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| -rw-r--r-- | share/man/man5/sysctl.conf.5 | 18 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man5/sysctl.conf.5 b/share/man/man5/sysctl.conf.5 index f8e42db71bd3..8cb3ec21c93f 100644 --- a/share/man/man5/sysctl.conf.5 +++ b/share/man/man5/sysctl.conf.5 @@ -55,17 +55,12 @@ section, below. Initial settings for .Xr sysctl 8 . .El -.Sh EXAMPLES -To turn off logging of programs that exit due to fatal signals, as well as -telling Linux programs that you are running -.Fx 3.4 Ns -STABLE , -you may use +.Sh EXAMPLE +To turn off logging of programs that exit due to fatal signals you may use a configuration like .Bd -literal -offset indent -# Configure logging and Linux execution. +# Configure logging. kern.logsigexit=0 # Do not log fatal signal exits (e.g. sig 11) -compat.linux.osname=FreeBSD -compat.linux.osrelease=3.4-STABLE .Ed .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr rc.conf 5 , @@ -76,3 +71,10 @@ The .Nm file appeared in .Fx 4.0 . +.Sh BUGS +If loadable kernel modules are used to introduce additional kernel +functionality and sysctls to manage that functionality, sysctl.conf may +be processed too early in the boot process to set those sysctls. +For example, sysctls to manage the linux emulator cannot be set in +sysctl.conf if the linux emulator is loaded as a module rather than +compiled into the kernel. |