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Re: Kernel Options
On 11/19/19 6:57 PM, T wrote:
Hello,
I've been trying out some kernel options and wanted to document a few
things on here, and to perhaps see if other similar peer machines are
also having the same results. Here's a list of the options with brief
notes:
options DIAGNOSTIC
#Causes the kernel to panic, after the bootloader stage. This was
enabled for the secondary kernel, did not have it enabled in the
bootloader kernel.
options KGDB
#This will lead to compile errors if enabled. I was able to track down
the errors to some changes that were made that did not take OEA type
machines into consideration. I was able to move some IFDEF tags to
fix, although there was one error I could not figure out, but was able
to bypass in order to get the kernel to compile. I'll follow up with
more information/patch when I return to this issue.
options BUFQ_READPRIO
#When this was enabled, it fixed a problem where the UI would appear
to become stuck. Large amounts of IO to external storage devices
through PCI bus adapters (i.e. SATA, USB) would trigger this problem.
I have updated this ticket with more specific information:
http://gnats.netbsd.org/33291
options BUFQ_PRIOCSCAN
#This causes the kernel to panic. I tried to enable it because many of
the other ports have it enabled by default and was curious if it would
also fix the problem mentioned directly above. I was told that this is
the better buffer queue strategy, which would explain why the above
buffer queue strategy is rarely enabled in the default kernel
configuration files of other ports. I have yet to try FCFS, but
probably will in the near future. Some background on " Buffer Queue
Strategies":
https://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-users/2015/12/02/msg017432.html
I will submit these to gnats if I can get some sort of confirmation
that these are reproducible on a different machine. If more
information is needed, let me know.
I just noticed in the current source that BUFQ_PRIOCSCAN has been
enabled by default in port-prep (others too), has anyone had issues with
current on their machine?
http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/sys/arch/prep/conf/GENERIC?only_with_tag=MAIN
As noted above, this option caused a kernel panic when it was enabled.
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