Re-enable CTL in GENERIC on i386 and amd64, but turn on the CTL disable

tunable by default.

This will allow GENERIC configurations to boot on small memory boxes, but
not require end users who want to use CTL to recompile their kernel.  They
can simply set kern.cam.ctl.disable=0 in loader.conf.

The eventual solution to the memory usage problem is to change the way
CTL allocates memory to be more configurable, but this should fix things
for small memory situations in the mean time.

UPDATING:		Explain the change in the CTL configuration, and
			how users can enable CTL if they would like to use
			it.

sys/conf/options:	Add a new option, CTL_DISABLE, that prevents CTL
			from initializing.

ctl.c:			If CTL_DISABLE is turned on, don't initialize.

i386/conf/GENERIC,
amd64/conf/GENERIC:	Re-enable device ctl, and add the CTL_DISABLE
			option.
This commit is contained in:
Kenneth D. Merry 2013-03-04 21:18:45 +00:00
parent a4a3ce9919
commit 3a45b4781a
Notes: svn2git 2020-12-20 02:59:44 +00:00
svn path=/head/; revision=247814
5 changed files with 24 additions and 2 deletions

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@ -26,6 +26,13 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 10.x IS SLOW:
disable the most expensive debugging functionality run
"ln -s 'abort:false,junk:false' /etc/malloc.conf".)
20130304:
The ctl device has been re-enabled in GENERIC for i386 and amd64,
but does not initialize by default (because of the new CTL_DISABLE
option) to save memory. To re-enable it, remove the CTL_DISABLE
option from the kernel config file or set kern.cam.ctl.disable=0
in /boot/loader.conf.
20130301:
The ctl device has been disabled in GENERIC for i386 and amd64.
This was done due to the extra memory being allocated at system

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@ -138,7 +138,10 @@ device sa # Sequential Access (tape etc)
device cd # CD
device pass # Passthrough device (direct ATA/SCSI access)
device ses # Enclosure Services (SES and SAF-TE)
#device ctl # CAM Target Layer
device ctl # CAM Target Layer
options CTL_DISABLE # Disable CTL by default to save memory.
# Re-enable with kern.cam.ctl.disable=0 in
# /boot/loader.conf
# RAID controllers interfaced to the SCSI subsystem
device amr # AMI MegaRAID

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@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ __FBSDID("$FreeBSD$");
#include <cam/ctl/ctl_scsi_all.h>
#include <cam/ctl/ctl_error.h>
#include "opt_ctl.h"
struct ctl_softc *control_softc = NULL;
/*
@ -317,7 +319,11 @@ static int persis_offset;
static uint8_t ctl_pause_rtr;
static int ctl_is_single;
static int index_to_aps_page;
#ifdef CTL_DISABLE
int ctl_disable = 1;
#else
int ctl_disable = 0;
#endif
SYSCTL_NODE(_kern_cam, OID_AUTO, ctl, CTLFLAG_RD, 0, "CAM Target Layer");
SYSCTL_INT(_kern_cam_ctl, OID_AUTO, disable, CTLFLAG_RDTUN, &ctl_disable, 0,

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@ -329,6 +329,9 @@ SCSI_PT_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT opt_pt.h
# Options used only in cam/scsi/scsi_ses.c
SES_ENABLE_PASSTHROUGH opt_ses.h
# Options used only in cam/ctl
CTL_DISABLE opt_ctl.h
# Options used in dev/sym/ (Symbios SCSI driver).
SYM_SETUP_LP_PROBE_MAP opt_sym.h #-Low Priority Probe Map (bits)
# Allows the ncr to take precedence

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@ -146,7 +146,10 @@ device sa # Sequential Access (tape etc)
device cd # CD
device pass # Passthrough device (direct ATA/SCSI access)
device ses # Enclosure Services (SES and SAF-TE)
#device ctl # CAM Target Layer
device ctl # CAM Target Layer
options CTL_DISABLE # Disable CTL by default to save memory.
# Re-enable with kern.cam.ctl.disable=0 in
# /boot/loader.conf
# RAID controllers interfaced to the SCSI subsystem
device amr # AMI MegaRAID