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Date:      Mon, 8 Dec 1997 09:37:19 +0100
From:      Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no>
To:        Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
Cc:        Eivind Eklund <perhaps@yes.no>, dyson@FreeBSD.ORG, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: VM system info
Message-ID:  <19971208093719.50393@follo.net>
In-Reply-To: <199712080706.RAA00375@word.smith.net.au>; from Mike Smith on Mon, Dec 08, 1997 at 05:36:08PM %2B1030
References:  <867m9gpsts.fsf@bitbox.follo.net> <199712080706.RAA00375@word.smith.net.au>

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On Mon, Dec 08, 1997 at 05:36:08PM +1030, Mike Smith wrote:
> > I want this info in the kernel.  At the very least, I want
> > documentation as a part of the SYSCTL_*() macro parameters, unused but 
> > available as a (mandatory) part of the source - better would be as a
> > part of the kernel that can be compiled away by setting a kernel
> > option (e.g. NO_SYSCTL_DOCS).
> 
> Would you buy it in /usr/share/misc/sysctl_nodes?  I was thinking about 
> that when I saved John's message...

If extracted from the kernel source, I'd say it was OK.  However, if
this is a file that developers are supposed to to keep up to date
manually, I'm much more sceptical.  Keeping documentation outside the
source up to date has a tendency to be forgotten/ignored.

Eivind.




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