Would there be some fundamental problem in changing MSGBUF_SIZE from a compiled-in constant to a tunable that could be set at the loader prompt? (I'm _not_ suggesting that it be adjustable while the system is running.)
The upside would be that, if someone needed a larger buffer temporarily to accommodate trace data from a mechanism such as kern.geom.debugflags, the size could be adjusted without having to rebuild the kernel. I didn't see any obvious downside from examining the 8.1-RELEASE code, but I could certainly have overlooked some subtle (or even blatant) reason why this would be a Bad Idea. _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
