d/freebsd-dev
1
0
Fork 0
Code Issues Pull Requests Packages Projects Releases Wiki Activity

Use new savecore(8) option and limit number of kernel dumps that will

Browse Source 
be kept around to the 10 most recent ones.

Add UPDATING entry with info how to return to the previous behaviour (no
limits).

Obtained from:	WHEEL Systems
This commit is contained in:
Pawel Jakub Dawidek 2012-12-16 23:29:56 +00:00
parent 165557e269
commit 11631ad0d6
Notes: svn2git 2020-12-20 02:59:44 +00:00 
svn path=/head/; revision=244323
2 changed files with 10 additions and 1 deletions
Show Stats Download Patch File Download Diff File Expand all files Collapse all files

7
UPDATING
View File

@ -26,6 +26,13 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 10.x IS SLOW:
disable the most expensive debugging functionality run
"ln -s 'abort:false,junk:false' /etc/malloc.conf".)
20121217:
By default, only the 10 most recent kernel dumps will be saved. To
restore the previous behaviour (no limit on the number of kernel dumps
stored in the dump directory) add the following line to /etc/rc.conf:
savecore_flags=""
20121201:
With the addition of auditdistd(8), a new auditdistd user is now
depended on during installworld. "mergemaster -p" can be used to add

4
etc/defaults/rc.conf
View File

@ -605,7 +605,9 @@ chkprintcap_enable="NO" # Run chkprintcap(8) before running lpd.
chkprintcap_flags="-d" # Create missing directories by default.
dumpdev="AUTO" # Device to crashdump to (device name, AUTO, or NO).
dumpdir="/var/crash" # Directory where crash dumps are to be stored
savecore_flags="" # Used if dumpdev is enabled above, and present.
savecore_flags="-m 10" # Used if dumpdev is enabled above, and present.
# By default, only the 10 most recent kernel dumps
# are saved.
crashinfo_enable="YES" # Automatically generate crash dump summary.
crashinfo_program="/usr/sbin/crashinfo" # Script to generate crash dump summary.
quota_enable="NO" # turn on quotas on startup (or NO).