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author | hrs <hrs@FreeBSD.org> | 2014-01-15 18:48:34 +0000 |
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committer | hrs <hrs@FreeBSD.org> | 2014-01-15 18:48:34 +0000 |
commit | 08ad613a38df27a01012bbbfba6bc6e1c2760f8c (patch) | |
tree | 661234533d728d93586900c31a55c4c2f6bdfd70 | |
parent | aadbdaff9659060a63a191b25ce685524c50b733 (diff) | |
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Document an issue of FreeBSD/i386 on VirtualBox.
Discussed with: glebius and delphij
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diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/errata/article.xml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/errata/article.xml index d696447..77c9592 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/errata/article.xml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/errata/article.xml @@ -143,7 +143,32 @@ <sect1 xml:id="open-issues"> <title>Open Issues</title> - <para>No open issues.</para> + <itemizedlist> + <listitem> + <para>&os;/&arch.i386; &release.prev; running as a guest + operating system on <application>VirtualBox</application> + can have a problem with disk I/O access. It depends on some + specific hardware configuration and does not depend on a + specific version of <application>VitrualBox</application> or + host operating system.</para> + + <para>It causes various errors and makes &os; quite unstable. + Although the cause is still unclear, disabling unmapped I/O + works as a workaround. To disable it, choose <literal>Escape to + loader prompt</literal> in the boot menu and enter the following + lines from &man.loader.8; prompt, after + an <literal>OK</literal>:</para> + + <screen>set vfs.unmapped_buf_allowed=0 +boot</screen> + + <para>Note that the following line has to be added to + <filename>/boot/loader.conf</filename> after a boot. + It disables unmapped I/O at every boot:</para> + + <programlisting>vfs.unmapped_buf_allowed=0</programlisting> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> </sect1> <sect1 xml:id="late-news"> |