From owner-freebsd-current Mon Aug 16 14:38:10 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 05B40152A7 for ; Mon, 16 Aug 1999 14:38:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.3/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA00861; Mon, 16 Aug 1999 14:33:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199908162133.OAA00861@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Andrzej Bialecki Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Q: Extending the sysctl MIB for Linuxulator variables In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 16 Aug 1999 19:25:14 +0200." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 16 Aug 1999 14:33:12 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > Yes, this is very true. But I think we are fooling ourselves if we > > believe linux emulation will not become 'standard' in the near future. > > Then we'll kick ourselves for giving the sysctl's convoluted names :-) > > Yeah... Then, the next in line after "linux" are: ibcs2 and svr4 and > whatever comes next. Can you live with them as main sysctl categories? Adding anything at the top level would be a terrible mistake. Given that "ABI" is a bit obscure, kern.compat is the only sensible choice. -- \\ The mind's the standard \\ Mike Smith \\ of the man. \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ -- Joseph Merrick \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message