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From: Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org>
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Subject: tuning(7) inaccurate
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>Number:         32542
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       tuning(7) inaccurate
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    rwatson
>State:          closed
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>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Dec 05 16:30:01 PST 2001
>Closed-Date:    Mon Mar 18 11:15:07 PST 2002
>Last-Modified:  Mon Mar 18 11:15:07 PST 2002
>Originator:     Robert Watson
>Release:        FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT i386
>Organization:
NAI Labs
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src/share/man/man7/tuning.7 on -CURRENT includes a number of
inaccuracies regarding kern.maxusers.  First, kern.maxusers is
not a writable sysctl (although it is exported as a read-only
sysctl), it's a boot-time tunable.  Second, the -CURRENT man page
incorrectly distinguishes the behavior regarding kern.maxusers
between -CURRENT and -STABLE.  Both versions support modifying the
value at boottime using loader.conf.  The -STABLE version should be
updated to reflect that this is the case (rather than recommending
a kernel recompile), and the -CURRENT version should refer to it as
a tunable, and stop casting aspersions at -STABLE.

Note that in -CURRENT, nmbclusters is also a boot-time tunable,
but that in -STABLE, it still requires a kernel recompile.

There may be other aging information in tuning(7) that needs updating.

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From: Murray Stokely <murray@FreeBSD.org>
To: Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org>
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: docs/32542: tuning(7) inaccurate
Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2001 15:36:16 -0800

 We should also update the Configuration and Tuning chapter of the
 Handbook at the same time and look for these same inaccuracies.
 
 	 - Murray
Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-doc->rwatson 
Responsible-Changed-By: ru 
Responsible-Changed-When: Fri Dec 7 01:59:03 PST 2001 
Responsible-Changed-Why:  
Using PR database as a reminder. 

http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=32542 
State-Changed-From-To: open->closed 
State-Changed-By: rwatson 
State-Changed-When: Mon Mar 18 11:14:21 PST 2002 
State-Changed-Why:  
I fixed it before 4.5-RELEASE.  However, the handbook chapter might still 
need synchronization. 

Has anyone else noted there's a lot of redundant stuff between the man 
pages and the handbook, and that we're bad at keeping them in sync? 


http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=32542 
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