:17:01 +0000 (UTC)): >>> keramida 2006-11-22 16:17:01 UTC >>> >>> FreeBSD doc repository >>> >>> Modified files: >>> en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/config chapter.sgml >>> Log: >>> Various fixes to the "config and tuning" section of the Handbook. >>> >>> * Reword the paragraph before a set of tunables for Linux, as >>> it wasa bit confusing. >> >> The compat.linux.osrelease one needs to be removed. glibc behaves >> differently based upon the value of it. It may refuse to do anything >> if it doesn't understand the value. Changing the value of osrelease is >> only advised in experimental situations (like in >> http://wiki.freebsd.org/linux-kernel) and may result even in kernel >> panics. > > Thanks! Should I just remove the reference to compat.linux.osrelease, > or do we need to make other wider changes to the text around the area. > > It currently reads: [snip] It's a chapter/paragraph about sysctl, not about linux. So remove the compat.linux stuff here and you are safe. Feel free to use the hw.snd.maxautovchans sysctl as an example (there are different default values in -current than in some releases, I don't remember if I MFCed the new default value to 6.2). Adding an explanation to the linux chapter would be nice (except for the panic part, this is specific to -current if you already have some linux programs running and then change the osrelease). If you want to change the linux chapter I try to come up with other missing facts for this chapter (I have to read it when I get a little bit of time). Bye, Alexander. -- Breeding rabbits is a hare raising experience. http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander @ Leidinger.net: PGP ID = B0063FE7 http://www.FreeBSD.org netchild @ FreeBSD.org : PGP ID = 72077137
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