Re: Setting sysctl variables BEFORE the kernel boots and runs init?
On Thu, Aug 28, 2003 at 10:09:06AM +0200, David Landgren wrote: > Micheal Patterson wrote: > > > > >- Original Message - > >From: "Donald Burr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "FreeBSD Questions List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 6:11 PM > >Subject: Setting sysctl variables BEFORE the kernel boots and runs init? > > > > > > > >>I would like to be able to set certain sysctl variables in the kernel, > >>preferably BEFORE the kernel finishes booting and runs init, etc. (or > >>at the worst case, very shortly after init runs) I thought I > >>remembered that there was a way to do this through the boot loader. > >>Can anyone enlighten me? Thanks. > [...] > >You can configure sysctl options if you create the file /etc/sysctl.conf > >and > >put your changes there. Is this what you're looking for? > > That happens in the late stages if the game. init is running the main > rc script, disks have been fscked and mounted, swap is up. It does > happen before network setup, IIRC. It depends on what variables the OP > is talking about I guess. Yes -- however /etc/sysctl.conf is still too late compared to what the OP was asking for. You can modify some kernel tunables very early in the boot process by setting variables in the loader. According to loader(8) the tunables that are available are: kern.maxusers kern.ipc.nmbclusters kern.vm.kmem.size kern.maxswzone kern.maxbcache machdep.pccard.pcic_irq net.inet.tcp.tcbhashsize (This is on 4.9-PRERELEASE, other OS versions may differ) These are normally set using compiled-in values derived from settings like MAXUSERS, NMBCLUSTERS, TCBHASHSIZE in the kernel config. These values have to be set early because they define the size of various critical memory structures within the kernel that can't be modified while the system is running. You can set these values by editing /boot/loader.conf -- eg, add: kern.maxusers="32" to that file. The operation of loader.conf deliberately parallels the way that /etc/rc.conf works. See /boot/defaults/loader.conf for default settings for the available variables. Any other modifications to sysctl settings can and should be made via /etc/sysctl.conf Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Setting sysctl variables BEFORE the kernel boots and runs init?
Micheal Patterson wrote: - Original Message - From: "Donald Burr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "FreeBSD Questions List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 6:11 PM Subject: Setting sysctl variables BEFORE the kernel boots and runs init? I would like to be able to set certain sysctl variables in the kernel, preferably BEFORE the kernel finishes booting and runs init, etc. (or at the worst case, very shortly after init runs) I thought I remembered that there was a way to do this through the boot loader. Can anyone enlighten me? Thanks. [...] You can configure sysctl options if you create the file /etc/sysctl.conf and put your changes there. Is this what you're looking for? That happens in the late stages if the game. init is running the main rc script, disks have been fscked and mounted, swap is up. It does happen before network setup, IIRC. It depends on what variables the OP is talking about I guess. DAvid ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Setting sysctl variables BEFORE the kernel boots and runs init?
- Original Message - From: "Donald Burr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "FreeBSD Questions List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 6:11 PM Subject: Setting sysctl variables BEFORE the kernel boots and runs init? > I would like to be able to set certain sysctl variables in the kernel, > preferably BEFORE the kernel finishes booting and runs init, etc. (or > at the worst case, very shortly after init runs) I thought I > remembered that there was a way to do this through the boot loader. > Can anyone enlighten me? Thanks. > -- > Donald Burr of Borg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! > Website: http://www.borg-cube.com/| http://www.freebsd.org/ > PO Box 91212, Santa Barbara CA 93190-1212 \- > Tel: (805)563-0672 ICQ# 16997506 Present Day... Present Time! > > ___ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" You can configure sysctl options if you create the file /etc/sysctl.conf and put your changes there. Is this what you're looking for? -- Micheal Patterson Network Administration Cancer Care Network 405-733-2230 ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Setting sysctl variables BEFORE the kernel boots and runs init?
> I would like to be able to set certain sysctl variables in the kernel, > preferably BEFORE the kernel finishes booting and runs init, etc. (or at > the worst case, very shortly after init runs) I thought I remembered > that there was a way to do this through the boot loader. Can anyone > enlighten me? Thanks. Although I haven't done this myself, I think a start may be reading the man pages for loader(8), loader.conf(5) and boot(8). - Mike ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
