Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2000 14:43:58 -0600 From: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> To: "Brian F. Feldman" <green@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>, arch@FreeBSD.org, sjr@home.net Subject: Re: sysctl on boot. Message-ID: <200009172043.OAA25218@harmony.village.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 17 Sep 2000 16:34:46 EDT." <200009172034.e8HKYk525175@green.dyndns.org> References: <200009172034.e8HKYk525175@green.dyndns.org>
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In message <200009172034.e8HKYk525175@green.dyndns.org> "Brian F. Feldman" writes: : IOW, it would add complexity but not gain anything that postponing rc.sysctl : or adding a secondary rc wouldn't gain. So I wouldn't bother with that :) : You're making it seem like we need a registry. I'd be a million times : happier if a kldload(2) specified a hints file that could be used easily. I've often thought about adding a sysctl.x.x.x facility like the hint.x.x.x facility, but haven't ad the time. I don't think there are any non-idempotent sysctls that people would be setting from rc.sysctl. However, I think I'm leaning towards a second parameter to /etc/rc.sysctl. The first one would be /etc/sysctl.conf and the second would be /etc/sysctl.modules.conf over the short term. I still think there's value in having a more persistant sysctl facility in the kernel, but will leave that for later. Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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