On 5/25/05, Todd Vierling <tv@duh.org> wrote:
> > 2. I've searched on this one and I'm not sure if it's possible. I'm
> > looking for a sysctl or some other way to disable inet6 without
> > recompiling.
>=20
> No, which is somewhat unfortunate.

Yeah, I'm not too worried, but it just puts out a bunch of info I
don't really need to see. Some apps are listening on ipv6 though, so
I'll have to block them in my rules I guess.

> > 3. Is there a way to turn on and off multi cpu support without a
> > recompile?
>=20
> No, but newer NetBSD versions ship with both a GENERIC and a GENERIC.MP p=
air
> of all-encompassing kernels to choose from as you see fit.
>=20
> Eventually, you'll want to roll your own, but this should work as a
> blunt-instrument switch of similar effect.

I'm really trying not to make too many changes, and I'm going to try
to keep it a little more sane than I keep most of my NetBSD boxes. For
me, it was the FreeBSD box that sat there not changing much and just
serving up whatever it's doing, and NetBSD was for experimentation.
Now I have to run an actual production NetBSD box and I'm learning new
stuff all the time. I'm going to try to document what I'm doing.

I'm not sure I like the direction of the FreeBSD project, but it does
hurt to give up some of the stuff they are doing. But I'm already
starting to forget about it. NetBSD is so much easier to deal with
(for me) come upgrade time.

Thanks for your help, you keep popping up when I ask questions!

Andy