Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1999 19:10:45 +1100 (EST) From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> Cc: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>, Kazutaka YOKOTA <yokota@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/dev/syscons scmouse.c src/sys/i386/conf options.i386 src/sys/alpha/conf options.alpha Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9911151900570.24599-100000@alphplex.bde.org> In-Reply-To: <19991115051318.AD2701C6D@overcee.netplex.com.au>
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On Mon, 15 Nov 1999, Peter Wemm wrote: > Garrett Wollman wrote: > > <<On Mon, 8 Nov 1999 02:04:30 -0800 (PST), Kazutaka YOKOTA <yokota@FreeBSD.or > g> said: > > > > > - Added a new kernel configuration option: SC_TWOBUTTON_MOUSE. > > This should be a flag on the mouse device (or on syscons), not a > > compile option. > > I would think a sysctl option would be better still as that's easily > changed at runtime.. This should be an ioctl. sysctl(8) and sysctlbyname(3) are not suitable for device control since the interface that makes them easy to use for one-off things makes them hard to use for arrays of things. Bruce To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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