From f9979757c38cf8c58408211f77241330fd45f525 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: sjg Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2012 10:29:45 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] removed --- .../handbook-configtuning-sysctl.mdwn | 104 ------------------ 1 file changed, 104 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 docs/handbook/handbook-configtuning-sysctl.mdwn diff --git a/docs/handbook/handbook-configtuning-sysctl.mdwn b/docs/handbook/handbook-configtuning-sysctl.mdwn deleted file mode 100644 index b7faccd6..00000000 --- a/docs/handbook/handbook-configtuning-sysctl.mdwn +++ /dev/null @@ -1,104 +0,0 @@ - - -## 6.11 Tuning with sysctl - - - -[sysctl(8)](http://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/cgi/web-man?command=sysctl§ion=8) is an interface that allows you to make changes to a running DragonFly system. This includes many advanced options of the TCP/IP stack and virtual memory system that can dramatically improve performance for an experienced system administrator. Over five hundred system variables can be read and set using [sysctl(8)](http://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/cgi/web-man?command=sysctl§ion=8). - - - -At its core, [sysctl(8)](http://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/cgi/web-man?command=sysctl§ion=8) serves two functions: to read and to modify system settings. - - - -To view all readable variables: - - - - - - % sysctl -a - - - - - -To read a particular variable, for example, `kern.maxproc`: - - - - - - % sysctl kern.maxproc - - kern.maxproc: 1044 - - - - - -To set a particular variable, use the intuitive `***variable***`=`***value***` syntax: - - - - - - # sysctl kern.maxfiles=5000 - - kern.maxfiles: 2088 -< 5000 - - - - - -Settings of sysctl variables are usually either strings, numbers, or booleans (a boolean being `1` for yes or a `0` for no). - - - -If you want to set automatically some variables each time the machine boots, add them to the `/etc/sysctl.conf` file. For more information see the [sysctl.conf(5)](http://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/cgi/web-man?command=sysctl.conf§ion=5) manual page and the [configtuning-configfiles.html#CONFIGTUNING-SYSCTLCONF Section 6.10.4]. - - - -### 6.11.1 sysctl(8) Read-only - - - -***Contributed by Tom Rhodes. *** - - - -In some cases it may be desirable to modify read-only [sysctl(8)](http://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/cgi/web-man?command=sysctl§ion=8) values. While this is not recommended, it is also sometimes unavoidable. - - - -For instance on some laptop models the [cardbus(4)](http://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/cgi/web-man?command=cardbus§ion=4) device will not probe memory ranges, and fail with errors which look similar to: - - - - - - cbb0: Could not map register memory - - device_probe_and_attach: cbb0 attach returned 12 - - - - - -Cases like the one above usually require the modification of some default [sysctl(8)](http://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/cgi/web-man?command=sysctl§ion=8) settings which are set read only. To overcome these situations a user can put [sysctl(8)](http://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/cgi/web-man?command=sysctl§ion=8) ***OIDs*** in their local `/boot/loader.conf`. Default settings are located in the `/boot/defaults/loader.conf` file. - - - -Fixing the problem mentioned above would require a user to set `hw.pci.allow_unsupported_io_range=1` in the aforementioned file. Now [cardbus(4)](http://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/cgi/web-man?command=cardbus§ion=4) will work properly. - - - - - - - -CategoryHandbook - -CategoryHandbook-configuration - -- 2.41.0