From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 26 15:26:02 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DDBDF16A421 for ; Sat, 26 Jan 2008 15:26:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bright@elvis.mu.org) Received: from elvis.mu.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA34F13C447 for ; Sat, 26 Jan 2008 15:26:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bright@elvis.mu.org) Received: by elvis.mu.org (Postfix, from userid 1192) id D980A1A4D82; Sat, 26 Jan 2008 07:21:57 -0800 (PST) Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2008 07:21:57 -0800 From: Alfred Perlstein To: Dag-Erling Sm??rgrav Message-ID: <20080126152157.GS99258@elvis.mu.org> References: <20080124221936.GS99258@elvis.mu.org> <868x2d51wl.fsf@ds4.des.no> <20080125192944.GC99258@elvis.mu.org> <86lk6cpqjc.fsf@ds4.des.no> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <86lk6cpqjc.fsf@ds4.des.no> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sysctl text definitions. X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2008 15:26:02 -0000 * Dag-Erling Sm??rgrav [080126 07:10] wrote: > Alfred Perlstein writes: > > Dag-Erling Sm??rgrav writes: > >> des@ds4 ~% sysctl -d dev.cpu.0.temperature > >> dev.cpu.0.temperature: Current temperature in degC > > lolwhat? When did that get implemented? > > Twice, actually, in 1999 by myself and in 2001 by Luigi. > > > I recall a huge storm of protest when the definitions were included in > > the kernel compile file... > > That was the first time, and completely unjustified as there was a knob > to disable it (the argument was that it would bloat picobsd). o i c. :) > > BTW, when are you going to join the 21st century and get a MUA that > groks UTF-8? :) Civil people use the eighth bit for parity or parody, but nothing else. -- - Alfred Perlstein