On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 22:09:51 +0100, Pawel Jakub Dawidek wrote: > On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 11:08:26AM -0400, John Baldwin wrote: > > On Tuesday, March 12, 2013 5:09:21 pm Pawel Jakub Dawidek wrote: > > > On Mon, Mar 04, 2013 at 09:18:45PM +0000, Kenneth D. Merry wrote: > > > > Author: ken > > > > Date: Mon Mar 4 21:18:45 2013 > > > > New Revision: 247814 > > > > URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/247814 > > > > > > > > Log: > > > > Re-enable CTL in GENERIC on i386 and amd64, but turn on the CTL > > > > disable > > > > tunable by default. > > > > > > > > This will allow GENERIC configurations to boot on small memory boxes, > > > > but > > > > not require end users who want to use CTL to recompile their kernel. > > > > They > > > > can simply set kern.cam.ctl.disable=0 in loader.conf. > > > > > > Could you rename it to kern.cam.ctl.enable(d)? There was discussion at > > > some point about sysctl/tunable names and the consensus was, AFAIR, to > > > use positive(?) names as they are more obvious. > > > > Except that all the hints we use for devices are hint.foo.X.disable=1 :) > > Well we have many sysctls too, but would be nice not to introduce new ones.
This particular sysctl/tunable is not new. It was in 9.1. My concern with changing it is that it will lead to surprises for users who already have it set. Ken -- Kenneth Merry k...@freebsd.org _______________________________________________ svn-src-head@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-src-head To unsubscribe, send any mail to "svn-src-head-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
