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Date:      Wed, 27 Mar 2002 19:27:14 -0800 (PST)
From:      Hiten Pandya <hitmaster2k@yahoo.com>
To:        Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.org, bug-followup@FreeBSD.org, keramida@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Some info on the kgmon(8) manual page (regarding current) needed
Message-ID:  <20020328032714.37588.qmail@web21109.mail.yahoo.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1020327220033.1932g-100000@fledge.watson.org>

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--- Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
> I'd avoid your later changes involving describing how getbootfile() relies
> on sysctl in the kgmon(8) man page.  That's an implementation detail of
> the API, not of kgmon, and while it probably won't change, putting the
> information there increases the chances of it getting stale, as well as
> exposing system MIB information that has a well-documented API for
> accessing it.  Talking about the possible failure modes of the call
> probably is relevant, since that impacts correct functionality of
> kgmon(8).  Giorgos' patch, modulo reference to -N, is probably the right
> answer.

Understood. :-)

  -- Hiten

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