Re:_266656_–_tuning(7):_with_some_variati ons_from_default_sysctl_values,_starts_of_mail/thunderbird_are_ slow,_and_kernel_panics_may_occur

From: Graham Perrin <grahamperrin_at_freebsd.org>
Date: Sun, 02 Oct 2022 02:15:16 UTC
On 30/09/2022 20:17, Bjoern A. Zeeb wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Sep 2022, Graham Perrin wrote:
>
>> With FreeBSD 13.1-RELEASE-p2 and the three non-default values at 
>> <https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=266656#c0>, might 
>> any of the modules below be partially associated with a kernel panic?
>>
>> if_iwlwifi.ko
>> if_iwm.ko
>> iwm7265Dfw.ko
>>
>> There's not yet information from a core dump, from the reporter of 
>> the bug, so this question from me is a shot in the dark.
>
> I followed up there;  if you read the information already provided
> you can see that iwm(4) is used.  …


Thanks.

Panics aside, and defocusing from 266656: in cases where if_iwlwifi is 
not in rc.conf(5) and if_iwlwifi.ko is loaded, is it reasonable to 
assume that the end user chose to load the module, manually, after 
starting the OS?

(Sorry, mind has gone blank, somewhat.)