From owner-freebsd-current Tue Aug 17 1:17: 5 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mail.palmerharvey.co.uk (mail.palmerharvey.co.uk [62.172.109.58]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4C4815630 for ; Tue, 17 Aug 1999 01:17:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Dom.Mitchell@palmerharvey.co.uk) Received: from ho-nt-01.pandhm.co.uk (unverified) by mail.palmerharvey.co.uk (Content Technologies SMTPRS 2.0.15) with ESMTP id ; Tue, 17 Aug 1999 09:15:50 +0100 Received: from voodoo.pandhm.co.uk (VOODOO [10.100.35.12]) by ho-nt-01.pandhm.co.uk with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2448.0) id Q99XZGJF; Tue, 17 Aug 1999 09:15:40 +0100 Received: from dom by voodoo.pandhm.co.uk with local (Exim 2.10 #1) id 11GePi-000Djr-00; Tue, 17 Aug 1999 09:16:10 +0100 Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 09:16:10 +0100 To: Steve Kargl Cc: Mike Smith , Andrzej Bialecki , current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Q: Extending the sysctl MIB for Linuxulator variables Message-Id: <19990817091609.A52669@voodoo.pandhm.co.uk> References: <199908162133.OAA00861@dingo.cdrom.com> <199908162154.OAA22915@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.6i In-Reply-To: <199908162154.OAA22915@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>; from Steve Kargl on Mon, Aug 16, 1999 at 02:54:53PM -0700 From: Dominic Mitchell Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Aug 16, 1999 at 02:54:53PM -0700, Steve Kargl wrote: > kern.modules seems to be slightly more general in that you can > have kern.modules.xxx where xxx is anything under /modules that > needs/wants to some tuning via sysctl. This is daft. Given that we are planning on makeing everything dynamically configurable, there should be little to no differences as to whether something is a module or not. And besides, what about all the modules whose static equivalents already have entries in the sysctl space, like nfs? -- Dom Mitchell -- Palmer & Harvey McLane -- Unix Systems Administrator "Finally, when replying to messages only quote the parts of the message your will be discussing or that are relevant. Quoting whole messages and adding two lines at the top is not good etiquette." -- Elias Levy -- ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. ********************************************************************** To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message