Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2020 23:36:34 +0700 From: Eugene Grosbein <eugen@grosbein.net> To: Michael Tuexen <tuexen@freebsd.org>, Mark Johnston <markj@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: making SCTP loadable and removing it from GENERIC Message-ID: <1a425cce-4905-1d2f-d5ee-cbeb1c300afc@grosbein.net> In-Reply-To: <A8BC13AB-F2EC-4819-8920-17395A4DBE64@freebsd.org> References: <20200709151300.GC8947@raichu> <A8BC13AB-F2EC-4819-8920-17395A4DBE64@freebsd.org>
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09.07.2020 22:41, Michael Tuexen wrote: >> I am wondering if anyone has any objections to or concerns about this >> proposal. Any feedback is appreciated. I'm for it. > maybe it is acceptable to document user visible changes. This could include > * parameter tunings in /etc/sysctl.conf are only applied if the SCTP module > is loaded from /etc/loader.conf. You mean /boot/loader.conf. This may be relaxed with "sctp_enable" knob for /etc/rc.conf and new startup script /etc/rc.d/sctp that: a) REQUIRE: kld; b) checks if sctp.ko already loaded and load it as needed; c) applies sctp sysctl tuning from /etc/sysctl.conf for values that differ. > * If the module is not loaded yet, a user must have root privileges to run > a program using SCTP sockets.
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