> (U)DMA is enabled realiably. It seems Linux has terrible problems with not > enabling dma on hard-drives, which means that hdparm has to be used to > enable (U)DMA.
*) calling hdparm is no problem (/etc/init.d/boot.local) *) the system does this for me if I say which drives *) it's been automatically on for years (for hard disks). *) I've never had trouble with it on many computers, save the old laptop recently which sits for a few minuts spitting errors before the kernel gives up, turns dma off, and all works fine. nodma=ide0 fixes that. With cdrom drives linux dies badly with dma and reading the ends of CDs. Reading the ends of CDs is fscked in Linux fullstop. > A daily insecurity mail is sent, telling you about possible permission > issues et cetera. Got those for years. > ifconfig lets you set media options, unlike Linux. I've got no idea why > under Linux mii-tool still has to be used. * I've never heard of mii-tools * media options can be set as module option in module.conf (but I agree that each module is different and the 8139too one is a PITA for getting 10M/duplex - media=42 or something) Some of your points are defintely what-bsd-does-as-well rather than what-bsd-does-over-linux. Thanks for the post though, I always wanted to know a few more things about bsd. Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann is possibly list0570 with the domain in header http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me.
