Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 00:05:29 -0600 From: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> To: Peter Jeremy <peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au> Cc: Omachonu Ogali <oogali@intranova.net>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sysctl Message-ID: <200004130605.AAA43339@harmony.village.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 13 Apr 2000 13:51:16 %2B1000." <00Apr13.135132est.115287@border.alcanet.com.au> References: <00Apr13.135132est.115287@border.alcanet.com.au> <Pine.BSF.4.10.10004040440530.85112-100000@hydrant.intranova.net>
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In message <00Apr13.135132est.115287@border.alcanet.com.au> Peter
Jeremy writes:
: Before you get too enthusiastic about adding description strings to the
: declarations, you might like to work out:
: 1) How to store the descriptions so they are accessible to sysctl(8),
: but don't bloat the loaded kernel image.
: 2) How sysctl(8) should locate the descriptions.
3) How sysctl(8) presents the strings in the native language of the
person running sysctl.
Warner
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