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Upgrading localbase on 13.0-CURRENT using ports-mgmt/synth
I upgraded base from 12.0-ALPHA9 to 13.0-CURRENT (r339639) on a VM today. While preparing for rebuilding localbase, I wiped clean /var/synth/live_packages/{All,Latest}/*, and cleaned the ccache repo stored in /var/cache/ccache. Trouble arose when I ordered ports-mgmt/synth to rebuild some 116 ports according to a specification stored in a local metaport. DEFAULT_VERSION+=ssl=base was being used at the […]
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First attempt at running FreeBSD/amd64 12.0-BETA1
I spent the better part of the weekend upgrading my laptop to 12.0-BETA1. Three hickups has been discovered so far.
Read More → First attempt at running FreeBSD/amd64 12.0-BETA1Somewhat improved iperf3 performance on Chelsio T6225-CR
After upgrading to stable/11, r339418, incorporating the recent commits for cxgbe(4) et al. (r339389, and r339393-r339404), I see a somewhat improved iperf3 performance.
Read More → Somewhat improved iperf3 performance on Chelsio T6225-CRiperf3 and Chelsio T6225-CR
I ran four tests yesterday using iperf3. The T6225-CR NIC still runs with Chelsio’s SM10G-SR optics. It’s amazing that receiving TCP streams runs at full speed. Sending TCP streams limps away only at a few megabits per second. This wasn’t expected at all. Even IPv6 runs faster than IPv4 for these particular tests. The Cisco […]
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Chelsio T6225-CR and TOE
After upgrading to a recent base/stable/11, I noticed ifconfig -m now displays two more bits: TOE4 and TOE6 appear in the capabilities word, but not in the options word. (TOE in this case being TCP Offload Engine.)
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I finally got my two Chelsio SM10G-SR SFP+ optical modules. First light have finally been achieved.
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Boot messages for stable/11: The firmware was in need of an upgrade.
Read More → Chelsio T6225-CR has arrivedChelsio T6225-CR and SM25G-SR
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 […]
Read More → Chelsio T6225-CR and SM25G-SRUnable to build ports depending on security/nss
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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