> On 9 July 2020, at 14:45, Michael Tuexen <tue...@freebsd.org> wrote: > >> On 9. Jul 2020, at 23:15, Doug Hardie <bc...@lafn.org> wrote: >> >> Actually, the users of these systems would have no clue about that message. >> All they would figure out is that the system is down and they can't do their >> job and bitch to the CEO. I am going to assume that that error will be >> produced by the socket call and I have added code to check for it and email >> me if it occurs. I believe that the only viable approach for us is the >> rc.conf solution as some of these systems are rhapsberry pi 3s which I >> understand don't use the loader.conf file. > OK. Do you control the kernel which is running on the machines? If that is > the case, > you could add a line to the kernel config, rebuild the kernel and use that > custom > kernel with compiled-in SCTP support. That is still possible.
As best as I can tell, compiling a non-generic kernel may not be easily done. The Pi's are not located anywhere near me and it would be extremely difficult to deal with any kernel issues. I prefer to live with generic kernels. Life has been much easer since I switched to them. >> >> One of the configurations we are considering is for each user to have their >> own Rhapsberry Pi and eliminate the central server. All data is replicated >> between all the machines so there is no need for a central server anymore. >> If I can make that work, it would be a large cost savings for my client. > If that gets rid of the need to use SCTP, that would also work. SCTP is the heart of the replication system. I had numerous problems trying to get UDP to work. The record sizes can be up to 28 Mb. I think it is theoretically possible to be even larger, but I have never seen any over 28 Mb. SCTP handles that just fine. It also handles multi-homing which we also use. -- Doug _______________________________________________ freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
