From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed May 22 10:20:46 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id KAA11609 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 22 May 1996 10:20:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.barrnet.net (mail.barrnet.net [131.119.246.7]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id KAA11591; Wed, 22 May 1996 10:20:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from palmer.demon.co.uk ([158.152.50.150]) by mail.barrnet.net (8.7.5/MAIL-RELAY-LEN) with ESMTP id KAA25991; Wed, 22 May 1996 10:20:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from palmer.demon.co.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by palmer.demon.co.uk (sendmail/PALMER-1) with ESMTP id QAA09950; Wed, 22 May 1996 16:44:34 +0100 (BST) To: Bruce Evans cc: doc@FreeBSD.ORG, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG From: "Gary Palmer" Subject: Re: sysctl parameters In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 18 May 1996 02:36:43 +1000." <199605171636.CAA29775@godzilla.zeta.org.au> Date: Wed, 22 May 1996 16:44:34 +0100 Message-ID: <9948.832779874@palmer.demon.co.uk> Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Bruce Evans wrote in message ID <199605171636.CAA29775@godzilla.zeta.org.au>: > >You know, it would be good if someone (or a group) could document what > >all the different sysctl parameters do. I'm particularly mystified by > >what some of the net.* parameters do and would love an explanation > >which doesn't involve trying to unravel several hundred K of source > >code. > Aren't they documented in sysctl.3 and/or sysctl.8? These man pages > are a bit out of date but still much better than ioctl.2. Nope, not fully anyhow. Infact, only the most basic flags seem to be documented, and the ``interesting'' ones which could actually improve routing & TCP throughput seem to be missed out. I think a mention in the handbook wouldn't go amiss either, esp. in the relevant section (i.e. put net.* stuff in the networking chapter, etc) Gary -- Gary Palmer FreeBSD Core Team Member FreeBSD: Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info