svn commit: r275136 - in head/sys: dev/e1000 dev/ixgbe kern sys

[Hans Petter Selasky]

On 12/01/14 16:56, Alfred Perlstein wrote:
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>> On Dec 1, 2014, at 7:49 AM, Hans Petter Selasky <hps at selasky.org> wrote:
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>>> On 12/01/14 16:45, Alfred Perlstein wrote:
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>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> It is quite early, actually:
>>>>
>>>> SYSINIT(sysctl, SI_SUB_KMEM, SI_ORDER_FIRST, sysctl_register_all, 0);
>>>>
>>>> In some parts of the machine independent, MI, code you neee to keep the TUNABLE_FETCH'es, because its run before SI_SUB_KMEM !
>>>
>>> Then it will not work unless I move the global n_queues sysctl creation into the driver's mod load function.
>>>
>>> Is that ok?
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>> Are you asking me?
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> In soviet russia no one is ever sure whom to ask for permission to proceed.
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> (Also you have significant commits to the driver so it makes sense. )
>

Ok,

You need to check "sys/sys/kernel.h" for the full init order and figure 
out where exactly your driver code is running and make sure that is 
running after the SYSCTL/TUNABLE gets init.

--HPS