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Chelsio T6225-CR has arrived
Boot messages for stable/11: The firmware was in need of an upgrade.
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I recently ordered a Chelsio T6225-CR network interface card and a couple of SM25G-SR SFP28 optical modules. The aim is to get a 10 Gbit/s connection to the LAN, utilise the off-load capabilities of the NIC, and of course utilise the on-board crypto accelerator. The latter will not be useable until the system moves to the upcoming […]
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Update 2018-05-29T19:27+0200 synth 2.05 was released not long ago. None of the below applies.
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Migrating UFS filesystem from one disk to another
I needed to migrate an UFS filesystem from one disk to another. I had several options including using two tar processes in a pipeline or using dump and restore in a pipeline. I opted for the latter to make sure everything got preserved during the transfer. Here’s the sequence of commands where /dev/gpt/nroot0 is the […]
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r331464 added efi_max_resolution. If you run base/head on monitors without Full HD (FHD), then you might need to specify your desired resolution in /boot/loader.conf. This should suffice for a resolution of 1280×1024 on 19 inches displays.
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Kernel panic due to memory corruption
This is what a kernel panic may look like when facing memory corruption.
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I’m experimenting further with ports-mgmt/synth. I let synth create some packages for me and I then removed all installed packages, save the pkg package manager. What a surprise I got when attempting to add my own metaport!
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GNU Emacs flavours in FreeBSD
r460621 added flavours to editors/emacs. If you previously used editors/emacs-nox11 to get a flavour suitable for most server systems, you’re in for a couple of surprises.
Read More → GNU Emacs flavours in FreeBSDFirst experiences with ports-mgmt/synth
I spun up a virtual machine yesterday with the intent of learning how to use ports-mgmt/synth.
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Joint Python ports in FreeBSD
I woke up this morning only to be greeted by: As per /usr/ports/UPDATING, the solution is: Take note of the North-American spelling.
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