Adding kernel config options?

2013-07-01 Thread Ron Brown
Hi, I am wondering how one would add support for additional options in the kernel configuration files. I have found the config(8) program and the related files '/sys/conf/file' '/sys/conf/options', but am having trouble finding any documentation leading me beyond there. When I specify

kernel config file

2013-03-21 Thread Fbsd8
=yes statement in my kernel config file and the blanktime and warp_saver load modules don't get created. I need the options statements for those items so I can compile then into the kernel. Thanks ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http

Re: kernel config file

2013-03-21 Thread Chris Whitehouse
. I have makeoptions NO_MODULES=yes statement in my kernel config file and the blanktime and warp_saver load modules don't get created. I need the options statements for those items so I can compile then into the kernel. Would it be /usr/src/sys/conf/NOTES ? %grep warp_saver /usr/src/sys/conf

Re: kernel config file

2013-03-21 Thread Polytropon
helpful. I have makeoptions NO_MODULES=yes statement in my kernel config file and the blanktime and warp_saver load modules don't get created. Have a look at man src.conf for dealing with the creation of modules. I need the options statements for those items so I can compile

kernel config

2012-10-25 Thread jb
Hi, what controls how parts of kernel are built, that is, built-in or modular ? For example, I want to: - build a kernel that has eveything built in - build a kernel that has everything possible (what controls the impossible ?) built as modules - build a kernel that has mixed support, e.g.

Re: kernel config

2012-10-25 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, On Thu, 25 Oct 2012 06:41:44 + (UTC) jb jb.1234a...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, what controls how parts of kernel are built, that is, built-in or modular ? For example, I want to: - build a kernel that has eveything built in this is normally not possible as some thing conflict which each

Re: kernel config

2012-10-25 Thread jb
Erich Dollansky erichfreebsdlist at ovitrap.com writes: ... Just check how a custom kernel is build. You can then build three versions of it. One with nothing, one with the modules you want and one with the non-conflicting modules build-in. Just read the handbook regarding custom

Re: kernel config

2012-10-25 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, On Thu, 25 Oct 2012 07:26:27 + (UTC) jb jb.1234a...@gmail.com wrote: Erich Dollansky erichfreebsdlist at ovitrap.com writes: ... Just check how a custom kernel is build. You can then build three versions of it. One with nothing, one with the modules you want and one with the

Re: kernel config

2012-10-25 Thread jb
Erich Dollansky erichfreebsdlist at ovitrap.com writes: ... What decides about that (built-in or module) ? # kldstat -v |grep cd9660 414 cd9660 # kldstat -v |grep ext2fs 151 0xc9911000 11000ext2fs.ko (/boot/kernel/ext2fs.ko) 538 ext2fs jb

Re: kernel config

2012-10-25 Thread Polytropon
On Thu, 25 Oct 2012 14:51:38 +0700, Erich Dollansky wrote: The modules are always build, at least to my knowledge. So, you do not need any options for this. You just need to load them later. The means of /etc/src.conf can be used to skip certain things during a kernel + world build. For

Re: kernel config

2012-10-25 Thread jb
jb jb.1234abcd at gmail.com writes: ... What decides about that (built-in or module) ? # kldstat -v |grep cd9660 414 cd9660 # kldstat -v |grep ext2fs 151 0xc9911000 11000ext2fs.ko (/boot/kernel/ext2fs.ko) 538 ext2fs That was already clarified. jb

Re: Why can't I set my cpu type in kernel config ?

2012-08-08 Thread Wojciech Puchar
I think it's likely that it is a 64-bit installation. Not sure about that. How could the amd64 OS be installed and run on a i386 machine? it cannot. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: Why can't I set my cpu type in kernel config ?

2012-08-08 Thread pulley
I am installing 8.3-RELEASE on an old 900mhz pentium laptop ... it's an i686 CPU. By default, GENERIC has HAMMER as the cpu, and that isn't working. So I tried both: you've got into wrong directory /usr/src/sys/i386/conf is right /usr/src/sys/amd64/conf is wrong, unless you have 64-bit

Re: Why can't I set my cpu type in kernel config ?

2012-08-07 Thread Wojciech Puchar
I am installing 8.3-RELEASE on an old 900mhz pentium laptop ... it's an i686 CPU. By default, GENERIC has HAMMER as the cpu, and that isn't working. So I tried both: you've got into wrong directory /usr/src/sys/i386/conf is right /usr/src/sys/amd64/conf is wrong, unless you have 64-bit

Re: Why can't I set my cpu type in kernel config ?

2012-08-07 Thread Wojciech Puchar
That's the amd64 (64-bit) GENERIC Jason: It looks like you may have installed the 64-bit distribution on your nonsense. 64-bit distribution doesn't run on 32-bit computer. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: Why can't I set my cpu type in kernel config ?

2012-08-07 Thread Robert Bonomi
set my cpu type in kernel config ? That's the amd64 (64-bit) GENERIC Jason: It looks like you may have installed the 64-bit distribution on your nonsense. 64-bit distribution doesn't run on 32-bit computer. *PRECISELY* why the OP is having problems. He _is_ trying to build amd64 kernel

Re: Why can't I set my cpu type in kernel config ?

2012-08-07 Thread Polytropon
...@googlemail.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why can't I set my cpu type in kernel config ? That's the amd64 (64-bit) GENERIC Jason: It looks like you may have installed the 64-bit distribution on your nonsense. 64-bit distribution doesn't run on 32-bit computer

Re: Why can't I set my cpu type in kernel config ?

2012-08-07 Thread RW
To: Chris Hill ch...@monochrome.org Cc: RW rwmailli...@googlemail.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why can't I set my cpu type in kernel config ? That's the amd64 (64-bit) GENERIC Jason: It looks like you may have installed the 64-bit distribution on your

Re: Why can't I set my cpu type in kernel config ?

2012-08-07 Thread Polytropon
: Wojciech Puchar woj...@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl To: Chris Hill ch...@monochrome.org Cc: RW rwmailli...@googlemail.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why can't I set my cpu type in kernel config ? That's the amd64 (64-bit) GENERIC Jason: It looks like you may

Why can't I set my cpu type in kernel config ?

2012-08-06 Thread Jason Usher
I am installing 8.3-RELEASE on an old 900mhz pentium laptop ... it's an i686 CPU. By default, GENERIC has HAMMER as the cpu, and that isn't working. So I tried both: cpu I586_CPU and: cpu I686_CPU (I also tried them both lowercase, like i686_cpu) But all of these fail: GENERIC:

Re: Why can't I set my cpu type in kernel config ?

2012-08-06 Thread Michael Sierchio
make LINT vi LINT On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 4:53 PM, Jason Usher jushe...@yahoo.com wrote: I am installing 8.3-RELEASE on an old 900mhz pentium laptop ... it's an i686 CPU. By default, GENERIC has HAMMER as the cpu, and that isn't working. So I tried both: cpu I586_CPU and: cpu

Re: Why can't I set my cpu type in kernel config ?

2012-08-06 Thread RW
On Mon, 6 Aug 2012 16:53:04 -0700 (PDT) Jason Usher wrote: I am installing 8.3-RELEASE on an old 900mhz pentium laptop ... it's an i686 CPU. By default, GENERIC has HAMMER as the cpu, and that isn't working. So I tried both: That's the amd64 (64-bit) GENERIC

Re: Why can't I set my cpu type in kernel config ?

2012-08-06 Thread Chris Hill
On Tue, 7 Aug 2012, RW wrote: On Mon, 6 Aug 2012 16:53:04 -0700 (PDT) Jason Usher wrote: I am installing 8.3-RELEASE on an old 900mhz pentium laptop ... it's an i686 CPU. By default, GENERIC has HAMMER as the cpu, and that isn't working. So I tried both: That's the amd64 (64-bit) GENERIC

COMPAT_* kernel config options -- some housecleaning overdue?

2012-01-15 Thread Conrad J. Sabatier
I've been wondering for a while now about the accuracy of some of the comments in /sys/conf/NOTES re: the various COMPAT_* options, and now, with 9.0-RELEASE already out the door and 10.0-CURRENT as the current development branch, it seems even more relevant to ask just how necessary or useful

Re: COMPAT_* kernel config options -- some housecleaning overdue?

2012-01-15 Thread Julian H. Stacey
Hi, Conrad J. Sabatier wrote: I've been wondering for a while now about the accuracy of some of the comments in /sys/conf/NOTES re: the various COMPAT_* options, and now, with 9.0-RELEASE already out the door and 10.0-CURRENT as the current development branch, it seems even more relevant to

Some troble in the kernel config file

2011-12-13 Thread Oleg simonoff
Hi users! I`ve got some trouble in the kernel configuration. I think,there is somebody able to help me See the attached files. Many thanks for attention. dmesg.boot Description: Binary data newkernel.2011-10-12 Description: Binary data ___

Re: options atapicam and/or device ATA_CAM in kernel config?

2011-11-28 Thread Thomas Mueller
On 11/27/11, Lowell Gilbert freebsd-questions-lo...@be-well.ilk.org wrote: b. f. bf1...@googlemail.com writes: What is the role of options atapicam and device ATA_CAM in kernel config file? Are they redundant? Kernel will build with both these options, but will it make things

Re: options atapicam and/or device ATA_CAM in kernel config?

2011-11-28 Thread b. f.
Now I think I'll try to rebuild the kernel with options ATA_CAM and drop device atapicam. This question needs to be better resolved in time for FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE. I cross-post this message to freebsd-curr...@freebsd.org so the developers will see it. FreeBSD users want to be able to burn

Re: options atapicam and/or device ATA_CAM in kernel config?

2011-11-28 Thread Lowell Gilbert
b. f. bf1...@googlemail.com writes: The handbook does contain some oblique and scattered references to the new code, or at least to constructs that are common to both the old and the new code, but the addition of a brief discussion of the differences between the new and old ATA code in the

Re: options atapicam and/or device ATA_CAM in kernel config?

2011-11-27 Thread b. f.
What is the role of options atapicam and device ATA_CAM in kernel config file? Are they redundant? Kernel will build with both these options, but will it make things go awry? Is ATA_CAM deprecated? They are redundant and incompatible. atapicam is deprecated, and ATA_CAM

Re: options atapicam and/or device ATA_CAM in kernel config?

2011-11-27 Thread Lowell Gilbert
b. f. bf1...@googlemail.com writes: What is the role of options atapicam and device ATA_CAM in kernel config file? Are they redundant? Kernel will build with both these options, but will it make things go awry? Is ATA_CAM deprecated? They are redundant and incompatible

Re: options atapicam and/or device ATA_CAM in kernel config?

2011-11-27 Thread b. f.
On 11/27/11, Lowell Gilbert freebsd-questions-lo...@be-well.ilk.org wrote: b. f. bf1...@googlemail.com writes: What is the role of options atapicam and device ATA_CAM in kernel config file? Are they redundant? Kernel will build with both these options, but will it make things go

Re: options atapicam and/or device ATA_CAM in kernel config?

2011-11-26 Thread Thomas Mueller
Thomas Mueller mueller6...@bellsouth.net writes: What is the role of options atapicam and device ATA_CAM in kernel config file? Are they redundant? Kernel will build with both these options, but will it make things go awry? Is ATA_CAM deprecated? Lowell Gilbert freebsd-questions

Re: options atapicam and/or device ATA_CAM in kernel config?

2011-11-25 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Thomas Mueller mueller6...@bellsouth.net writes: What is the role of options atapicam and device ATA_CAM in kernel config file? Are they redundant? Kernel will build with both these options, but will it make things go awry? Is ATA_CAM deprecated? As far as I can see, ATA_CAM isn't

options atapicam and/or device ATA_CAM in kernel config?

2011-11-23 Thread Thomas Mueller
What is the role of options atapicam and device ATA_CAM in kernel config file? Are they redundant? Kernel will build with both these options, but will it make things go awry? Is ATA_CAM deprecated? I am trying to burn a CD (or DVD) on a SATA DVD-RW drive, but cdrtools don't work. Also, how

Re: I486_CPU or I586_CPU in kernel config

2011-06-06 Thread Chuck Swiger
On May 30, 2011, at 4:53 PM, Warren Block wrote: On Mon, 30 May 2011, Adam Vande More wrote: Perhaps this is the one you meant? http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2009-January/190568.html That's the one! Thanks! Actually the two threads touch on the same subject, and it

Re: I486_CPU or I586_CPU in kernel config

2011-06-01 Thread Warren Block
On Mon, 30 May 2011, Warren Block wrote: On Mon, 30 May 2011, Adam Vande More wrote: Perhaps this is the one you meant? http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2009-January/190568.html That's the one! Thanks! Actually the two threads touch on the same subject, and it seems

Re: I486_CPU or I586_CPU in kernel config

2011-05-31 Thread b. f.
Warren Block wrote: On Mon, 30 May 2011, Adam Vande More wrote: Perhaps this is the one you meant? http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2009-January/190568.html That's the one! Thanks! Actually the two threads touch on the same subject, and it seems removal of those

I486_CPU or I586_CPU in kernel config

2011-05-30 Thread Warren Block
Some time back, there was a post on one of the mailing lists that suggested it was better to leave either I486_CPU or I586_CPU enabled in a kernel config even for much newer processors. For performance reasons, AFAIR. Naturally I didn't save that post or a link to it. Can anyone find

Re: I486_CPU or I586_CPU in kernel config

2011-05-30 Thread Adam Vande More
in a kernel config even for much newer processors. For performance reasons, AFAIR. Naturally I didn't save that post or a link to it. Can anyone find that message, or explain why it would be good to keep either of those cpu options in a kernel that will only run on much newer CPUs? Um, I don't

Re: I486_CPU or I586_CPU in kernel config

2011-05-30 Thread Adam Vande More
On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 9:50 AM, Warren Block wbl...@wonkity.com wrote: Some time back, there was a post on one of the mailing lists that suggested it was better to leave either I486_CPU or I586_CPU enabled in a kernel config even for much newer processors. For performance reasons, AFAIR

Re: I486_CPU or I586_CPU in kernel config

2011-05-30 Thread Warren Block
On Mon, 30 May 2011, Adam Vande More wrote: Perhaps this is the one you meant? http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2009-January/190568.html That's the one! Thanks! Actually the two threads touch on the same subject, and it seems removal of those options is still desirable

Re: I486_CPU or I586_CPU in kernel config

2011-05-30 Thread Adam Vande More
On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 6:53 PM, Warren Block wbl...@wonkity.com wrote: sys/i386/i386/support.s is mentioned, but doesn't seem to have anything explicitly specific for 586. There are some i686 entries. A test for cpu_class==CPUCLASS_586 in /sys/i386/isa/npx.c is mentioned in the thread, but

kernel config =? kernel code

2011-01-02 Thread perryh
This feels like a really dumb (as in, the answer should be obvious) question, but so far it has eluded me: Given an option name in the kernel configuration file, how -- exactly -- does the directive to include or exclude that option get translated into particular code (source lines, .o files,

Re: kernel config =? kernel code

2011-01-02 Thread CyberLeo Kitsana
On 01/02/2011 03:07 AM, per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: This feels like a really dumb (as in, the answer should be obvious) question, but so far it has eluded me: Given an option name in the kernel configuration file, how -- exactly -- does the directive to include or exclude that option get

Re: kernel config file according to config(5): inconsistent ?

2010-12-26 Thread Ian Smith
In freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 342, Issue 9, Message: 1 On Sat, 25 Dec 2010 04:38:08 -0800 Rob spamref...@yahoo.com wrote: I read the guidelines in the man pages of config(5) on how to make a customized kernel config file: nooption name [, name [...]] nooptions name

Re: kernel config file according to config(5): inconsistent ?

2010-12-26 Thread Bruce Cran
On Mon, 27 Dec 2010 00:29:47 +1100 (EST) Ian Smith smi...@nimnet.asn.au wrote: Arguably unforgiving parsing and/or imprecise description. Try eg: nooptions NFSCLIENT, NFSSERVER, NFSLOCKD, NFS_ROOT with no space[s] before comma[s], as is generally conventional. That doesn't work either.

Re: kernel config file according to config(5): inconsistent ?

2010-12-26 Thread Ian Smith
On Sun, 26 Dec 2010, Bruce Cran wrote: On Mon, 27 Dec 2010 00:29:47 +1100 (EST) Ian Smith smi...@nimnet.asn.au wrote: Arguably unforgiving parsing and/or imprecise description. Try eg: nooptions NFSCLIENT, NFSSERVER, NFSLOCKD, NFS_ROOT with no space[s] before comma[s], as

Re: kernel config file according to config(5): inconsistent ?

2010-12-26 Thread Bruce Cran
On Mon, 27 Dec 2010 01:50:45 +1100 (EST) Ian Smith smi...@nimnet.asn.au wrote: Probably should be easy, but from trying to parse that and lang.l I get the vague impression (at best) that Rob's original should have worked? Too much partying probably .. care to enlighten us? The NOOPTION

Re: kernel config file according to config(5): inconsistent ?

2010-12-26 Thread Ian Smith
On Sun, 26 Dec 2010, Bruce Cran wrote: On Mon, 27 Dec 2010 01:50:45 +1100 (EST) Ian Smith smi...@nimnet.asn.au wrote: Probably should be easy, but from trying to parse that and lang.l I get the vague impression (at best) that Rob's original should have worked? Too much

kernel config file according to config(5): inconsistent ?

2010-12-25 Thread Rob
Hi, I read the guidelines in the man pages of config(5) on how to make a customized kernel config file: nooption name [, name [...]] nooptions name [, name [...]] Remove the specified kernel options from the list of previously defined options

FBSD 8: custom kernel config ends boot at mountroot. Plz. help!

2010-12-19 Thread Rob
Hi, My system boots fine with the GENERIC kernel on FreeBSD 8.0 I made a custom kernel, but the boot process then ends with the mountroot error and prompt. Apparently something is wrong with my kernel config file. Can somebody check it below and tell me what is wrong with my kernel config

Re: FBSD 8: custom kernel config ends boot at mountroot. Plz. help!

2010-12-19 Thread perryh
with what you expected might provide a clue. Another possibility would be to compare the dmesg from your kernel with the one from GENERIC. Apparently something is wrong with my kernel config file. Can somebody check it below and tell me what is wrong with my kernel config file? Especially

Re: FBSD 8: custom kernel config ends boot at mountroot. Plz. help!

2010-12-19 Thread Frank Shute
On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 05:11:58AM -0800, Rob wrote: Hi, My system boots fine with the GENERIC kernel on FreeBSD 8.0 I made a custom kernel, but the boot process then ends with the mountroot error and prompt. Apparently something is wrong with my kernel config file. Can

Re: FBSD 8: custom kernel config ends boot at mountroot. Plz. help!

2010-12-19 Thread Warren Block
On Mon, 20 Dec 2010, Frank Shute wrote: If you're going to use a custom kernel, copy GENERIC, edit it and save it as your kernel conf. Then when you run into trouble with your custom kernel you can post a diff(1) between it and GENERIC. Then it's easy to see what you've enabled/disabled,

Re: Kernel Config for NAT

2010-04-10 Thread Ian Smith
On Fri, 9 Apr 2010, per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: Ian Smith smi...@nimnet.asn.au wrote: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/firewalls-ipfw.html rant This is absolutely the worst section of an otherwise great handbook ... Nothing short of a rewrite from scratch could fix it ...

Re: Kernel Config for NAT

2010-04-09 Thread Ian Smith
your earlier mail that you wanted to use in-kernel NAT? If so, rather than divert sockets (using ipfw's divert action) you want: ipfw_nat_load=YES libalias_load=YES 2) in the kernel config: #options IPFIREWALL #firewall #options IPFIREWALL_VERBOSE #enable logging

Re: Kernel Config for NAT

2010-04-09 Thread Robert Huff
libalias=YES # for in-kernel ipfw nat check. and in the kernel config: #options IPFIREWALL #firewall #options IPFIREWALL_VERBOSE #enable logging to syslogd(8) options IPFIREWALL_FORWARD #options IPFIREWALL_VERBOSE_LIMIT=100#limit verbosity #options

Re: Kernel Config for NAT

2010-04-09 Thread Ian Smith
. This machine has a custom kernel, so that's not a an issue. And in /boot/loader.conf: ipfw_load=YES ipfw_nat=YES # in-kernel ipfw nat libalias=YES # for in-kernel ipfw nat ipfw_nat_load=YES libalias_load=YES check. and in the kernel config: #options

Re: Kernel Config for NAT

2010-04-09 Thread perryh
Ian Smith smi...@nimnet.asn.au wrote: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/firewalls-ipfw.html rant This is absolutely the worst section of an otherwise great handbook ... Nothing short of a rewrite from scratch could fix it ... As always, I'm sure a patch -- to provide that rewrite --

Re: Kernel Config for NAT

2010-04-08 Thread Robert Huff
Adam Vande More writes: If compiled into the kernel, there's a set of optional settings (VERBOSE, LOG_LINIT, DEFAULT_TO_ACCEPT, etc) that can be set there. If using the module, how does one set these? Logging is compiled into the modules and there are a few sysctl's.

Re: Kernel Config for NAT

2010-04-08 Thread Robert Huff
. AFAIK, everything else is the same. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/firewalls-ipfw.html So ... double-checking I'm doing this right: 1) in /boot/loader.conf: ipfw_load=YES ipdivert_load=YES 2) in the kernel config: #options IPFIREWALL #firewall #options

Re: Kernel Config for NAT

2010-04-08 Thread Adam Vande More
On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 7:10 AM, Robert Huff roberth...@rcn.com wrote: 1) in /boot/loader.conf: ipfw_load=YES ipdivert_load=YES 2) in the kernel config: #options IPFIREWALL #firewall #options IPFIREWALL_VERBOSE #enable logging to syslogd(8) #options

Re: Kernel Config for NAT

2010-04-08 Thread Gary Dunn
On Thu, 8 Apr 2010 08:10:34 -0400 Robert Huff roberth...@rcn.com wrote: So ... double-checking I'm doing this right: 1) in /boot/loader.conf: ipfw_load=YES ipdivert_load=YES yes; see NAT HB 31.9.3 2) in the kernel config: IMHO, and according to Adam Vandr More, kernel options

Re: Kernel Config for NAT

2010-04-08 Thread Robert Huff
IMHO, and according to Adam Vandr More, kernel options are no longer required. The original reason I asked was: 30.6.2 Kernel Options It is not a mandatory requirement to enable IPFW by compiling the following options into the FreeBSD

Kernel Config for NAT

2010-04-07 Thread Gary Dunn
I am setting up a router to share one Wi-Fi link between a few computers that only support CAT-5. Like a wireless access point except wired and wireless sides are reversed. My question is about the ipfw packet filter. From the handbook section on NAT, 31.9.3, I can achieve what I need with boot

Re: Kernel Config for NAT

2010-04-07 Thread Adam Vande More
On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 9:51 PM, Gary Dunn o...@aloha.com wrote: I am setting up a router to share one Wi-Fi link between a few computers that only support CAT-5. Like a wireless access point except wired and wireless sides are reversed. My question is about the ipfw packet filter. From the

Re: Kernel Config for NAT

2010-04-07 Thread Robert Huff
Adam Vande More writes: I am setting up a router to share one Wi-Fi link between a few computers that only support CAT-5. Like a wireless access point except wired and wireless sides are reversed. My question is about the ipfw packet filter. From the handbook section on NAT, 31.9.3,

Re: Kernel Config for NAT

2010-04-07 Thread Adam Vande More
On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 11:28 PM, Robert Huff roberth...@rcn.com wrote: If compiled into the kernel, there's a set of optional settings (VERBOSE, LOG_LINIT, DEFAULT_TO_ACCEPT, etc) that can be set there. If using the module, how does one set these? Logging is compiled into the

Re: change in kernel config file

2009-04-13 Thread ill...@gmail.com
2009/4/12 Robert Huff roberth...@rcn.com:  As to libusb:  -CURRENT does not need (actually needs to not have)  devel/libusb since its functionality(?) is part of the base system  now (post feb09).  What I did:        This is after installing the new kernel+world, right? Indeed. I

change in kernel config file

2009-04-12 Thread Robert Huff
[posted here because could affect people who don't read curr...@] I'm about to update a -CURRENT box, and came across this in src/UPDATING: GEOM_PART has become the default partition slicer for storage devices, replacing GEOM_MBR, GEOM_BSD, GEOM_PC98 and GEOM_GPT

Re: change in kernel config file

2009-04-12 Thread ill...@gmail.com
2009/4/12 Robert Huff roberth...@rcn.com:        With respect to the changes in the USB stack:        The old system was built in early February, before the new code went in.  The config file has: device          uhci device          ohci device          ehci device          usb device  

Re: does IPI_PREEMPTION in the kernel config do anything

2009-01-11 Thread Paul B. Mahol
On 1/11/09, Aryeh M. Friedman aryeh.fried...@gmail.com wrote: For the last year I have been using IPI_PREEMPTION in my kernel config and I know back then it helped quite a bit on the performence of my dual core... now I am setting a 4 core machine using 7.1pl1 (i386) [on the dual core I

does IPI_PREEMPTION in the kernel config do anything

2009-01-10 Thread Aryeh M. Friedman
For the last year I have been using IPI_PREEMPTION in my kernel config and I know back then it helped quite a bit on the performence of my dual core... now I am setting a 4 core machine using 7.1pl1 (i386) [on the dual core I {and will continue} to use -current] and was just wondering

identifying hardware for kernel config purposes

2007-01-21 Thread Glenn Becker
enough to look through /var/run/dmesg.boot, and many devices make themselves obvious (a DVD-ROM drive is a DVD-ROM drive is a ...) but how do I identify my motherboard, for example, so I know which lines to comment out (or conversely, leave in) in the kernel config file? If there is a good

Re: identifying hardware for kernel config purposes

2007-01-21 Thread Jeff Royle
a little bit lost. I know enough to look through /var/run/dmesg.boot, and many devices make themselves obvious (a DVD-ROM drive is a DVD-ROM drive is a ...) but how do I identify my motherboard, for example, so I know which lines to comment out (or conversely, leave in) in the kernel config file

Kernel Config Recommendations for AMD Chip

2007-01-11 Thread Michael K. Smith - Adhost
Hello All: I've spent my entire FreeBSD life in /sys/i386 using Intel chips. We have a new server with the AMD processor listed below and I'm wondering if: 1) I should stay in /sys/i386 with different configuration variables; or 2) Compile out of /sys/amd64 Any insights would be greatly

Re: Kernel Config Recommendations for AMD Chip

2007-01-11 Thread Peter Giessel
On Thursday, January 11, 2007, at 10:20AM, Michael K. Smith - Adhost [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello All: I've spent my entire FreeBSD life in /sys/i386 using Intel chips. We have a new server with the AMD processor listed below and I'm wondering if: 1) I should stay in /sys/i386 with

kernel config file for amd64

2007-01-10 Thread Jonathan Horne
im building a system with the amd64, version of freebsd, but the system is a xeon nacona. the GENERIC kernel config files reads: machine amd64 cpu HAMMER ident GENERIC does cpu HAMMER have a bad effect on a EM64 cpu? should that line be changed, and if so

Is MAXFILES still valid in a kernel config option?

2006-05-16 Thread Bill Moran
Using 6.1, is MAXFILES still honored in the kernel config? I know I can adjust this via sysctl, but setting it in the kernel config is more conducive to our deployment methodology. -- Bill Moran Collaborative Fusion Inc. ___ freebsd-questions

Re: Is MAXFILES still valid in a kernel config option?

2006-05-16 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2006-05-16 11:35, Bill Moran [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Using 6.1, is MAXFILES still honored in the kernel config? I know I can adjust this via sysctl, but setting it in the kernel config is more conducive to our deployment methodology. Yes. The option is still valid even in CURRENT

Re: Is MAXFILES still valid in a kernel config option?

2006-05-16 Thread Bill Moran
On Tue, 16 May 2006 19:06:45 +0300 Giorgos Keramidas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 2006-05-16 11:35, Bill Moran [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Using 6.1, is MAXFILES still honored in the kernel config? I know I can adjust this via sysctl, but setting it in the kernel config is more conducive

Re: Is MAXFILES still valid in a kernel config option?

2006-05-16 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2006-05-16 13:28, Bill Moran [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 16 May 2006 19:06:45 +0300 Giorgos Keramidas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 2006-05-16 11:35, Bill Moran [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Using 6.1, is MAXFILES still honored in the kernel config? I know I can adjust this via sysctl

Release 6.0 386 kernel config file

2006-03-06 Thread Steve P.
Could someone please give me a url to a text listing of this file? I don't have access to fbsd right now. Thanks. Steve. -- ___ Play 100s of games for FREE! http://games.mail.com/ ___

Re: Release 6.0 386 kernel config file

2006-03-06 Thread Andrew
On Mon, 2006-03-06 at 14:26 -0500, Steve P. wrote: Could someone please give me a url to a text listing of this file? I don't have access to fbsd right now. Thanks. Steve. I don't have a specific URL for you, but a suggestion: what about the CVS interface on freebsd.org? I _assume_ that

Re: Release 6.0 386 kernel config file

2006-03-06 Thread Ceri Davies
On 6/3/06 19:26, Steve P. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Could someone please give me a url to a text listing of this file? I don't have access to fbsd right now. http://cvsweb.FreeBSD.org/src/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC - click download Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all.

where is the kernel config menu?

2005-12-02 Thread John Cox Christine Armond
I am trying to Install 6.0 following the procedure in the handbook. It says the kernel config menu should appear immediately after booting. I don't see that. For me it goes directly to sysinstall. How do get to the kernel config menu? Thanks. John

Re: where is the kernel config menu?

2005-12-02 Thread Joerg Pernfuss
On Fri, 02 Dec 2005 05:05:41 -0500 John Cox Christine Armond [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am trying to Install 6.0 following the procedure in the handbook. It says the kernel config menu should appear immediately after booting. I don't see that. For me it goes directly to sysinstall. How do

Re: where is the kernel config menu?

2005-12-02 Thread Robert Slade
On Fri, 2005-12-02 at 10:05, John Cox Christine Armond wrote: I am trying to Install 6.0 following the procedure in the handbook. It says the kernel config menu should appear immediately after booting. I don't see that. For me it goes directly to sysinstall. How do get to the kernel config

KBD_INSTALL_CDEV in kernel config. What for?

2005-11-03 Thread Rob
Hi, In the kernel config file there is a line options KBD_INSTALL_CDEV # install a CDEV entry in /dev I do have this line in my kernel config, but no such thing as 'CDEV' in the /dev directory. There is /dev/devctl and /dev/devstat, but I don't think that is related, or is it? Can I remove

Re: Custom kernel config questions for Linux user

2005-06-23 Thread Wojciech Puchar
I was wondering if anyone could provide me an answer to the following questions. Please keep in mind that by default I learned Unix on a Linux system, so... please no flames :(. 1) Is there any sort of configuration interface (ncurses, X, etc), or am I 'stuck' with 'manually configuring' a

Re Custom kernel config questions linux user

2005-06-23 Thread Daniel Gonzalez
Hello, I was wondering if anyone could provide me an answer to the following questions. Please keep in mind that by default I learned Unix on a Linux system, so... please no flames :(. I was a Slackware devotee for about 4 years and a SuSe user for 2 before moving to FreeBSD. Nothing wrong with

Re: Re Custom kernel config questions linux user

2005-06-23 Thread Subhro
On 6/23/2005 20:24, Daniel Gonzalez wrote: Hello, I was wondering if anyone could provide me an answer to the following questions. Please keep in mind that by default I learned Unix on a Linux system, so... please no flames :(. Flames??!! What for? Buddy we have better work to do than say My

Custom kernel config questions for Linux user

2005-06-22 Thread Garrett Cooper
Hello, I was wondering if anyone could provide me an answer to the following questions. Please keep in mind that by default I learned Unix on a Linux system, so... please no flames :(. 1) Is there any sort of configuration interface (ncurses, X, etc), or am I 'stuck' with 'manually

Re: Custom kernel config questions for Linux user

2005-06-22 Thread Warren Block
On Wed, 22 Jun 2005, Garrett Cooper wrote: I was wondering if anyone could provide me an answer to the following questions. Please keep in mind that by default I learned Unix on a Linux system, so... please no flames :(. 1) Is there any sort of configuration interface (ncurses, X, etc), or

Re: Custom kernel config questions for Linux user

2005-06-22 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2005-06-22 18:04, Garrett Cooper [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I was wondering if anyone could provide me an answer to the following questions. Please keep in mind that by default I learned Unix on a Linux system, so... please no flames :(. That's ok. I was also a Linux user for a

Custom Kernel Config

2005-06-16 Thread Alex McGeorge
://bob.jonx.com/MYKERNEL.txt is my kernel config http://bob.jonx.com/MYKERNEL-ERROR.txt is the error I get (sorry for the lack of line wrap) Any help would be greatly appreciated! Cheers! -Alex Alex McGeorge Network Security Engineer Robbins-Gioia, LLC 703-548-7006 x4101

Re: Custom Kernel Config

2005-06-16 Thread Kris Kennaway
in the body or as attachments, but I've provided them on the web. http://bob.jonx.com/MYKERNEL.txt is my kernel config http://bob.jonx.com/MYKERNEL-ERROR.txt is the error I get (sorry for the lack of line wrap) Any help would be greatly appreciated! googling for this error would have given you

make depend error in kernel config

2005-05-16 Thread Warren
Up untill 1 week ago i have been able to compile my kernel perfectly fine. However after running a CVSUP i am no longer able to compile my kernel and i have not changed anything it since i did it quite a few mnths ago. I do not have sound loaded in my kernel anywhere but rather in a different

Re: make depend error in kernel config

2005-05-16 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Warren [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Up untill 1 week ago i have been able to compile my kernel perfectly fine. However after running a CVSUP i am no longer able to compile my kernel and i have not changed anything it since i did it quite a few mnths ago. I do not have sound loaded in my

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