Use of COMPAT Kernel Options

2009-12-04 Thread APseudoUtopia
Hello, I'm working on editing the kernel configuration file for a custom kernel. The system will be running FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE-p1. I'm wondering about the use of the COMPAT options in the kernel config. COMPAT_43 COMPAT_43TTY COMPAT_FREEBSD[4-7] I'm not aware of any software I use which

Re: Use of COMPAT Kernel Options

2009-12-04 Thread Roland Smith
On Fri, Dec 04, 2009 at 04:39:59PM -0500, APseudoUtopia wrote: Hello, I'm working on editing the kernel configuration file for a custom kernel. The system will be running FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE-p1. I'm wondering about the use of the COMPAT options in the kernel config. COMPAT_43 Well,

Re: Use of COMPAT Kernel Options

2009-12-04 Thread Gardner Bell
--- On Fri, 12/4/09, Roland Smith rsm...@xs4all.nl wrote: From: Roland Smith rsm...@xs4all.nl Subject: Re: Use of COMPAT Kernel Options To: APseudoUtopia apseudouto...@gmail.com Cc: FreeBSD Questions freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Friday, December 4, 2009, 9:52 PM On Fri, Dec 04, 2009

Re: Use of COMPAT Kernel Options

2009-12-04 Thread APseudoUtopia
On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 5:04 PM, Gardner Bell gbel...@rogers.com wrote: --- On Fri, 12/4/09, Roland Smith rsm...@xs4all.nl wrote: From: Roland Smith rsm...@xs4all.nl Subject: Re: Use of COMPAT Kernel Options To: APseudoUtopia apseudouto...@gmail.com Cc: FreeBSD Questions freebsd-questions

Re: Use of COMPAT Kernel Options

2009-12-04 Thread Gardner Bell
--- On Fri, 12/4/09, APseudoUtopia apseudouto...@gmail.com wrote: From: APseudoUtopia apseudouto...@gmail.com Subject: Re: Use of COMPAT Kernel Options To: Gardner Bell gbel...@rogers.com Cc: Roland Smith rsm...@xs4all.nl, FreeBSD Questions freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Friday

kernel options for ipv6 firewall

2008-12-22 Thread beni
Hi, I'm trying to reconfigure and recompile my kernel to use a ipv6 firewall. So far I added this to the kernel (from http://techie.devnull.cz/ipv6/ipfw2- ipv6-dummynet/) : # IPFW2 options IPFW2 options IPFIREWALL_VERBOSE #enable logging to syslogd(8) options

Re: kernel options for ipv6 firewall

2008-12-22 Thread Matthew Seaman
beni wrote: and I tried this also (from http://www.kame.net/~suz/freebsd-ipv6-config- guide.txt) : options IPV6FIREWALL #options IPV6FIREWALL_VERBOSE #options IPV6FIREWALL_VERBOSE_LIMIT=100 #options IPV6FIREWALL_DEFAULT_TO_ACCEPT But all I get is an unknown

Kernel options for increasing connections/shared buffers in Postgres

2007-08-17 Thread Bob Middaugh
Hi everyone, I'm running OpenNMS on 6.2-Release, and I get this error message when it, I think, tries to hit the postgres DB: FATAL: Too many clients My guess is I'm getting this because I can't increase max connections and shared buffers in postgresql.conf because I haven't added the kernel

RE: Kernel Options fo a File Server

2007-05-23 Thread FreeBSD-Questions
man tuning? Cheers, Lars. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ivan Carey Posted At: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 1:28 PM Posted To: FreeBSD-Questions Conversation: Kernel Options fo a File Server Subject: Kernel Options fo a File Server Hello

Re: Kernel Options fo a File Server

2007-05-23 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ivan Carey Posted At: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 1:28 PM Posted To: FreeBSD-Questions Conversation: Kernel Options fo a File Server Subject: Kernel Options fo a File Server Hello, What would be the best Kernel

Re: Kernel Options fo a File Server

2007-05-23 Thread PeterPluta
of my hardware. Ivan Carey wrote: Hello, What would be the best Kernel options to run a file server? I will be using an Intel server mother board with one Xeon quad core CPU installed (this mother board has 2 CPU sockets) 2GB RAM and dual 500Gb SATA HDD's I am thinking of options

Re: Kernel Options fo a File Server

2007-05-23 Thread Tom Grove
in squeezing a little out of my hardware. Ivan Carey wrote: Hello, What would be the best Kernel options to run a file server? I will be using an Intel server mother board with one Xeon quad core CPU installed (this mother board has 2 CPU sockets) 2GB RAM and dual 500Gb SATA HDD's I am thinking

Re: Kernel Options fo a File Server

2007-05-23 Thread Roland Smith
On Wed, May 23, 2007 at 12:42:17PM -0700, PeterPluta wrote: Ivan Carey wrote: Hello, What would be the best Kernel options to run a file server? I will be using an Intel server mother board with one Xeon quad core CPU installed (this mother board has 2 CPU sockets) 2GB RAM and dual

Kernel Options fo a File Server

2007-05-22 Thread Ivan Carey
Hello, What would be the best Kernel options to run a file server? I will be using an Intel server mother board with one Xeon quad core CPU installed (this mother board has 2 CPU sockets) 2GB RAM and dual 500Gb SATA HDD's I am thinking of options that would make the kernel efficient as a pure

Re: Kernel Options fo a File Server

2007-05-22 Thread Josh Paetzel
Ivan Carey wrote: Hello, What would be the best Kernel options to run a file server? I will be using an Intel server mother board with one Xeon quad core CPU installed (this mother board has 2 CPU sockets) 2GB RAM and dual 500Gb SATA HDD's I am thinking of options that would make

Re: optimal kernel options for VMWARE guest system

2006-10-12 Thread Jeff Dickens
Jeff Dickens wrote: Jeff Dickens wrote: John Nielsen wrote: On Tuesday 03 October 2006 12:58, Jeff Dickens wrote: I have some Freebsd systems that are running as VMware guests. I'd like to configure their kernels so as to minimize the overhead on the VMware host system. After reading

Re: optimal kernel options for VMWARE guest system

2006-10-11 Thread Jeff Dickens
Jeff Dickens wrote: John Nielsen wrote: On Tuesday 03 October 2006 12:58, Jeff Dickens wrote: I have some Freebsd systems that are running as VMware guests. I'd like to configure their kernels so as to minimize the overhead on the VMware host system. After reading and partially digesting

Re: optimal kernel options for VMWARE guest system

2006-10-04 Thread Jeff Dickens
John Nielsen wrote: On Tuesday 03 October 2006 12:58, Jeff Dickens wrote: I have some Freebsd systems that are running as VMware guests. I'd like to configure their kernels so as to minimize the overhead on the VMware host system. After reading and partially digesting the white paper on

Re: optimal kernel options for VMWARE guest system

2006-10-04 Thread John Nielsen
On Wednesday 04 October 2006 10:48, Jeff Dickens wrote: John Nielsen wrote: On Tuesday 03 October 2006 12:58, Jeff Dickens wrote: I have some Freebsd systems that are running as VMware guests. I'd like to configure their kernels so as to minimize the overhead on the VMware host system.

optimal kernel options for VMWARE guest system

2006-10-03 Thread Jeff Dickens
I have some Freebsd systems that are running as VMware guests. I'd like to configure their kernels so as to minimize the overhead on the VMware host system. After reading and partially digesting the white paper on timekeeping in VMware virtual machines

Re: optimal kernel options for VMWARE guest system

2006-10-03 Thread John Nielsen
On Tuesday 03 October 2006 12:58, Jeff Dickens wrote: I have some Freebsd systems that are running as VMware guests. I'd like to configure their kernels so as to minimize the overhead on the VMware host system. After reading and partially digesting the white paper on timekeeping in VMware

RE: question of kernel options

2006-01-30 Thread Conrad Sabatier
On 29-Jan-2006 gahn wrote: Hi: Where can I find the list of all options of kernel file for freebsd 5.4? Thanks /usr/src/sys/conf/NOTES for cross-platform options /usr/src/sys/${ARCH}/conf/NOTES for architecture-specific options -- Conrad J. Sabatier [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- In Unix

question of kernel options

2006-01-29 Thread gahn
Hi: Where can I find the list of all options of kernel file for freebsd 5.4? Thanks __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___

Re: question of kernel options

2006-01-29 Thread Garrett Cooper
gahn wrote: Hi: Where can I find the list of all options of kernel file for freebsd 5.4? Thanks cd /usr/src/sys/[insert_your_arch_here]/conf; make LINT; All you have to do is fire up your favorite editor and open up the LINT file that's been created. Of course you have to be root

RE: question of kernel options

2006-01-29 Thread fbsd_user
Look in the same directory where the default kernel source is. One of the files has all the options. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of gahn Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2006 3:33 PM To: freebsd general questions Subject: question of kernel options

Re: kernel options

2005-12-27 Thread Björn König
Imran Imtiaz schrieb: where can i find all the customization options of ther kernel? See src/sys/conf/NOTES for platform-independent options and for example src/sys/i386/conf/NOTES for i386-specific options. Regards Björn ___

kernel options

2005-12-26 Thread Imran Imtiaz
where can i find all the customization options of ther kernel? cause in GENERIC kernel there are many options missing so where can i get all the options like if i want to add quota and all others. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Kernel options optimal for desktop?

2005-11-26 Thread Alexander Polakov
Good time of day to all freebsd-questions readers! I'm using FreeBSD 6.0 for my desktop. I think the GENERIC kernel is not optimal for desktop usage. So can you advise me what options to use for better performance? My hardware is a Pentium 3 [EMAIL PROTECTED] chipset, 512 Mb RAM, ATA100 30 GB

Re: Kernel options optimal for desktop?

2005-11-26 Thread Chuck Swiger
Alexander Polakov wrote: Good time of day to all freebsd-questions readers! I'm using FreeBSD 6.0 for my desktop. I think the GENERIC kernel is not optimal for desktop usage. So can you advise me what options to use for better performance? My hardware is a Pentium 3 [EMAIL PROTECTED] chipset,

Re: Removing kernel options and devices in today's world

2005-11-01 Thread Andrew P.
On 10/29/05, Doug Poland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I've been using FreeBSD since 2.1.5 and have dutifully tweaked my kernels to include devices I need, and remove unwanted things. This made a big difference on 486's with 16MB of memory. Over the years I've developed a procedure for

Removing kernel options and devices in today's world

2005-10-28 Thread Doug Poland
Hello, I've been using FreeBSD since 2.1.5 and have dutifully tweaked my kernels to include devices I need, and remove unwanted things. This made a big difference on 486's with 16MB of memory. Over the years I've developed a procedure for keeping track of changes in GENERIC and reducing the

dummynet problem, kernel options checked

2005-03-07 Thread Lucas
(IP_DUMMYNET_CONFIGURE): Protocol not available I tried the usual, looking into the handbook, faq, and searching newsgroups and the web. Everything there tells me that DUMMYNET isn't in my kernel options. I checked numerous times, and it is really there. Is there any way I could check if it really

Re: dummynet problem, kernel options checked

2005-03-07 Thread Chuck Swiger
Lucas wrote: [ ... ] Is there any way I could check if it really compiled? I vaguely remember something containing the word dummynet flashing by while compiling. If you check `dmesg`, you should see a line like: DUMMYNET initialized (011031) However, your problem sounds like your kernel and world

Re: dummynet problem, kernel options checked

2005-03-07 Thread Lucas
Lucas wrote: [ ... ] Is there any way I could check if it really compiled? I vaguely remember something containing the word dummynet flashing by while compiling. If you check `dmesg`, you should see a line like: DUMMYNET initialized (011031) However, your problem sounds like your kernel

Kernel Options

2004-07-28 Thread bsd hack
Hi, I am working with the Kernel config file to optimize it and also to improve the overall security of the system! I have the following quetions: (1) There are a few options that are not available in the default kernel... like the IPFIREWALL options(and the like)... I basically need to

Re: Kernel Options

2004-07-28 Thread Karol Kwiatkowski
bsd hack wrote: Hi, I am working with the Kernel config file to optimize it and also to improve the overall security of the system! Hi, that's good. I'll try to give you some ideas to start inline below: I have the following quetions: (1) There are a few options that are not available

Re: Kernel Options

2004-07-28 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2004-07-28 12:02, bsd hack [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have the following quetions: (1) There are a few options that are not available in the default kernel... like the IPFIREWALL options(and the like)... I basically need to know all possible options I can add to the kernel config file!

Excess Kernel Options

2004-05-24 Thread SonServers Christian Web Hosting
Hi, I need to recompile my kernel on a server to add quota support. I'm thinking while I'm doing that, I should go ahead and remove everything else I don't need like SCSI, RAID, etc. The thing I'm wondering about is: I have no use for USB, Firewire, etc. on this server. Even though the server

Re: Excess Kernel Options

2004-05-24 Thread Bill Moran
SonServers Christian Web Hosting wrote: Hi, I need to recompile my kernel on a server to add quota support. I'm thinking while I'm doing that, I should go ahead and remove everything else I don't need like SCSI, RAID, etc. The thing I'm wondering about is: I have no use for USB, Firewire,

All the possible Kernel options

2004-01-05 Thread Dany
This week-end I was trying to get my Atapi CDRW to burn something and noticed I needed the CAM support enabled for it. Reading the handbook gave me the necessary option for the kernel : *device atapicam *It worked but I remember posting a question about where to find all the different options

Re: All the possible Kernel options

2004-01-05 Thread Roman Neuhauser
# [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2004-01-05 07:53:02 -0500: This week-end I was trying to get my Atapi CDRW to burn something and noticed I needed the CAM support enabled for it. Reading the handbook gave me the necessary option for the kernel : *device atapicam *It worked but I remember posting a

Re: All the possible Kernel options

2004-01-05 Thread Steve D
On Monday 05 January 2004 05:53 am, Dany wrote: This week-end I was trying to get my Atapi CDRW to burn something and noticed I needed the CAM support enabled for it. Reading the handbook gave me the necessary option for the kernel : *device atapicam *It worked but I remember posting a

How to determine the kernel options that are compiled in a running kernel?

2003-11-11 Thread sam2
I've got a customized kernel but no KERNCONF file, how can I determine what options/devices were used when compiling the kernel? Thanks, Sam ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe,

Re: How to determine the kernel options that are compiled in a running kernel?

2003-11-11 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 10:55:30AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've got a customized kernel but no KERNCONF file, how can I determine what options/devices were used when compiling the kernel? In general you can only do this if you compiled in a copy of your configuration file into your

Re: How to determine the kernel options that are compiled in a runningkernel?

2003-11-11 Thread Mike Maltese
I've got a customized kernel but no KERNCONF file, how can I determine what options/devices were used when compiling the kernel? Short of having INCLUDE_CONFIG_FILE in your kernel config at compile time as Kris mentioned, kldstat -v can give you pretty good idea what's in there.

SYSVSHM Kernel options

2003-03-18 Thread Octavian Hornoiu
I have been doing significant reading on the kernel options related to tuning PostgreSQL and I am wondering how to best go about increasing the paged memory available to FreeBSD. I have read the following suggestions: options SYSVSHM options SHMMAXPGS=4096 (place total shared