Repetitive lines in /boot/loader.conf

gniting

I have a new install of pfSense+ and noticed that my /boot/loader.conf file has some lines that are repeated. Ok to delete the duplicates?

autoboot_delay="3"
hw.hn.use_if_start="1"
hw.hn.vf_transparent="0"
kern.cam.boot_delay=10000
kern.geom.label.disk_ident.enable="0"
kern.geom.label.disk_ident.enable="0"
kern.geom.label.gptid.enable="0"
kern.geom.label.gptid.enable="0"
kern.ipc.nmbclusters="1000000"
kern.ipc.nmbjumbo9="524288"
kern.ipc.nmbjumbop="524288"
net.link.ifqmaxlen="128"
net.link.ifqmaxlen="128"
net.link.ifqmaxlen="128"
net.link.ifqmaxlen="128"
opensolaris_load="YES"
opensolaris_load="YES"
vm.pmap.pti="0"
zfs_load="YES"
zfs_load="YES"

gniting

I made a copy of the original, removed the duplicates and rebooted the system. Upon reboot, I opened up the file again to find that the line below had been added back:
net.link.ifqmaxlen="128"

So, pfSense added this line as a duplicate back, seems strange.

Does the order of entries matter in /boot/loader.conf?

stephenw10

I'm seeing that in 23.01 dev snaps. What version are you testing?

It's ugly but harmless. There is a bug open for it: https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/13280

Steve

gniting

@stephenw10 said in Repetitive lines in /boot/loader.conf:

I'm seeing that in 23.01 dev snaps. What version are you testing?

It's ugly but harmless. There is a bug open for it: https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/13280

Steve

I am on the following version:

22.05-RELEASE (amd64)
built on Wed Jun 22 18:56:13 UTC 2022
FreeBSD 12.3-STABLE

Agree, it is indeed ugly. Thanks for the link to the bug report.