Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2012 20:37:38 +0100 From: "Ronald Klop" <ronald-freebsd8@klop.yi.org> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Increasing the DMESG buffer.... Message-ID: <op.wn4141f88527sy@212-182-167-131.ip.telfort.nl> In-Reply-To: <20121121194142.8c4bf7d1977f13801a021ccc@getmail.no> References: <50ACA59D.3080809@digiware.nl> <20121121101411.GG4535@server.rulingia.com> <50ACD522.7000706@digiware.nl> <50ACEE5B.8000901@FreeBSD.org> <50ACF891.4050105@digiware.nl> <1353513692.69940.7.camel@revolution.hippie.lan> <50ACFC6C.8070506@FreeBSD.org> <20121122040251.G21191@sola.nimnet.asn.au> <50AD0E82.3070706@digiware.nl> <20121121194142.8c4bf7d1977f13801a021ccc@getmail.no>
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On Wed, 21 Nov 2012 19:41:42 +0100, Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen@getmail.no> wrote: > On Wed, 21 Nov 2012 18:25:22 +0100 > Willem Jan Withagen <wjw@digiware.nl> wrote: > >> >> Why bother... > > Because FreeBSD also runs on hardware with minimal memory? yes, but defaults should be for the masses and it is tunable for the rest > Because FreeBSD is a stable, sane operating system and we want to keep > it that way? yes, but how does an increased buffer bring instability? You can use your argument for every commit. > Because it breaks POLA? how? > Because it make developers act sloppy? How do you go from increasing a buffer to hold all the data which solves a practical problem to people being sloppy? > > I'm sorry (I'm not picking on you in particular, but this comment > represents a growing trend in attitude), but more and more people today > are becoming careless in the way they think (or not think). > I do not want FreeBSD to suffer because of that. > > If you are a FreeBSD developer or user; be vigilant! Don't let the > sloppyness silnently slip into or favorite operating system, or the way > we handle it! > </soapbox> IMHO these arguments are more about general feelings than actual to the point remarks.
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