🚀 go-pugleaf

jake@skatter.usask.ca writes
> I followed the thread about changing the kernel parameter  
'nbuf' with 
> some interest, and probably incomplete understanding.  I  
decided to
> alter the number of buffers just to see what sort of  
difference it would
> make.  I used the bsd() sdmach nbuf=NNN command, rather  
than hack the
> kernel.  I understood that the command above would have  
to be re-entered
> at every reboot, while the purpose of the hack was to  
make the change
> permanent.  However, I rebooted the machine to undo the  
change in
> nbuf and to my suprise it came back up with the altered  
number of buffers.
> 
> I mention this 1) to find out more about this behavior,  
and 2) to say that
> doing it this way seems a lot easier than hacking the  
kernel.
> 

The change only has to be re-entered if you power down the  
machine.  The EPROM remembers the boot command last used,  
but is limited to a fairly short string, and a change in  
nbuf makes the string too long.