using freebsd-update. This applies to using freebsd-update in "upgrade
mode" and normal freebsd-update on a security branch.
The backup kernel will be written to /boot/kernel.old, if the directory
does not exist, or the directory was created by freebsd-update in a
previous backup. Otherwise freebsd-update will generate a new directory
name for use by the backup. By default symbol files are not backed up
to save diskspace and avoid filling up the root partition.
This feature is fully configurable in the freebsd-update config file,
but defaults to enabled.
MFC after: 1 week (stable/7)
Reviewed by: cperciva
Approved by: re (kib)
device in non-interactive mode.
If there are no USB devices, sysinstall gives an error messages, and if there
is >1, it'll ask which one is to be used. This change allows a non-interactive
install from USB media to succeed without any user interaction if there is
exactly one USB disk device in the system it can use.
Submitted by: Daniel O'Connor < doconnorat gsoft dot com dot au >
Reviewed by: randi
Approved by: re (rwatson)
The columns for tty input and output may bump against each other
if the tty output needs more than 5 columns. Add a bit of space
that pushes everything 1 column to the right, but also avoids the
problem.
Approved by: re (rwatson)
by introducing the new CONVERT_BLOCKS macro which operates on
sizes already converted to number of blocks. With this macro
it is not longer needed to perform needless multiplication by
blocksize just to divide on it later in CONVERT macro.
Approved by: re (kib)
MFC after: 1 week
"SATA disk device" reflects the current state of /dev/ada*; this may be
changed in the future if other drive types start appearing as /dev/ada*.
Submitted by: randi
Details about what disks can appear as /dev/ada* supplied by: scottl
Approved by: re (rwatson)
Drive and controller status can be reported, basic attributes changed,
and arrays and spares can be created and deleted.
Approved by: re
Obtained from: Yahoo! Inc.
controllers. Controller, array, and drive status can be checked, basic
attributes can be changed, and arrays and spares can be created and deleted.
Controller firmware can also be flashed.
This does not replace MegaCLI, found in ports, as that is officially sanctioned
and supported by LSI and includes vastly more functionality. However, mfiutil
is open source and guaranteed to provide basic functionality, which can be
especially useful if you have a problem and can't get MegaCLI to work.
Approved by: re
Obtained from: Yahoo! Inc.
the mkver which is used in builds is the one in usr.sbin/ntp/scripts,
not the one in contrib/ntp/scripts.
Pointy hat to: cperciva
Approved by: re (rwatson)
parameter unless a (numeric) IPv6 address is given. Even the default
binaries built with -DINET6 will work with IPv6-less kernels. With an
eye to the future, similarly handle the possibility of an IPv4-less kernel.
Approved by: re (kib), bz (mentor)
restrictions) were found to be inadequately described by a boolean.
Define a new parameter type with three values (disable, new, inherit)
to handle these and future cases.
Approved by: re (kib), bz (mentor)
Discussed with: rwatson
to 'Expert Mode', to make it less confusing to new users, to whom
a 'wizard' is a set of simple dialogs with the 'next >>>' button.
Approved by: re (kensmith)
both the disk partitioning screen (the 'F' key) and via install.cfg (the
VAR_DEDICATED_DISK option). This functionality is currently broken in 8.x
due to libdisk and geom generating different partition names; this commit
merely acts to help steer users away from the breakage.
Submitted by: randi
Approved by: re (kensmith)
preparation for 8.0-RELEASE. Add the previous version of those
libraries to ObsoleteFiles.inc and bump __FreeBSD_Version.
Reviewed by: kib
Approved by: re (rwatson)
While doing so, improve style and reword some comments.
This should not result in any functional changes, but the fixit_livefs_common
function will be used by future code.
Submitted by: randi
Approved by: re (kensmith)
adjusting the clock to UTC.
That avoids to write on /etc/wall_cmos_clock which is useful in some
cases (example: host user in a jail).
Sponsored by: Sandvine Incorporated
Initially submitted by: Matt Koivisto <mkoivisto at sandvine dot com>
Approved by: re (kib)
always started from the start of the packet.
- Fix usage string (multiple addresses can be specified).
- Make the source more style(9) compliant.
- Improve error reporting (do not silently fail if something goes
wrong).
- Make functions static.
- Use warns level 6.
Approved by: re (kib)
Discussed with: Marc Balmer <marc@msys.ch>, brian, mbr
Submitted by: Marc Balmer <marc@msys.ch>
Reviewed by: rwatson
Approved by: re
M usr.sbin/Makefile
A usr.sbin/wake
AM usr.sbin/wake/wake.c
AM usr.sbin/wake/Makefile
AM usr.sbin/wake/wake.8
via cpuctl(4) driver. Two new CPUCTL_MSRSBIT and CPUCTL_MSRCBIT ioctl(2)
calls treat the data field of the argument struct passed as a mask
and set/clear bits of the MSR register according to the mask value.
- Allow user to perform atomic bitwise AND and OR operaions on MSR registers
via cpucontrol(8) utility. Two new operations ("&=" and "|=") have been
added. The first one applies bitwise AND operaion between the current
contents of the MSR register and the mask, and the second performs bitwise
OR. The argument can be optionally prefixed with "~" inversion operator.
This allows one to mimic the "clear bit" behavior by using the command
like this:
cpucontrol -m 0x10&=~0x02 # clear the second bit of TSC MSR
Inversion operator support in all modes (assignment, OR, AND).
Approved by: re (kib)
MFC after: 1 month
FreeBSD docset during 'make release' this will speed up release
builds;
- sysinstall(8) has also been updated to use these packages with a new
menu allowing people to choose what localized doc to install;
- mention in UPDATING that docs from the FreeBSD Documentation project
are now installed in /usr/local/share/doc/freebsd instead of
/usr/share/doc.
Approved by: re (kensmith)
insisting on privileged port access.
Include /var/yp/Makefile.local if it exists and suggest using
it to override /var/yp/Makefile behaviour.
Approved by: re (kib)
MFC after: 3 weeks
A fresh install of a current 8.0 snapshot uses 156MB with a single kernel
and having the filesystem too small prevented the system from booting.
Reviewed by: marcel
MFC after: 1 week
This covers the common case of unsliced USB drives, and makes it possible to
select them as installation source media.
PR: 61152, 115197, 135016
Submitted by: randi
MFC after: 1 month
meant primarily for _non_ interactive use. Scripts that run cxgbtool
repeatedly to perform register r/w or mdio will benefit from this.
Instead of fork/exec'ing a new cxgbtool for every regio/mdio you can
simply open a pair of pipes to/from cxgbtool and run cmds over them.
Approved by: gnn (mentor)
The kernel does not log floppy media errors anymore.
In fdcontrol, do always open the file descriptor in read-only mode so
it can operate on read-only media, as there is no longer a separate
control device to operate on.
