Re: Frequent disk I/O stalls while building (poudriere), processes in "zfs tear" state

On 16/04/2021 2:29 am, Felix Palmen wrote: > After more experimentation, I finally found what's causing these > problems for me on 13: > > * Felix Palmen [20210412 11:44]: >> * Poudriere running on idprio 22 with 8 parallel build jobs > > Running poudriere with normal priority works perfectly fi

Re: stable/13, vm page counts do not add up

On 8/04/2021 2:59 pm, Helge Oldach wrote: > On Wed, Apr 07, 2021 at 10:42:57PM +0300, Andriy Gapon wrote: >> >> I regularly see that the top's memory line does not add up (and by a >> lot). >> That can be seen with vm.stats as well. >> >> For example: >> $ sysctl vm

Re: stable/13, vm page counts do not add up

On 8/04/2021 6:56 am, Mark Johnston wrote: > On Wed, Apr 07, 2021 at 11:22:41PM +0300, Andriy Gapon wrote: >> On 07/04/2021 22:54, Mark Johnston wrote: >>> On Wed, Apr 07, 2021 at 10:42:57PM +0300, Andriy Gapon wrote: I regularly see that the top's memory line does not add up (and by a lo

Re: possibly silly question regarding freebsd-update

On 31/03/2021 12:35 am, tech-lists wrote: > Hi, > > Recently there was > https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-security/2021-March/010380.html > about openssl. Upgraded to 12.2-p5 with freebsd-update and rebooted. > > What I'm unsure about is the openssl version. > Up-to-date 12.1-p5 instan

Re: Filesystem operations slower in 13.0 than 12.2

Thanks Helge, there is a 10% increase in involuntary context switching which suggests that other things were occurring on the testing platform during the 13.0B4 run or 13 has adversely changed? (And I'd discount the latter due to the voluntary CS being similar across runs) I appreciate you takin

Re: where to upgrade 12-stable now, svn still, or git?

On 13/02/2021 1:11 pm, Mark Millard via freebsd-stable wrote: >> As subject, where to get sources for 12-stable upgrade now? Is it still >> svn or is it git? > > Probably your choice. But one thing that could > bias towards svn is that the svn information > spans identifying both the svn and the g

Re: 13.0-BETA1: ipfw regression?

Stefan, Would you check that you have net.inet.tcp.always_keepalive=1, and perhaps that net.inet.tcp.keepidle and net.inet.tcp.keepintvl are reasonable to ensure that the expected keep alives are running. I don't have a FreeBSD 13 to view the defaults, but Helge might be right that "it" is already

Is git/svn in sync with FreeBSD12.2Stable

I'm using https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/log/?h=stable%2F12 to monitor changes to FreeBSD 12.2Stable, as I used to use https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/svn-src-stable-12/2020-December/ The git site has substantially more changes than # svnlite update /usr/src Updating '/usr/src': U/usr/src/te

Has geli broken when using authentication (hmac/sha256)?

Using FreeBSD 12.2S r367125M, to # geli init -a HMAC/SHA256 -e aes-cbc -l 128 -P -s 4096 -K /tmp/key ${D}s1a fails during newfs, # newfs -O2 -U ${D}s1a.eli newfs: can't read old UFS1 superblock: read error from block device: Invalid argument Using geli with encryption only, works as usual. But usi

Re: Unusual display from sysctl on FBSD12.2S

On 26/09/2020 12:11 am, Andrey V. Elsukov wrote: > On 25.09.2020 09:27, Dewayne Geraghty wrote: >> sysctl -a or sysctl vm displays on syserr, >> sysctl: S_vmtotal 48 != 88 >> >> on FreeBSD 12.2-STABLE #0 r365645M. Are others experiencing this? >> >> It h

Unusual display from sysctl on FBSD12.2S

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init_exec precedence, before or after init_script?

A recent change to init, has introduced the welcome init_exec kenv. Unfortunately "man init" indicates ambiguity as both: init_script and init_exec are run as "the very first action". So that needs a change. Due to this ambiguity I referred to the source, and init_exec is performed first. As ini

Re: The spkr driver

Appreciate the notice Warner. :) Yes, I use it on various devices: - as a clock signal to indicate the time, different pitch each 1/4 & hour (aka a chiming clock, very useful when busy) - advice when a box has completed booting - advice when snort (& others) thinks there's a problem using differe

Re: Upgrading to 12.1S 362003 - a few issues

>> I've placed the ktrace (sq3.kt.xz) and LD_DEBUG output (sq.deb.xz) at >> http://www.heuristicsystems.com/squid4K > No need, the problem occurs somewhere in user code. Try to build the > binary with debug symbols and look into the coredump with gdb. > >> >> Pity about ldd, but I appreciate the

Re: Upgrading to 12.1S 362003 - a few issues

Hi Konstantin, I did try ktrace/kdump but kdump complained of "data too short". Using your suggestion about LD_DEBUG nearly caused me to fall off my chair. I think this is most relevant: # setenv LD_DEBUG 1 # ktrace -f /tmp/sq3.kt /usr/local/sbin/squid start /libexec/ld-elf.so.1 is initialized,

Upgrading to 12.1S 362003 - a few issues

After upgrading to 12.1Stable as of June 11: 1) squid - fails with segmentation fault, ldd "Cannot load PIE binary" 2) gcc9 - suffers a cc1 internal compiler error 3) pkg-static - issues "failed" messages, unable to package or install Environment Xeon E3, ufs2 only, previously running FreeBSD 12.1

Re: ntp problems stratum 2 to 14?

> The interrupted system calls (EINTR returned from select()) are normal. > Notice that each time it happens, it's associated with a SIGALARM being > delivered to ntpd. Ntpd uses SIGALARM at 1hz to periodically get > control and decide whether it's time to poll peers and do other > periodic work.

Re: ntp problems stratum 2 to 14?

Ian, Good points. I did remove the fudge and 127.127.1.1 lines from the config with the same result as below. Interestingly the clock at 10.0.7.6 isn't really unreliable, as its been my time source since 2005, and serves clients, so it is pretty ok. Without a local clock, named fails (its linked

Re: ntp problems stratum 2 to 14?

On Thu, 27 Feb 2020 at 06:43, Peter Jeremy wrote: > On 2020-Feb-26 16:37:43 +1100, Dewayne Geraghty > wrote: > >I usually run ntpd with both aslr and as user ntpd. While testing I > >noticed that my server with a direct network cable to my main time keeper, > >jumped f

ntp problems stratum 2 to 14?

I usually run ntpd with both aslr and as user ntpd. While testing I noticed that my server with a direct network cable to my main time keeper, jumped from the expected stratum 2 to 14 as follows (I record the date so I can synch with the debug log, also below): vm.loadavg={ 0.09 0.10 0.18 } Wed

Re: Light GeoIP support dropped?

Alexander, Unfortunately maxmind have changed their rules and as per AdamW's notification in the geoipupdate message for version 4.1.5_1, https://svnweb.freebsd.org/ports/head/net/geoipupdate/files/pkg-message.in?view=markup advises to go to https://www.maxmind.com/en/geolite2/signup to create an a

Re: jexec as user?

Good question Ronald. A test - I can login to jail (b3) where I run apache as www user, so # jexec -U www b3 /bin/tcsh > whoami; id www uid=80(www) gid=80(www) groups=80(www) Expected - good! and I can, in the host # su -m www -c "whoami; id" www uid=80(www) gid=80(www) groups=80(www) Good - so m

Who should I believe - iostat or mount -v?

While monitoring various deivces I noticed that the results from mount -v and iostat weren't the same. I'm "assuming" that iostat is the more accurate due to geom tasting (on a memory disk?), or is something else at play? Simplest example: mount -v -t nonullfs |grep md7; iostat -d -c 1 -tda -x -

Re: Cisco 12G SAS RAID support (FreeBSD 12.1-RELEASE) ?

Chris, After you've booted the kernel, the correct way to load a module that isn't already in the kernel, is to: kldload mpr To check if mpr is loaded, try kldstat -v|grep mpr However, if you've already placed mpr_load="YES" in your /etc/loader.conf and rebooted your device, then you probably need

ASLR affecting ports builds or use-tracking location?

Where would be the most appropriate place to track ports that are failing to build/run due to enabling ALSR on FreeBSD12.1Prerelease? I note that the issue regarding ntp has been addressed (refer https://reviews.freebsd.org/D21581) but I've also come across another which failed to run within an AS

ASLR requirement for images

>From the comment at https://reviews.freebsd.org/D5603 "The procctl(2) control for ASLR is implemented, [but] I have not provided a userspace wrapper around the syscall. In fact, the most reasonable control needed is per-image and not per-process, but we have no tradition to put the kernel-read at

Re: ntpd doesn't like ASLR on stable/12 post-r350672

The data and stack sizes are interesting when comparing ntpd 4.2.7p411 (9.2 from 2014) vs 4.2.8p12 (on 12.1Pre) # sh -c 'ntpd --version ; procstat -l $(pgrep ntpd)|grep -E "data|stack|lock"' ntpd 4.2.7p411@1.2483-o Sun Mar 9 01:25:57 UTC 2014 (1) 34798 ntpd datasize 52428

Re: uptime / w coredumping on RELENG11 (i386 only)

On 17/05/2018 7:17 AM, Dimitry Andric wrote: > On 16 May 2018, at 15:54, Mike Tancsa wrote: >> On 5/15/2018 2:31 PM, Dimitry Andric wrote: >>> On 15 May 2018, at 20:22, Mike Tancsa wrote: > Anyone else see this ? >>> See . There is a fix coming up. >> I tried

Re: gptboot broken when compiled with clang 6 and WITHOUT_LOADER_GELI -- clang 5 is OK

Andre, You're not alone.  I think there's a problem with clang6 on i386 FreeBSD 11.1X, refer: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=227552 https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/uptime-w-i386-breakage.65584/ and perhaps also on amd64, search for https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/buglist.cgi

Re: gptboot broken when compiled with clang 6 and WITHOUT_LOADER_GELI -- clang 5 is OK

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Re: Stability of 11.1S

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Re: Stability of 11.1S

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Stability of 11.1S

We rebuild 11.1-Stable at least every two weeks.  Our build on the 7th Feb is in use on our development boxes, however the rebuild on 22nd resulted in frequent crashes and our reverting to FreeBSD 11.1-STABLE  r329008.  Is anyone actually running a Stable that was built after 22nd Feb?  Could you p

Re: Extended "system" attributes within jailed environment dont work

On 14/07/2017 5:56 PM, Konstantin Belousov wrote: > On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 01:53:40PM +1000, Dewayne Geraghty wrote: >> Can someone advise how I can enable extended attributes in a "system" >> namespace within a jailed (or bhyve) environment? There was no guidance

Extended "system" attributes within jailed environment dont work

Can someone advise how I can enable extended attributes in a "system" namespace within a jailed (or bhyve) environment? There was no guidance in "man jail" nor "man jail.conf". Simple test >From the host or base system: # touch /a ; setextattr user t1 first /a ; getextattr user t1 /a /a firs

Re: dd is returning different content using same inputs

Yes, it does. Thank you. -- *Disclaimer:* *As implied by email protocols, the information in this message is not confidential. Any intermediary or recipient may inspect, modify (add), copy, forward, reply to, delete, or filter email for any purpose unless said parties are otherwise obligated. No

dd is returning different content using same inputs

I'm attempting to skip the first three bytes of a file and then pull the header out of message. Please note the file size varies between 105 and 54 bytes, even though the input file and everything else remains constant, on FreeBSD hathor 11.1-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 11.1-PRERELEASE #0 r319562M: Mon Jun

Re: FreeBSD 11.0: Installation of icingaweb2

Thorsten, This is a ports issue so should go to the freebsd-ports mailing list (if at all) Your best option is to file a PR so that the maintainer of the port can update the plist file. You'll occassionally see this sort of package-build failure when the maintainer has missed a test package step.

How to turn off SSP stack-protector on 11.0S

Is WITHOUT_SSP actually honoured and is building a world and/or ports without SSP possible? Advise/suggestions appreciated. Amongst the 9 different server configurations that we build/support, we've been asked to build a machine dedicated to PROLOG use. (yes really). As such we're trying to turn

Re: Benchmarks results for FreeBSD 11

Unfortunately people (customers, developers, hardward vendors) make decisions on the basis of bang-for-buck. FreeBSD is consistently underperforming on benchmarks. And regardless of real-world similarity, the contrived benchmarks are the best that is used. If clang (v3.4.1 on 10.3 Stable) reall

Problem with /usr/lib/libcrypt.a when building perl/python with libressl

I'm trying to rebuild my local ports tree using libressl. Unfortunately the linker is advising that I should build /usr/lib/libcrypt.a with -fPIC. As its a security-related module, I would appreciate advise as to whether this will/may cause a security issue? The message, during the link phase, th

Re: problems with powerd and cpufreq on AMD Quad-Core A8-4555M

Bottom posted On 29 February 2016 at 12:36, John wrote: > On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 08:29:14AM +1100, Dewayne Geraghty wrote: > > Thanks John, I have cpufreq added via the boot/loader.conf which always >> works. However, over the weekend, I was testing some boot changes and >

Re: problems with powerd and cpufreq on AMD Quad-Core A8-4555M

Thanks John, I have cpufreq added via the boot/loader.conf which always works. However, over the weekend, I was testing some boot changes and tried to add cpufreq AFTER the kernel - unsuccessfully. This was amd64 10.3Beta1 and 10.3Beta3. A workaround (for you) might be to remove it from the kerne

Re: make buildworld Failure on 10-STABLE and WITHOUT_OPENSSL=TRUE

On 20 February 2016 at 09:01, Bryan Drewery wrote: > On 2/6/2016 6:21 AM, Jim Ohlstein wrote: > > Hello, > > > > First noticed: > > > > root@rubicon:/usr/src # svn info > > Path: . > > Working Copy Root Path: /usr/src > > URL: https://svn.freebsd.org/base/stable/10 > > Relative URL: ^/stable/10 >

Re: problem with geli and LSI controller

On 20/07/2015 5:56 PM, Marc UBM Bocklet wrote: > On Sun, 19 Jul 2015 09:16:51 -0700 > John-Mark Gurney wrote: > >> Marc UBM via freebsd-stable wrote this message on Sun, Jul 19, 2015 at 17:34 >> +0200: >>> a few weeks ago our Highpoint Rocket Raid controller (hptrr) started >>> biting the dust

Re: WITHOUT_OPENSSL and make delete-old

On 14/07/2015 12:03 AM, Matt Smith wrote: > Hi, I use the ports version of OpenSSL for everything and don't > require the base version. As a result I thought I would remove it by > adding WITHOUT_OPENSSL into /etc/src.conf and running make delete-old > in /usr/src. However this seems to only want t

System load greater than logical cores and idprio 30 getting time.

I don't understand why processes running at idpro 30 are gettting as much CPU time as stated below when the load average is greater than the number of logical cores. I don't think its just a measuring error as I have other short lived processes that also complete at idprio 31. The scheduler for t

Re: Problems with openssl 1.0.2 update

On 24/03/2015 12:16 AM, Gerhard Schmidt wrote: > On 23.03.2015 13:40, Guido Falsi wrote: >> On 03/23/15 11:33, Gerhard Schmidt wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> we experiencing a problem after upgrading the openssl port to openssl >>> 1.0.2. >>> >>> /usr/bin/vi started to crash after some seconds with segf

Re: buildworld without libncursesw

On 4/03/2015 8:13 AM, Brooks Davis wrote: > On Tue, Mar 03, 2015 at 08:20:57PM +1100, Dewayne Geraghty wrote: >> Is there a preferred way to buildworld without libncursesw? >> >> When I add to /etc/src.conf >> WITHOUT_NCURSESW=yes >> >> I find that a buil

buildworld without libncursesw

Is there a preferred way to buildworld without libncursesw? When I add to /etc/src.conf WITHOUT_NCURSESW=yes I find that a buildworld fails due to missing libncursesw.*. So what uses libncurses? These guys do /usr/bin/dialog /usr/bin/dpv /usr/sbin/sade -> /usr/libexec/bsdinstall/partedit /usr/

RE: Suggest changing dirhash defaults for FreeBSD 9.2.

> -Original Message- > From: owner-freebsd-sta...@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-sta...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Ivan Voras > Sent: Wednesday, 28 August 2013 7:49 PM > To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Suggest changing dirhash defaults for FreeBSD 9.2. > > On 28/08/2013

RE: Behavior of jexec

> -Original Message- > From: owner-freebsd-sta...@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-sta...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of > Florent Peterschmitt > Sent: Friday, 16 August 2013 3:24 AM > To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org > Subject: Behavior of jexec > > Hi, > > I noticed two things when runnin

RE: status of autotuning freebsd for 9.2

> -Original Message- > From: owner-freebsd-sta...@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-sta...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Alfred > Perlstein > Sent: Tuesday, 20 August 2013 2:05 AM > To: Outback Dingo > Cc: r...@freebsd.org; sta...@freebsd.org; Andre Oppermann; > nones...@longcount.org > Su

RE: ipv6_addrs_IF aliases in rc.conf(5)

Sato-san, You have provided a very useful summary of ifconfig parameters for rc.conf. However, you are missing one example that would provide clearer understanding. Would you please advise if ipv4_addr_em0="10.2.1.1-10/32" is deprecated, backward compatible or remains valid into the future?

RE: new jail(8) ignoring devfs_ruleset?

An ugly workaround to complete the jail closure, when relying on jail.conf, is to: jail -r $JAILNAME umount /$LOCATION_OF_JAILS/$JAILNAME/dev || true Regards, Dewayne. ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listin

RE: Nullfs leaks i-nodes

Jeremy, Thank-you for your advice. I take your point that the next time that I have an idea that might help, that is, suggesting that maxvnodes should be increased and that vnode depletion vs starvation shouldn't be a concern; I'll reflect on your reply for my failure to review the vnode sour

RE: Nullfs leaks i-nodes

> -Original Message- > From: owner-freebsd-sta...@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-sta...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Mikolaj Golub > Sent: Wednesday, 8 May 2013 6:42 AM > To: Göran Löwkrantz > Cc: Kostik Belousov; freebsd-stable@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Nullfs leaks i-nodes > > On Tue

RE: RFC: Suggesting ZFS "best practices" in FreeBSD

Jeremy, Thank-you very much for an enlightening explanation that has changed my current disk naming/labelling approach. glabel continues to have its place with usb memory sticks. I'd glanced at cam(4) but didn't absorb the beneficial significance. Regards, Dewayne. _

RE: Does / Is anyone maintaining CVS for FreeBSD?

stable@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Does / Is anyone maintaining CVS for FreeBSD? > > "Dewayne Geraghty" wrote: > > > > > I'm a bit reluctant to installing svn on every system > that needs > > > > source updates. Are there more lightweight ways?

RE: Does / Is anyone maintaining CVS for FreeBSD?

> -Original Message- > From: owner-freebsd-sta...@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-sta...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Erich Dollansky > Sent: Friday, 4 January 2013 12:26 PM > To: Patrick M. Hausen > Cc: Eitan Adler; freebsd-stable@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Does / Is anyone maintaining C

RE: nullfs changes MFC

> -Original Message- > From: owner-freebsd-sta...@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-sta...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of > Konstantin Belousov > Sent: Saturday, 8 December 2012 12:01 PM > To: f...@freebsd.org > Cc: sta...@freebsd.org > Subject: nullfs changes MFC > > Hi, > I am going to me

RE: Increasing the DMESG buffer....

+1 (RAM is neither free nor abundant.) Increasing the default buffers, stack or heap use, should be carefully considered. There was a discussion about providing guidance/examples for loader.conf and sysctl.conf for various anticipated uses: firewall, workstation, servers, routers whether single/

RE: geom mirror now rebuilding on every reboot?

> -Original Message- > From: owner-freebsd-sta...@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-sta...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Frank Reppin > Sent: Tuesday, 7 August 2012 11:46 AM > To: sta...@freebsd.org; curr...@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: geom mirror now rebuilding on every reboot? > > by any c

RE: clang tautology

My apologies, I clearly didn't copy the url from the right buffer, Mark Linimon's Ports & Clang wiki is at http://wiki.freebsd.org/PortsAndClang Dewayne ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable

RE: clang tautology

> -Original Message- > From: owner-freebsd-sta...@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-sta...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Matthew Seaman > Sent: Tuesday, 29 May 2012 5:33 PM > To: Randy Bush > Cc: FreeBSD Stable > Subject: Re: clang tautology > > On 29/05/2012 04:47, Randy Bush wrote: > > i

RE: clang tautology

Good point Doug, I guess the choice between a clang 3.1 and gcc 4.2.1 world/kernel is pending a performance profile comparison. The performance comparison using specific applications (ports) indicates some improvement of gcc 4.6 over 4.2 and certainly gains when openMP is advantageous. Regards,

RE: 8.3-PRERELEASE and ATA_CAM

Marius, Perhaps this mutual exclusivity issue between ATA_CAM with atapicam and friends, should be mentioned in UPDATING as I'm sure the same question will recur. Thank-you for your guidance resolving the same issue that I had in 9.0 Stable. Regards, Dewayne. ___

RE: What is actual status of SUJ in 9-STABLE?

Use of SU+J & use with snapshots is being addressed. Latest update (to 9.0 Stable) was today, please refer to http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/svn-src-stable-9/2012-March/001406.html If you mean to use it in production (ie with snapshots), then it is not advisable. Regards, Dewayne. _

RE: problem: bsdlabel

Hi Matheus, You have two options. Option 1. Resync the in-memory and on-disk view of the world Identify the device from # usbconfig list Then power it off and then power on. If this doesn't work then you'll need to dd the device. For example: # usbconfig list ugen4.2: at usbus4, cfg=0 md=HOST

RE: geli keyfiles won't load automatically at boot time

> -Original Message- > From: owner-freebsd-sta...@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-sta...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of > xenophon\+freebsd > Sent: Wednesday, 7 March 2012 5:03 AM > To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org > Subject: geli keyfiles won't load automatically at boot time > > Whether I

RE: New BSD Installer

To answer an earlier question by Bruce... > -Original Message- > From: owner-freebsd-sta...@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-sta...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Ian Smith > Sent: Wednesday, 15 February 2012 4:15 AM > To: Bruce Cran > Cc: FreeBSD Stable Mailing List; Joe Holden; Alex Samo

RE: 9.0 Stable unable to buildworld, missing KERN_PROC_ENV in kvm_proc.c

Hi Mikolaj, As part of the process, I delete all logs, audit trails of the build, /usr/obj/* and the various DESTDIR's that have been set. The build process is from a single /usr/src but I do modify MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX, DESTDIR and various WITHOUT_ statements through variable switches in {make,src}

RE: AHCI timeouts - 8.1-PRERELEASE

Quick update. Following extensive testing, I've recommended to Alexander, in a longer email, that the default for VIA's VT8251 AHCI Controller be set at AHCI_Q_NOPMP|AHCI_Q_NONCQ Use of ahci in the kernel without this option will result in timeouts, ultimately preventing the machine from perfor

Re: make distribution halts during install (7.1Prerelease today)

My earlier post falls into the embarrassing, wish that I hadn't category. To prevent anyone wasting effort, I'm replying. make distribution DESTDIR=/newplace requires a make world DESTDIR=/newplace as a prerequisite. The earlier post, caused me to believe that there was an error in /usr/bin/

make distribution halts during install (7.1Prerelease today)

The "make distribution" phase of a full build of 7.1 Prerelease, sourced today (Mon Dec 1 10:34:45 UTC 2008), unfortunately failed. make distribution DESTDIR=/differentplace failed (see below), however the following worked ok: buildkernel, installkernerl, buildworld, installworld. Two systems

Re: machine hangs on occasion - correlated with ssh break-in attempts

There are many excellent suggestions on how to deal with invalid/unauthorised access attempts via ssh.  I'd used sshguard for around 8 months but recently changed to bruteblock, both are in the ports/security.  sshguard was very easy to configure, via rc.conf arguments.    Bruteblock handled the

RE: broken re(4)

>-Original Message- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gerrit Kühn >Sent: Thursday, 29 May 2008 7:58 PM >To: Gerrit Kühn >Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; freebsd-stable@freebsd.org >Subject: Re: broken re(4) > >On Wed, 28 May 2008 17:56:10 +0200 Gerrit Kühn <[EMAIL PROTE

Install of 6.3RC1 on Virtual PC 2007 hangs

The installation of 6.3RC1 hangs at the line Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/md0 the probes immediately before this were: md0: Preloaded image 4423680 bytes at 0xc0b47cd4 ad0: 8195MB at ata0-master WDM2 acd0: DVDROM at ata1-master PIO4 This is being attempted via Virtual PC 2007 on a Core

RE: IPSEC + Via Padlock + racoon + Windows

My apologies for the confusion, yes, the C7 only helps with AES. The configuration detail is: between branch offices I use FreeBSD ipsec (AES), and within the branches Windows boxes access the firewall boxes. The "firewalls" run samba inside a jail. Due to sensitive information (see your local

IPSEC + Via Padlock + racoon + Windows

We're looking to deploy FreeBSD on our main firewall. The firewall config is a VIA C7 (padlock), racoon(ipsec-tools-0.7), IPSec. We're testing racoon with a windows box, however the firewall doesn't function correctly when net.inet.ipsec.crypto_support=1 is set. With a net.inet.ipsec.crypto_supp

P4 (4.10) kernel build performance with/without SMP/APIC_IO/hyperthreading

Re an earlier em thread, "HTTP and SMP" April 2004, I decided to test my out-of-the-box P4 (2.8E) HT threading enabled with SATA HD. Test was to build identical kernels using FreeBSD 4.10 taking note of the compile times. Then reboot with: SMP, APIC_IO in kernel, and machdep.hlt_logical_cpus: 0.