From nobody Mon Jul 21 16:19:05 2025 X-Original-To: freebsd-current@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4bm5F71z2vz62qRl for ; Mon, 21 Jul 2025 16:19:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from des@freebsd.org) Received: from smtp.freebsd.org (smtp.freebsd.org [96.47.72.83]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "smtp.freebsd.org", Issuer "R11" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4bm5F70FXfz47Pt for ; Mon, 21 Jul 2025 16:19:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from des@freebsd.org) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=freebsd.org; s=dkim; t=1753114747; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=6YlP0RlITLPN0c5j4urGUD4tyOkvzF1E6ry0FDrOBoM=; b=bq0E/WDZzQA4vsXMFHPurmVLRa1/h9o8aUDiva48iR0g9+iIfnIw88aRC+VS/v2lMu2Yuk GtO73BhgzDQ4XygXL6ZeAb40DkYY6WCXGe6RZ+ocLcF1XRR4oi303YbqvT6OZ01GjdWB6V wX85y6KgzFH4sfyGj/XoPpKnpI/I61gWHtJ8GVZk2SQ6qpRnFPOeH61yPn6n5WyRHNHBRs Fg6yYRY8NHs7YMTO2n8p5T3xEjS8lW7SGEYsb/3r1E+DclO61Zkepzrii/gy9TMwIHO4a1 YpbaovcxB79Ww0Dh+eJJUYmtd+iOYs71rKeSGKO6WgO9o0eRGUBs7L9JUAQeCQ== ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=freebsd.org; s=dkim; t=1753114747; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=6YlP0RlITLPN0c5j4urGUD4tyOkvzF1E6ry0FDrOBoM=; b=H2qjoYFuLf/6FOH5xhPRNd75X6khB7YInT0tYmKhCC7P7iluRhyEEHvvpHp/gra6Vf4VqG AbeHMHZSiEvC9ZdSum5qKuqOQLKiDsP74em3EYp/JWYQGCqz+lSWy/psSrJo/PH5XDXWbF YAgZFD2KUtaV/QW+RRx2ZOoFsJP5Po2cwk1KOaNYNssEvLzQlrkUAHJ58bH5I0qWO3KcOI wkcOp6kk557qmYrgB5AbLlsxwrL8OK01tpdTrhL+mp3M2flnmLVa1+bsEg/RVfPC/AcIr0 S3/6+uPkCGlflkvvMvU8ww5QmxB1MaJxJmjgJIvErPZQT2YocXd85GLdCFcVhA== ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; mx1.freebsd.org; none ARC-Seal: i=1; s=dkim; d=freebsd.org; t=1753114747; a=rsa-sha256; cv=none; b=I+Q/fiGM0cGTLFtmAzb4vw/YMidl2hyy5ytBwZe3HscXywZpgQm9Q4QLMDfvgSWKJmPSTG VlZsSFwbCyhybb6K8JvzaRG2Qf7Cy7qtgVQnvte7ayKNkIZYtJHS9nC1XMNz5FMb/ACeAE q6kadu31RheG4x5i6X0qLT3gpAN87QlM9+eYHY7pSTXIseNJMXf3Wr6xZqkSvuTqxCeI5m fVkwM+WfPicNGLzaHnIo8QSmzP4C4T7wGrHWmsAa90AJIRx8dpjsg4GmncKY6EdK7OftbU YhnZsJU+K7sv4th7JTR26FZ22ub8qAN1SMVbONJrESxCwpu+eybjjxyYEM3Umg== Received: from ltc.des.dev (unknown [IPv6:2a01:e0a:c54:bed0:922e:16ff:fef1:acef]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (Client did not present a certificate) (Authenticated sender: des) by smtp.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4bm5F665gNzDMX for ; Mon, 21 Jul 2025 16:19:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from des@freebsd.org) Received: by ltc.des.dev (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 5A4D7702F9; Mon, 21 Jul 2025 18:19:05 +0200 (CEST) From: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: a question about /boot/loader.conf In-Reply-To: (void@f-m.fm's message of "Mon, 21 Jul 2025 15:32:19 +0100") References: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2025 18:19:05 +0200 Message-ID: <867c01bjpi.fsf@ltc.des.dev> List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-current List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable void writes: > On recent -current, I notice that sysctls with a numerical value > are not quoted, but those with an alpabetical one are. > > like this: Presumably, these are lines from your /boot/loader.conf. > security.bsd.allow_destructive_dtrace=3D0 This is a tunable, not a sysctl (although a sysctl of the same name will appear if dtrace is compiled into the kernel or loaded) > filemon_load=3D"YES" This is a loader configuration variable, not a sysctl. Neither of these needs quotes, but they won't hurt. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@FreeBSD.org