Dewey, You are absolutely right. If I actually put
set ncsize=nnn in my copy of etc/system on the boot USB key, the kernel picks up the new value as shown by # echo ncsize/D | mdb -k even though /etc/system appears unchanged. Well, I guess I was being too careful this time. Thanks! Chris Am 04.08.2014 um 03:16 schrieb "Dewey Hylton via smartos-discuss" <[email protected]>: >> I'm trying to modify /etc/system, specifically to set ncsize to a >> higher value than the default in order to get a larger DNLC and >> improve the DNLC cache hit rate. >> [...] > > when banging on this months ago, i was told that while this works as > advertised, you simply don't _see_ that it works by looking in the > filesystem. at that time, i did confirm this by seeing the unchanged file in > the filesystem but also seeing changes in system operation due to the module > that i passed via grub. > > so ... can you dis/prove the change based on something other than looking at > the file? perhaps a change in your DNLC operation? > ------------------------------------------- smartos-discuss Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/25769125-55cfbc00 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=25769125&id_secret=25769125-7688e9fb Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
